Implementation of value engineering in Jordanian public buildings : case study in Jordan

Other Title(s)

تنفيذ هندسة القيمة في المباني العامة الأردنية : حالة دراسية في الأردن

Dissertant

Zaytun, Nahid Salim

Thesis advisor

Muhammad, Ibrahim Abd

University

Isra University

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering

Department

Engineering Project Management

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2018

English Abstract

-The construction projects are witnessing significant development, which requires large budgets, especially for public buildings projects, and it may be necessary to delay the delivery of the project.

The need to reduce the cost of construction, while maintaining its quality by following the so-called methodology of value engineering that implement and complete the work of the project and provide alternatives to obtain the lowest costs and high quality, to find a balance between the initial costs of the building and the operating budget, thereby preserving the building's age.

The study aims to investigate factors affecting value engineering implementation in Jordan, determine the critical success factor that effect to applicate of value engineering in Jordan, and evaluation of an executed project for public buildings from the point of view of Value Engineering.

The methodology of the research was based on statistical analysis by distributing a questionnaire to the engineers of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, which was distributed to )150(engineers, and )112(of which were retrieved.

The methodology of value engineering was applied on the Souf Primary Mixed School Project as a case study for finishing works, and it was found that applying the steps of the value management approach achieves cost savings from the total cost of the project.

The study found the important factors affecting the implementation of value engineering in Jordanian public buildings include: “Design and documentation, resources availability, management factors, and organizational strategy”, respectively.

The most important recommendations are the need to pay attention to the total costs of materials, do not exaggerate the selection of materials to give high value, and mandatory application of value engineering methodology in the projects and make it one of the stages of work to reduce costs and raise the quality of the project.

Main Subjects

Civil Engineering

Topics

• Public buildings
• Case studies
• Jordan

No. of Pages

88

Table of Contents

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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-838459