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VMS Team Leaders

VMS employs 11 CVS team leaders

VMS team leaders have performed hundreds of value studies

VMS team leaders possess broad expertise to meet specific client and project needs

VMS team leaders are supported by experienced technical writing and administrative staff

VMS specializes in leading value studies. Our Certified Value Specialists (CVS) serve as Project Managers and Team Leaders to plan, organize, conduct, and document the value study.  Key elements for developing meaningful results are proper project selection and establishment of realistic and challenging goals for the value study. VMS Team Leaders work with you during the planning process to assure successful results from your VM efforts.  VMS can execute value studies at any stage of the design and construction process and is familiar with a multitude of VE study formats ranging from Partnering for Design, Functional Analysis Concept Design (FACD) studies, Constructibility Review, Project Alignment and the management of Value Engineering Incentive Clauses.

Robert B. Stewart, PMP, CVS Life, FSAVE

Mr. Stewart manages VMS’ operations in the Pacific Northwest.  He has been an instructor in many SAVE approved Module I VM Training Workshops sponsored by a variety of educational institutions, government agencies, and private companies. 

Mr. Stewart has participated in hundreds of value studies, as both facilitator and project manager, for a wide range of projects.  He is a past instructor at Portland State University where he taught graduate level courses in Value Engineering, and at UC Berkeley, where he taught classes at the University Extension. 

In 2001, he was awarded the Federal Highway Administration’s award for “Most Outstanding Value Engineering Study” for his efforts on the I-215 Improvement Project in San Bernardino , California .  Most recently, he was awarded an “Honorable Mention” by AASHTO for a VE/Constructibility Review Study he led for the Seismic Retrofit of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 2002.

Mr. Stewart has made a number of innovations to the Caltrans Value Analysis program.  This includes the development of performance measurement techniques that allow Caltrans to effectively measure the qualitative improvements of value alternatives.  This, in turn, makes it possible for Caltrans to track the overall value improvement for a project resulting from a VA study.

Mr. Kolano has 25 years of experience in engineering, manufacturing and Value Methodology. He has  led over one hundred value studies and training workshops for clients in engineering, manufacturing and management.

Mr. Kolano serves as a value team leader and co-facilitator.  His broad experience has been used to improve processes, services, facilities and products in industry and government settings.  As an industrial engineer, he has conducted numerous process improvement studies.  His engineering assignments have included the development of facility upgrades and process improvements in the chemical and aerospace industries. He also has considerable experience in environmental restoration and waste management project design, conducting over 25 value studies in this area.

Mr. Kolano also has been an expert facilitator of hundreds of team building, issues and conflict resolution meetings and retreats. Team size has ranged from five to upwards of 40 individuals. He has extensive expertise and formal training in Value Methodology, process improvement and facilitation skills and an excellent understanding of interpersonal skills and group dynamics.  Mr. Kolano has considerable management experience.  He has used this to effectively understand both the management and subject matter expert viewpoints and to quickly build individual rapport and team synergy.  He has served as manager, lead and supervisor in small and large organizations.

Mark Watson is a registered Professional Engineer and Certified Value Specialist (CVS).  He has an in-depth knowledge of the Value Methodology (VM) and the application of it to many types of construction and design related projects.  Mr. Watson's experience includes value studies on a wide array of projects that cover the gambit of the design and construction industry.  He has conducted value analysis, value engineering, and value planning studies on roads, bridges, water and wastewater facilities, transit facilities, airport facilities, and drainage facilities, as well as buildings for education, health care, prisons, vehicle maintenance facilities, barracks, and U.S. embassy and consulate operations.  His varied project VE experience also includes more unusual and high-profile projects such as the multi-modal Farley Post Office Redevelopment/Moynihan Station in New York City and the Transbay Terminal Building in San Francisco. The sizes of these projects and programs on which Mr. Watson has conducted value studies have ranged from a few hundred thousand dollars in capital costs to as high as $6 billion.  Mr. Watson has led VE studies on projects in all stages of design from the schematic/planning stage to 100% complete.

George Hunter is a Certified Value Specialist (CVS) and a registered professional civil engineer. He is an experienced VE team leader (VETL), trainer, and the former Value Analysis (VA) Program Manager for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). He has conducted multiple training courses and advised foreign government agencies on value management program development. In addition to his value management experience, he has extensive experience in the design, construction, and management of transportation projects.

Mr. Hunter’s 23 years of experience in design and construction includes 9 years of transportation sector value management as well as service on the AASHTO Value Engineering Technical Committee. Since receiving his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering, he has performed as a project manager, VE program manager, VE team leader (VETL), and trainer. He has led more than 100 studies of diverse construction projects throughout the United States, Latin America, Western Europe, and Asia.

Mr. Brink is a Certified Value Specialist, Risk Management Professional, and Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst practicing Value Methodology. He has 8 years of experience performing extensive risk analysis, risk management, financial and life-cycle costing analysis, forecasting, value analysis, and economic impact analysis on projects of all scale and scope.  Mr. Brink has strong technical aptitude, creative client solution development, and an ability to incorporate innovation into a wide array of value analysis, risk management, and economic and market analysis for both government and private sector organizations.  Mr. Brink’s specializations through the use of Value Methodology include quantitative/qualitative risk and uncertainty modeling and analysis, risk management, project management, financial analysis, economic analysis, market analysis, and economic forecasting.

Mr. Brink’s experience includes working on multiple infrastructure projects of varying scale and scope, ranging from a million dollars to multibillion dollar engagements.  The primary areas of focus included: risk analysis, risk management, project cost estimating, value analysis/engineering, cost-benefit analysis, economic impact analysis, project management, financial analysis and reporting, economic forecasting, material price analysis, general market analysis, commodity price and volatility forecasting, and industrial optimization.