Inflation and Increased Demand Push Lab Costs Up - Academic and government labs are increasing their lab build rates with higher demand pushing lab construction costs to uncharacteristic new highs

摘要

The small increases seen in R&D laboratory construction costs over the past several years have been overwhelmed by escalating economic forces since late-2004. These increases have resulted in an overall cost increase of approximately 6%, according to an annual study by HLW International LLP and AccuCost Construction Consultants, both of New York, N.Y. This increase is about twice that seen in previous HLW studies in recent years.