Open AccessA Proposed Value Engineering System for the Sudanese Construction Industry
Author(s) -
Abdallah M.Awadalla
Publication year - 2009
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1858-7313
DOI - 10.52981/fjes.v4i1.51
Subject(s) - value engineering , function (biology) , benchmark (surveying) , quality (philosophy) , set (abstract data type) , engineering , ideal (ethics) , value (mathematics) , government (linguistics) , field (mathematics) , engineering management , manufacturing engineering , construction engineering , computer science , operations management , mathematics , machine learning , philosophy , linguistics , geodesy , epistemology , evolutionary biology , pure mathematics , biology , programming language , geography
Value Engineering (VE) is defined as a problem solving methodology which is applied in various parts of the world to the construction industry and it proved its effectiveness in optimizing costs and keeping acceptable levels of quality. A young engineer, Lawerence Miles, at the General Electric Company in U.S.A. developed VE methodology in1947. Instead of focusing on the actual part he was assigned to design, he focused attention on the function that it had to perform. VE system can be described as a choice of alternative components. These components when set together form the VE system. Each country chooses the alternative components that suit its economic and environmental conditions. A VE Standard is developed to provide an ideal benchmark of practice in design, construction, operation and maintenance works. Also, the standard is developed to encourage professionals working in the construction field to adopt this technique for improving the value of their projects. The government is expected to adopt this technique and to encourage the engineering departments to organize the application of VE studies on the engineering projects.