• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.3 no.2 s.10
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• pp.67-74
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• 2002

VE(Value Engineering) process and techniques are the systematic managerial tool for value engineers to help conduct VE study effectively. However, There is some difference between VE theory and practice in the domestic construction industry. Specially, function analysis appeared to be poorly recognized and regarded even as unnecessary in construction VE. It is needed to identify and enhance the problem areas to upgrade the VE practice. In order to investigate the current VE practice, a comprehensive literature survey and analysis were performed to obtain the trends and problems, related to the process and techniques. In the VE application of the domestic construction project, the study suggests some ideas and future study areas for the effective VE application in the construction industry.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.390-400
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• 2008

Reports on VE/LCC based coastal structural design were analyzed to derive possible improvement. VE/LCC technique may be effectively applied to making decisions in coastal structural design. However, it has not been well utilized in recent projects for some problems. Therefore, recent project reports on VE/LCC have been analyzed and merits and demerits were classified. Then, the reason why VE/LCC cannot be effectively applied to real projects was drived. Finally, some pre-requisites to improve the technique were summarized.

• Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.53-58
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• 2001

Value Engineering (VE) is an organized process with an impressive history of improving value and quality. VE can be applied to the construction projects with having good study results. The VE study in construction projects gives identification of opportunities to remove unnecessary costs while assuring quality, performance, reliability, and other factors will meet or exceed the clients needs. VE techniques can save money, reduce time, and improve quality, reliability, maintainability, and performance. VE can also make improving of human factors (altitudes, creativity), and team work. According to the results of VE study in recent USA, 5∼35% reduction in initial costs have been made for the construction projects (ROI ranges : 100∼1000). To have successful work results, if possible, VE study shall be considered at project planning stage or basic design stage later than field work stage with application of VE JOB PLAN, multi-disciplinary approach, and proper techniques in respective study phases (pre-workshop / information gathering / function analysis / creativity / judgement and evaluation / development / presentation and implementation) among the detail techniques in many.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.28-38
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• 2014

Construction value engineering(VE) is often performed in the form of a short term review of designs, rather than during a regular workshop with a standardized work plan, and its application method is limited. Thus, tasks are performed by applying the method in reverse depending on the VE results, and function analysis, a key VE method, is omitted or only applied for the sake of formality. In addition, it is hard to expect great results from VE because of insufficient time and budget allowed to perform VE and a lack of understanding of VE procedures and methods. In particular, the methods used to store and reuse the tremendous amount of ideas and information created during the process of VE implementation is not systematic. Even the Korea Expressway Corporation, which has produced relatively systematic VE performance compared to other institutions, has had the above-mentioned problems. Therefore, this study aims to improve existing VE processes and suggest a method to efficiently store and retrieve VE information by analyzing the limitations of construction VE practice and the characteristics of VE for highway facilities as part of improving design VE performance.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.3-12
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• 2019

VE analysis is a method to secure definite functions and performance by defining user's various requirements clearly and propose alternatives to reduce cost. However, the present domestic VE project has difficulty in defining design function analysis clearly due to time constraints as well as difficulty in effective and efficient communication between project stakeholder. Domestic results of VE were largely focused on reducing cost while maintaining the functions of the existing facility. Therefore, this study aims to secure the optimal functions for users according to the original intent of user requirements through QFD-VE model which project VE participants can make collective and cooperative decision making. QFD-VE is a technique that first, it can make collaborative decision making in defining and modifying of design function and setting the importance of requirement function. Second, it allow project VE participants to check design interference and conflict between neighbor systems. This study also provided a mathematical model for implementing the computer system using QFD-VE in the future.

• Proceedings of the Safety Management and Science Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.191-198
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• 2010

본 논문은 원가절감과 신제품 개발에서 사용되고 있는 VE(Value Engineering)중에서 기능을 높이거나 원가를 낮출 수 있는 아이디어 발상단계에서 TRIZ를 적용하는 것에 대한 기법 개선 연구이다. VE는 미 국방성에서 시작되어 지금은 거의 모든 산업분야에서 적용하고 있는 관리.기술 향상을 위한 혁신 tool이다. TRIZ(Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) 는 러시아 과학자 알트슐러에 의해서 만들어진 창조적 아이디어 발상을 도와주는 아이디어 발상 Tool이라고 할 수 있다. 수 십 만 건의 특허를 분석해서 40가지의 발명원리를 도출해내어 체계적으로 정립한 파워풀한 아이디어 발상 도구 인 것이다. VE활동 중에 원가 절감 또는 제품의 가치 극대화 시키는 아이디어 발상단계에서 TRIZ를 접목한다면 VE의 완성도와 성과가 더욱 높아 질 것이라고 판단된다. 지금 까지 사용해 왔던 브레인스토밍, NM법, 오스본 체크리스트 ${\ldots}$ 등의 아이디어 발상 기법도 훌륭한 방법이지만 좀 더 체계적이고 분석적이며 파워풀한 TRIZ 기법을 활용하여 VE 프로젝트 프로세스를 한 단계 발전시키는 계기가 될 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.159-166
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• 2007

The Value Engineering(VE) well known as a way of Productivity Elevation is already the proven and outstanding management method in Construction Industry the inside and outside of country. The Value Engineering in domestic, revised by the method of the Construction Technique - Enforcement Ordinance ("the Examination of Design Economy") in 2005, is usually applicable to the Construction Work which cost over 10 billon won. But It is true that there is some differences between theory and reality to apply the Value Engineering in domestic. Therefore the differences are blocking process to enlarge and supply the VE in domestic. In this Study, through a case-analysis of the recently accomplished Design Value Engineering, we give a careful consideration to the problem and cause. And we are inclined to contribute to a successful stay of the Design Value Engineering in domestic as offering the solution about those.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.1023-1028
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• 2007

It is the most important thing of the overall VE that we create inventive ideas from idea phase in the design VE. However, it is hard that it take a long time and create a superior idea using Brainstorming. And, it was real to lodge an alternative plan proposed on the idea thinking phase, it is true that an alternative plan of existing simply costdown apply to a change and insert isn't different from an inventive idea deduction. Also creating alternative idea, many expert hold on to only his field and it was exposed a limit depend on a team's experience or intuition than technical solution. In this study, we analyzed the problem of the present design VE processing and analyzed the problem through a survey to an expert, and then we'll suggest a possibility for an efficient design VE.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.11-19
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• 2014

Construction VE activities has occupies an important position as a key tool of the project in terms of budget and performance improvements. Reflecting this situation, VE application scope is being expanded than before. Thus, construction projects are required the continued research and development for effective use of construction VE. VE target choice method is the central part in the construction VE work. But, this has a problem with low utilization in practical terms. Accordingly, this study was developed the new methodology(PVTCM) for VE target selection of the construction VE work. Its contents are as follows: First, to analyze practical problem for VE target choice method through VE practical data. Second, to extract the high potential VE object based on the cost model and ideas similarity by excellent VE cases analysis. Third, to implement standardized VE object item by using affinity diagram for each construction type items. This research were conducted to experts interviews for comparison analysis with the cost model as one of a representative target selection method. As a result, proposed method were implemented significantly higher performance in terms of practical effectiveness than conventional method.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.533-546
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• 2007

This paper studied the design VE (Value Engineering) process among the various methods to satisfy the requirement of user and cost saving in the overall redesign process for the Turn-key base construction project. This study has been estabilished the rational and practical analysis process with the stepwise by using the design VE process. The efficiency and safety were verified with the adoptian of computer simulation to cope with the problem of initial analysis and verification for design VE process in the large construction project. In the previous design VE process, there is a limitation for the analysis of design VE in the planing stage and the execution time period of the large construction project. The previous application of VE technique was only for the construction of harbor facilities, so there was no contribution of cost saving in the function and construction. However, this paper proposed the selection methodology of VE items and hence the redesign VE process can be efficiently improved. It can be also improved the process of functional analysis rationally and practically. About 4.6 billion won has been saved with applying to the harbor construction project with using the VE method proposed in this paper. The study gives the direction of VE to be accomplished efficiently in the similar project.