Meeting Minutes - US Department of State

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is recommending, but that's because of the nature of
what we're trying to do is to define trends and
analysis over the life of the program.
So this next slide is kind of focusing on
that process. The way it used to work was we'd give
the team the VE report after the VE study was done
and by team I mean the OBO, in-house team that is
putting together the project. In a lot of cases
it's the planning team with design and engineering
participation, along with cc. They get to review
the report and then they'll make a determination
which recommendations get implemented. Then coming
back to me as a value engineer or to Angela now is
the memo that says what the team is putting forward
for acceptance of VE recommendations.
Any delays or cost increases on initial
costs go to the General with a decision memo to
implement, especially if it's something that is
going to save lifecycle costs.
And now this is my opportunity for me to
make a comment about the sustainable design. During
the VE study, we will have sustainable design
experts. I know Greg has been on teams before and
he's got the background in sustainable design.
Those are recommendations that do get forwarded, but
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