Bim* implementation in the aec* curriculum. A quasi-experimental case study of the architectural engineering (ae) bachelor’s degree at the united arab emirates university (uaeu)
- Autores: José Antonio Ferrándiz
- Directores de la Tesis: Ernesto Redondo Domínguez (dir. tes.), David Fonseca Escudero (dir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) ( España ) en 2018
- Idioma: español
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Joaquim Regot Marimón (presid.), María Luisa Sein-Echaluce Lacleta (secret.), Abdul-aziz Banawi (voc.)
- Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Patrimonio Arquitectónico, Civil, Urbanístico y Rehabilitación de Construcciones Existentes por la Universidad de Cantabria; la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea y la Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya
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- Tesis en acceso abierto en: TDX
- Resumen
The introduction of Building Information Modeling (BIM) is changing the work environment in the AEC industry. Many countries require the AEC industry to submit building documentation using BIM. For example BIM is a requirement to obtain funds the from European Union (EU); England, Dubai and California also require BIM for some typologies of building projects, and most countries are moving towards BIM as a must. It is therefore necessary to introduce BIM into the Architecture, Construction and Engineering curricula. These skills, abilities and methodology will increase student opportunities.
Nowadays each institution and faculty introduces BIM in its own way as there is very little scientific literature about how to go about it. There are many proceedings about offering introductory BIM courses and documentation of those experiences, but few scientific publications are available, as there are for the introduction of new information management processes applied in other fields of science.
This educational research aims to be a first step to create a BIM introduction framework providing scientific data. For this thesis we focused on the introduction of BIM based on Autodesk products in the construction courses of the United Arab Emirates University. Whereas in Spain architectural curricula is broad spectrum, in the UAE, US and many other countries the architect is not overseeing the structure, MEP and HVAC, and must rely on engineers; this study of BIM is based on the fact that the design and construction processes of a building are multidisciplinary work and coordinated by many different professionals, therefore BIM is the right tool.
In the course of our research we have studied student academic performance, motivation and satisfaction using surveys, comparison of exercises, grades and student interviews, as well as the feedback of the professors. The analyzed data helped us to determine introduction problems, behaviors to avoid, and elements to take into account when introducing BIM-Revit in construction courses. This thesis ends with the evaluation of two different methodologies to introduce BIM in construction courses and a first step towards a BIM introduction guide.
In future studies from this research we will expand the study to other universities, starting with the American University of Ras Al-Khaimah (RAK) and working further to extend it further through the members of the Academic for Interoperability Coalition (AIC). We will also participate in other BIM introduction studies from the AIC research group, and based on our initial work here will develop a research project to create a guide for BIM implementation in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction curriculum.
