"cost escalation" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to the increase in costs or expenses over a period of time. You can use "cost escalation" in a sentence when discussing rising expenses or budgetary concerns. For example: - "The project is facing significant cost escalation due to unexpected delays and material shortages." - "The company's profits have been affected by cost escalation in raw materials and production costs." - "The cost escalation in healthcare has become a major concern for both patients and providers."
"They were having trouble dealing with cost escalation and government cutbacks, so they decided to consolidate out of anxiety.
"Those that have moved forward have suffered substantial cost escalation and several have received negative financial reviews.
To meet this demand, operators must install twice as many nodes per square mile.The cost escalation does not stop there.
Last week the National Audit Office published a rexport that found there had been significant delay and cost escalation to 12 of the 14 large projects at Sellafield.
The new presidential administration could begin by accounting for cost increases more honestly, using the initial basis on which missions are started, rather than today's practice of neglecting certain kinds of cost escalation.
While the district built in a cost escalation factor, officials discovered it was not enough and, as a result, the district has re-estimated the cost of the $32 million project at the high school.
In order to afford these new investments, and in response to cost escalation in long-running programmes, the government has announced some savings in frontline forces, most notably the decision to reduce the planned purchase of type-26 frigates.
In Johannesburg, the cost escalation for the construction of the "African Calabash" to $350 million has meant a radical cutback in capital expenditure in a city that is falling apart.
"Delayed partly for political reasons in 2010, it is now becoming clear that further slippage in the programme has been down to poor management, significant cost escalation, delays in the construction of the Astute [nuclear-powerd but conventionmally armed] attack submarines at Barrow, and other uncertainties", says BASIC's executive director, Paul Ingram.
"As the president's pay goes up, it raises what you pay the provosts, the deans, and so on, and that cost escalation, at a time of recession when we're going to have to raise tuition anyway, sends a pretty insensitive message," Mr. Callan said.
"The idea that government is looking to see what they can slice off to stop cost escalation is very disturbing to communities and environmentalists, as the very first thing to go will be the already inadequate proposed mitigations, and the only other thing they can do is reduce the already woeful access to compensation.
