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V.E. of Selecting Flooring Materials
KING FAHAD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM
MINERALSCollege of Environmental Design
Construction Engineering Management
CEM 512 Value Engineering
Presented by Mustafa Al-Humood
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OUTLINE

• Introduction
• Description
• Objectives
• V.E. Phases
• Study Summary

Information
Functional
Creative
Judicial
Development
Implementation
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INTRODUCTION

• Flooring has a deep impact on the total space of
  the building, it adds wideness and effects the
  vision if it is very well selected in a way that
  reflects your style and matches the general style
  of the building.

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INTRODUCTION

• Good planning choosing the flooring materials
  could save your time and money, therefore it is
  important to determine the function of each space
  of your building.

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DESCRIPTION

• An owner would like to cover his apartments
  floor with suitable materials .
• The total space of the apartment is 87 sm for
  which the floor to be covered.
• The apartment consists of
• 2 bedrooms (3.5x5 m /ea), 1 kitchen (3.5x3.5m) ,
• 1 bathroom (3.5x2m), a living room (6x5m) and an
  entrance (1.5x2m).

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OBJECTIVES

• To cover the floor with good looking materials
• To stay within a reasonable budget
• To complete the work in a short time
• To provide comfort the users

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COST DATA
Total (SR) UNIT COST (SR/SM) MATERIALS
8068 90 Local Carpet
15898 180 Natural Marble
2413 25 Artificial Rubber
847 7 Tile
3045 35 Ceramic
10243 115 Wood
5648 65 Granite
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FUNCTIONAL PHASE
HOW FUNCTION WHY
Using flooring materials To cover the apartment's floor To have a good looking floor
What must it do?

• Verb Noun
• Provide Appearance
• Provide Comfort

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CREATIVE THINKING

1. Cover with Carpet
2. Cover with Natural Marble
3. Cover with Artificial Rubber
4. Cover with Tiles
5. Cover with Ceramic
6. Cover with Wood
7. Cover with Granite

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Total
Easy to clean
Health and Safety
Wastage
Fixing Time
Appearance
Initial Cost
Rank
Carpet
5 8 9 8
3 3 36
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Natural Marble 3
10 5 5 7
7 37 5

Artificial Rubber 10
3 9 8 7
8 45 2

Tile
10 2 4 5
8 8 37
5
Ceramic 9
10 5 6 7
9 46
1
Wood 3
10 7 6 8
4 38
4
Granite 6
9 7 6
6 6 40
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Combining Ideas
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Total
Easy to clean
Health and Safety
Wastage
Fixing Time
Appearance
Initial Cost
Rank
Idea 1
2 7 3 4
5 6 27
6
Idea 2 10 10
5 6 7 9
47 1
Idea 3 9
9 7 7 5
7 44 4
Idea 4 3 9
5 6 7 9
36 5
Idea 5 7 8
7 7 8 8
45 3
Idea 6
9 8 7 7
8 7 46
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Rank Disadvantage Advantage Idea
6 High Cost Long time fixing Many Kinds Nice Appearance in living room Kitchen (Rubber) Rooms (Carpet) Entrance (Tiles) Bathroom (Ceramic) Living Room (Marble)
1 Only one type Slippage Very Low Cost Resist Humidity Nice Appearance cleaning Kitchen (Ceramic) Rooms (Ceramic) Entrance (Ceramic) Bathroom (Ceramic) Living Room (Ceramic)
4 Long time fixing Nice appearance in living room Different types Kitchen (Ceramic) Rooms (Carpet) Entrance (Ceramic) Bathroom (Ceramic) Living Room (Granite)
5 High Cost Long time fixing Nice Appearance Easy to clean Kitchen (Rubber) Rooms (Wood) Entrance (Wood) Bathroom (Ceramic) Living Room (Wood)
3 Fixing time Nice Appearance Healthy Easy to clean Kitchen (Rubber) Rooms (Wood) Entrance (Ceramic) Bathroom (Ceramic) Living Room (Granite)
2 Not so easy to clean Low cost Nice appearance Kitchen (Rubber) Rooms (Carpet) Entrance (Ceramic) Bathroom (Ceramic) Living Room (Granite)
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Determining Weights
Score
Assigned Wt

• A. Initial cost 5
  8
• B. Appearance 6
  10
• C. Fixing time 2
  3
• D. Easy to clean 1
  1

B
C
D
E
F
A - 2
A - 2
A / B
A
B - 2
B - 3
B
C - 2
C
3 Major performance 2 Medium Performance 1 Minor
performance
D
E
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Total
Evaluation Matrix
Easy to clean
Fixing Time
Initial Cost
Appearance
10 8 3 1
Idea 1
7 2 3 6
101
Idea 2 10 10
5 9
204
Idea 3 9
9 7 7
190
Idea 4 9 3
5 9
138
Idea 5 8 7
7 8
165
Idea 6
8 9 7 7
180
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Savings

• Idea 2 to Idea 1 195 saving
• Idea 2 to Idea 3 92 saving
• Idea 2 to Idea 4 185 saving
• Idea2 to Idea 5 117 saving
• Idea2 to Idea 6 88 saving

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Summary

• The proposed Idea will meet the criteria and will
  save time and money
• Subjective

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