{"content":[{"text":"RINKER SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT \n UNIVERSITTY OF FLORIDA","bbox":{"left":0.252941,"top":0.094432,"width":0.4940959999999999,"height":0.03924799999999999}},{"text":"CONSTRUCTION VALUE MANAGEMENT","bbox":{"left":0.234306,"top":0.151,"width":0.538265,"height":0.022513000000000005}},{"text":"COURSE NUMBER: ICM 6440","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.196667,"width":0.231311,"height":0.015151999999999999}},{"text":"NUMBER OF CREDIT HOURS: 3","bbox":{"left":0.122157,"top":0.230758,"width":0.246801,"height":0.015151999999999999}},{"text":"“Value Management is a vigorous, systematic effort to improve the value and optimize the life \n cycle cost of a facility.”","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.264394,"width":0.747206,"height":0.03363699999999997}},{"text":"INSTRUCTORS: Abdol Chini (chini@ufl.edu) and Robert Ries (rries@ufl.edu)","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.314091,"width":0.5969260000000001,"height":0.015151999999999999}},{"text":"COURSE WEBSITE: http://elearning.ufl.edu/","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.34803,"width":0.35012000000000004,"height":0.015151999999999999}},{"text":"REFERENCES: \n 1. Dell’Isola, A., 1997, Value Engineering: Practical Applications for Design, Construction, \n Maintenance, and Operations. RS Means, Kingston, MA. \n 2. RS Means Costworks on-line cost data \n 3. Dell’Isola A, Kirk, S, 2003, Life Cycle Costing for Facilities. Reed Construction Data \n 4. Younker, DL, 2003, Value Engineering. Marcel Dekker, New York, NY.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.381818,"width":0.7419439999999999,"height":0.10757700000000003}},{"text":"COURSE DESCRIPTION: \n Classical value management/value engineering principles; practical applications for designers, \n contractors, suppliers, and other construction functions. Students conduct full-scale VM/VE \n studies of recent international projects.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.511364,"width":0.7460690000000001,"height":0.07060600000000006}},{"text":"PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS: \n Graduate standing","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.611364,"width":0.33089999999999997,"height":0.03363700000000003}},{"text":"PURPOSE OF COURSE: \n The student will understand the role of VE in construction. Classical VE principles will be \n emphasized and practical applications for construction managers, contractors, and other \n construction functions will be described.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.666818,"width":0.704172,"height":0.07060700000000009}},{"text":"COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES: \n Upon completion of the course students will demonstrate their ability to: \n 1. Understand the concepts of Value Engineering with emphasis on Functional Analysis and \n Life-Cycle Costing. \n 2. Understand the use of VE in the construction industry \n 3. Develop and apply creativity skills \n 4. Apply VE to construction company business and industry technical situations \n 5. Understand and apply VE problem solving techniques as a management tool","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.759394,"width":0.7606680000000001,"height":0.14454600000000006}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}