Process Name: Value Engineering Program

Product/Service: Perform value engineering analysis on selected projects and document findings.

Primary Customers: Management Regulators: FHWA

Customer's Valid Requirement(s): Effective use of resources to produce a quality transportation system.

Regulator's Valid Requirement(s): Federal-aid system projects with total costs of $25 million or more ($20 miilion or more for bridges) have a VE study performed during project development.

Input(s): Projects Supplier(s): Work Program Dept / Person Step / Time

Flow Chart
VALUE ENGINEERING TEAM STATE VALUE ENGINEER

Process and Quality Measures (QA/QC)

Process Measures
And

Checking / Measurement Monitoring

Checking Item What is to be checked?
VER & Work Plan Work Program VER

Miscellaneous Information
- Abbreviations - Procedure Reference - Notes, etc.
Federal Regulation 23 CFR 627 VE Procedure 625-030-002

DISTRICT VALUE ENGINEER

Control Limits Specs / Targets

75%

Timeframe (Frequency) When to check?

Quarterly

Responsibility Who will check?

SVE

QAR Date of Last Review

Quality Measures
P1 % scheduled studies completed # projects > $20 million never studied % projects studied by phase # of pending rec. per time period

D1: 01/2009 C

PROJECT SELECTION

P2

Project Selection Process

P3

Annual

SVE

75%

Quarterly

SVE

D2: 01/2009 C

AASHTO Guidelines for VE NCHRP Synthesis 352 Value Engineering Applications in Transportation

P1

P2

P3 P4

VER

Quarterly

SVE D3: 01/2009 C

TEAM SELECTION

Team Selection Process

$$$ Saved per time period

VER

Quarterly

SVE

Q1

VER

Quarterly

SVE D4: 01/2009 C

Q2

Value Added $$$ per time period

VER

Quarterly

SVE

Q3

STUDY

Conduct Value Engineering Study

Q4

Adoption Rate Percent Saved

40%-60% 5%

VER VER

Quarterly Quarterly

SVE SVE D5: 01/2009 C

Q5

Return on Investment % Customer Satisfaction

$130 to $1

VER Management Survey

Annual

SVE D6: 01/2009 C

Q6

Annual

SVE

RESOLUTION

Recommendation Resolution Process

P4

D7: 01/2009 C

TPK: 01/2009 C

REPORTING

Reporting/Tracking Process CODES: C - Compliance NC- Noncompliant BP- Best Practices

Approved: ________________________________________

Date: __________________

Process Owner: ___State Value Engineer_____________ Rev #: __1.5_____ Rev Date: _2/2009___