| dc.description.abstract | Steel is one of the most-often-used materials in construction due to its
various advantages, however a solution is needed to anticipate its price which is
relatively expensive, i.e. by applying economical design in steel construction. One
economical design that is quite popular today is the design of steel profile with
openings on its web post or also called as castellated profile.
In this study, the author analyzes the level of cost-effectiveness in the
usage of castellated profile as the beam in Construction Project of BMW
Showroom in Medan, with using value engineering techniques. The castellated
profile is compared to the solid profile, which is the profile with a design that is
commonly used in steel constructions. The comparison is conducted on the cost
and the work management to determine which profil design is more cost-effective,
and how much is the cost-effectiveness.
After the analysis of value engineering is conducted, there is a saving of
17.509 % in the usage of castellated profile as the beam in Construction Project
of BMW Showroom in Medan, if compared with the usage of solid profile. This is
caused by the amount of steel material saving when using castellated profile
which is equal to 15.519 % by weight and 56.466% by area. Through this study,
the castellated profile results to be more cost-effective if compared to solid
profile. | en_US |
