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pals of value engineering." By analyzing the proposed improvements to 211, “we were hoping to tumble across an idea that hadn’t been thought of before. . .an alternative that would give the same product for less money.” The alternatives the team came up with —eliminating the westbound lanes of the divided highway or widening the existing pavement and shoulders — were then passed on to the location and design engineers to “fine tune,” particularly in the area of cost projections, Mr. Staton said. “If Ken Phillips says our dollar estimate was way off, it probably was, because that’s his business to know.”
And he confirmed that federal standards (which must be met if the project is receiving federal funds) allow for a “lesser degree of curve and a lesser degree of grade.”
The team leader for Rt. 211’s value study also noted that he was unfamiliar with Rt. 211 itself and had not seen the road before directing the review of the project. “I don’t know the lay of the land in Rappahannock. I’m from flat country —the Northern Neck. We don’t have terrain like that down here.” And again he pointed out that the value engineering study was “part of an exercise,” adding “we gave it our best shot.”
According to George Kirk, the
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