Seminar 2: Is Value Engineering successful internationally?

Guest Speaker

James (Jim) A. RAINS
Jr., CVS, FSAVE
President
Advanced Value Group, LLC

Jim got his start in value analysis in 1980 as a workshop participant. At that time he learned about the power of value analysis, mainly because he applied it first hand to a project, and implemented numerous design proposals that improved the quality of the product, whilst also achieving a significant reduction in cost.

• Earned his Certified Value Specialist (CVS) in 1988 and became a Life CVS in 2000.
• Serviced to SAVE Int’l - elected as Executive Vice President ('98 - '99), President ('99 - '00), Immediate Past President ('00 - '01), Regional Vice President ('91- '93), and Southwestern Ohio Chapter President ('90 - '91).
• Served as the Chairperson of the General Motors Corporate Value Management Committee.
• Facilitated over 600 teams in the value methodology and/or lean concepts.
• Facilitated workshops and/or presented papers globally such as Mexico, Hungary, Korea, Australia and Japan, France, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Canada, England and areas of the Middle East.

Summary of Content View Video

• Overview of Value Engineering
  • Definition of VA/VE/VM
  • History of Value Methodology
• The Value Engineering Job Plan
  • Language of Value management – Function
    (Active Verb + Measurable Noun)
  • Creative idea generation
  • Raw ideas to solid proposal
• Results from three different continents when value engineering is properly applied

Useful Link:
HK Gover’t: http://www.cedb.gov.hk/citb/ehtml/home.html
HKIS: http://www.hkis.org.hk/hkis/html/professional_cpd.jsp
HKIVM: http://www.hkivm.com.hk
BCM: http://bcm.cityu.edu.hk
SAVE International: www.value-eng.org
Miles Value Foundation: www.valuefoundation.org

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Seminar Workshop Conference Seminar 12   Novel VM Applications in Europe Seminar 11   VM Trends in the United States Seminar 10   Information Analysis for Complex Projects Seminar 9   Innovative Application of the VM for Large, Complex Projects Seminar 8   Innovative VM Techniques in Complex Projects Seminar 7   Successful VM applications in Australia Seminar 6   Enhancing Value in Facilities by VM - Attracting Investment in China (in Xian) Seminar 5   Enhancing Value in Facilities by VM - Attracting Investment in South China (in Beijing) Seminar 4   Extending Your VM Business in China (in Shenzhen) Seminar 3   Sustainability/ LEED & Life Cycle Costing -Their Role in Value-based Design Decision-making (VM) (in HK) Seminar 2   Is Value Engineering successfully internationally? (in HK) Seminar 1   How can the value Management work in the HK construction industry? (in HK) Workshop 7   Key VM phase: Evaluation Analysis Workshop 6   Key VM phase: Creativity Techniques Workshop 5   Key VM phase: Function Analysis Workshop 4   Value Management for Design & Construction methodology & Application Module I - Training workshop (in Beijing) Workshop 3   Value Management for Design & Construction methodology & Application Module I - Training workshop (in HK) Workshop 2   A Key VM Technique: Function Identification (in HK) Workshop 1   VE "CMethodology & Application Module I" CTraining workshop (in HK) International Conference 2   Value Engineering for Construction Projects (VECP05) (in Korea) International Conference 1   Why Re-Invent the Wheel? (in HK)

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