article · International Journal of Construction Management
Value management is an established methodology globally, but informal practices remain common in underdeveloped nations. To understand obstacles to formal deployment in sustainable residential projects, barriers were identified from prior research, categorised through semi-structured interviews, and evaluated through 335 surveys with building specialists. These barriers span four categories: environment and culture, workshop dynamics, knowledge and stakeholders, and standardisation. The collected data were analysed using fuzzy synthetic evaluation, a combination of weighted aggregated sum product assessment and technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution methods, and stationary analysis. Knowledge and stakeholders emerged as the most critical category preventing broader adoption, while decision-maker participation issues during workshops were identified as the single most influential constraint. The resulting framework provides a structured roadmap to support residential industry stakeholders in overcoming these barriers and improving project value.
Residential building projects in developing regions frequently miss out on cost and sustainability benefits because they rely on informal practices instead of structured value management. By identifying exact points of failure, particularly around stakeholder understanding and executive attendance in planning workshops, project leaders can target specific organisational weaknesses to deliver better, more cost-effective housing developments.
The findings could be used by project managers, residential developers, and construction consultants to create structured training programmes or strategic intervention toolkits for value management adoption. Based on the survey and analytical evaluation described, the research is at an early conceptual stage and would need translation into standardised organisational protocols before active commercial use in building projects.
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Over the past 20 years, value management (VM) has become a well-established technique, while in underdeveloped countries; informal methods are used for VM-related activities. This study aims to examine the barriers to VM deployment. These barriers are categorized into environment and culture, workshop dynamics, knowledge and stakeholders and standardization. A review of prior research is conducted to identify these barriers, which are further categorized through a semi-structured interview. The significance of these barriers is determined through 335 structured surveys with building specialists. The four categories of barriers are then assessed using fuzzy synthetic evaluation and weighted aggregated sum product assessment—technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution methods. In addition, a stationary method is used to evaluate the incorporation of VM barriers into residential projects. According to the findings, the most significant category of barriers that hinder the widespread use of VM is knowledge and stakeholders. Among these categories, the most influential barriers that constrain the VM implementation are workshop decision-maker participation issues. This research provides a roadmap for effective VM adoption in developing countries by helping stakeholders in the residential building industry understand VM barriers and leverage them to enhance the value of their projects.
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DOI: 10.1080/15623599.2023.2267870
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