BIM-based Construction Project Management

Why This Course Matters

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is one of the construction industry's latest advances for improving the various parts of the project management process across the construction project life cycle. Despite its many benefits for improving construction project management, BIM has very broad aspects and dimensions. This breadth makes the use of this progressive technology in construction projects complex, and has meant that its implementation in many construction projects in Alberta and Western Canada has not delivered the results project managers expected. Familiarizing the managers and specialists active in construction projects with the managerial, technical, and software dimensions of BIM can increase the chances of successful BIM implementation in these projects and lead to ever-better construction project management.

This training course has been designed specifically for construction project managers and specialists interested in implementing BIM across the various parts of the construction project management process. Most BIM training courses offered in the market have focused on teaching BIM software. This course aims to fill the gap in teaching the managerial and technical dimensions while also familiarizing participants with leading BIM software (including Revit and Navisworks). Developed with instructors who are experts across the different dimensions of BIM, it covers the managerial, technical, and software aspects of using BIM in construction projects. The course focuses on the managerial-practical dimensions of building information modeling and on how BIM is used in the project management process.

Audience

This corporate course is recommended for managers, engineers, and specialists of companies active in building, infrastructure, and industrial projects in Alberta and Western Canada.

Course Outline

• 1) Construction Project Management and BIM
  • Characteristics of construction projects
  • The diversity of disciplines in the construction industry
  • Life cycle and phases of construction projects
  • Construction project management processes
  • Construction project management knowledge areas
  • The relationship between processes, project management knowledge areas, and BIM
  • The effect of party diversity and delivery method on project management
  • Challenges of using diverse computer tools
  • BIM as a modern tool for improving construction project management
  • Successful case studies of BIM use
• 2) Introduction to Building Information Modeling (BIM)
  • What is Building Information Modeling?
  • History of BIM
  • Hands-on introduction to the building information modeling concept in Revit
• 3) Using Building Information Modeling Capabilities in Construction Project Management
  • Introduction to BIM applications across project phases
  • BIM applications as tools supporting project management across the processes and knowledge areas of project management
  • Hands-on introduction to building information modeling capabilities in Revit
  • Hands-on introduction to building information modeling capabilities in Navisworks
• 4) Aspects of the BIM Implementation Process
  • Challenges of successful BIM implementation, and BIM failure
  • Level of Detail (LOD) in building information modeling
  • Level of Development (LOD) in building information modeling
  • The BIM implementation pyramid
  • BIM implementation maturity levels
  • Organizational readiness and maturity in the BIM implementation process
  • The model developed at Sharif University of Technology for assessing organizational maturity level
  • BIM development in different countries
• 5) OpenBIM Standards
  • Open BIM and Closed BIM
  • IFC (Industry Foundation Classes)
  • MVD (Model View Definition)
  • IDM (Information Delivery Manual)
  • IFD (International Framework for Dictionaries)
  • BCF (BIM Collaboration Format)
  • Summary of Open BIM standards
• 6) A Review of the Software Used in Building Information Modeling
  • Modeling software
  • BIM collaboration environment software
  • Special-purpose software
  • A closer look at the Autodesk software suite
• 7) BIM-Based Project Information Exchange Management
  • The project management information system and the place of BIM within it
  • Project information classification systems
  • Information exchange in BIM-based projects (COBie)
• 8) The BIM Implementation Process in Construction Projects
  • Main stages of BIM implementation in construction projects
  • Elements of an organizational BIM implementation strategic plan
  • Stages of developing an organizational BIM implementation strategic plan
  • Stages of BIM execution planning in construction projects
  • Structure of the BIM Execution Plan (BEP) in construction projects
  • BIM-based contracts
  • Working with families in Revit and setting up the object template used for the project