Submission ID 114731
| Session Title | CO - Cost-Effective Construction Solutions for an Aging and Underfunded Network |
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| Title | Value engineering for better roads and mobility |
| Abstract | Value engineering (VE) is a design process that helps design teams better understand the needs that have to be satisfied with a project and how to satisfy these needs at the best cost possible. It has been used for decades to optimize roads and bridge projects, both in terms of infrastructures and in terms of mobility. This session will explain shortly how a VE study is organized with multidisciplinary diverse teams, and the expected usual outcomes of such a study. A typical job plan will be presented with its various phases: preparation, information, function analysis, creativity, evaluation, preparation of proposals, implementation. The speaker will also explain how the approach has evolved over the decades to become a very effective method to better design roads, highways, bridges for a better mobility and public acceptability. Many examples will be shown to explain the different issues that can be solved in a VE study, with Before and After situations well defined. The examples will cover roads, bridges and service projects and how they were optimized with VE. Finally, Value Analysis Canada will be introduced along with our mission and our goals for better roads and mobility in Canada |
| Presentation Description (for App) | This presentation will focus on how Value Engineering (VE) can improve value of roads, bridges, highways and services for better mobility in Canada. The VE approach will be explained, job plan and VE teams. Examples will be shown with before and after situations. |
| Author and/or Presenter Information | Lucie Parrot, VA Canada |
