As common practice in Vietnam, at any time when investment made in construction projects, the Owner shall always think about saving costs (saving of materials, manpower, bidding for lower costs). However, there still one thing that need to be saved but the investors have not paid special care or knew but had no idea of it shall be started, i.e. optimum review of structures.

The Owner might have high cost-savings by bidding procedure, in materials purchasing, but do not care about concrete and steel reinforcement amount in surplus structures because the Owners had idea that designer has calculated and reviewed by other party. We had several years working experiences in civil works and, to our points of view, have witnessed some following structural design which waist costs as follows:

ICCI shall perform design review apart from satisfying compulsory requirements of all projects, but also calculation for optimization of structural elements in within structures for reduction of investment costs with philosophy as above  such as Execution costs shall be equal to 5% of saving cost - costs shall not be applied in the event of no savings/reduction.

By practical, it might be decreased by 20% of costs for buildings, 10% for high-rise building.

Related document:

• TCXDVN 356: 2005
• TCXDVN 338: 2005
• Estimation costs review

 Executed projects:

 1.   Construction works:  HIGH-RISE HOTEL

     Address: No. 3A, Vo Van Tan street, Ward no. 6, District no. 3, Ho Chi Minh city

     Project scale:  1 ground floor, 8 upper floors, construction area 2800m2

 2.  Construction works: HANOI - NGHE AN BEER FACTORY

    Address: Nam Cam Industrial Park, Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province

3. Construction works: ESTELLA HIGH-RISE BUILDING

    Item: Method statement for soil reinforcement by installation of steel sheeting planks 03,04,01,02

 4. Construction works: CARTON PACKAGING PRODUCTION FACTORY

   Address: Tan Dong Hiep B Industrial Park, Binh Duong province

5. Construction works: SABECO - SONG LAM BAGS/PACKAGES PRODUCTION FACTORY

   Address: Northern of Vinh city Industrial zone, Vinh city, Nghe An province

6. Construction works: High-class apartments at no. 83 Nguyen Van Troi

Address: No. 83 Nguyen Van Troi, Phu Nhuan district, Ho Chi Minh city

The Owner: Dieu Hien Trade & Construction Co., Ltd

Project scale: 3.700,8 m2, 2 basements and 13 upper floors

7. Construction works: Thoi Son island tourism area 

   Address: Con Thoi Son, My Tho city, Tien Giang province

  The Owner: Tien Giang Tourism JSC