Cost optimization for public school building projects during design stage using value engineering

During the past ten years, various systems of building components have been applied in public school projects in Iraq, with no systematic method used for selection and evaluation, but only based on the designer’s experience. This paper displays evaluation and selection techniques based on value engi...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Afrah, Yahya, Majid
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytic hierarchy process
Building components
Criteria
Decision analysis
Design
Design engineering
Leadership
Public buildings
School buildings
Value engineering
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Summary:During the past ten years, various systems of building components have been applied in public school projects in Iraq, with no systematic method used for selection and evaluation, but only based on the designer’s experience. This paper displays evaluation and selection techniques based on value engineering methodology to find the optimal cost for school building projects in Iraq during design stage. The most important criteria for performance, constructability and sustainability criteria, which based on the Leadership in Energy and Environment Design used in this assessment were obtained from a survey of 49 professional designers and consultants, adoption of the Super Decisions Software Program, which uses analytical hierarchy process (AHP) for determining the relative importance of the main criteria and sub-criteria, that allows the decision-makers to evaluate the suitable alternatives of design for the external wall system in Iraq’s school buildings was built.
ISSN:2261-236X
2274-7214
2261-236X
DOI:10.1051/matecconf/201816202033