King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

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King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

• Department of Construction Engineering and
  Management
• Value Engineering
• CEM512
• Term Project
• VE in Family Trip
• Supervised by Dr. Sadi Assaf
• Prepared by Fahad Al-Azzaz

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Content

1. Introduction
2. VE Job Plan
3. QA

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1- Introduction

• The idea of this VE term project is a common
  issue faced on yearly by family members here in
  KSA families been working the whole year, and a
  month or two before this leave they start
  thinking where to go this year. Family members
  are 4 persons.
• Our project here in is to find the VE for the
  best family trip package for a Saudi family
  never traveled outside the kingdom or even
  inside, and planning to enjoy their vacation,
  and this is their first one.
• cont.

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Cont.

• Note
• Facts were collected from the market.
• Its a simple example, as such idea is a common
  practice, and it can be seen that the traveling
  agencies are competing hardly to get more
  travelers promoting their items using
  alternative attractive promotions and offers.
• This VE is applicable to Eastern Province Area
  market.

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2- VE Job Plan

• 2.1- Information Phase
• 2.2- Functional Phase
• 2.3- Creative Phase
• 2.4- Evaluation Phase
• 2.5- Development Phase
• 2.6- Audit Phase

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2.1- Information Phase

• Project Information and Familys Item Criteria
• As mentioned before, the project or the task of
  the VE is to select the best traveling package to
  be purchased for the familys annual leave. As
  such selection should make sure it achieves the
  least traveling cost and covering its purpose /
  desired function perfectly.
• The main proposal was to have a 2 weeks trip to
  Abha in Saudi Arabia. Since the family never been
  outside the Eastern Province.
• cont.

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Cont.

• The familys criteria for the package is
• a- The package shouldnt exceeds the assigned
  budget (SR 25,000).
• b- The package to be 2 weeks.
• c- Flight duration is not more than 4 hours(/-
  20 minutes).
• d- Family Entertainment.
• e- Historical places to be visited.
• f- Natural Scene.
• e- Weather should be nice enough.
• cont.

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Cont.

• consultation concerning the package from
• 1- Friends traveling with their families for the
  last five years.
• 2- Traveling agencies.
• Cont.

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Cont.

• Performance Criteria
• Objective or Required Criteria
• 1- To meet the criteria listed under project
  criteria and mainly that related to budget,
  entertainment, flight duration.
• 2- Reasonable weather and natural scene that
  make the trip enjoyable.
• Goals, Desired Criteria or Features
• 1- relaxation.
• 2- reasonable expenditure.
• cont.

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Cont.
Price Item
3000 Tickets
9800 Accommodation
7000 Daily Expenses
19800 Total

• Original Proposal Cost Data
• the cost for a two weeks trip with all
  expenditures turned to be SR 19,800.

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2.2- Functional Phase

• Functional Worksheet
• 
  
  
  cont.

Why? Function How?
Package meet the Budget To serve the desired function /enjoy annual leave To have the proper decision
W/ Low flight duration Meet the proper criteria Meeting the set out criteria of the project
W/ Low Expenditures Shopping Entertainment Meeting the set out criteria of the project
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Cont.

• Identify Item Function
• What does it do?
• verb noun
• Enjoy Vacation
• Visit historical Places
• Entertain Family
• what must it do?
• verb noun
• Enjoy Vacation
• Visit historical Places
• Entertain Family

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2.3- Creative Phase

• Generate Ideas
• Here below are alternative ideas proposed to be
  studied and evaluated to choose the best
  alternative
• 1- Dubai-UAE
• 2- Beirut-Lebanon
• 3- Cairo-Egypt
• 4- Ankara-Turkey
• 5- Salalah-Oman
• cont.

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Cont.
No. Car Brand Name / Particular Cost / Package Other Expenditures Total
01 Dubai-UAE SR3,600 17,200 SR20,800
02 Beirut-Lebanon SR6,000 19,000 SR25,000
03 Cairo-Egypt SR6,000 12,875 SR18,875
04 Ankara-Turkey SR8,800 14,450 SR23,250
05 Salalah-Oman SR4,000 13,125 SR17,125
06 Abha-KSA SR3,000 16,800 SR19,800
Cont.
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2.4- Evaluation Phase

• Feasibility Ranking
• Expenditure
• Flight Duration
• Entertainment
• Weather
• Historical Places
• Natural Scene
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  Total Rank
• Abha 3 3 8 6
  10 9 39 5
• Dubai 3 4 4 9
  8 7 35 5
• Beirut 8 9 8 7 6
  5 43 4
• Cairo 7 10 6 10
  7 9 49 1
• Ankara 9 10 8 7
  5 9 48 2
• Salalah 9 8 10 5
  8 7 47 3
• Cont.

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Idea Comparison
Idea Advantages Disadvantages
Dubai Short flight duration, family entertainment No historical places to visit
Beirut Medium flight duration, family entertainment, historical places, nice weather Daily expenses
Cairo Medium flight duration, family entertainment, historical places Weather is hot
Ankara Family entertainment, historical places, nice weather Long flight duration
Salalah historical places, nice weather, Short flight duration Entertainment
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Cont.

• Determining Weights for Evaluation
• Goals, Desired Criteria, Functions and Features
• Raw Score Assigned Weight
• A- Expenditures 8 10
• B- Flight Duration 6 8
• C- Entertainment 5 4
• D- Weather 3 3
• E- Historical Places 2 2
• F- Natural Scene 1 1
• Scoring Matrix
• B C D E F
• A A/B A/C A-3 A-1 A-2
• B B-1 B/D B-2 B-1
• C C/D C-3 C-1
• D D/E D/F E E-1
• How Important

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Cont.

• Evaluation Matrix
• Natural Scenes
• Historical Places
• Weather
• Entertainment
• Flight Duration
• Expenditure
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  Total Rank
• Abha 2 5 2 4
  1 3 85 5
• Dubai 2 5 4 1
  1 1 82 6
• Beirut 3 4 5 5
  4 4 109 3
• Cairo 4 4 4 3
  5 3 110 2
• Ankara 5 2 5 5
  5 4 115 1
• Salalah 3 3 2 4
  4 5 87 4

10 8 4 3 2 1
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Cont.

• Savings
• on this study it shows that there was no saving,
  but the main faunction has been satisfied and
  maximized with an additional amount of money
• Item Initial Cost
• 1- Abha SR19,800
• 2- Ankara SR23,250
• Addition in initial cost SR3,450
• 17 Addition
• Life Cycle Cost Results
• Expenditures were assumed to be considered as
  life cycle cost in this trip
• Idea Expenditures
• 1- Abha SR16,800
• 2- Ankara SR14,450
• Saving in Life Cost Cycle
  SR2,350 13.98reduction
• cont.

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2.5- Development Phase

• Value Study Summary (Ranked-1 Proposal)
• The ranked 1 proposal has alternative benefits
  superior on the others which lead to the choosing
  of this proposal and such profits are as follows
• 1- Entertainment is more.
• 2- Expenditure is decreasing, so in case the
  family want to extend the vacation it will not
  cost more money.
• 3- Historical Places visited are old and
  multi-cultural.
• 4- Natural Scenes are better than those in Abha.
• For that, the proposed ranked-1 idea will meet
  the project criteria although extra money to be
  added but the main function were maximized.
  
• cont.

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Cont.

• Implementation Phase
• Alternative questions to be implemented to
  ensure VE implementation properly. These
  questions are as follows
• 1- How should it be implemented?
• The proposed case to be presented to the family
  members for their review and approval.
• 2- What should be changed and in what sequence?
• The proposed idea after being presented and
  explained in comparison to other ideas and on
  the basis of actual facts and gathered
  information from friends, the package should be
  changed to Ankara and made all required
  reservations
• 
  
  
  
  cont.

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Cont.

• 3- Who should do it?
• The traveling agency should change package to
  Ankara.
• 4- How long should it take to implement the
  proposal?
• it is only one day visit to the agency office.
• 5- Any deadline required
• as earlier as possible since seats are
  available.

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2.6- Audit Phase

• The audit phase will be taking place within the
  family members to go ahead and purchase the
  package and a final project report to be
  submitted to the father.

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Thank youQA