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 ...

Over the past half-century, value engineering (VE) has proven to be an effective tool to manage time, costs, and quality with an aim to maximize value. It has also been shown to be a highly effective ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Inflation. Supply chain delays. Labor shortages. Constantly ...

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 ...

Every contractor has seen it happen: a project design that, for whatever reason, exceeds the owner's budget. If there's no leeway to spend more—and these days, there usually isn't—the contractor has ...

Optimum value engineering is a building method designed to reduce the amount of lumber needed to build a new house or other structure. While optimum value engineering can save money on some aspects of ...

Value engineering is by no means a new concept in construction. Yet, its relevance to modern building challenges remains as significant today as it first was over 75 years ago. This systematic and ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The global pandemic ushered in a wave of uncertainty for ...

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, ...

Yes. Value Engineering is a thing. In the corporate world it's called getting more "bang for your buck". In the Federal Government, it's a bit trickier. Every year, Congress "appropriates", or sets ...

Funding is a major obstacle for drone programs launching at large companies. With budgets tight, drone advocates may struggle to get corporate approval to fly on the jobsite unless they can prove that ...