As an ideal, the underlying intentions of value engineering seem noble. Truly, discarding elements of a design that add extraneous costs but do not make a significant contribution to a building’s ...

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Anaheim, CA — Value engineering is an often-misunderstood concept in architecture, but it is a critical component of any station design project. This was the key message from David J. Pacheco, AIA, ...

Value engineering is defined by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants as the functional analysis and redesign of products and services to provide value to the customer. Value engineering ...

Construction professionals know the importance of value engineering to keeping projects on budget. But we also know that term has been diluted. According to Wikipedia, “value engineering is a ...

Ideally, products are developed and manufactured using a systematic approach that assesses value for the marketplace. This value is evaluated as a ratio of function to cost. Value increases either by ...

Completing construction projects on time and within budget can seem like a daunting task. With additional pressures like fluctuating material costs, skilled labor availability and operational costs, ...

Value Engineering (VE) is a product or process improvement program that is one of the oldest in the federal government. Its objective is to improve the functional value of a product or process for the ...

Have you ever thought about how and why something was designed? Who was considered a “stakeholder” for the design? And what biases are baked within the process of designing something? These are some ...