Legal aspect of value engineering implementation in Jakarta (Indonesia) construction projects

In Jakarta (Indonesia) there are regulations on value engineering (VE), but the implementation in construction project somehow still grows slowly. Therefore, in-depth interviews to Indonesian VE experts, regulators and practitioners of infrastructure projects in Jakarta are conducted to obtain the main obstacles and efforts to overcome. Then discussion and seminar on VE is conducted to get more inputs from construction stakeholders. It is found and recommended: stakeholders low understanding on VE government regulations and its benefits so that the role of the VE Indonesia Association in VE socialization should be enhanced, no existence of VE implementation Guideline and the Code of Ethic and thus the existing law should be improved by creating them, no existence of public financial system to accommodate the share saving concept in VE so that it should be improved. These findings and recommended solutions can be useful for any parties elsewhere who face the similar VE implementation problems.