Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a process for creating and managing information on a construction project throughout its whole life cycle. It is a collaborative way of working, underpinned by the digital technologies which unlock more efficient methods of designing, creating and maintaining our assets. Properly implemented, BIM delivers projects to a higher quality and safety level.
The programme is aimed at graduates and professionals who require specialist Building Information Modelling (BIM) management skills to manage this function within a Built Environment setting. For new graduate entrants to the sector, it will provide a competitive edge as they embark on a career in this sector. For professionals who are already working in the area and who may not have such a formal qualification, it will provide a skill set to further develop their careers.
Building Information Modelling and BIM certification can offer the following benefits:
A powerful design tool which allows clients to interact, reducing wasteful design revision.
Better design and information co-ordination for the construction stage, this will reduce time spent in redoing work.
Potential programme and cost savings to the client
Significant time savings at the tender stage in evaluating contractors’ offers where a BIM model is used as a tender document.
In procurement it offers the potential to tie down products and materials pre-award.
BIM offers scope for a more collaborative approach where risk and waste is better managed through the model.
A valuable information asset to manage the performance and maintenance of the completed facility, reducing whole-life costs
Controlled environmental data
Reduced on-site waste
Improved safety
Delivery
Online. There is an end of module exam which will take place onsite in Carlow
BIM Technical • The concept of BIM • Parameters and structure of the BIM model • Interaction with & interrogation of the BIM model • Derivation of 4D/5D/6D outputs • Design and construction process for BIM • BIM tools in design • Interoperability, IFCs, parametric modelling and BIM • Building information exchange • Data sharing and design integration • BIM, energy efficiency and sustainability • Future of BIM: Beyond Level 2, Open BIM BIM Implementation • Building industry challenges and opportunities • The business value of BIM and integrated design • BIM deployment strategies • Design collaboration • Barriers to adoption • BIM for Contractors • BIM for Facilities Management • Lessons from early adoption BIM Operational • Introduction to important documents (EIR/BEP), BIM Execution Plan • BIM Maturity Models • Contractual & legal issues • Lean design and construction • Integrated project delivery • Lifecycle management and BIM • Construction as a manufacturing process • Lean, agile and flexible production systems • Generic process models • Integrating people, process and technology • Lean construction/ production • Integrating project lifecycle
Entry Requirements
Minimum second-class Honours Degree in either civil engineering, quantity surveying, facilities management, architectural technology, construction management, building surveying, architecture, architectural science or equivalent qualification in a cognate discipline area. All applicants will be considered on a case-by-case basis. SETU Carlow reserves the right to require applicants to attend for an interview to determine their suitability for the programme.
