It has been almost 60 years since value engineering was invented, and it is now applied widely in every walk of life in our national economy and manufacturing, because of its special advantages in the aspect of issue-analyzing and its creative thinking in problem-solving. As a basis of economy, culture and ordinary life in any country, the industry of construction engineering provides expansive space for value engineering application according to its complexity and great improving potential. Consequently, it becomes the overwhelming field in the activities of value engineering rolling-out. In western developed countries, value engineering has been applied in construction engineering projects on a large scale and targeted great economic benefits. In 1970's, as a exotic from western country, value engineering was introduced into China and... |