Construction price and cost indices
Indices that measure changes in costs or prices include:
- Retail prices index (RPI)
- Consumer prices index (CPI).
- Tender price indices (TPI).
- Resource cost indices (RCI).
- Output cost indices.
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy publish construction price and cost indices which are used for estimating, cost checking and fee negotiations on public sector construction projects.
The Office of National Statistics also publish implied output price indicators.
Private sector organisations such as the Building Cost Information Service (BCIS) publish cost and price information to the construction industry to help estimate the likely cost of construction works.
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