[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR627.1]

[Page 143]
 
                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 627--VALUE ENGINEERING--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 627.1  Purpose and applicability.

    (a) This regulation will establish a program to improve project 
quality, reduce project costs, foster innovation, eliminate unnecessary 
and costly design elements, and ensure efficient investments by 
requiring the application of value engineering (VE) to all Federal-aid 
highway projects on the National Highway System (NHS) with an estimated 
cost of $25 million or more.
    (b) In accordance with the Federal-State relationship established 
under the Federal-aid highway program, State transportation departments 
(STDs) shall assure that a VE analysis has been performed on all 
applicable projects and that all resulting, approved recommendations are 
incorporated into the plans, specifications and estimate.

[62 FR 6868, Feb. 14, 1997, as amended at 67 FR 75924, Dec. 10, 2002]