The Role of Value Engineering Knowledge Management on the Value Engineering Development

Abstract

The quantitative method was used as the first approach to provide data collected from the construction professionals to measure the study variables (project characteristics, VE knowledge, support of authorized parties, flexibility of the contractual provisions, the resistance to change, the team selection, the results of VE study, the duration of the study, false perceptions and misunderstanding of VE concept) that affecting the successful development of VE in the context of public construction projects in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The second approach was the qualitative method through conducting interviews with specialists and consultants in the field of VE in the construction industry.