VALUE ENGINEERINGCHANGE PROPOSALS

Eli UlmerETS – Technical Services

• What is a Value Engineering Change Proposal?1

• Value Engineering Manual2• Update to Construction

Records Manual - Section 53• Keys to successful VECP

submittals4

Today’s Overview

Value Engineering Change Proposals

VECPs• Post-award value

engineering proposals made by Construction Contractors

• Lowers construction costs

• Shortens project completion time

• Improves project performance

How to submit a VECP• Follow procedures laid

out in the Standard Specification for Road and Bridge Construction

• Section 104.07

Why submit VECPs?

Value Engineering Manual

VIII. Value Engineering Change Proposals

• Follow Spec Book for guidelines• Engineer sends VECP to ETS – Technical

Services Section

Construction Records Manual

Value EngineeringChange orders containing Value Engineering must be submitted for review to ETS – Technical Services before they are signed by the Project Engineer.

CHANGE ORDERS

Keys to successful VECPs

Preliminary VECP meeting

Meet with the Engineer before formally submitting a VECP.

Quality of material

Can not propose a lesser-quality material

Subcontractor proposals

Subcontractors can propose VECPs, but only through the Prime Contractor

Plan Errors

Can not propose cost reductions resulting from corrections to contract errors

Experimental Features

No VECPs that include experimental features

Submit experimental ideas to the Transportation Innovation Program (TRIP)

QUESTIONS?