AN-NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

FUCULTY OF ENGINEERINGCIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

GRADUATION PROJECTCONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT

(Value Engineering)By:

Raya Abu- Ra’edLama Thawabeh

Sabrin Salem.

Supervisor: Eng. Hussein Abu Znt

CASE STUDY(MANAGEMENT OF TILL SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION)

The project is “Till School” in Till village, near Nablus. It is a multi story building of two stories , the area of each story equal 655 M2, with the additional area of a roof and canteen of an area equal to 27 M2 and 40 M2 respectively.

Main idea of research:

The research described how project management principles and techniques apply to the real world challenges. These techniques were used to MINIMIZE THE COST USING MANY ENGINEERING CONCEPTS.

THE SENARIO

This research is mainly done to manage the financial side in the project which is (Minimizing the Cost to the specified and agreed level).

A detailed cost study according to the inquired bill of quantity from the owner side

Owner

Engineering Consultants

Cost analysis was made

Owner

The overall project price is so much higher than the budget specified by the owner for the project completion

Manage this increment in the project price so that it fits the specified budget, within the specified duration.

Engineering Consultants

Original project price according to the original BOQ submitted from the owner = $ 774,000

Donner / Budget of the project = $ 710,000

Amount needed to be reduced= $ 64,000

METHODOLOGY

• Engineering aspects used in such case to reduce the overall project cost:

Value engineering.

Cost analysis for the structural elements and other elements.

detailed quantity surveying.

Re-design the main structural elements.

Reduction for not necessary areas.

Value engineering Value engineering definition: Value = How to increase the Value?1) By improving the performance. Value =

2)By decreasing the cost .

Value =

Implementation of value engineering

Following is an example of a reliable alternative used , that added a value to the project (by reducing the cost): Building stone:Two alternatives were suggested, but one was used:

1) The artificial building stone

2) The effaced face natural building stone

Original stone price =

Effaced face price = $5.5/M

Saved amount =$ 8900$ 7/M $ 72900

$ 64000

Implementation of value engineering

other items to which value engineering concept was successfully applied:

Tiles.

Steel doors.

aluminum windows.

Quantity Surveying

It was mentioned in the contract that the listed structural quantities are not accurately measured for competitive purposes, so quantity surveying was done to the main structural elements and it was found that the accurate quantities are less than the specified in the original BOQ.

Plaster works: Original mentioned quantity (M2):

New quantity (M2):

Concrete :Original quantity (M3):

New calculated quantity (M3):

6560 M2

4100 M2Saved amount=

$ 7700

3119 M3

2755 M3

Saved amount=$ 12000

$ 28250

$ 20220

$ 279660

$ 267230

Re-Design

Drop beams:

Total saved amount resulted from Re-Design = $ 3100

Summary table for steel and concrete cost for re-designed drop beams.Item Original

designRe-design

steel = 57730 NIS 54550 NISconcrete = 109 M3 95 M3.

Area ReductionEliminating the store:

after study, the canteen store was eliminatedBecause there is adequate number of stores inside the building.

Savings due to the reduction in the canteen area.

Item Reduced quantity Saved price

Plaster 58.5 M2 $ 290Tiles 13.5 M2 $ 308Emulsion paint 45 M2 $ 247

Oil paint 45 M2 $ 405Policed paint 13.5 M2 $ 35Ground slab 20 M2 $ 550Solid slab 14 M2 $ 784 columns 1 M3 $ 405Stone walls 12 M2 $ 97210 cm block wall 13.5 M2 $ 221

footings 1 M3 $ 1517Wooden door 1 unit $ 288

1*36 watt fluorescent lamp

1 unit $32

Socket outlet 1 unit $ 28

Total saved amount from reduction of the canteen area= $ 6100

Schedule

The specified duration for completion of this project is 8 months .

According to primavera project planner results, it’s found that the time was not critical to implement the project.

Result: No Cost increment due to the specified project duration.

Conclusion

The following table summarizes the previous results:

Method Amount saved (USD) % of the total saved amount

Value Engineering 35,100 54 %

Quantity surveying 20,500 31.5 %

Re-design 3100 5 %

Area reduction 6,100 9.5 %

Total saved amount: (USD)

65,000 100 %

Recommendations

It is slightly recommended to search more about the application of the Value Engineering in the Engineering world.

Thanks For attention

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