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2015 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 2.2-1133 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 2.2-1133. Use of value engineering.
A. The Division shall ensure that value engineering is
employed for any capital project costing more than five $5
million dollars. Value engineering may also be used for any project
costing five $5 million dollars or less. For purposes of
this section, "value engineering" means a systematic process of
review and analysis of a capital project by a team of persons not originally
involved in the project. Such team, which shall include appropriate
professionals licensed in accordance with Chapter 4 (§ 54.1-400 et seq.) of
Title 54.1, may offer suggestions that would improve project quality and reduce
total project cost by combining or eliminating inefficient or expensive parts
or steps in the original proposal or by totally redesigning the project using
different technologies, materials, or methods.
B. The review developed pursuant to subsection A shall be
compiled in a value engineering report and submitted to the Division. Each item
included in the value engineering report shall have a status designation of
accepted, declined, or accepted as modified. The Division, within 45 days, must
approve the value engineering report before the project may move to the next
phase of design. For
C. A value engineering report shall not be required for
projects that (i) are designed utilizing either the design-build or
construction manager management at risk construction delivery
method, basis and (ii) have the value engineering process as an
integral component, and (iii) have been granted an appropriate waiver by the
Director of the Department of General Services, a representative designated by
the Director shall participate in all cost savings decisions before
modifications to the design may be finalized. In such cases, a written
summary of the cost savings that have been incorporated into the design shall
be provided to the Division prior to moving forward to the construction phase
of the contract.
C. D. The Director of the Department may waive
the requirements of this section for any proposed capital project for
compelling reasons. Any waiver shall be in writing, state the reasons for the
waiver, and apply only to a single capital project. On or before September 15
of each year, the Director of the Department shall report to the Governor and
the General Assembly on the (i) number and value of the capital projects where
value engineering was employed and (ii) identity of the capital projects for
which a waiver of the requirements of this section was granted, including a
statement of the compelling reasons for granting the waiver. The report shall
cover projects completed or for which a waiver was granted within the previous
fiscal year.
D. E. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
the provisions of this section shall apply to public institutions of higher
education in Virginia.