TITLE:
The Pathology of the Hindrance Factors Impeding the Application of Value Engineering in the Construction Industry in Iran and Ranking Them by Use of Analytical Hierarchy Process
AUTHORS:
Ebrahim Kalani, Reza Baradaran Kazem-Zadeh, Ehsan Kamrani
KEYWORDS:
Value Engineering, Civil Projects, Analytical Hierarchy Process
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies,
Vol.5 No.1,
March
14,
2017
ABSTRACT: Nowadays due to the importance of value engineering,
many researches have been done about it and application of it in engineering
subcategories especially civil engineering. Researches have either
paid attention to the structure of value engineering or to the procedures of
getting it done or to mixing it with other managerial tactics like risk management, cost
management, quality management, or to the diagnosis of the problems in the
procedure of value engineering. However, the present research is about the
diagnosis of the barriers against application of value engineering in civil
engineering projects in Iran with collecting data and experts’ views and
engineers and professors and also application of statistical and AHP approach.
The findings of this research include:
diagnosis and ranking of the barriers against development and application of
value engineering in civil projects with help of AHP-categorizing applicants of
value engineering in terms of their field of work in civil engineering, their
level of education, their experience and visualizing the amount of application
of value engineering in today`s civil projects. It can be reached from data
that the most important barrier is lack of the culture and aspiration for
thrift. It can be reached from the research that the most important barriers
against application of value engineering are lacking the related culture and
incentive for thrift and good use of resources. Of course the activities of groups like
value engineers club, civil engineers club, office of planning and controlling
of presidency are most important in making applicants keen on using the value
engineering.