
Process Name: Value Engineering Project Selection
Primary Customers: District Management, State Value 
Engineer
Partners: FHWA   
Customer's Valid Requirement(s):  All projects > 
$20 million in total cost and projects with the most 
potential for  improvement are studied. 
Regulator's Valid Requirement(s): All projects on the 
federal-aid system with estimated total costs  > $25 million 
are studied. (Bridges >$20 million)
Process and Quality 
Measures (QA/QC)
Dept /
Person
Step /
Time
Flow Chart
Process 
Measures
Control 
Limits
Quality 
Measures
Specs / 
Targets
Checking / Measure Monitoring
Checking 
Item
What is to be 
checked?
Timeframe
(Frequency)
When to 
check?
Who will 
check?
Respon-
sibility
QAR
Date of last 
Review
And
Miscellaneous 
Information
- Abbreviations
- Procedure
    Reference
- Notes, etc.
Approved: ________________________________________ Date: __________________ Process Owner: ___District Value Engineer___________ Rev #: ___1.5____ Rev Date: __2/2009__
Need VE Work Plan
Add project to Candidate List
Submit work plan approval
Draft Work Plan
 project costs > $20 million?
Review projects in production pipe line.
project a quality candidate?
VE window in this fiscal year?
all projects been reviewed?
Approve work plan and return to DVE
Is work plan acceptable?
Execute work plan
DISTRICT VALUE ENGINEER DISTRICT MANAGEMENT
NEED
REVIEW
DRAFT
APPROVAL
STATE VALUE 
ENGINEER
Compile plans and 
publish on Web
Send copy of plan to SVE
DISTRIBUTE
EXECUTE
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
Feedback 
Input(s): Projects
Supplier(s): Work Program
P1
% work 
plans 
approved by 
July 1
Q1
% schedule 
studies 
completed
Q2
Q3
% of 
required 
projects 
studied in 
Pre-Design 
phase
100%
0
75%
P1
# projects > 
$25 million 
never studied
60%
Annual
Quarterly
SVE
SVE
Quarterly SVE
Quarterly SVE
VE Procedure 
625-030-002
Federal Regulation 
23 CFR 627
AASHTO Guidelines 
for VE
Product/Service: Develop a Value Engineering Work 
Plan for by July 1 of each fiscal year. 
D1: 1/2009
C
D2: 1/2009
C
D3: 1/2009
C
D4: 1/2009
C
D5: 1/2009
C
D6: 1/2009
C
D7: 1/2009
C
TPK: 1/2009
C
CODES: 
C - Compliance
NC- Noncompliant
BP- Best Practices
Received 
Work Plan
Work 
Program
VER
VER/Work 
Plan