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

10.6702/ijbi.2011.6.2.3

Iraj Mahdavi；Hamed Fazlollahtabar；Nezam Mahdavi-Amiri；Mohsen Arabmaghsudi；Mohammad Hassan Yahyanejad

Value engineering ； gas pipelines ； location-allocation ； minimum spanning tree (MST) ； Functional Analysis System Technique(FAST)

International Journal of Business and Information

6卷2期（2011 / 12 / 01）

182 - 204

英文

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 (MST) 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.

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