Building BIM digital competences for Tertiary VET in the designing and management of construction projects Erasmus Project

Project Title

Building BIM digital competences for Tertiary VET in the designing and management of construction projects

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Environment and climate change; Gender equality / equal opportunities

Project Summary

NEEDS AND BACKGROUND
The design of elements and environments for construction, engineering and architecture is radically changing in the world thanks to the increasingly massive adoption of BIM (Building Information Model) methodologies and technologies. BIM systems allow shared and updated knowledge of the situation of a construction project, as well as integrate the calculation, design, management and a visual representation aspects into a same system, so that is possible to maintain traceability in the different phases and integrate each element with which interacts to avoid uncoordinated “information silos”.
The design of elements and environments for construction, is radically changing thanks to the increasingly massive adoption of BIM (Building Information Modelling) methodologies and technologies. The use of BIM brings an improvement in all dimension of the construction process: a) Quality of the materials, processes and final work; b) Compliance with the safety regulations; c) Environmental protection; d) Control of the conception and the development of the construction work or building by the authorities.
In VET education the level of implementation of BIM is extremely low and the available resources are very scarce. However, construction sector is precisely in general where the need for dully trained professional is bigger, particularly in the higher level, in Tertiary VET, which is called to be the link between the designers (architects and engineers) and the specialised workers.

OBJECTIVES AND TARGET GROUPS
This project is focus in the development of a curricula and training materials for implementing BIM at the Tertiary Level VET, developing an approach and content adapted to the curricular level and the global scientific and technical knowledge of the students following this courses, which must be aligned, at the same time, with the needs of the labour market.
Main target groups of the project are:
• The students of Tertiary Level VET from European countries.
• Teachers in Tertiary VET that want to implement BIM in their lessons.
• Professionals in the construction and civil work field without the required skills in this new complete system.
• Educational authorities in all levels, which, will get an important resource for updating their training programmes.
• General society, because of finally this project will contribute to the Europe of knowledge.

PROJECT RESULTS
The project will start by deeply studying the needs of companies and professionals operating in construction and civil works sector, in order to analyse which are the skills and competences required by a Tertiary level VET technician to properly carry out their ordinary activities with quality and efficiency. Based on the highlighted training requirements, consortium will start the development of the curriculum for the mentioned subject related to BIM.
To facilitate the implementation of the developed course, consortium will develop the BIMVET3 Platform, which will include different type of learning materials developed according to the needs of each topic:
 Videos recorded with the drawing processes.
 Works made in Open BIM work platforms, as BIM.server.center, where numerous free functions are available. These platforms are designed to develop and manage BIM projects.
 Exercises regarding BIM using Virtual Reality tools and platforms
 Exercises regarding BIM using Augmented Reality tools and platforms
 Exercises regarding BIM using Fotogrametry resources
 Compile relevant works developed in open BIM to be used as examples when implementing BIM courses
 A complete Guide for using BIMVET3 Platform content for implemented this Tertiary BIM subject

INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS
The project is aimed at the development of two Intellectual Outputs:
IO1.- CURRICULUM OF BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING CROSS SUBJECT FOR TERTIARY VET, BASED IN TWO MAIN ACTIVITIES:
– A!.- Research about on the needs of professionals and companies regarding BIM for higher technicians in construction and civil works
A.2.- Design the content for a subject in building information modelling for Tertiary VET

IO2.- BIMVET3 PLATFORM
Including here three main activities:
A1.- Produce the contents for the bimvet3 platform
A2.- Technical production of the BIMVET3 Platform
A3.- Testing implementation of curriculum and BIMVET3 Platform

Project Website

http://bimvet3.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 228799 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE CARTAGENA & Country: ES

Project Partners

• ATENEA Projects Lda.
• Balıkesir University
• ASOCIACION EMPRESARIAL DE INVESTIGACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO DE LA CONSTRUCCION REGION DE MURCIA
• INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DE LEIRIA
• VIESOJI ISTAIGA VILNIAUS STATYBININKU RENGIMO CENTRAS