Postgraduate Certificate in BIM Technologies draft

Program Overview

This one-year part-time Postgraduate Certificate in BIM Technologies upskills construction professionals with the ability to utilize BIM technologies in collaborative design and management. Students choose from three discipline-specific streams in Architecture, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, or BIM in Surveying & Construction Management. Key industry software, including Revit and Dynamo, is taught, along with Lean principles for enhancing construction sector productivity. The program fosters multidisciplinary collaboration through project work within a common data environment based on ISO 19650 standards.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Postgraduate Certificate in BIM Technologies is a one-year part-time re-skilling program that addresses a significant market deficit for construction professionals by providing them with the ability to use BIM technologies in a multidisciplinary collaborative design and management process. It is open to professionally-qualified architects, engineers, surveyors, technologists, and construction managers and aims to upskill or facilitate a return to employment for individuals who are not yet experienced in the new construction paradigm of collaborative BIM. It also enables technicians in a variety of construction areas to adapt to new skill requirements and change career direction. There is a strong focus within the program on improving the construction sector's productivity through better multidisciplinary coordination, digital transformation, and through the application of Lean principles, including fully utilizing people's talents, skills, knowledge, and reducing waste. To ensure this, the program team consists of full-time academics and part-time lecturers who are industry practitioners and sit on recognized industry boards.

Outline:

Module listing

Year One

Semester 1

• BIM in Architecture [Mandatory]
• BIM in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering [Mandatory]
• BIM in Quantity Surveying & Construction Management [Mandatory]

Semester 2

• Lean & Digital Construction Collaboration.
[Mandatory]

Schedule:

Runs Monday and Wednesday evenings from 18:00-21:00 with additional asynchronous directed and self-directed learning outside of these times. Students should plan to assign 10-14 hours per week for study (which includes the scheduled class times) during the two semesters.

Other:

• To ensure a truly multidisciplinary approach, students on initial entry will select one of three discipline-specific streams in Architecture, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, and BIM in Surveying & Construction Management.
• Some of the market-leading software taught include Revit, Navisworks, Solibri, iConstruct, Dynamo, BIM 360, MagiCad, CostX, and Bentley Synchro.
• The streams are updated yearly to ensure the most relevant labor market skills are provided.
• All students take the Lean & Digital Construction Collaboration module, where learners utilize and critique the technologies, workflows & standards required to enable collaborative digital construction methods.
• The global imperative of sustainability and the sectoral need to adopt Lean practices underpin the learning for this module.
• A fundamental part of this learning involves students working as part of a multidisciplinary team within a common data environment to realize a project underpinned by current ISO 19650 standards.

€2,400 Total Fee