Teaching construction project management with BIM support: Experience and lessons learned

Forest Peterson, Timo Hartmann, Renate Fruchter, Martin Fischer
Automation in Construction, Volume 20, Issue 2, March 2011

Abstract

This paper presents experiences and lessons learned during the introduction of Building Information Models (BIM) in construction engineering project management courses. We illustratively show that the introduction of BIM-based project management tools helped the teachers of two courses to develop more realistic project-based class assignments that supported students with learning how to apply different formal project management methods to real-world project management problems. In particular, we show that the introduction of BIM allows educators to design a class project that allowed the use of more realistic cases that better simulate real-world project conditions, helped students to learn how different project management methods integrate with each other, integrate change management tasks in a class assignment, and learn how to optimize project plans.

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