What distinguishes value engineering from an unapproved substitution?
Correct Answer
B) Value engineering proposes an approved change that preserves required function or value.
VE requires review and approval; it is not unilateral substitution.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
VE requires review and approval; it is not unilateral substitution.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Use value engineering boundary to allow any cheaper product without review
Choice A gives It allows any cheaper product without review. Its specific error: it leaves the work at an informal or incomplete stage, while Value engineering boundary requires Value engineering proposes an approved change that preserves required function or value.
Option C: Accept the price information as submitted and leave value engineering boundary unverified
In procurement and contracting, It deletes warranty obligations. is the wrong selection for Value engineering boundary: the option tries to substitute, waive, or delete the Value engineering boundary control; the item instead requires Value engineering proposes an approved change that preserves required function or value.
Option D: Use value engineering boundary to replace all contract documents
The trap in D is It replaces all contract documents. That selection is wrong because it removes the controlling Value engineering boundary requirement instead of meeting it.
Memory Technique
Picture value engineering boundary doing the job; the answer names that job as Value engineering proposes an approved change that preserves required function or value.
Reference Hint
Open NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, 14th Ed.; use the index entry or section for "Value engineering" to confirm that VE requires review and approval; it is not unilateral substitution.
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