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Index lookup · PCU236211236211

US PPI — New Industrial Building Construction

Producer Price Index for the NAICS 236211 industry, new industrial building construction, a partial output index for the built industrial facility itself, parallel to WPU801 (New Nonresidential Building Construction) but scoped to industrial projects. Index base: June 2007 = 100.

Latest value
205.766
Index · as of Aug 2026
Year-over-year change
+5.7%
BLS
Month-over-month change
-0.1%

Latest value is 1 month old. Next update expected around Sep 2026.

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Price history

Data & insights

Key figures

  • From Jan 2024 to Aug 2026 the index went from 193.1 to 205.8, a change of +6.6%.
  • Highest reading in that period: 205.9 in Jul 2026. Lowest: 191.7 in Oct 2024.
  • Largest one-month rise: +2.5% in Jul 2026. Largest one-month fall: -0.7% in Oct 2024.
  • The year-over-year change stayed within 10% either way in each of the last 20 months, so a 10% annual cap or floor would not have been reached.
Volatility (12mo)
±0.82%
Std. dev. of month-over-month change

Strongest average month-over-month move historically: July (+1.1% avg).

What this means for your clause

Design build and EPC contracts for a warehouse or plant shell sometimes reference this output index as a whole project benchmark rather than an input escalator. Like the nonresidential construction series, it bundles labor, material, and margin together, so it cannot substitute for a material specific clause.

Draft a clause

A starting point citing this series by name and code. Replace the bracketed terms with your contract's actual scope before use.

The [affected portion] of the Contract Price shall be adjusted using US PPI — New Industrial Building Construction (BLS series PCU236211236211), published by BLS.

Base Period: the index value published for August 2026 (or the month of contract signing, if different) is the Base Value.

Adjustment: at each Adjustment Date, the Current Value is the most recently published three-month average of the index (the Averaging Window). The Escalation Factor equals Current Value divided by Base Value.

Cap: the Escalation Factor applied under this clause shall not exceed 1.10 or fall below 0.90 (a 10% cap and floor) in any single Adjustment Date, regardless of the index's actual movement.

[Replace bracketed terms with your contract's actual affected-portion definition and adjustment-date schedule before use. This is a drafting starting point, not legal advice.]

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How this index is used

What is price escalation in a construction contract?

Price escalation in a construction contract is a clause that adjusts the contract price for movements in the published price of a named material, fuel, or labor cost after the bid. It shifts material-price risk from the contractor to the owner, within a defined base period, formula, and cap.

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