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University courses on Building Information Models

 

(Last updated on 27 November 2007)

Location:

Name of University:

Key Academic Staff:

Course Name and Description:

(include if IFC is covered by course)

Comments:

(include at what academic year BIM appears)

Australia

University of New South Wales

 

Jim Plume

BENV1141 Computers & Information Technology
(introduces concept of BIM/product modelling and interoperability)

Year 1 general intro to computing for all disciplines in the Faculty: architecture, interior, building, landscape & industrial design.

BENV1242 Computer Aided Design
(CAD is taught as a BIM process: building a 3D model and extracting the 2D drawings)

Year 2 course for architecture and interior architecture.

BENV2133 Design Collaboration using BIM
(around 10 different IFC compliant applications are used to support up to four multidisciplinary design teams working on a building project)

Senior cross-disciplinary elective course with students from engineering, built environment and fine arts faculties all working in teams on a design collaboration process.

BENV7148 Object Based CAD Modelling (postgraduate coursework course on the principles of BIM and interoperability using IFC)

Mainly postgraduate students specialising in architectural computing studies.


There is also some coverage of BIM and IFC concepts in advanced computing courses in the Building Construction Management programs at both UG and PG level.

 

Australia

Queensland University of Technology

Debbie Smit

CNB227 – Computer Studies

 

CNB227 is a compulsory subject for Year 2 students

CNB420 – Current Construction Issues

CNB420 is an elective subject for Year 4 students

These subjects are part of the Construction Management course. They focus on interoperability in the construction industry, and it’s relationship to construction management.

 

Denmark

Aalborg University

Kaj A. Jørgensen

Thomas Ditlev Petersen

Svend Hvid Nielsen

Product Modelling and Product Configuration (1 ects) (Currently in Danish)

7. semester

Product Data and Product Models (2 ects)

(Currently in Danish)

8. semester

 

Denmark

Engineering College of Copenhagen

Associate Professor Søren Wind

Associate Professor Lisbeth Lindbo Larsen

Digital buildingdesign, 5 ECTS (in Danish):

Projectweb, BIM, IFC, digital invitation for bids.

6. and 7. semester

Procesplanning under buildingconstruction, 10 ECTS (in Danish):

Projectweb, BIM, IFC, Lean construction, product data, Facility Management

 

6. and 7. semester

Norway

Universitetet for miljø og biovitenskap UMB

Inst. for matematiske realfag og teknologi, IMT

Norwegian University of Life Sciences, UMB

Dept. of Mathematical Sciences and Technology, IMT

 

Prof. John P Langdalen

Prof. Torgeir Lyngtveit

 

TBA260 Bygningsplanlegging I (Drawing and Design of Buildings I)

Software:

Hovedsaklig Vectorworks and ArchiCad

Mainly Vectorworks and ArchiCad

TBA261 Bygningsplanlegging II

(Drawing and Design of Buildings II)

Vanligvis I 2. og 3. år

Usually in 2. and 3. year

Norway

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Professor Knut Einar Larsen

 

 

 

 

Associate Professor Birgit Sudbø

 

 

 

Professor Tore Haavaldsen

Course # AAR4505

1-2-TRE:6 Prefabrication of buildings based on digital models

The course covers items related to digital modelling and prefabrication of buildings. A section of the course includes topics related to BIM and IFC.

For 4th and 5th year students (architecture and civil engineering)

Course # AAR4960

Virtual Building

The course introduces various issues related to digital 3D models in architectural design and analysis.

For 4th and 5th year students (architecture)

Course # TBA4125

Design of Buildings and Infrastructures

 

The course introduces BIM and IFC in planning and design.

For 2nd year students (civil engineering)

Sweden

Luleå University of Technology

 

Professor Thomas Olofsson (Examinator), Luleå University of Technology

Doctoral student, MSc Rogier Jongeling, Luleå University of Technology

 

Virtual Construction

The eBygg Centre for Information Technology in Construction at Luleå University of Technology arranges a course in virtual construction in collaboration with the ITC Euromaster program during April to June 2006. The course provides an overview of planning and virtual design methods for construction, with a special focus on simulations with 4D CAD technology (3D CAD + time). IFC is covered by the course.

The course is in the ITC Euromaster program for the final year at the university.

Singapore

National University of Singapore

 

Dr TEO Ai Lin, Evelyn

(Department of Building, School of Design & Environment)

 

* Introductory lesson on IFC

Bachelor of Science (Building)

Measurement I

Measurement III

 

 

Year 2 Essential Module

Year 4 Essential Module

New Bachelor of Science (Project Management & Facilities Management)

Measurement (Building Works)

Measurement (Specialist Works)

Safety, Health & Environmental Management

 

Year 2 Essential Module

Year 4 Elective Module

Year 4 Elective Module


Additional Links:

Ifc Wiki Web

Stanford University CIFE summer school web page

 

Last updated 18.12.2008