Escalation Watch First Quarter 2024
Statistics Canada's First Quarter Non-residential Construction Price Indices are now available. Click here to download ...
Escalation Watch
2024
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Escalation Watch
Wondering what’s happening with non-residential construction costs? Our Escalation Watch newsletter brings you important news as well as construction cost indices for several cities across Canada.
Yardsticks for Costing
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Want to know the impact of escalation on a project’s construction cost?
Our Escalation Calculators allow you to see how changes in labour and material cost for non-residential and residential construction have impacted a project’s cost in a given location based on census data surveyed by Statistics Canada.
Choose from 11 census metropolitan areas(*), some going back as far as 1981.
Сity*
Halifax
Original Cost
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Escalated Cost:
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Using non-residential and residential construction indices from Statistics Canada is a great starting point in assessing the impacts of time on construction costs, but it is only one piece of the puzzle.
To truly assess the impact of time on a project, you must also consider changes in code, standards, best practices and market over time in a given location. Hanscomb’s team of professionals can help.
Сity*
Halifax
Original Cost
$
Escalate from:
Index
To:
0 %
Escalated Cost:
$
Using non-residential and residential construction indices from Statistics Canada is a great starting point in assessing the impacts of time on construction costs, but it is only one piece of the puzzle.
To truly assess the impact of time on a project, you must also consider changes in code, standards, best practices and market over time in a given location. Hanscomb’s team of professionals can help.