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Escalation Watch First Quarter 2024

Statistics Canada's First Quarter Non-residential Construction Price Indices are now available. Click here to download ...

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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.

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Yardsticks for Costing

Planning a major construction project? Don’t start without a detailed costing guide. Hanscomb’s Yardsticks for Costing – Cost Data for the Canadian Construction Industry is our industry-respected publication that details constructions costs for eight major regions in Canada.

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Escalation Calculator

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.

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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.