• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.79-88
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• 2018

Construction business VE is classified into design stage VE and construction stage VE. The faster the application, the better the effect. Therefore, the design stage VE was legislated in 2000 and actively applied. However, it is urgent to activate the construction VE, which is complementary to the design VE system. In the meantime, we have made a lot of efforts to activate construction VE by suggesting the necessity of construction VE system, improvement of technology development compensation system, concrete implementation method of construction VE, but it was not effective due to lack of related laws. This study compares and analyzes construction VE system in Korea and abroad for the activation of construction VE after recognizing such domestic reality. A survey of experts in each field of the construction industry was conducted and suggestions for improvement of construction VE system suitable for domestic construction industry were suggested.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.59-67
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to efficiency scheme to design VE through the case studies of construction VE forapartments. The adapted research method includes five case studies of construction VE and analysis of constructionVE practice. The results of this study are as follows 1) For efficiency of design VE, data management system whichis necessary for construction VE database establishment and its application were proposed. 2) Through workingsystem improvement of construction VE, an improvement to design VE performance process was proposed. 3)Consideration factors and main VE items for efficient design VE item selection of apartment buildings wereproposed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.1019-1022
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• 2007

Recent construction projects are becoming larger, more complex and higher rising. Accordingly, necessity of the VE is emphasized as more suitable for expense, function and quality. However, the VE is not functional because of difficulty of application process or of the methods in use in the field of construction. One of the alternative is to introduce the incentive system to activate the VE in the field of construction. By using the incentive system, employers can reduce the relevant project's prime cost and builders will maximize profit creation. In domestic case, they presented the systematic support policy 'Technical development compensation system' which is similar to the 1992 American's VE incentive system about builder's technical development effort but the result was not positive. This study investigates both domestic and other country's construction VE incentive system and reported problems in the construction VE incentive system to executives and construction VE experts. From this survey, conclusions were drawn about problems in the domestic construction VE incentive system's similarity system: 'Insufficiency of the construction VE incentive's article and standards', 'Insufficiency of the appraiser of the construction VE and of the full charge department' etc. I had interviews with the experts of the construction VE which were based on the above-mentioned problems and then presented 'Improvement of the construction VE's incentive system relevant law and system', 'Construction VE experts and construction formation' etc. for ways to bring acceptance of the construction VE in the construction industry.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.839-842
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• 2008

Construction VE is the system introduced in order to reduce the life cycle cost and promote the performance of construction facilities, used in architecture and civil construction since apply to construction over 10 billion from december 2005. But yet it is short of VE specialist and it is not a purpose in maximization of value creation through VE but strong better awareness of tool for budget reduce. This study tries to contribute to qualitative advance of design VE by analyze substantial degree of VE Procedure and VE result by Job Plan used widely in domestic an object design VE competition case to crossroad.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.80-87
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• 2021

Shortage of SOC budget and inappropriate initial construction cost planning have worsened the economic sentiment of the construction firm. Construction VE can be one of the solutions for improving the profitability of construction projects. This study identifies the strong and weak points of construction firms for establishing the strategy of effective construction VE by using importance-performance analysis. As a result, construction firms have strong points on support, cooperation, and knowledge about construction VE, but have weak points on 'VE experience of VE leader', 'Detailed cost estimation', and 'Idea generation and evaluation'. This paper contributes to establishing the strategy of effective construction VE from the perspective of the construction firm, which is differentiated from previous studies that have focused on the institutional approach for construction VE.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.137-144
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• 2007

In the year of 1980 and 2000, the Korean government institutionalized the Value Engineering methodology in the construction phase and the design phase respectively. While design-phase VE have been applied to construction industry actively, which was institutionalized 7 years ago, construction-phase VE have not been applied to industry frequently, although it was institutionalized 25 years ago. On the other hand, at the time of social demands for VE is increasing, it has been pointed out that VE should be compatible with the delivery system. And the time of VE study, the operational management of VE study, and the maintenance process of the result of the VE study also should be considered. In this study, a scheme to improve VE methodology in the construction industry is proposed based on the literature review and the data analysis of domestic and foreign state of VE.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.3 no.2 s.10
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• pp.67-74
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• 2002

VE(Value Engineering) process and techniques are the systematic managerial tool for value engineers to help conduct VE study effectively. However, There is some difference between VE theory and practice in the domestic construction industry. Specially, function analysis appeared to be poorly recognized and regarded even as unnecessary in construction VE. It is needed to identify and enhance the problem areas to upgrade the VE practice. In order to investigate the current VE practice, a comprehensive literature survey and analysis were performed to obtain the trends and problems, related to the process and techniques. In the VE application of the domestic construction project, the study suggests some ideas and future study areas for the effective VE application in the construction industry.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.11-19
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• 2014

Construction VE activities has occupies an important position as a key tool of the project in terms of budget and performance improvements. Reflecting this situation, VE application scope is being expanded than before. Thus, construction projects are required the continued research and development for effective use of construction VE. VE target choice method is the central part in the construction VE work. But, this has a problem with low utilization in practical terms. Accordingly, this study was developed the new methodology(PVTCM) for VE target selection of the construction VE work. Its contents are as follows: First, to analyze practical problem for VE target choice method through VE practical data. Second, to extract the high potential VE object based on the cost model and ideas similarity by excellent VE cases analysis. Third, to implement standardized VE object item by using affinity diagram for each construction type items. This research were conducted to experts interviews for comparison analysis with the cost model as one of a representative target selection method. As a result, proposed method were implemented significantly higher performance in terms of practical effectiveness than conventional method.

• International conference on construction engineering and project management
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.504-509
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• 2011

Recently, construction projects are very complicated and diverse such as high-rise buildings and big bridges, etc. These complicated projects call for a system which can effectively generate productive ideas and activities. Value Engineering (V.E.) activity within construction projects is a necessity for systematic design management and to improve construction ability. This need in the construction industry has required a regular implementation of VE into construction projects. For this reason; America, South Korea, and some other nations have adopted VE applications which control the baseline investments of the construction projects. The process of VE activity is a preferred system and a reasonable alternative. In particular, idea generation within these projects is an important stage in the VE job plan. In this study, VE idea patterns are extracted through best practice analysis from VE cases of road construction projects. Next, we suggest an idea hierarchy model to be used in conjunction with VE idea patterns. This model is supported by reasonable idea generation in VE activity of construction projects. Finally, this model could possibly be the outcome of successful VE results.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.3-10
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• 2015

Value engineering (VE) of the construction project is classified into design phase value engineering and construction phase value engineering. Design phase value engineering must apply to over 10 billion public construction projects by government law. Therefore, the design value engineering apply to actively in construction projects. In contrast, the construction value engineering apply to a limited certain construction project. The reason is that construction value engineering process can not reflect practical demands quality. The construction value engineering can implement to positive impact through the feasibility verification for constructability. In this research, we propose a method of construction value engineering that reflect the practical demands. This method is experts alternative evaluation of using by GFI-based. And, this study was applied to the practical cases to verify the applicability of the proposed method. As a result, proposed alternative evaluation method were analyzed highly efficient in terms of applying the process as well as the method compare to the conventional method.