What is the Federal mandate that requires value engineering?
The National Highway System (NHS) Designation Act of 1995 requires each state to carry out a VE analysis for all Federal-aid highway funded projects on the NHS with an estimated total cost of $25 million or more. Legislation in later years amended this requirement to apply to non-NHS projects eligible for Federal aid, lowered the threshold to $20 million for bridge projects, and clarified that “total cost” included not only construction costs but also design, right-of-way, and utility adjustment costs.
