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The BIM in Higher Education Teaching course aims to show how workflows based on Building Information Modeling (Building Information Modeling, BIM) can be used by teachers as a teaching strategy in their academic activities. Through theoretical presentations and practical, interactive activities led by Prof. Dr. Architect Mônica Salgado and Prof. Dr. Architect João Gaspar, teachers will learn the fundamentals of BIM object modeling, collaborative work and communication methods integrated with models. Participants will explore methods for assessing designs by manipulating BIM models. This technical and theoretical foundation is expected, for example, to enable teachers to guide students in academic work within a BIM environment. Beyond operational issues, teachers will be introduced to Brazil's BIM regulatory framework and its connection with the teaching structures of higher education programs related to design and construction. Experiences on seeking technical support and resources to promote BIM use in individual subjects will be shared, along with practical examples from professionals who have already integrated BIM alternatives into their teaching. At the end of the course, teachers will be encouraged to share their ideas about the content in order to make practical use of what they have learned. Through structured experiments based on processes and technologies generally underused in academia, the training is intended to encourage teachers to reflect on how Building Information Modeling can be incorporated into everyday undergraduate teaching in an inclusive, socially responsible way aligned with curriculum objectives.

This course will answer these questions: – What is the IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) data schema/file format, and why is it the standard for exchanging BIM information? – Which IFC versions are in use, and what are their main differences? – How do BIM modeling programs export and import IFC files? – How do you structure an IFC model for road, rail, airport, port, condominium, industrial, drainage and other infrastructure projects? – How do BIM analysis and auditing programs handle IFC? – How do you create a digital stamp identifying an IFC model with project, contract and responsible professional data, among other information? – What types of analysis can be performed on IFC files, and what are their applications? – How can IFC classification be related to other systems, such as ABNT 15965 and SINAPI? – How do you adapt IFC models for extracting cost-estimating data and for construction management, monitoring and inspection? – How can IFC be integrated with Power BI for data visualization? – How can you create a program from SCRATCH to analyze IFC using Python and IfcOpenShell? By the end of the course, you will be ready to start using IFC in design and construction management, with the fundamentals needed to manage the request, receipt, analysis and validation of IFC BIM models using commercial software or even coordinating the development of your own software 😊 👍

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.

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.