1. Value Engineering Group 9 Fahad Alduaij Alsabah Husam Hasuna
Phillip Palisaitis
Syed Shahrukh Hasan Zaidi

2. History WWII in the USA Shortage of materials
Lawrence D. Miles, electrical engineer for General Electric founding father

3. Definition
“Value engineering (VE) is a structured and analytical process that seeks to achieve value for money by providing all necessary functions at the lowest cost consistent with required levels of quality and performance.”
- Dr. Ahmed et al

4. How is VE Applied?

5. Information Phase Review Project Information Discuss Design/Estimate
Develop Questions for Design Team
Constraints ?
Major issues?
Significant Risks?
Identify any missing information

6. Function Analysis Phase
Intent or purpose that a project or service is expected to perform.
Creative Phase
Brainstorming
A technique to get bigger and better ideas
Free flow of creative ideas not bound by barriers
Challenges traditional thinking

7. Evaluation Phase Eliminate ideas Combine ideas
Evaluate remaining ideas
Weighted Matrix
Team Consensus

8. Development Phase Write-up Ideas Descriptions Sketches Calculations
Advantages & Disadvantages
Cost Analysis (Life Cycle Costs)

9. Presentation Phase Present results to management
Either last day of study or scheduled
Document results in report

10. Namhae Expressway South Korea
Case Study:
Namhae Expressway South Korea
Increasing traffic on expressway
Increased rate of severe traffic delays
To reduce it, expressway needed to be stretched from four lanes to eight lanes
Traffic is also diverted during construction

11. Issues
Original design includes Installation of vertical drains called Plastic Board Drains (PBD’s)
6% road was constructed with vertical drains, rest of them with coarse materials
Coarse materials would block installation of PBD’s
High chance of needing special drilling and excavation because of low constructability
Eventually increasing the schedule and costs
Even after PBD installation, it could lead to additional differential settlement

12. Value Engineering Job Plan

13. Value Engineering Job Plan
With the help of functional analysis system technique (FAST) , the team selected 2 functions to present the finest chances for improvement as their function costs outweigh the value
Adjust longitudinal alignment
Stabilize ground under the existing road

14. Design Alternatives
Alternative (1): Installing a median strip, no PBD installation, leave the existing road, lower longitudinal grade.

15. Design Alternatives
Alternative (2): Installation of PBD without removing the existing road, leave the existing road.

16. Design Alternatives
Alternative (3): Use of expanded polystyrene (EPS) to reduce the weight of embankment on the existing road.

17. Results Alternative (1) was selected because:
Lowering longitudinal grade and installing a median strip would absorb the effect of any differential settlement that may happen
Alternative 1 would result in a cost saving of $3million , 26.8% less than the original design
Significant function improvement of 80.8%
Value improvement of 248% from the original design
All this was based on five evaluation criteria
Safety, Constructability, Maintenance, Environment, Cost.

18. Conclusion
VE techniques based on function serves as a means to improve products as well as the process
Designed to seek out optimum value concerning the long term investments
VE should not be confused with a cost cutting process
Achieves essential functions at the possible lowest costs
Better to introduce VE at the earliest stage possible to realize higher returns on the resources and effort invested in the project.

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