Value Engineering / Analysis Services

Value engineering (VE) involves three initial questions: (1) What is the item’s function, (2) what does the item cost, and (3) are there other ways of performing the function at the same or a reduced cost?

MACTEC’s multi-disciplined VE teams use a seven-step, function-based methodology to identify performance improvements while reducing or controlling the total cost of ownership:

1. Investigation
2. Function Definition
3. Creativity
4. Evaluation
5. Development
6. Presentation
7. Implementation

In the past 25 years, MACTEC’s VE services have helped clients save in excess of $1.1 billion on projects totaling an estimated $11.1 billion in construction costs, providing a return on investment of 70:1. But the value methodology isn’t just about reducing unnecessary costs. It’s a consensus-building, problem-solving tool that improves organizational decision making and productivity.

Our value engineering / management services are summarized below:

Team Studies (Complete Teams, Partial Teams or Team Leadership)
• Construction Studies
• Design Studies
• Planning Studies
• Software Studies

Training Workshops and Seminars
• SAVE Module 1 (40 hours)
• SAVE Module 2 (24 hours)
• Executive Briefings
• One-day Briefings
• Train the Trainer
• Buildings
• Highways
• Industry
• Water/Wastewater

Function Analysis Concept Design
• Design Team Based
• Identify Needs and Wants
• Develop Job Plan
• Develop Draft Concept and Estimate
• Alternative Analyses (Charette/Bubble Diagrams)
• Implementation
• Concept Documentation

VE Program Development
• Agency Policy Advice
• Audit Procedures Development
• Procedures Manual Development
• Program Scope Determination
• Projects Study Selection
• VE Programs Organization

Constructability Reviews
• Change Order Minimization
• Plan Check Services
• Quality Control Services
• Team Reviews

Construction VE
• Contractor Studies
• Owner Evaluations
• User Training

Life-cycle Cost Analyses
• Energy Usage
• Maintenance/Operations Costs
• User Costs/Benefits
• VECP Analyses
• VEP Analyses

Customer Survey Services
• Building Evaluations
• Post-occupancy Surveys
• Systems Evaluations
• User Satisfaction