Liverpool John Moores University BIM Strategy

1. BIM INFORMED EDUCATION AND
COLLABORATION AT LJMU

2. Outline of the session
• BIM – what is it?
• BIM and education - the need to
change
• BIM and education - in practice at
LJMU

3. LJMU starting point
Is BIM a process?
Is BIM a technology?

4. Or is it?
In the words of Dave Philp (2013)
‘A language of collaboration to
reduce cost, reduce carbon and to
add value’

5. Does it matter what it is?
• Change is a purpose not an event
• We need to understand the purpose of
BIM and its outcomes and adapt
education to support industry.

6. NBS BIM Report 2013
• Almost 75% of
industry still not clear
what BIM is
• Only 35% of industry
confident with their
knowledge and skills
in relation to BIM

7. LJMU BIM Task Group
May 2012 a collaborative task group established across the
School of Built Environment and the following programmes:
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Architectural Technology
Building Services Engineering
Building Surveying
Construction Management
Civil Engineering
Quantity Surveying

8. Traditional working practices!!

9. Collaboration
A new way of working??????

10. Do we need to change the way we
deliver, what we deliver and how we
assess?

11. Skill development
Level 4
CAD/Revit/Microsoft Project/Causeway procurement(take off)
Level 5
CAD measure/ASTA/navisworks-clash
detection,IES(thermal modelling)
Level 6
BIM Measure/navisworks/timeline/Cobie spread sheets?
Levels 4,5 and 6
COLLABORATION USING A 3D MODEL

12. BIM WORKSHOP

13. AIM
• New venture in the school to prepare students
to work collaboratively in the “real world”
utilising a 3 dimensional building model.
• The 2 day workshop provides students with an
introduction to Building Information
Modelling at Level 4.

14. Who are we collaborating with?
Students on the following programmes:
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Architectural Technology
Building Services Engineering
Civil Engineering
Construction Management
Quantity Surveying

15. What did we expect of students?
Task 1
Interrogate a 3D house model and outline the
information that can be derived from the model
explaining how this can be used collaboratively by
each of the disciplines within the group.
Task 2
Extend the 3D house model by 12m2 in poor
ground, revising the foundation type and
calculating the impact on the programme, finishings
cost and thermal modelling.

36. What next?
• Level 4(year 1) BIM workshop March 4 and 5
2014
• Use a more complex industrial 3D model to
assess level 5 and level 6 students in 2014 2015 academic year.

37. What next for you on your BIM
journey?

38. Thank You.