Course Details
Course Outline
5 days course
Introduction to BIM
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Identify the business case for BIM in any project, taking into account benefits, examining the drivers, functionality and characteristics of a good BIM model
Strategy for BIM – Start with the end in mind
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Understand BIM Uses and the requirement for a strategy for BIM
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Understand the Organisational Information Requirements
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Understand the Asset Information Requirements and Asset Information Model
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Produce a high-level BIM briefing paper to your organisation
BIM in Design Co-ordination
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Develop an advanced understanding of BIM approaches for retrieving, analysing and integrating information to aid decision-making, and using appropriate BIM tools.
BIM in Construction Operation
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Looks at a range of BIM approaches and applications for construction planning and operations, including simulating construction schedules and logistics, build ability forecasting and clash detection.
BIM in Business and Practice
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The opportunity to pursue a case study closely related to a company's interests, and how they use BIM approaches and protocols. You will help the company with a BIM organisational strategic and implementation plan to ensure it's aligned with their business strategy.
BIM in Operation and Maintenance
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Examine the role of BIM for building and asset operation and maintenance, and the challenges of BIM-Facilities Management (FM) integration.
Low/Zero-Impact Buildings
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Assesses the role of BIM in designing and operating comfortable buildings that significantly reduce or eliminate energy use. You will evaluate low or zero-carbon and renewable technologies, apply BIM to evaluate buildings' environmental performance and explore the impact of Part L, BREEAM, LEED and EPC ratings.
Construction Project Management Practice
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Here you will integrate your project manager skills by selecting a project case study and analysing it in relation to environment, client objectives, feasibility, strategy, implementation, and commissioning.
Construction Contract Law
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Examines the allocation of risk in the context of the conditions of standard contracts, and assesses the roles of legal documents, including letters of intent and collateral warranties.
Dissertation
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To equip and guide you to undertake independent research on issues and topics relevant to construction and the built environment.
