The Role of Value Engineering Job Plan in Prioritizing Finishing Flooring Selection Criteria

Abstract

Recently, finishing flooring requirements have been paid attention to construction projects. In learning spaces, especially drawing halls, finishing floor selection is one of the major challenges. Selecting flooring materials affects the future performance of these spaces. Value engineering is an analytical process that aims to obtain creative alternatives for any project.The research aims to raise the efficiency of the finishing floor material of the largest drawing halls in the Annex Building at the Modern Academy of Engineering and Technology in Maadi, by measuring the value of each alternative considering the value engineering job plan. The proposed approach provides a comprehensive evaluation system based on the functional requirements of floors that are further divided into 26 sub-criteria. The floor finishing material’s functions have been evaluated according to the needs of users using an electronic questionnaire. The analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used as a multi-criteria decision-making technique that helps to measure the relative weight of each function. Then using the life cycle cost technique, the life cycle cost of each finishing floor alternative was calculated. Finally, the extent of achieving these functions by the suggested alternatives was measured related to its life cycle cost in the final steps. The research concluded that Imported HDF is the optimum solution that achieves the highest value. Relying on performance evaluation or evaluation of LCC alone is not a true reflection of the optimal solution during the selection process. This highlights the role of value engineering in getting desired balance.

Keywords

• finishing flooring criteria
• value engineering
• life cycle cost
• performance
• value index