Hybrid value engineering: the challenge of construction project management in the 1990s

Project management is a total construction discipline, and not just project planning. It integrates and promotes subdisciplines outside the traditional professions. Part of the project manager's function is to make choices, and the manager needs a control tool to assist in this. Value engineeri...

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Published in:International journal of project management 1994-08, Vol.12 (3), p.157-164
Main Authors: D Rwelamila, P, W Savile, P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Construction industry
construction project management
Decision making
hybrid value engineering
Project management
Strategic planning
Value engineering
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Summary:Project management is a total construction discipline, and not just project planning. It integrates and promotes subdisciplines outside the traditional professions. Part of the project manager's function is to make choices, and the manager needs a control tool to assist in this. Value engineering (VE) is a suitable control tool, because it achieves a balance between the project options. VE is not widely understood in construction, and so, as an interim measure, the use of some easily used subtools is advocated to show whether decisions improve or worsen the project's potential performance. This is termed hybrid value engineering (HVE). A selection of HVE tools is highlighted.
ISSN:0263-7863
1873-4634
DOI:10.1016/0263-7863(94)90031-0