BIM4PLACEMENT European key competences in building and construction Erasmus Project

Project Title

BIM4PLACEMENT European key competences in building and construction

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 vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Recognition, transparency, certification; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Building Information Modelling (BIM) can be defined as a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of places. BIM softwares are used to plan, design, construct, operate and maintain many kinds of buildings and infrastructures. In Europe BIM is becoming more and more studied in VET schools, VET courses and university courses and applied in companies. It is becoming a new specialization with a high rate of employability.In Italy this methodology is not yet sufficiently known and spread, while in other EU countries, especially in northern Europe, BIM is already very well know and used: Finland is one of the earliest adopters of BIM, and it has been for years at the forefront of Building Information Modelling; in other northern european countries like Norway BIM research and development goes back to more than twenty years ago, and nowadays it’s one of the leading Countries using BIM with one of the European highest implementation of BIM among architects and installators. This project has had the aim of building a bridge between Northern Europe and Southern Europe: Italy had the opportunity to learn from the European best experiences paving the way to other Southern Europe Countries, while Finland and Norway had the opportunity to enlarge their international BIM-related network of institution and companies and update their knowledge from mutual exchange of best practices and innovation of training tools. Excellence in the area of BIM is possible at the moment only through transnational cooperation, standing the big difference of knowlege, awareness, entrepreneurial attitudes and implementation rates among EU Countries. The project GENERAL AIM therefore was to deepen knowledge about Building Information Modelling (BIM) as a skills’ development training subject for employability goals, upgrading existing training tools and professional qualifications and creating a network to promote work-based learning. BIM project was a capacity building project in the area of VET promoting cooperation and partnership among 6 different organizations (VET provider, Regional Authority, 2 universities, private company, EU association). Countries involved were Italy, Finland and Norway, while one partner was active all over Europe. The motivation of BIM partners to participate in the project was strongly connected to the obseversation of local needs and the aknowledgement about the necessity to try to cover the gap between skills’s qualifications levels and the requirements from job market. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:- Upgrade and innovate existing training tools and training programs about BIM- Increase the synergic use of up-to-date technologies, in an integrated way, with team work approach and personal development – Improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning of vocational contents on BIM- Increase the cooperation among educational institutions and enterprises in EU for better employability. NEEDS to be addressed:- lack of attractiveness of existing training tools based on playful didactic- lack of homogeneous tools validated at European level for training in BIM- lack of “mixed” network among educationals+companies- lack of BIM-related professional qualification in ER Region (Italy). INTELLECTUAL OUTPUTS:1. Comparative research “BIM as driver for innovation and employment” (publication) 2. New/renewed professional qualification in building and construction sector for Emilia Romagna Region 3. New/updated training programs about BIM for students, unemployed, employed in building sector 4. New serious game about BIM addressed to beginners from various environments 5. BIM network composed by educational insitutions and companies interested in work-based learning. TRAINING ACTIVITIES:Two intensive training courses addressed to project partners to exchange best practices about training in BIM and BIM implementation. One local training for each Country addressed to local trainers/teachers/instructors/students in the area of building and construction and aimed to update their knowledge about training methodologies for training BIM, including the new BIM game. RESULTS AND IMPACTS: Increasing diffusion of BIM training in countries involved (new course on BIM at Stavanger University, new qualification in Emilia-Romagna Region and new training program for thertiary non universitary education, update training program in Finland). New memorandum of Understanding between Stavanger University and Ferrara University.
The impact will rely on application and diffusion of the deliverables produced by the project. The dissemination drivers were the consortium partners themselves and companies and educational institution involved in the BIM network through dissemination activities.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 245284,73 Eur

Project Coordinator

CENTOFORM SRL & Country: IT

Project Partners

• OULUN YLIOPISTO
• UNIVERSITETET I STAVANGER
• REGIONE EMILIA ROMAGNA
• VIASYS VDC OY
• AEEBC Ltd