Moving From A Mandated Environment To A Value-Oriented Culture Through Enhanced Performance Of VE

摘要

The planning and design process already generates alternatives to meet the stakeholders' needs within available budget, and there are already multiple reviews throughout the project development process to ensure projects stay on schedule and on budget. So, why are we forced to do VE? We've all heard this question numerous times and may struggle to respond. This paper will attempt to answer it by defining the function of value engineering. It is intended to provide support to the VE Community of Practice when communicating with project managers, designers, executive managers, stakeholders, consultants, and others on the specific purpose of value engineering and why it is uniquely different than any other planning, design, review, or problem solving processes currently employed to deliver projects. This paper will spell out what has to be done and/or accomplished to be considered VE and how someone can substantiate it was accomplished properly.