28 Jul 2026
Cost Index & Benchmark Intelligence
- Cost curves now escalate on the live CAF Cost Index — estimates reflect this month's index, not a figure published a quarter ago.
- Every cost curve now declares its cost scope (full EPC / Total Installed Cost vs. a narrower basis), so a curve is never mistaken for a project total.
- Benchmark calibration refresh: superseded 1989-vintage curves retired, and the PEM electrolyser recalibrated to fully-installed EPC cost.
- New confidential dossiers in the Knowledge Library: CAF Cost Index methodology, the Module B benchmark catalogue, and Kpex Auto-Escalation.
25 Jul 2026
Always-current escalation
- The 2021 benchmark cost curves now re-escalate automatically the month the CAF Cost Index refreshes — always current to the latest published data.
18 Jul 2026
Deeper parametric estimating
- Multi-driver cost models: ten infrastructure and process models now price on their real cost drivers — voltage, terrain, metallurgy, service — not capacity alone.
- Every parametric estimator gained a cost summary in its print / PDF report and a one-click Excel export (Summary, CBS, Basis and OPEX/ABEX sheets).
- Knowledge Library document viewer — read reference PDFs inline without downloading.
16 Jul 2026
Estimate workflow & decommissioning
- A clear "Continue Estimate" flow plus unsaved-changes warnings across every estimate builder.
- HV Transmission Line: a full multi-driver model (voltage, circuits, conductor, terrain, towers and foundations).
- Module E — ABEX (Abandonment & Decommissioning) cost models: all six sector catalogues live.
13 Jul 2026
Access, pricing & registration
- Membership access control applied across the platform.
- Database-driven pricing, and a registration flow with email verification and subscription.
- Confidentiality hardening: estimates and projects are private by default.
09 Jul 2026
Water & Wastewater
- New Water / Wastewater Treatment parametric estimator — four facility types (potable, wastewater, advanced MBR, seawater RO), benchmark-anchored.
21 Jun 2026
Module C — facility cost models
- Parametric estimators for Onshore & Offshore Oil & Gas, Refineries and LNG (onshore and offshore).
- Facility cost models extended across Chemicals, Power, Renewable Energy (11 technologies), Buildings (20 types), Mining, Nuclear and Infrastructure — completing Module C.
- Percentile selection (P10 / P50 / P90) with an adopted TIC on every Module C estimator.
01 May 2026
Foundations
- Cost Curves — benchmark capacity-cost curves with full data provenance.
- CAF Cost Index (Z.5) — a plant cost index computed monthly from BLS and FRED.
- Multi-currency support — historical FX from the ECB, resolved by each estimate's date and frozen per estimate.
- ISBL / MTO take-off tool, Location Factor Index (Z.4), Cost Adjustment Index (Z.5) and the Assessment Tools suite (Z.6).