| Author | Malla, Shreena |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.CM-13-05 |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Master of Engineering in
Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. CM-13-05 |
| Abstract | Construction industry is considered as economic activities that play essential role in accomplishing socio economic goals of any country. But the construction industry of Nepal has shown a continuous decline since last few years. The industry has become noticeably wasteful, unproductive, ineffective, and adversarial.The typical problems that this industry has been facing for years are poor performance, project delay and cost overrun. Lack of key creative ideas, out-dated standards and poor construction technology, communication gap among project team members are the major drawbacks that leads the project towards delay and cost overrun. To overcome such critical problems, value engineering has been introduced as a tool for cost reduction within construction industry in a developing country like Nepal. It is a proven method that has been already applied in various developed and developing countries. This is a technique that notonly reduces project cost but also enhances the quality of the project. So this dissertation presents the essential fundamental of Value Engineering and its different phases that have been applied in projectsto reduce the cost without compromising quality. This research discusses about building construction projects in which construction materials of the project are changed according to Value engineering methodology. The alternatives of those materials are chosen such that the cost is reduced without affecting the value of the project. Since the main objective of this research is to investigate the opportunity of VE application in the construction industry of Nepal, the VE methodology (6 Job Plans), after being verified from seven experts was applied for collecting data from Nepal.During the data collection process, cost overrun items are identified through face to face interview and then VE methodology is applied on these items. Then detail analysis of both chases has been done to investigate the opportunity of value engineering application in construction phase.
After detail analysis, it was found that this concept is very much new in Nepal but quite beneficial for the people involved in this industry. This investigation finding reflects that this concept has high potential to reduce the project cost, but in order to apply this method commitment from top management level is required first and then highly experienced people to form a VE team |
| Keyword | Value Engineering; Cost reduction; Nepalese construction industry; BOQ; VE Job plans; Value alternative |
| Year | 2013 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology.|tThesis ;|vno. CM-13-05 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Chotchai Charoenngam; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Hadikusumo, Bonaventura H.W.;Santoso, Djoen San; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship; |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2013 |