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I have recently encountered requests for a "certified value engineer". Is the AIA offering certification? If not, are we abdicating this roll to others? Any advice on how I can become "certified"?
My personal blog on the issue: Based on over 30 years of battling the misconception that late term cost cutting, when suggested by a contractor, is true value engineering (the later in the process, the better); perhaps one of my peers could print something out for me?
Oh, and can we call it "Value Architecting", so this doesn't simply default to engineers?
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Robin Miller AIA
Miller Sellers Heroux Architects
Sioux Falls SD
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