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A Comprehensive Value Engineering Approach for Gas Pipeline Projects Using Mathematical Models and FAST: A Case Study of Mazandaran Gas Company

International Journal of Business and Information

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Field Value
 
Title A Comprehensive Value Engineering Approach for Gas Pipeline Projects Using Mathematical Models and FAST: A Case Study of Mazandaran Gas Company
 
Creator Mahdavi, Iraj
Fazlollahtabar, Hamed
Mahdavi-Amiri, Nezam
Arabmaghsudi, Mohsen
Yahyanejad, Mohammad Hassan
 
Description This study explores implementation of value engineering (VE) in gas pipeline projects, focusing on the link among transfer, feed, and distribution lines. For any feed line, there is a City Gate Station (CGS), and for any distribution line, there are some Town Broad Stations (TBS). We assess value in two cases. The first case concerns the location of the TBS’s, allocation of consumption zones to TBS’s, and the routing of distribution lines among the TBS’s and consumption zones. The second case focuses on analyzing activities during the implementation process to identify any extra or malfunctioned activities in order to propose a change of strategy to gain a higher value. For the first case, we apply a combination of a location-allocation mathematical model and the minimum spanning tree (MSP) method, and for the second case, we use the Functional Analysis System Technique (FAST). We conduct a case study of a gas company to assess the validity and effectiveness of the value engineering approach.
 
Publisher International Business Academics Consortium
 
Date 2015-11-13
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://ijbi.org/ijbi/article/view/61
 
Source International Journal of Business and Information; Vol 6 No 2 (2011)
2520-0151
1728-8673
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://ijbi.org/ijbi/article/view/61/65
 
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