A Methodology for Embedding Building Information Modelling (BIM) in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Program
Undergraduate programs face the permanent challenge of constantly transforming to keep an up-to-date curriculum according to globalization and internationalization processes. In the case of civil engineers, professional training should respond to the needs of the Architecture, Engineering, Construct...
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| author | Alexandre Almeida Del Savio Katerina Galantini Velarde Bertha Díaz-Garay Edgar Valcárcel Pollard |
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| description | Undergraduate programs face the permanent challenge of constantly transforming to keep an up-to-date curriculum according to globalization and internationalization processes. In the case of civil engineers, professional training should respond to the needs of the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operation (AECO) industry. In this context, Building Information Modelling (BIM) constitutes a process involving shared digital representations of built assets to facilitate design, construction, and operations processes within the industry to form a reliable base for decision-making. The present research develops a methodology and a proposal to embed BIM in an undergraduate civil engineering competency-based curriculum. Mixed method research was applied with a descriptive approach and a concurrent design. The results show that it is possible to implement a curricular design to embed BIM transversally. The study concludes that this design was embraced by the AECO industry, as the number of students, the number of employed graduates, and institutional national and international agreements have positively increased from 2017, at the launch of the program, to 2022. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4820d38a13d2473d9dc7761615f88f642023-11-24T10:32:37ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-11-0112231220310.3390/app122312203A Methodology for Embedding Building Information Modelling (BIM) in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering ProgramAlexandre Almeida Del Savio0Katerina Galantini Velarde1Bertha Díaz-Garay2Edgar Valcárcel Pollard3Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Universidad de Lima, Lima 15102, PeruFaculty of Engineering and Architecture, Universidad de Lima, Lima 15102, PeruFaculty of Engineering and Architecture, Universidad de Lima, Lima 15102, PeruFaculty of Engineering and Architecture, Universidad de Lima, Lima 15102, PeruUndergraduate programs face the permanent challenge of constantly transforming to keep an up-to-date curriculum according to globalization and internationalization processes. In the case of civil engineers, professional training should respond to the needs of the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operation (AECO) industry. In this context, Building Information Modelling (BIM) constitutes a process involving shared digital representations of built assets to facilitate design, construction, and operations processes within the industry to form a reliable base for decision-making. The present research develops a methodology and a proposal to embed BIM in an undergraduate civil engineering competency-based curriculum. Mixed method research was applied with a descriptive approach and a concurrent design. The results show that it is possible to implement a curricular design to embed BIM transversally. The study concludes that this design was embraced by the AECO industry, as the number of students, the number of employed graduates, and institutional national and international agreements have positively increased from 2017, at the launch of the program, to 2022.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/23/12203undergraduate curriculumcivil engineeringcompetency-based curriculumBIM trainingAECAECO |
| spellingShingle | Alexandre Almeida Del Savio Katerina Galantini Velarde Bertha Díaz-Garay Edgar Valcárcel Pollard A Methodology for Embedding Building Information Modelling (BIM) in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Program Applied Sciences undergraduate curriculum civil engineering competency-based curriculum BIM training AEC AECO |
| title | A Methodology for Embedding Building Information Modelling (BIM) in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Program |
| title_full | A Methodology for Embedding Building Information Modelling (BIM) in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Program |
| title_fullStr | A Methodology for Embedding Building Information Modelling (BIM) in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Program |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Methodology for Embedding Building Information Modelling (BIM) in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Program |
| title_short | A Methodology for Embedding Building Information Modelling (BIM) in an Undergraduate Civil Engineering Program |
| title_sort | methodology for embedding building information modelling bim in an undergraduate civil engineering program |
| topic | undergraduate curriculum civil engineering competency-based curriculum BIM training AEC AECO |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/23/12203 |
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