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Such team may offer suggestions that would improve project quality and reduce total project cost, ranging from a combination or elimination of inefficient or expensive parts or steps in the original proposal to total redesign of the project using different technologies, materials, or methods.\n\t\tThe Department shall employ value engineering in conjunction with any project that has an estimated construction cost of more than $15 million on any highway system using criteria established by the Department.\n\t\tAfter a review, the Commissioner of Highways may waive the requirements of this section for any project for compelling reasons. Any such waiver shall be in writing, state the reasons for the waiver, and apply only to a single project.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to projects that are designed (i) utilizing a design-build contract pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-209 or 33.2-269 or (ii) pursuant to the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (\u00a7 33.2-1800 et seq.).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":258213,"text":"For the purposes of this section, &#8220;value engineering&#8221; means a systematic process of review and analysis of an engineering project by a team of persons not originally involved in the project. 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Any such waiver shall be in writing, state the reasons for the waiver, and apply only to a single project.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to projects that are designed (i) utilizing a design-build contract pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-209 or 33.2-269 or (ii) pursuant to the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (\u00a7 33.2-1800 et seq.).","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13281,"edition_id":1,"name":"Department of Transportation","identifier":"4","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13136,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:34","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:34","permalink":{"id":205127,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13281,"identifier":"4","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4","url":"\/33.2\/I\/2\/4\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13136,"edition_id":1,"name":"Transportation Entities","identifier":"2","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13135,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","permalink":{"id":204875,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13136,"identifier":"2","token":"33.2\/I\/2","url":"\/33.2\/I\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13135,"edition_id":1,"name":"General Provisions and Transportation Entities","identifier":"I","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12806,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:20","permalink":{"id":204787,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13135,"identifier":"I","token":"33.2\/I","url":"\/33.2\/I\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12806,"edition_id":1,"name":"Highways and Other Surface Transportation Systems","identifier":"33.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","permalink":{"id":204785,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12806,"identifier":"33.2","token":"33.2","url":"\/33.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":58145,"structure_id":13281,"section_number":"33.2-256","catch_line":"Department of Transportation established","url":"\/33.2-256\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-256","metadata":false},{"id":72511,"structure_id":13281,"section_number":"33.2-257","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/33.2-257\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-257","metadata":false},{"id":54273,"structure_id":13281,"section_number":"33.2-257.1","catch_line":"Notice to be provided to property owners of pending transportation projects","url":"\/33.2-257.1\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-257.1","metadata":false},{"id":78170,"structure_id":13281,"section_number":"33.2-258","catch_line":"Environmental permits for highway projects; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 160 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1990 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2001, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0090\">90<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0104\">104<\/a>; in 2014, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?141+ful+CHAP0805\">805<\/a>; in 2018, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0290\">290<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0423\">423<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":58174,"section_number":"33.2-1800","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1800\/"},{"id":60169,"section_number":"33.2-209","catch_line":"Construction and maintenance contracts and activities related to passenger and freight rail and public transportation","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-209\/"},{"id":54365,"section_number":"33.2-269","catch_line":"Localities may use design-build contracts","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-269\/"}],"permalink":{"id":205153,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71657,"identifier":"33.2-261","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-261","url":"\/33.2-261\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/33.2-261\/","token":"33.2\/I\/2\/4\/33.2-261","dublin_core":{"Title":"Value engineering required in certain projects","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 33.2-261","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>For the purposes of this section, &#8220;value engineering&#8221; means a systematic process of review and analysis of an engineering project by a team of persons not originally involved in the project. Such team may offer suggestions that would improve project quality and reduce total project cost, ranging from a combination or elimination of inefficient or expensive parts or steps in the original proposal to total redesign of the project using different technologies, <span class=\"dictionary\">materials<\/span>, or methods.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> shall employ value engineering in conjunction with any project that has an estimated construction cost of more than $15 million on any <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> system using criteria established by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span>.\n\t\tAfter a review, the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commissioner of Highways<\/span> may <span class=\"dictionary\">waive<\/span> the requirements of this section for any project for compelling reasons. Any such <span class=\"dictionary\">waiver<\/span> shall be in writing, state the reasons for the <span class=\"dictionary\">waiver<\/span>, and apply only to a single project.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to projects that are designed (i) utilizing a design-build <span class=\"dictionary\">contract<\/span> pursuant to \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Construction and maintenance contracts and activities related to passenger and freight rail and public transportation\" href=\"\/33.2-209\/\">33.2-209<\/a> or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Localities may use design-build contracts\" href=\"\/33.2-269\/\">33.2-269<\/a> or (ii) pursuant to the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/33.2-1800\/\">33.2-1800<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVALUE ENGINEERING REQUIRED IN CERTAIN PROJECTS (\u00a7 33.2-261)\n\nFor the purposes of this section, &#8220;value engineering&#8221; means a\nsystematic process of review and analysis of an engineering project by a team of\npersons not originally involved in the project. Such team may offer suggestions\nthat would improve project quality and reduce total project cost, ranging from a\ncombination or elimination of inefficient or expensive parts or steps in the\noriginal proposal to total redesign of the project using different technologies,\nmaterials, or methods.\n\t\tThe Department shall employ value engineering in conjunction with any project\nthat has an estimated construction cost of more than $15 million on any highway\nsystem using criteria established by the Department.\n\t\tAfter a review, the Commissioner of Highways may waive the requirements of\nthis section for any project for compelling reasons. Any such waiver shall be in\nwriting, state the reasons for the waiver, and apply only to a single project.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to projects that are designed\n(i) utilizing a design-build contract pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-209 or 33.2-269 or\n(ii) pursuant to the Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 (\u00a7 33.2-1800 et\nseq.).\n\nHISTORY: 1990, c. 160, \u00a7 33.1-190.1; 2001, cc. 90, 104; 2014, c. 805; 2018, cc.\n290, 423.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}