Expert guidance for controlling costs and maximizing quality in facilities design, construction and operations. Includes real-life demonstration projects.

Whether you are interested in enhancing your own applications of VE and LCC - or you need to understand the current methodology in order to hire a practitioner and oversee the process - this unique publication will provide the information you are seeking.

The Book shows you:

• How to organize and apply VE and Life Cycle Costing for maximum benefit

• Real-Life VE Demonstration Projects - professionally organized reports, with recommendations you can apply right now

• Project Workbook with forms to conduct a complete VE study

The Computer Diskette shows you:

• An Electronic Version of the Workbook you can use to organize your own VE Study, efficiently and professionally

• The Electronic Life Cycle Costing Program gives you access to the methods of the construction industry's most esteemed expert in Value Engineering and LCC

• The disk contains a professional program for performing Life Cycle Cost Analysis for design, construction, and facilities operations - with linked files and worksheets

• The Automated VE Report allows you to follow a preorganized format to complete and present your own customized VE study, with links to worksheets that automatically summarize values in discipline categories, such as Mechanical and Structural, and in the final master summary recommendations

• Al Dell'Isola developed this format in the course of more than 100 major VE studies on a wide range of projects