The document discusses value engineering and value analysis. It provides an overview of value as a combination of quality, efficiency, price and service. It defines value engineering as an organized procedure to efficiently identify unnecessary costs. The origins and objectives of value analysis are described, including techniques like the matrix and MISS methods. The value engineering process involves collecting information, defining functions, creating alternatives, evaluating alternatives, developing the best alternative, and implementing the alternative. Both disadvantages like being time consuming and expensive, and advantages like being a powerful scientific tool are covered.