Analyzing Value Engineering in Design at RIBA Stage 4 Framework

This report explores the application of value engineering principles at RIBA Stage 4, focusing on optimizing design and reducing costs in construction projects, specifically referencing the Querry House Conference and community center project. It highlights the importance of RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) in setting sector standards for planning and design. The report details how modifications at Stage 4 can significantly impact project costs and emphasizes the role of value engineering proposals in adopting changes to improve design and operational efficiency while saving costs. It provides a cost analysis comparing different materials like bamboo fiber, asphalt shingles, and extruded brick as alternatives to reduce expenses related to steel frames, superstructures, and fittings, ultimately aiming to enhance the project's design and interior within budget. The report concludes that RIBA's role is vital in balancing costs and satisfying clients by implementing modern, reliable, and sustainable changes.

VALUE
ENGINEERING THE
DESIGN AT RIBA
STAGE 4

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
Value engineering refers to the systematic approach that has been prepared in order to
make the project highly organized to provide significant functions into the project at very low
cost (Pilanawithana and Sandanayake, 2017). It is the concept that promotes substitution of
materials as well as methods that are less expensive in nature without sacrificing the
functionality and also called as value evaluation. This report will highlight the value engineering
designing at RIBA stage 4 in which certain measures will be discussed in order to reduce the
costs in effectual manner.
MAIN BODY
Value engineering the design at RIBA stage 4
RIBA illustrates the sector standard planning methods that describes each and every step
of the overall procedure in a construction, designing and building projects. It stands for Royal
Institute of British Architects In the UK and across the world who publishes the plan of work
namely as RIBA. This helps architects to construct a process of designing, briefing,
construction, operations and utilization of building projects. The plan of work under this specific
system conclude all the tasks and results that are required at key stages of the project. The lists
describe all the tasks and output that are extremely required at key stages of the assignment. It is
highly utilized construction company document within the UK and based upon a constructive
model for the overall building procedure.
The stages that are involved within the RIBA plan of work at stage 4 consists of
following stages such as technical designing according to which the building services,
architectural as well as the structural practical application designs has been illustrated in detailed
manner. Under such kind of specific stage, technical designs are developed by any specialists
and their sub contractions will be evaluated in highly acknowledged manner. At this specific
stage certain modifications takes place that greatly affects the cost behaviour of the overall
project (Casoni and et.al., 2020). This modification greatly emphasize and provide implications
over the value engineering principles that plays a major role in the concerned project such as
Querry House Conference and community centre in context of making some appropriate and
desirable modifications that are required within the designing and operational methods that helps
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to raise the effectiveness of the complete assignment that also works over the cost saving factor
of the project.
Value Engineering proposal acts as one of the vital change idea that would lead towards
the adoption of changes into the proposal and planning of design in highly effectual manner.
This is considered as one of the important aspect of RIBA stage at fourth level because it helps
the project to minimize the cost and other expenses in context of making changes into the
designing of the construction project as well as other working methods.
According to the new and advanced cost saving proposal, certain modifications has been
done which illustrates the cost saving aspect below:
Element Total cost Cost per unit
or meter
square
Element unit
quantity
Element unit
rate
Percentage
Bamboo fibre
frame
22598 £62
Asphalt
Shingles
436581 £120
Extruded brick 4000 £1 / brick
The above table shows that in order to reduce or select an alternative and cheaper version
of steel frame which utilizes the amount of 43% of the overall project budget requires the
alternate solution by using bamboo fibre frame which is highly cheaper in order to make the
Querry House Conference and community centre highly beneficial in nature for the project
manager. In context of super structure which occupies 95% of the overall project or task the
manager utilize the asphalt shingles which costs according to the £120 per unit which provides
huge amount of benefits to the complete assignment. This will lead to make saving of the budget
and drop down the complete budget cost by 50%. This will lead to make increase in the design
and interior of the project or centre along with cost saving in terms of cost reduction (Ramli, and
et.al., 2019).
In the similar way, the cost of fittings and furnishings which is the major part of the
project i.e. 49% of the overall budget. Hence, in order to reduce with a medium of taking
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changes in the Querry House Conference and community centre, the manager have adopts
alternative solution by adopting Extruded brick which costs nearly £1 / brick that helps the
complete project in order to reduce the overall monetary fund in highly considerable manner
(Kirwan and Rogers, 2020).
According to the above prepared changes, it has been evaluated that various elements in
relation to finish the project, the substitute items greatly affects and arrange changes in highly
considerable manner. The changes are considered to be implemented in positive manner because
it reduces the overall costing of the project that can be utilized in some another aspect such as
designing, interior, etc. which helps to modify the project in effective ways.
The changes that has been adopts are considered as the modern changes that are highly
reliable in recent days or era as it helps in highly suitable manner to lower does the costs as well
as make the whole project greatly sustainable for longer period of time frame. The cost
implications over the assignment are considered to become optimistic in nature as it further
linked with another aspects that the overall cost will be reduced without making any impact over
the efficiency of the project. With the imposition of certain changes and modifications within the
project, the manager are able to utilize new and advanced technologies that are highly significant
in today's terms to finish the task in greatly considerable manner. It greatly helps the value
enhancement and quality enhancement that satisfies the customer of client in highly considerable
manner.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that the RIBA's role within the construction
project sights plays a vital role in order to make their cost and budget in balanced manner which
automatically satisfies the client as well as the construction company to their core.
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REFERENCES
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Pilanawithana, N.M. and Sandanayake, Y.G., 2017. Positioning the facilities manager’s role
throughout the building lifecycle. Journal of Facilities Management.
Ramli, Y., and et.al., 2019, November. RIBA PROHIBITION FOR THE COMMUNITY
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