Gyeonggi Province Saves 400 Million Won in Soksoo Station Sewerage Pipe Project Through Design VE

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 20th that it has saved 400 million won in project costs for the sewerage pipe maintenance project around Soksoo Station in Anyang City through Design Value Engineering (VE).

Design VE is a construction technique in which multiple field experts gather during the design phase to analyze the economic feasibility and on-site applicability of the design and develop alternatives, thereby reducing costs while improving construction quality.

The sewerage pipe maintenance project around Soksoo Station is aimed at repairing sewerage pipes and installing sewerage boxes around Soksoo Station, which frequently floods during heavy summer rainfall. Anyang City had planned to invest approximately 11.8 billion won.

Accordingly, Gyeonggi Province formed a Design VE team consisting of 14 experts from water supply and sewerage, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering, generated a total of 52 ideas including changes to pipe types and construction methods, and achieved cost savings of 400 million won, equivalent to 3.41% of the total project cost.

Previously, the province conducted Design VE in the first half of the year on five projects including the construction of the Yeoncheon Multi-purpose Welfare Center, the Jebu Fish Harbor construction project, the Jinjip Third Water Reservoir and supply pipe installation project, the Hannam Line Double-Track Railway Section 4 construction project, and the Yangju Sports and Welfare Center construction project, achieving construction cost savings of 9.75 billion won.