Despite the jitters the cost escalation has caused in the City, the French appear to be taking a more sanguine view.

They were having trouble dealing with cost escalation and government cutbacks, so they decided to consolidate out of anxiety.

Magellan's delays and cost escalations are trivial compared to those of the Galileo project.

The potential of this program for cost escalation has to be studied closely.

Tools used in cost are, risk management, cost contingency, cost escalation, and indirect costs .

By mid-2002, development of the MMR was reported to be experiencing major delays and cost escalations.

However, the product never saw the light of day, having been axed because of cost escalation.

The Government was concerned about cost escalation and programme slip on the project and part of his brief was to correct these.

However, the French direction rejected design for a more realistic weight, so programme slip and cost escalation continued.

In September 2012, India media outlets suggested cost escalation and contract delays are likely.