Value Management In Construction

The construction industry is one of the leadingto seek innovative solutions
and continuously growing industries in the countryValue management in construction can be applied
nowadays. But there may have something missingthrough the following:
to keep it always on the top-Value Management.Value Management throughout the project cycle -
Generally, Value Management is a method ofnormally, a project has a planned series of
management particularly dedicated to motivatingworkshops incorporated with the project program
people, developing skills, and promoting synergiesbeginning at project description- strategic level,
and improvement with the aim of maximizing theand continuing through to construction technical
overall performance of an organization.level. During the operations stage, lessons learned
However, Value Management in constructionworkshops and post occupancy evaluation studies
industry plays a very important role in terms ofassist in improving future projects in addition to
its quest for continuous improvement andthe utilization of the new facility.
innovation. And because Value Management is aCost Cutting Versus Value Improvement is for
method of management, particularly dedicated tothe past many years, value analysis and value
motivating people, developing skills, and promotingengineering were associated with cost cutting. But
synergies and innovation, therefore it aims inthrough applying value methods on projects, it
maximizing the overall performance of anbecame clear that best value ws not about cost
organization. In other words, the idea of Valuecutting, but rather improving the understanding of
Management in construction industry can bethe clients requirements and business needs. This
applied to the strategic planning of the businessis now important to the present concept of Value
and improvement in performance on top ofManagement in Construction industry.
delivering Best Value.Understanding the clients needs if there is a poor
But, how will Value Management in constructionunderstanding of the client need or if it is not
industry are achieved? Well, it is crucial that to beclearly stated in the clients instructions, usually, the
able to provide the best value management inresult is poor value all the way through the
construction projects to clients in the constructionproject lifecycle with wasted resource in
industry is to keep and maintain a tight workforcemanagement time, production time, design time,
with higher management supervision and clearand the cost of change. Having clear client
direction. To be more specific, you have to makedirections will need skilled facilitation in order to
sure that project teams have:change whatever misconceptions there is.
An understanding of the essential business needsExternal challenge is important in achieving
and success criteria of clients, users, andimprovement in the construction industry. To
stakeholdersdate, all strategic and tactical workshops,
A clear performance concise in terms of valuefacilitators who are external to the project team
objectives. The skills, expertise, and knowledgeare involved. This is to make sure that there is no
neededundue political or commercial pressure taken to
No areas of ambiguity with respect to policybear on the project team. Additionally, this will also
issues and expected outcomes. An effectiveensure that areas of uncertainty are identified and
team with good communications. Thedealt with.
determination to eliminate unnecessary costs and