0 or 2 credits
Spring 2026 Laboratory Lecture Upper Division
One of the most important components of the construction industry is to visualize the project during its design, construction and over entire life cycle of structure, enabling invested parties to change/adjust the project. A construction project manager' job description is a person who can plan and oversee a construction project from initiation to close with the help of software, technology, resources and a reasonable budget. BIM has delivered a significant impact all aspects and types of AEC projects in terms of economic as well as technical viability. BIM plays a vital role in the management of the project. A project manager can leverage the capability of BIM to deliver a successful construction project and BIM reduces the burden on the project manager of manually calculating and managing tasks. It seems clear that for a construction project to be successful today, project managers would do well to adopt BIM technology. This course is the start that seeks to better understand & address student needs as a on job-site project manager utilizing advanced technologies coupled with Building Information Modeling to produce a form of Building Information Management. It will be given across the multiple disciplines/curricula in anticipation of integrating said new technologies extracted from BIM. Permission of instructor required.
Learning Outcomes1Identify key components of BIM used in Field office.
2Identify key aspects of LOD (and what trades are most beneficial) needed in BIM for field office operations.
3Improve Field and Office processes (and communication) utilizing BIM.
4Facilitate and improve Coordination of discipline models.
5Introducing the engineering design process in a quick, easy, and visible way.
6Bridging the physical and digital model within field office.
7Integrating hands-on experience with technology utilized in field.
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