title: The 'negative cost' of value engineering.
abstract: Martin Wilkinson, national sales manager at system protection specialist, Spirotech UK, highlights the 'potential negative consequences' of value engineering in heating system specification in the healthcare sector, and argues that system protection products such as de-aerators and dirt separators have considerable value in preventative maintenance, and in helping to extend the useful life of both the system as a whole, and its vital parts.
authors: Commercial Division, Spirotech, UK.
authors: Martin
authors: M
authors: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D004867:Equipment Design; D006361:Heating / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008283:Maintenance / Q000191:economics*; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical / Q000191:economics; D006113:United Kingdom