Updating the CE plant cost index

Chemical Engineering

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 62-70

  Vatavuk, William M ^a  

^a Vatavuk Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PLANT COST INDEX (CEPCI); CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRIES (CPI); COMPONENT INDEXES; LABOR COSTS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CONTRACTS; COSTS; ENGINEERS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MANAGERS; MOTIVATION; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

CHEMICAL PLANTS;

EID: 0036159944     PISSN: 00092460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (11)

1. Arnold, T.H. and Chilton, C.H., Now Index Shows Plant Cost Trends, Chem. Eng., pp. 143-148, February 18, 1963.
2. Matley, J., CE Plant Cost Index - Revised, Chem. Eng., pp. 153-156, April 19, 1982.
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4. Stevens, R.W., Equipment Cost Indexes for the Process Industries, Chem. Eng., 54, 11, pp. 124-126, November 1947.
5. Arnold and Chilton, Op Cit.
6. Kowal, J., U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Producer Price Index Analysis and Public Information, E-mail sent August 27, 2001.
7. The following individuals kindly provided (via private communications) helpful suggestions for improving the weight factors: William Haselbauer (Lyondell, Houston, Tex.) John Hollmann (American Association of Cost Engineers, Morgantown, W. Va,) Bernard A. Pietlock (DuPont Automotive, Wilmington, Del.) Richard Vishanoff (Marshall & Swift, Los Angeles, Calif.)
8. Usher, L., U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Industry Productivity Studies, E-mail sent February 28, 2001.
9. U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Multifactor Productivity Trends, 1998," (http://stats.bls.gov/nows.release/prod3.nr0.htm), September 21, 2000.
10. Merrow, E.W., and Hollmann J.K,. Controlline Project Costs, Chem. Eng., 108, 12. pp.76-80, November 2001.
11. Vatnvuk, W., Air Pollution Control - Escalate Equipment Costs, Chem. Eng., 102, 12, pp. 88-95, December 1995. A copy of this article has been posted at www.che.com/CE-EXTRA