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BIM Design Review and Approval Course for Public and Private Entities
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BIM Design Review and Approval Course for Public and Private Entities

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The BIM Design Review and Approval Course for Public and Private Entities presents a tried-and-tested method for analyzing and approving BIM models using objective criteria that are easy for both clients and contractors to understand.

This method consists of processes presented in the order in which they should be performed in a real BIM model review and approval context. Instructor João Gaspar carries out the model analysis processes in real time, allowing students to observe their execution, ask questions, discuss and assess differences between traditional CAD-based procurement, traditional procurement using BIM and the method proposed in this course.

Through these activities, participants are encouraged to assess how changes in BIM model analysis and auditing affect BIM-based architecture and engineering procurement, particularly how design and construction should be commissioned and paid for.

By observing and learning from the experiences and discussions presented, students are expected to be ready to take their first steps in preparing BIM Model Audit Plans (PABs), setting guidelines for model review and approval in a contractual context where payments are backed by properly audited and validated BIM models.

The method was developed by Architect MSc João Gaspar, who has spent more than 26 years researching BIM-related tools and processes, developing training and writing books, guides and guidelines on the subject. See some of instructor João Gaspar's work in the “About the Instructor” section.

 

Instructor: 

Architect Dr. João Gaspar, coordinator of ABNT CEE-134, the commission responsible for Brazil's BIM standards, researcher, author and editor of books on BIM and digital technologies for design and construction. Learn more about the instructor's background at the bottom of the page.

R$2.198,00

Content

  • Class 01
    • Initial instructions for using the Common Data Environment (CDE) adopted in the course
    • How does a BIM project begin? Tests examining BIM object creation in different design programs, such as Revit, AutoCAD and ARCHICAD.
  • Class 02
    • Are plans, sections and elevations generated from a BIM model always automatic and 100% reliable? If not (and they are not), how can you avoid issuing or receiving technical drawings that differ from the models?
    • Are quantity takeoffs from a BIM model always automatic and 100% reliable? If not (and they are not), how can you avoid issuing or receiving quantity lists that differ from the models?
  • Class 03
    • Concepts underlying IFC development
    • IFC versions and their applications
    • Associating authorship, technical responsibility, contractual information and property rights with an IFC model
    • How is an IFC model spatially organized for commissioning building and infrastructure design?
    • Classifying IFC construction elements.
    • The relationship between IFC classes and object geometry calculation criteria for cost estimating and payment for construction work
  • Class 04
    • How do you perform geometric clash tests (clash detection) between different BIM models and within a single BIM model?
    • Why are clash detection tests much more effective when performed using IFC BIM models?
    • Why are clash detection tests need to be performed regularly by clients and contractors?
    • How can clients and contractors perform clash detection tests without increasing the contract cost?
  • Class 05
    • What is the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) standard?
    • Creating BCF design information requests from 3D model views
    • Creating BCF design information notifications from 2D CAD drawings, Excel spreadsheets and Word or PDF documents
    • How can designers receive these BCF notifications in their software?
    • Integrating BCF notifications to manage communication through reports and dashboards
  • Class 06
    • Data extraction from BIM models
    • Types of data extraction: model identification, element identification and quantity takeoffs
    • Examples of data extraction methods
    • BIM model quantity takeoffs and technical specifications versus preparation for BIM-based cost estimating: risks and opportunities
    • Proposed process for extracting BIM model data
  • Class 07
    • Analyzing and validating technical drawings against BIM models already analyzed and approved. How can this be done without increasing the contract cost?
    • Proposed basic structure for design procurement requiring BIM models, including the sequence of cycles and criteria for measuring and validating deliverables
    • Final considerations

Course technical details

  • 21 hours of live online classes
  • Course materials are provided as BIM models in IFC and other formats, PowerPoint or PDF presentations and Excel tables, with extensive bibliographic references to further your studies.
  • PLEASE NOTE: Copies of the ABNT standards cited in this course are not provided!
  • Access all your classes, recorded live on video! You have three months from the start of the course to download your video classes.
  • Our courses count as complementary activities in undergraduate architecture, engineering and design programs.
  • At the end of the course, a completion certificate is issued to those who attended at least 75% of the live online classes.

About the instructor

  • In education, Gaspar has spent 26 years researching BIM-related tools and processes and developing training under the EBBIM – Empresa Brasileira de BIM brand.
  • In academia, Gaspar teaches BIM in postgraduate programs at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (Architecture and Civil Engineering), SENAI-SP/ISEP and FIA Business School.
  • Work on the development and editing of BIM guides and manuals:
    • Co-authorship of the teaching materials for the Democratizando BIM – Agentes Públicos course for the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development (ABDI): 5 workbooks and instructional video scripts, in 2025;
    • Participation in a working group and content review of 3 BIM manuals for the Urban Infrastructure Department of São Paulo City Hall (SIURB), in 2025;
    • Co-writing and co-editing of the Good Practice Guide for BIM Procurement: Volume I – General Guidelines, for the National Union of Architecture and Consulting Engineering Companies (SINAENCO), in 2024;

 

  • Since November 2022, Gaspar has coordinated ABNT Special Study Commission 134, responsible for creating, editing and publishing Brazilian BIM standards. Between 2018 and 2022, within CEE-134, Gaspar participated in the working group that developed parts of ABNT NBR 15965-4:2021. Construction Information Classification System:
    • ABNT NBR 15965-4:2021. Construction Information Classification System. Part 4. Construction Resources;
    • ABNT NBR 15965-5:202. Construction Information Classification System. Part 5. Construction Results
    • ABNT NBR 15965-6: Construction Information Classification System. Part 6. Construction Units and Spaces.

 

  • Since July 2022, Gaspar has held a PhD from the Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at FAU-USP, with research into the use of BIM in social housing projects, supervised by Prof. Dr. Gil Garcia de Barros.
  • In August 2019, Gaspar obtained a master's degree from the Graduate Program in Architecture, Technology and the City at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), supervised by Prof. Dr. Regina Ruschel.

 

  • With ProBooks Editora, João Gaspar has authored several books, notably “Revit passo a passo – volume I” (co-authored), “ARCHICAD passo a passo”, volumes I and II (co-authored), “Vectorworks passo a passo” and “SketchUp Pro 2013 passo a passo”. With the same publisher, Gaspar edited “101 Conceitos em Arquitetura e Urbanismo na Era Digital”, “Arquitetura contemporânea e automação: prática e reflexão” and “Métricas Urbanas: abordagens paramétricas no planejamento de bairros e cidades sustentáveis”.

 

  • As a researcher, his publications and presentations at major conferences include: Trimble Dimensions (Las Vegas, 2026), Autodesk University (Las Vegas, 2023 and Nashville, 2025), A ERA BIM (São Paulo, 2025, 2024 and 2023), SIGraDI 2024 (Barcelona, 2024), CIB W78 2018 (Chicago, USA), SIGraDI 2017 (Concepción, Chile), CIB W78 2015 (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and TIC 2015 (Recife).
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Who it is for

  • Municipal and public agency staff responsible for reviewing and approving projects.
  • Analysts and technicians at private entities who review, check or approve projects (developers, construction companies, concessionaires and consortia).
  • Students and design and construction professionals from all specialties in the construction sector.
  • Managers, directors, business owners and decision-makers who need to know more about BIM and do not intend to learn how to use a specific design tool.

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