Value Engineering

What is value engineering?  Value engineering is typically a cost reduction strategy where surgical changes are made to a design which maintain the projects functionality and quality, while at the same time reducing costs, thereby bringing more value to the project owner.  A very simple example of this might be to change from a custom type piece of equipment to one that is mass produced with the same functionality.  Value engineering can also quite complex to the point of a complete change of the system design concept.  Sunset Air is extremely skilled with the concepts of value engineering.  We routinely implement the value engineering process on our own design build projects, which is why projects we have designed provide excellent value (a given performance/quality standard at the lowest cost).  However, more broadly we have implemented Value Engineering (VE) on projects in a design assist role or on projects design by other engineers to see if there are different ways of approaching the design which deliver more value (reduced cost at the same or similar functionality/quality).  For example, on the Olympia Hands on Children’s Museum, Sunset Air was able to provide a net VE cost reduction of $100,000 by taking over as the Engineer of Record.  If you have a project that has budget struggles, let Sunset Air evaluate if we believe there is VE opportunity.

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