EVALUATION OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BY VALUE ENGINEERING APPROACH AS A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABILITY

A great part of financial resources of Iran is spent on civil projects annually. Various problems in implementation of these projects especially road construction projects emphasizing on three factors of time, cost, and quality necessitate a reliable planning and policy making system to upgrade the quality of these projects. Besides, lack of consideration to value engineering in national and large scale projects have caused sense of lack of comprehensive, applicable, and pervasive policy as a solution for managers and experts of these projects and also has led to negative environmental impacts during construction and maintenance. Therefore, due to the importance of this matter, in this research, an innovative approach towards road construction projects considering value engineering has been discussed and evaluated as a tool for achievement of sustainability.