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title: The Chopping Block
description: Are you doing value engineering right? Are you just reducing costs by cutting scope out of the project? If so, that is not value engineering done right.  John and Jared discuss how to bring better value to owners by doing value engineering the right way.
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# [The Chopping Block](https://www.beck-technology.com/podcast/the-chopping-block)

 Written by [beckadmin](https://www.beck-technology.com/podcast/author/beckadmin) | Jan 4, 2024 7:18:31 PM

Are you doing value engineering right? Are you just reducing costs by cutting scope out of the project? If so, that is not value engineering done right.

When owners work for months or years with an architect to design the dream, are you the guy who has to tell them they can’t afford their building? There is a better way.

Value engineering brings back the art in estimating. John and Jared discuss how to bring better value to owners by doing value engineering the right way.

 

 

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