Commercial Construction in Columbus & Ohio Using Value Engineering & Analysis

The end result that you are looking for is a quality building, built at a realistic price, on time and within budget.

Working with you and applying RICOP's Value Engineering & Analysis to your commercial construction project will achieve your goal. How do we know? ... just ask any of the happy owners of the projects we have completed using these principles.

So what is Value Engineering?

Value Engineering means that RICOP Construction will provide a platform for an organized approach in finding unnecessary costs in your commercial design and construction. It includes coming up with alternative design or construction technology to save you money without sacrificing any quality.

To do this we:

• gather the pertinent information
• search for creative ideas
• evaluate the promising alternatives
• propose better, cost effective alternatives

Value Engineering is best applied at the beginning of the construction phase of the commercial construction project.

Ricop Construction Company has always used “Value Engineering and Value Analysis” as a basis for material selection and design efficiency. By fully understanding your needs and goals, we can make recommendations that will meet or exceed your expectations.

Doing things the same way they have always been done, leaves no room for new more efficient and money saving ways.  

When looking at Value Engineering & Analysis we consider several criteria:

• Is there a proven alternative?  If so:
  •     What is the added cost or savings?
  •     What is the ROI?
  •     What is added to maintenance considerations?
• Are there any changes to the schedule?  If so:
  •     Will savings affect the schedule? – extend or shorten it?
  •     Is there a cost benefit to any schedule changes?
• Is there sustainability or LEED's (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) consideration?

Construction costs are only one part – Quality, ROI and long term maintenance must be a major factor in considering all methods of construction and products used.

There are many small changes to existing systems, processes and conditions that produce very fast returns that can be readily implemented into the commercial construction process.

Our job is to bring the engineers, product professionals and the contractors who install and service these items together as a team. This will insure that the design has an engineering review and that readily available, money saving items and equipment are incorporated in the final design.