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Value engineering applications in transportation Wilson, David C

By: Publication details: Washington DC National Cooperative Highway Research Program, 2005; NCHRP synthesis 352, Description: 125 sISBN:
  • 0309097568
Subject(s): Online resources: Bibl.nr: P1314:352Location: Abstract: This report summarizes the current value engineering (VE) practices of highway transportation agencies in the United States and Canada. The synthesis identifies the reported best practices, key strengths, and challenges of current VE study processes and agency programs. The report is intended to serve as a guide to those agencies interested in applying VE and/or improving the effectiveness of VE in their projects and programs. Key topics discussed include policies, guidelines, and selection; education and awareness; applications; implementation; monitoring; and future needs. A brief history is provided that traces the development of VE applications in transportation projects from the 1960s to the present
Item type: Reports, conferences, monographs
Holdings: P1314:352

This report summarizes the current value engineering (VE) practices of highway transportation agencies in the United States and Canada. The synthesis identifies the reported best practices, key strengths, and challenges of current VE study processes and agency programs. The report is intended to serve as a guide to those agencies interested in applying VE and/or improving the effectiveness of VE in their projects and programs. Key topics discussed include policies, guidelines, and selection; education and awareness; applications; implementation; monitoring; and future needs. A brief history is provided that traces the development of VE applications in transportation projects from the 1960s to the present