Multi-Family Value Engineering
Morgan Reynolds
Master Residential Builder | Construction Executive | Delivering Cost-Effective, High-Quality Residential, Commercial & Industrial Developments
Value engineering (VE) is an important part of the construction process. It involves evaluating the materials and methods being used in a project to determine if there is a less costly alternative material or process available to achieve the design intent.
VE options will vary on every project. However, here are 15 potential VE items to consider on your next multi-family project:
1. Global supply for large order items:
- Kitchen cabinets & countertops
- Light fixtures
- Interior doors and door hardware
- Show suite furniture
- Window coverings
- Exterior stone
- Flooring (tile, hardwood, carpet, laminate)
- Sinks, toilets, faucets, and bathroom hardware
- Mirrors
- Aluminum railings
2. Identify free dump site for clean fill removed from site.
3. Revise pavers to asphalt paving
4. Revise colored concrete to standard concrete.
5. Review alternate exterior envelope options.
6. Revise engineered wood to laminate flooring.
7. Revise ceramic tile to LVT.
8. Revise appliance package.
9. Remove air conditioning.
10. Pre-cast stairs vs cast-in-place.
11. Revise casement to sliding windows.
12. Optimize rebar densities.
13. Provide structural sloped roof instead of sloped roof insulation.
14. Review pre-fabrication and offsite construction opportunities.
15. Eliminate high-rise lightening protection (if not required by code).
Optimizing just some of the 15 VE items mentioned above can represent a cost saving of greater than 10% on your next multi-family project. A cost saving that can be added to the bottom line or re-invested into interior finishes and improved building amenities.
About Morgan Reynolds:
As the creator of Turnkey Hospital? Morgan Reynolds is an inclusionist leader that is helping to build a better world. Morgan has been a featured Speaker on Startup Canada’s “Entrepreneurs Going Global” and Dr. Diane Hamilton’s “The Evolution of Healthcare in Turnkey Hospital”.
Mr. Reynolds is also the Founder & CEO of Turnkey Future Corporation (www.turnkeyfuture.com). Focusing on nationally significant infrastructure projects that are exceptionally large and complex with regional or national impact. Morgan was most recently honored with an invitation to the National Palace in Mexico to discuss their largest national energy and infrastructure projects.