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Value Engineering in Road Design

Value Engineering (VE) is a tool that can reduce highway design and construction costs by providing alternative means and materials. The main purpose of VE is to deliver the necessary function of a facility at the lowest cost. The systematic approach of VE involves job planning to identify high cost areas and the most economical combination of functions. It uses function analysis, which focuses on why an item is needed rather than the item itself. Another approach is Functional Analysis System Technique (FAST), which helps classify functional relationships. Benefits of applying VE to highway projects are reviewed along with an example FAST diagram for road design in Saudi Arabia.

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Value Engineering in Road Design

Value Engineering (VE) is a tool that can reduce highway design and construction costs by providing alternative means and materials. The main purpose of VE is to deliver the necessary function of a facility at the lowest cost. The systematic approach of VE involves job planning to identify high cost areas and the most economical combination of functions. It uses function analysis, which focuses on why an item is needed rather than the item itself. Another approach is Functional Analysis System Technique (FAST), which helps classify functional relationships. Benefits of applying VE to highway projects are reviewed along with an example FAST diagram for road design in Saudi Arabia.

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VALUE ENGINEERING IN ROAD DESIGN

AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION


BY
Prof. Dr . Mahmoud El-Shourbagy
Professor of Highway & Traffic Eng.;
Faculty Of Eng., Najran University
Najran, Saudi Arabia
E-mail: [email protected]

ABSTRACT:
Value Engineering (VE) is one tool that can counteract the growing of highway
design and construction problems by providing : cost reduction, process
improvement and alternative means and materials for highway construction and
maintenance.
The main purpose of VE is to deliver the necessary function of a certain
facility at the lowest cost.
In order to better understand the application of VE, one should first
identify the main terms which called Function, cost, worth and value.
The systematic approach of Value Engineering is the job plan. It helps
identify high cost areas of the project as well as determine the most economical
combination of functions to achieve the task (design or construction).
Function analysis involves thinking about why an item is necessary, rather
than thinking about item itself, that is, its function-oriented rather than item
oriented. The function analysis approach leads to more creative solutions than
item oriented traditional cost reduction approaches.

Another approach used for identifying and classifying the functional


relationships of a study project known as Functional Analysis System
Technique (FAST).
By using of FAST diagram, a good understanding of the overall problem
and its solution can be obtained.

Benefits resulting from VE application on several highway projects are


included in this review.
This review also includes an illustrative example showing the Function
Analysis System Technique (FAST) diagram of the value engineering study for
the road design process in Saudi Arabia.

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