Penerapan rekayasa nilai pada gedung perpustakaan kota tarakan ini dilakukan guna mengefisiensikan penggunaan anggaran biaya yang dikeluarkan. rekayasa nilai dilakukan dengan mengikuti standar/ketentuan ke enam rencana kerja yang ada, yaitu : tahap informasi, tahap analisis fungsi, tahap kreatifitas, tahap evaluasi, tahap pengembangan dan tahap presentasi. adapun analisa yang digunakan adalah : tahap informasi dilakukan dengan analisa breakdown dan analisa pareto, tahap analisis fungsi dilakukan dengan diagram fast dan nilai indeks, tahap evaluasi dilakukan dengan analisa keuntungan dan kerugian, analisa lcc (biaya siklus hidup) dan matriks pugh. pada studi ini dihasilkan beberapa item pekerjaan yang dihemat, antara lain pekerjaan lantai gedung, pekerjaan lantai carport, pekerjaan pasangan dinding plang nama, pekerjaan dinding plang nama, pekerjaan pasangan dinding gedung dan pekerjaan plafond gedung. dari hasil analisa rekayasa nilai diperoleh penghematan biaya sebesar 4,76% dari desain awal.

The application of value engineering in the library of tarakan city building was conducted in order to improve efficiency the use of budget costs. value engineering was conducted by following the standards / regulations into six work plans available, namely: information phase, analysis function phase, creativity phase, the evaluation phase, the development phase and presentation phase. the analysis used are: information phase was done with breakdown analysis and pareto analysis, the analysis functions phase was done with fast diagram and index value, the evaluation phase was done by analyzing the advantages and disadvantages, lcc analysis (life cycle costs) and pugh matrix. this study produced several work items that were saved, there were the floor of the building work, carport floor work, signpost wall mounting work, signpost wall work, the installation wall of the building work and the ceiling of the building work. from the value engineering analysis results were obtained cost savings of 4.76% from the initial design.