Value Engineering
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The official GTU curriculum for Value Engineering (subject code 2721405) as prescribed for C(EA · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 31 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2721405)Unit 1 Introduction
- (i) Concept and definition
- objectives of Value engineering
- Advantages of Value methodology
- Scenario of value engineering with context to India
- Origin of Value engineering (ii) Quantity surveying and value engineering
- team of value engineering and its quality
- Applicability to Mega projects
- Value engineering and project management
Unit 2 Value Analysis
- Job planning and its importance in value engineering
- Various phases of Value Engineering -Information Phase
- Function Analysis Phase
- Creative Phase
- Evaluation Phase
- Development Phase
Unit 3 Functional Analysis
- Functions at various levels and of various types
- cost and worth of function
- importance of functional analysis
- FAST Diagramming -How to prepare
Unit 4 Creative Phase
- Creative thinking and creative processes
- Application in Value engineering
- Various techniques
- fundamental approaches of similarity
- contiguity and contrast
- Positive approach
Unit 5 Cost Model
- Cost and Worth
- True and Poor value
- Factors affecting the value
- Value Index
- Cost and Value Gap, importance of cost model in Value Engineering
- Function and Matrix Cost model
- Life cycle cost analysis