A case study of BIM education in residential construction

摘要

With rapid uptake of building information modelling (BIM) in the industry, BIM has become an essential element to be included in architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) education. However, only limited studies have been conducted to explore the pedagogy of BIM education. There has been no consensus on how BIM should be incorporated into the AEC curriculum so that graduates are equipped with the essential knowledge and capabilities that the industry requires. This paper aims to evaluate how BIM is incorporated to teach residential construction at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). A first year second semester unit “Integrated Construction” at the School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment was selected as a case study. Education materials, details of the unit, student evaluation, challenges and lessons learnt were presented and discussed. This paper would be useful in guiding continuous BIM education development at QUT and other universities at similar BIM education development stage facing similar challenges.