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  • September

    “Value engineering is a vital part of how we deliver projects and meet the needs of our customers, so it was crucial that all of our programs complete the workshop,” said Carlos Reis, value engineering officer. Huntsville Center's Value Engineering Program offered its last five VE workshops virtually in order to follow social distancing guidelines while ensuring the highest level of quality and efficiency.

    VE program stays course despite COVID shutdown

    The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way Huntsville Center does business, but it has not changed the business we do. For the Center’s Value Engineering (VE) Program, that means implementing innovative solutions to continue helping the Center’s programs provide high-quality work in the most efficient and cost-effective manner. Through collaborative workshops to evaluate methods and processes, the program increases value and stretches taxpayer resources by proactively searching for and resolving issues. The Corps of Engineers requires all Huntsville Center programs to conduct a VE study once every five years.

  • December

    Randy Barber, a process improvement consultant who led a three-day value engineering workshop for the Furnishings Program, captures input from workshop participants at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama, Nov. 5, 2019.

    Furnishings Program team focuses on ‘better, smarter, faster’ at VE workshop

    A group of Huntsville Center professionals took part in a value engineering workshop for the Furnishings Program Nov. 4–6 with the goal of improving processes, reducing costs and boosting value for stakeholders.

  • September

    Maj. Kayla Ramotar, second from right, Holistic Health and Fitness action officer and command dietitian from the Army Center for Initial Military Training, leads a group discussion during a Value Engineering workshop at Huntsville Center in March to examine the Army’s proposed Soldier Physical Readiness Centers.

    Workshop highlights strengths of Value Engineering

    Like a woodsman sharpening an axe before chopping down a tree, a project manager must devote time to the planning phase of a construction project before a single cubic yard of concrete is poured into the foundation. If a project is the axe, then a project team can use Value Engineering in the planning phase as the sharpening tool.
  • Vernon Petty, fourth from left, project manager with the Center of Standardization at Huntsville Center, and Tiffany Torres, fifth from left, former Value Engineering officer and value program manager, help facilitate a Value Engineering workshop in March of 2018 with members of the Army Center for Initial Military Training. Due to the COVID-19 shutdown, the Huntsville Center VE program has offered the last five VE workshops virtually.

    Getting the most out of the Value Engineering process

    Huntsville Center’s Value Engineering process offers stakeholders a way to analyze their military construction project during the planning phase to improve the final product for the best possible value.