The VE library can be reached for research purposes at The Lawrence D. Miles Value Engineering Reference Center Collection.
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The VE library is a Virtual Library hosted by the University of Wisconsin. The library includes the Lawrence D. Miles Value Engineering Papers Collection, the journal, Value World, proceedings from the annual conference of SAVE International and many related books, other references, and audiotapes and videotapes.
After Miles' death in 1986, his wife, Eleanor Miles Walker, became an officer on the Board of the Lawrence D. Miles Value Foundation and donated $5,000 to the foundation to organize and present to the public everything related to VA/VE that her husband had collected over the years. She entrusted the project to Professor Thomas J. Snodgrass, a life-long colleague of Lawrence Miles. This led to the establishment in 1993 of the Lawrence D. Miles Value Engineering Reference Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Covers the origins of VA, the emphasis on function, and several examples of cost savings in various industries. Discusses international competition and how VA is helping American industries stay ahead.
Link to the article in the Lawrence D. Miles Value Engineering Reference Center Collection
Note: There is a PDF copy found my Value Analysis Canada, available HERE.