Bulletin No. 168 The Handy-Whitman Index of Public Utility Construction Costs~ Trends of Construction Costs Comer & PUBLISHED BY Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP Engineers, Architects and Planners South Caroline Stre Baltimore, Maryland 21231 410-235-3450COPYRIGHT 2008 BY WHITMAN, REQUARDT AND ASSOCIATES, LLP ISSN 1092-955X All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means (electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the publisher.TABLE OF CONTENTS TRENDS OF PUBLIC UTILITY CONSTRUCTION COsTs TABLE OF CONTENTS i GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS ii FOREWORD iii Methods of Preparation of Indexes ili Geographic Regions iv Use of Index Numbers iv Value of Index Numbers iv Comments iv COST TRENDS OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Cost Trend Tables - 1912 to July, 2008 North Atlantic Region South Atlantic Region North Central Region South Central Region Plateau Region Pacific Region Utility Materials COST TRENDS OF ELECTRIC UTILITY CONSTRUCTION Cost Trend Tables - 1912 to July, 2008 North Atlantic Region Et Ets South Atlantic Region E2 Eu North Central Region E3 ESL South Central Region E4 E41 Plateau Region ES E5S-1 Pacific Region E6 E61 COST TRENDS OF GAS UTILITY CONSTRUCTION Cost Trend Tables - 1912 to July, 2008 North Atlantic Region Gi South Atlantic Region G2 North Central Region G3 South Central Region G4 Plateau Region Gs Pacific Region G6 COST TRENDS OF WATER UTILITY CONSTRUCTION Cost Trend Tables - 1912 to July, 2008 North Atlantic Region wel South Atlantic Region w2 North Central Region w3 South Central Region wes Plateau Region wes Pacific Region ws