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Establishing International BIM Certification System

Prof. Nashwan Dawood

Professor, Teesside University

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Required Know-How for BIM Professionals

• Work-flow and supply chain, WLC information flow. • Contracts strategies and legal issues • Construction processes and requirements for information

at each stage. • Technical expertise (BIM authoring tools, integration, BIM

databases, BIM libraries) • BIM protocols (proper definitions of objects and

communication standards) • LOD need for 3D models at every stage of the construction

stages and processes • Change management and the role of BIM in facilitating

this.

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Where to acquire BIM expertise

• On the job training (mainly skills and industry practices)

• University education (mainly knowledge)

• Research associates working on R&D projects related to BIM.

• Training courses credited by professional institutions.

• BIM acadamies

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BIM Academies

• Strategic alliance between industry and academia

• Deliver educational and training courses to industry

• Collaborative R&D projects

• Involve students with real life projects

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Enabled by UK BIM Task Group

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International views on education institutions with BIM curricula

• A wide range of BIM courses are being offered

by universities around the world (UK, EU,USA, Austria)

• Up-skilling of staff to support of desired learning outcome

• Keeping pace within the technical development of BIM

• Internalisation and integrated framework for BIM education

• Teaming up of academic, institutions and industry to deliver credited BIM courses.

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Integrating BIM into the construction education curriculum

• The formation of BIM Academic Forum in collaboration with BIM academy and CIC (UK)

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Conclusions

• A wide range of knowledge and skills are needed for BIM professionals (process, technical and legal issues).

• Work place, universities, BIM academies and credited training courses are main sources skills and knowledge.

• Research work and developments are currently taken place to develop international BIM curricula to enable a rapid industry BIM adoption