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Managing Information in BIM

Understand the importance of information management with BIM and evaluate the roles and responsibilities within a BIM project.

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  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    10 hours
Overview
Requirements

Learn how BIM will revolutionise the industry

This course will help you understand the importance of keeping up to date documents as part of information management. You will also begin to define the Common Data Environment and the need to evaluate the information management roles within the BIM context.

You will then explore how different roles and responsibilities relate to project and task teams. This will enable you to create a review of the information delivery cycle within your own role and context.

What topics will you cover?

  • Management of information in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry
  • The advantages of information management
  • Roles within BIM

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Explain what is meant by the BIM information model
  • Recognise BIM workflows
  • Create a Common Data Environment
  • Describe the various roles within and managed by BIM
  • Carry out Clash Detection
  • Report errors to other team members

Who is the course for?

This course is suitable for construction professionals who want to learn more about BIM. It will appeal to learners who have come from academic and professional backgrounds in construction management, architectural technology, building surveying, quantity surveying, civil engineering and building services.

Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

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