CMA623: BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING (BIM)

About This Course

This course provides an overview of the BIM idea, its history, its applications, and the procedures involved in applying BIM to projects. Additionally, it discusses how BIM-related software is used in project implementation. Individual presentations and assignments will be used to grade this course.

Topics In This Course

1. Brief on Conventional Practices in Construction Projects.

1.1) Problems and challenges in conventional projects.

1.2) BIM as a solution to the problems

2. History/Evolution of BIM in the Construction Industry

2.1) Evolution of Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0

2.2) Building Description System (BDS)

2.3) Graphical Language Interactive Design (GLIDE)

2.4) Generic Building Model (GBM)

2.5) Building Product Model (BPM)

2.6) BIM

3. BIM Initiatives in the Malaysian Construction Industry

3.1) BIM as part of Innovative Technology, IR 4.0 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

4. BIM Processes in Project

4.1) BIM Execution Plan (BEP)

4.2) BIM Uses

4.3) BIM Implementation through Project Life Cycle

5. Challenges facing professionals in the use and exploitation of BIM in projects and organizations

5.1) People

5.2) Process

5.3) Policy

5.4) Technology

6. Key Solution for BIM Implementation in Construction Projects

6.1) People

6.2) Process

6.3) Policy

6.4) Technology

7. Types, uses and applications of BIM technology (software and hardware) in projects and organizations

7.1) Level of Development (LoD)

7.2) Advanced office application software

7.3) Interactive presentation software

7.4) Virtual Reality (VR), visualization and animation – for project and organizational benefits

7.5) Mobile Computing and their application

7.6) Blockchain technology