Nature of your organization

Contractor (Type G6) 7 13.7%

Contractor (Type G7) 23 45.1%

Quantity Surveyor Firm 21 41.2%

Specify your designation in the company

Director 11 21.6%

Manager 4 7.8%

Project Manager 1 2%

Quantity Surveyor 21 41.2%

Other 14 27.5%

Working experience in construction field

Less than 5 years 21 41.2%

6 to 10 years 3 5.9%

11 to 15 years 6 11.8%

16 to 20 years 9 17.6%

more than 20 years 12 23.5%

Part B : Value Management

1. Do you know what is value management ?

Yes 32 62.7%

No 6 11.8%

Not sure 13 25.5%

2. Value Management means

Proactive, creative, problem-solving or problems seeking services which maximises

the functional value of a project by managing its development from concept to use. 24 75%

Proactive, or problem seeking services which minimises the functional value of a

project by managing its development from the concept to use. 3 9.4%

Cut cost for the entire project 1 3.1%

Value techniques applied during the planning phases of a porject 4 12.5%

Value techniques applied retrospectively to completed projects to analyse or audit the

project performance 0 0%

3. Are you familiar with the value management procedure?

Yes 15 46.9%

No 10 31.3%

Not sure 7 21.9%

4. What are the procedure of value management ?

Pre-workshop, Information, Creativity, Evaluation, Development, Action planning,

Workshop report and Implementation 8 66.7%

Pre-workshop, Information, Evaluation, Action Planning and Implementation 2 16.7%

Pre-workshop, Information, Function Analysis, Presentation and Implementation 1 8.3%

Information, Creativity, Evaluation, Development, Action Planning, Presentation,

Workshop report and Implementation 1 8.3%

5. Life-cycle costing is applied in which process?

Pre-workshop 1 8.3%

Information 0 0%

Creativity 0 0%

Workshop report 1 8.3%

Implementation 0 0%

Development 6 50%

Action Planning 2 16.7%

Presentation 0 0%

Evalution 2 16.7%

Other 0 0%

6. What do you think about the value management procedure?

Very complicated 2 13.3%

Complicated 6 40%

Neutral 7 46.7%

Simple 0 0%

Very simple 0 0%

7. Do you think that value management procedure should be consolidated ?

Strongly Disagree 1 6.7%

Disagree 1 6.7%

Neutral 8 53.3%

Agree 5 33.3%

Strongly Agree 0 0%

8. Have you ever been involved in the practice of value management ?

Yes 14 43.8%

No 18 56.3%

9. In what kind of project does your company apply value management ?

Big Project ( RM 10,000,000 and above) 10 71.4%

Medium Project (RM5,000,000 - RM 10,000,000) 3 21.4%

Small Project ( RM 5,000,000 and below) 1 7.1%

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10. What type of construction that your company employs the use of value management ?

Office Building 6 42.9%

School 0 0%

Infrastructure Project (example : MRT) 1 7.1%

Condominium 1 7.1%

Terrace House 3 21.4%

Other 3 21.4%

11. Do you know that value management has been applied in the construction industry?

Yes 5 26.3%

No 14 73.7%

12. Will you attend seminar about value management ?

Yes 32 62.7%

No 12 23.5%

Not sure 7 13.7%

13. Why yes?

Easily adapt value management when you involve in value management 5 15.6%

Get to know more about value management 19 59.4%

Get some knowledge 7 21.9%

Other 1 3.1%

14. Why not or not sure ?

Waste time 4 15.4%

Waste money 1 3.8%

Busy for work 14 53.8%

Other 7 26.9%

Introduction To Electronic Value Management (EVM):

Part C : Electronic Value Management (EVM)

15. Nowadays, information and communication technology (ICT) is common. Do you know there is new technology for value management?

Yes 5 9.8%

No 32 62.7%

Not sure 14 27.5%

16. What are the new technologies that you are aware of?

Electronic Value Management 2 40%

Cost Estimation Software 5 100%

Life-Cycle Costing Software 4 80%

Other 1 20%

17. Are you aware of electronic value management (EVM) in the construction industry?

Yes 9 17.6%

No 33 64.7%

Not sure 9 17.6%

18. How did you know about EVM?

Online Journal 6 66.7%

Book 0 0%

Friends 0 0%

Newspaper 0 0%

Conference 1 11.1%

Seminar 0 0%

Other 2 22.2%

19. Do you know that EVM does not need professional studies compare to VM?

Yes 3 5.9%

No 34 66.7%

Not sure 14 27.5%

20. If there is an EVM training course, will you attend the training course?

Yes 33 64.7%

No 8 15.7%

Not sure 10 19.6%

21. If you would like to train your staff on knowing more about EVM, which method would you prefer?

In-house training 21 41.2%

On-the job training 27 52.9%

Off-the job training 7 13.7%

Online training 13 25.5%

Other 0 0%

22. How much will your company allocate per person for the EVM training?

RM1,000 and above 8 15.7%

RM 500 to RM 999 17 33.3%

RM 499 and below 26 51%

23. Do you know that EVM procedure is a process which uses electronic devices/software almost throughout the process, i.e. digitizing the value management process

Yes 11 21.6%

No 24 47.1%

Not sure 16 31.4%

24. Do you know that there is some difference between VM procedure and EVM procedure?

Yes 8 15.7%

No 25 49%

Not sure 18 35.3%

25. What is the difference between VM procedure and EVM procedure?

For brainstorming process, VM team members still need to have meeting face-to-face

while EVM is now using Skype to have meeting with team members. 6 75%

VM procedure need 9days to complete the whole project while EVM procedure need 6

or 7 days to complete the project 0 0%

VM procedure have time constraint while EVM does not have time constraint 2 25%

Other 0 0%

26. Do you think that EVM procedure is better than the traditional value management procedure?

Yes 5 62.5%

No 0 0%

Not sure 3 37.5%

27. Why yes?

Saving cost on the project 3 60%

Time efficient to complete the project 1 20%

Other 1 20%

28. Why no or not sure ?

Wasting time to go for training 1 25%

Wasting money to buy software 1 25%

Other 2 50%

29. In your opinion, if EVM is introduced in Malaysia, will you rather use EVM than the traditional method of value management?

Yes 20 41.7%

No 8 16.7%

Not sure 20 41.7%

EVM is more cost saving than VM [30. Why do you think EVM process is better than VM process ? ]

Strongly Disagree 1 2%

Disagree 2 3.9%

Neutral 26 51%

Agree 21 41.2%

Strongly Agree 1 2%

EVM requires organizational learning skills [30. Why do you think EVM process is better than VM process ? ]

Strongly Disagree 2 3.9%

Disagree 5 9.8%

Neutral 22 43.1%

Agree 22 43.1%

Strongly Agree 0 0%

EVM will reduce more wastage of resources compare to VM [30. Why do you think EVM process is better than VM process ? ]

Strongly Disagree 1 2%

Disagree 1 2%

Neutral 23 45.1%

Agree 22 43.1%

Strongly Agree 4 7.8%

EVM process is faster than VM process [30. Why do you think EVM process is better than VM process ? ]

Strongly Disagree 0 0%

Disagree 1 2%

Neutral 20 39.2%

Agree 23 45.1%

Strongly Agree 7 13.7%

EVM allows easy communicate with team members or clients compared to VM [30. Why do you think EVM process is better than VM process ? ]

Strongly Disagree 0 0%

Disagree 4 7.8%

Neutral 23 45.1%

Agree 20 39.2%

Strongly Agree 4 7.8%

EVM process is better than VM process [30. Why do you think EVM process is better than VM process ? ]

Strongly Disagree 0 0%

Disagree 5 9.8%

Neutral 26 51%

Agree 18 35.3%

Strongly Agree 2 3.9%

You will try to apply electronic value management (EVM) to your company [30. Why do you think EVM process is better than VM process ? ]

Strongly Disagree 1 2%

Disagree 4 7.8%

Neutral 29 56.9%

Agree 12 23.5%

Strongly Agree 5 9.8%