<![CDATA[Commercial construction projects in Eastern Indonesia have to deal with high costs for getting materials, difficult transportation issues, and a Construction Cost Index that is much higher than the average for the whole country. This study looks into the following question: What different building designs and materials can be suggested using Value Engineering (VE) for the Mie Gacoan Sorong–Nangka restaurant construction project, while still making sure the building works as well as it was planned to. A descriptive quantitative method was used, based on the SAVE International six-phase Job Plan. During the function analysis stage, the Cost-to-Worth Ratio (C/W) was used to find granite tile products that had extra costs, which means their C/W was higher than 1.00.. The suggested options were Asia Tile Brown Oak, Granite Tile Grey Matte Lokal, Arna Wood Plank Brown Walnut, Essenza Absolute Black, and Asia Tile Outdoor Wood Brown. All other options worked just as well as the floor coverings and looked good together with the restaurant's modern industrial style. A Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis over 10 years, using a 6% discount rate, showed that the alternatives were more economical. The analysis found cost savings of between 25.55% and 26.81% for each pair of materials. The total cost saved from implementing VE reached IDR 12,665,548.50, which is 21.81% of the existing granite tile budget that was reviewed. These results show that VE is a useful and real-world method for choosing the best building materials in commercial restaurant projects in Eastern Indonesia, where there are specific transportation and supply challenges]]>
