Author/Authors :
M.A. Youssef، M.A. Youssef نويسنده Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Algable Elgarby University, Gharian, Libya M.A. Youssef, M.A. Youssef , I.A. Mohammed، I.A. Mohammed نويسنده Department ofConstruction Engineering and Utilities, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt I.A. Mohammed, I.A. Mohammed , A.N. Ibraheem، A.N. Ibraheem نويسنده Department ofConstruction Engineering and Utilities, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt A.N. Ibraheem, A.N. Ibraheem , I.M. Hussein، I.M. Hussein نويسنده Department ofConstruction Engineering and Utilities, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Egypt I.M. Hussein, I.M. Hussein
Abstract :
General Authority for Educational Buildings (GAEB) in Egypt is responsible for new
construction and maintenance of the educational building [1]. According to the Sixth Five-
Years Plan in Egypt, the program of educational structures includes new construction of about
2915 schools, with 39.8 thousand classes. Also, maintenance works for buildings about 1250
schools. These works needs a high budget but the available budget is less than the required
budget. Therefore, GAEB should apply optimization techniqes to save cost and optimize the
benefit from the avaliable budget with the same quality level or more. This paper aims to
apply value engineering technique on educational building to maximuize the utiltization of the
available constructuion and maintenace budget. In this paper value engineering technique, is
applied on a model of primary school. The paper suggested that GAEB should construct a
value engineering department included in its organization structure. Finally it draws overall
conclusions about the application of value engineering (VE) in the GAEB in Egypt. Also, to
get the optimum set of activities, alternatives for cost saving and maximize the utilization of
the available funds for new construction and maintenance works. The value engineering
technique application is based on data collected from GAEB.
