The objective of BIM A+ is to offer an advanced education programme on BIM integrated design, construction and operation processes, with a strong focus on the collaborative practices that are the cornerstone of such integration.

The Master combines the diversity of expertise at leading European universities in the relevant fields, offering education oriented to a multidisciplinary understanding of virtual construction through the involvement of experts from complementary fields (engineers, architects, programmers and others). Students gain top level knowledge on BIM in a research-oriented environment, with close cooperation with the industry and with a strong focus on problem solving.

The course will combine the recent advances in research and development with practical activities applications. After successful completion of the BIM A+ a student will gain competences to compete in a highly demanding market as a BIM Manager/Coordinator/Specialist. Furthermore, students may consider engaging in a further degree of studies towards (PhD) research on the BIM proficiency level.

• Understand the role and potential of BIM for the industry
• Be able to plan the use of BIM in Building projects and provide the right level of detail
• Be able to comply legal and project collaboration requirements
• Identify, describe and apply adequate modelling practices in view of intended uses for the models
• Capability to understand and perform BIM models for the specialties of Architecture, Structural Engineering and MEP Engineering
• Master the use of parametric approaches for advanced object creation
• Be capable of advanced object use in BIM context through interactive editors and object libraries
• Capability of applying scripting methodologies to extend the capacities of existing BIM platforms towards customized capacities
• Be able to assess interoperability issues in BIM Exchange from technical, semantic and organizational point of view
• Apply methods of development of schemata and databases that are relevant to BIM, as well as methods for exchange of building product specifications
• Be capable of dealing successfully with interoperability issues in BIM based exchange of project information in infrastructure and building projects
• Detail and apply the business processes impacted by BIM 4D, 5D and 6D and describe the digitalization approach in terms of workflows, data exchange mechanisms (incl. data management roles, data drops and system interfaces)
• Understand how the Common Data Environment (as prescribed in European practices) can support other business processes such as contract management, tendering and eProcurement, BIM to Field.
• Being able to adapt BIM 4D, 5D and 6D to modelling and applications for the specialties of Architecture, Structural Engineering and MEP Engineering
• Capability of in-depth application of BIM in specific contexts of building rehabilitation and sustainability analysis/assessment.