Optimizing Projects Via the Value Methodology
In the built environment, public agencies are contending with heightened inflationary challenges—along with constrained funding. BCI facilitates SAVE International’s Value Methodology (VM) used to optimize projects and processes.
A federally Certified Small Business Enterprise (SBE), 100% Woman-Owned Since 2007. As of January 16, 2026, BCI was successfully reevaluated as a federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and continues as a state Women Business Enterprise (WBE).
After nearly two decades of serving public agencies, BCI will likely cease operations by the end of 2026, due to federal government actions. Please see July 2026 Industry Upheaval in the Public Agency Requirements for Value Engineering section below for details.
Services
- Value Methodology (VM) facilitation for VM, value analysis (VA) and value improvement (VI) studies by a Certified Value Specialist-Life (CVS-Life)
- Training and education in the Value Methodology
Value Methodology Resources
SAVE International
Miles Value Foundation
Miles Value Foundation
SAVE International® is the premier international society devoted to advancing and promoting the Value Methodology (VM). The Society provides its members education and training, publications, certification, promotional tools, networking, and recognition.
Miles Value Foundation
Miles Value Foundation
Miles Value Foundation
The Miles Value Foundation (MVF) promotes and funds the development of educational programs, new applications, and a research library for the study of the Value Methodology (VM). VM includes the applications known as Value Analysis, Value Engineering, and Value Management.
Public Agency Requirements for Value Engineering
July 2026 Industry Upheaval
Despite federal laws and regulations in place for decades requiring use of Value Engineering on construction projects, on July 1, 2026, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) arbitrarily dissolved its Value Program, which had been in place since 1964. The program had saved an estimated $125 billion in today's dollars and was a key check-and-balance for the federal government.
The impact to the value improvement industry is profound, as USACE represents at least 40% of its workload. This will shutter the doors of many private firms that have served the government for decades. It is especially impactful to firms such as BCI, which serves as a subconsultant on many contracts. Prime consultant firms must focus on preserving their own businesses—if possible—and retaining as many of their employees as can be sustained.
U.S. Office of Management and Budget
OMB Circular A-131, Revised December 26, 2013, provides guidance to support the sustained use of value engineering (VE) by federal departments and agencies to reduce program and acquisition costs, improve performance, enhance quality, and foster the use of innovation.
U.S. Congress
U.S. Congress
The National Defense Authorization Act, Public Law 104-106, 1996, mandates that each executive agency establish and maintain cost-effective value engineering procedures and processes.
U.S. Congress
USACE Value Engineering Regulations
U.S. Congress
Public Law 111–350, §3, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3718 41 USC 1711 - Value Engineering, mandates that "each executive agency shall establish and maintain cost-effective procedures and processes for analyzing the functions of a program, project, system, product, item of equipment, building, facility, service, or supply of the agency."
Federal Highway Administration
USACE Value Engineering Regulations
USACE Value Engineering Regulations
FHWA’s VE regulations consistent with the statutory changes in the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21); Federal Highway Administration Final Rule, 23 CFR Part 627, § 627.3 (e) Value Engineering (VE) Analysis and (f) VE Job Plan, Federal Register Vol. 79, No. 172, Rules and Regulations, September 5, 2014
USACE Value Engineering Regulations
USACE Value Engineering Regulations
USACE Value Engineering Regulations
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Regulations, January 1, 2011
USACE Value Engineering Policy
USACE Value Engineering Policy
USACE Value Engineering Policy
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Value Engineering Policy—Updated Regularly