• International conference on construction engineering and project management
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.504-509
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• 2011

Recently, construction projects are very complicated and diverse such as high-rise buildings and big bridges, etc. These complicated projects call for a system which can effectively generate productive ideas and activities. Value Engineering (V.E.) activity within construction projects is a necessity for systematic design management and to improve construction ability. This need in the construction industry has required a regular implementation of VE into construction projects. For this reason; America, South Korea, and some other nations have adopted VE applications which control the baseline investments of the construction projects. The process of VE activity is a preferred system and a reasonable alternative. In particular, idea generation within these projects is an important stage in the VE job plan. In this study, VE idea patterns are extracted through best practice analysis from VE cases of road construction projects. Next, we suggest an idea hierarchy model to be used in conjunction with VE idea patterns. This model is supported by reasonable idea generation in VE activity of construction projects. Finally, this model could possibly be the outcome of successful VE results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.233-234
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• 2016

Design phase VE that is mandatory conducted in public construction project more than 10 billion won in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations has been activated in domestic application case of Value Engineering. But construction VE has been applied in specific project. Therefore, this study aims to deduce problems of poor performed construction VE through review of precedent researches and depth interviews of expert group. As one of the improvements this study suggest that a building plan which is VE process leading VET/CM.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.797-800
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• 2007

Value Engineering(VE) is being applied as an useful tool to eliminate the waste of cost and noneffective factors previously in construction projects. Ministry of construction and transportation' has been accordingly enforcing extensionally design phase VE to the construction costing more than 10 billion won, an importance of design phase VE. Although there are legal supports and technical effects, an effect about an introduction of design phase VE can not be applied properly because of several problems at the process. So, in this study, try to find out competency factors of design phase VE to enforce a competency of VE team as a basic database for developing a check list, and estimate weight. For the result, find out a competency evaluation item and organize as a team knowledge, a team work skill and a team attitude. Perform a first survey to verify a reliability and propriety regarding the found competency evaluation, perform the second survey competency as to evaluation item of the found 1, 2, 3 class and then estimate the weight by AHP.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.154-162
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• 2008

Ministry of construction and transportation has been enforcing extensionally design phase VE(Value Engineering) to the construction costing more than 10 billion won, an importance of design phase VE accordingly is raising to get rid of a waste of cost and noneffective factors previously in construction projects. Although there are legal supports and technical effects, an effect about an introduction of design phase VE can not be applied properly because of several problems at the process. So, in this study, present competency factors of design phase VE to highly raise the output through organizing an effective team at the beginning stage of design phase VE. Find out 29 competency factors through characteristics of design VE team for the check list, classify by team knowledge, team work skill, and team attitude. Get an efficiency regarding importance and find out Competency Evaluation items of design VE team, present a Competency Evaluation plan for indicating an objective standard to Competency Evaluation by measuring relative importance as to each Competency Evaluation item.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.151-156
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• 2007

2006년부터 VE 대상프로젝트가 확대되고, 기본설계와 실시설계단계에 각 1회씩 설계VE를 적용토록 규정되어 설계단계별로 VE가 각각 적용되는 프로젝트가 늘어나고 있다. 그리고 원가절감과 성능향상으로 프로젝트 가치를 높인 설계VE 사례도 많아지고 있다. 하지만 기본설계와 실시설계단계의 조건에 적합한 VE 수행방안에 대한 연구가 미진하고 참여자들의 경험과 이해가 부족하여 단계별 설계VE를 효율적으로 수행하는데 많은 어려움이 있다. 본 연구에서는 기본설계단계와 실시설계단계로 나누어 VE를 수행한 실무사례를 분석하여 기능정의와 아이디어 창출간의 연관관계 및 각 설계단계에서 기능정의를 수행할 때 발생하는 문제점을 도출하였다. 문제점을 해결하고 효과적인 설계VE를 수행하기 위하여 다음과 같은 개선방안을 제시하였다. 첫째, 설계프로세스의 흐름에 맞추어 기본설계에는 공간기능에 대하여하고 실시설계에는 부위에 대하여 기능정의를 수행한다. 이때 상위의 레벨에는 하위의 레벨의 기능정의가 연계되는 기능분류체계 (FBS : Function Breakdown Structure)를 제안하였다. 둘째, 기본설계와 실시설계단계의 기능정의를 수행하는 프로세스 (FDP : Function Definition Process)를 제안하였다. 셋째, 실시설계단계에서는 부위별 요구 성능 평가 매트릭스 (EFM : Element Function Matrix)를 적용하여 기능정의와 아이디어 창출이 연계되도록 하였다. 설계VE의 주요 부분인 기능정의 과정에 대한 문제점을 도출하여 해결방안을 제시함으로써, 보다 효과적인 설계VE의 수행을 기대할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.1023-1028
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• 2007

It is the most important thing of the overall VE that we create inventive ideas from idea phase in the design VE. However, it is hard that it take a long time and create a superior idea using Brainstorming. And, it was real to lodge an alternative plan proposed on the idea thinking phase, it is true that an alternative plan of existing simply costdown apply to a change and insert isn't different from an inventive idea deduction. Also creating alternative idea, many expert hold on to only his field and it was exposed a limit depend on a team's experience or intuition than technical solution. In this study, we analyzed the problem of the present design VE processing and analyzed the problem through a survey to an expert, and then we'll suggest a possibility for an efficient design VE.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.24 no.10
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• pp.1440-1446
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• 2011

The study investigated the effects of dietary Vitamin E (VE) on nitric oxide (NO) metabolism, immune function and analyzed the correlation between NO free radical and cytokines (IL-2 and IL-6) in broilers. One hundred and fifty 2-week-old broilers were randomly divided into three groups. Control group and lower VE ($VE^-$) group were provided with a basic diet supplemented with 12.55 mg/kg VE and 2.55 mg/kg VE for 30 days, respectively. Higher VE ($VE^{-}-VE^+$) group was supplemented with 2.55 mg/kg VE in the first 15 days and then 32.55 mg/kg VE in the next 15 days. Five broilers in each group were then sacrificed on the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th and 30th days, respectively, and the content of NO free radical, superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx), malondialdehyde (MDA) and cytokines, IL-2 and IL-6, were measured. The results showed that lower VE could decrease growth performance of broilers while higher VE could increase growth performance and eliminate differences resulted from feeding lower VE dietary in early stages (p<0.05). Compared with the control group, lower VE could increase significantly NO and MDA concentration, and increase IL-2 concentration in serum (p<0.05). Higher VE could significantly increase activities of SOD and glutathione GSH-Px (p<0.05). IL-2 is positively correlated with NO in heart (p<0.05) and IL-6 is negatively correlated with NO in liver (p<0.05) and heart (p<0.01). These results indicate that dietary VE could regulate antioxidant capacity and NO metabolism of broilers and higher VE-supplemented diet could directly decrease production of IL-2.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.80-87
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• 2021

Shortage of SOC budget and inappropriate initial construction cost planning have worsened the economic sentiment of the construction firm. Construction VE can be one of the solutions for improving the profitability of construction projects. This study identifies the strong and weak points of construction firms for establishing the strategy of effective construction VE by using importance-performance analysis. As a result, construction firms have strong points on support, cooperation, and knowledge about construction VE, but have weak points on 'VE experience of VE leader', 'Detailed cost estimation', and 'Idea generation and evaluation'. This paper contributes to establishing the strategy of effective construction VE from the perspective of the construction firm, which is differentiated from previous studies that have focused on the institutional approach for construction VE.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.129-132
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• 2012

Value Engineering(VE) process is going to make a series of improvements for the effective construction project management or optimal proposal to improve quality, performance improvement, cost reduction and customer satisfaction. For making the quality model based on better than the architecture that is required in the VE, such a project promoting creative plan, functionality and constructability reflecting the materials and improved construction methods and building life cycle for reviewing the smooth progress of the construction projects may be necessary for management techniques. This study is to establish a management plan in the educational facilities construction process through education institution's recent orders completed by VE case study.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.38.3-39
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• 2016

We present the results of a search for Very Low-Luminosity Objects (VeLLOs) in the Gould Belt (GB) clouds using infrared and sub-millimeter (sub-mm) data from 1.25 to $850{\mu}m$ and our N2H+ (J = 1-0) observations. We modified the criteria by Dunham et al. to select the VeLLOs in the GB clouds, finding 95 VeLLO candidates, 79 of which are newly identified in this study. Out of 95 sources, 44 were detected in both sub-mm continuum and N2H+ emission and were classified as Group A (the VeLLOs), and 51 sources detected in either sub-mm emission or N2H+ emission were classified with Group B as candidate VeLLOs. We find that these VeLLOs and the candidates are forming in environments different from those of the likely VeLLOs. Seventy-eight sources are embedded within their molecular clouds, and thus are likely VeLLOs forming in a dense environment. The remaining 17 sources are located in low-level extinction regions (Av < 1) connected to the clouds, and can be either background sources or candidate substellar objects forming in an isolated mode. The VeLLOs and the candidates are likely more luminous and their envelopes tend to be more massive in denser environments. The VeLLOs and the candidates are more populous in the clouds where more YSOs form, indicating that they form in a manner similar to that of normal YSOs. The bolometric luminosities and temperatures of the VeLLOs are compared to predictions of episodic accretion models, showing that the low luminosities for most VeLLOs can be well explained by their status in the quiescent phases of a cycle of episodic mass accretion.