Alberta's departments of Education and Infrastructure have undertaken 20 Value Analysis processes in order to gain insight into the nature of the needs and challenges as well as reach a consensus on the scope of the project to be submitted for provincial funding. The work with a broad range of stakeholders enabled the establishment of the priority order for the needs, identification of creative solutions, cost estimates of options, risk analysis and determination of value for the public investment. In addition, the local involvement resulted in a “buy-in” into the scope of the project and avoided cost escalation during the planning design and construction stages.
The presentation focuses on processes and outcomes associated with the implementation of Value Analysis in Alberta Schools. It also uses examples to illustrate the type of projects and circumstances under which such process may be successful.
Presentation highlights how VA can help government and suggests how government can support VA.
This publication relfects the advice of an expert panel to the Minister of Alberta Infrastructure on sustainable school buildings. The report discusses holistic design including life cycle costing, green building design, leed, and value management. The report recommends that the Alberta government establish a systematic process for ensuring appropriate value of school building projects through the use of the value management, value analysis, value engineering process on school buildings.
A description of the Value Engineering/ Value Analysis process and information about the $800 Million in cost savings, cost avoidance that the Ontario Ministry of Transportation has had with VE.
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is the leading government proponent for Value Engineering in Canada. The expanding use of and advocacy for Value Engineering by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation has occurred because Value Engineering meets 3 key needs:
1. Maximizes use of resources
2. Establishes common understand of business needs
3. Delivers Innovation
This paper will highlight how the Ontario Ministry of Transportation uses value management to achieve innovation in infrastructure projects, improve the effectiveness and efficiency of business processes, define the requirements of IT systems, generate organizational change, and develop innovative standards.