Overview

This unit investigates the foundation concepts of BIM and their relationship to the tools and workflows practised in industry. Emphasis is placed on the role of information management in asset procurement and operations. Students will learn the organisational structures and standards that apply to BIM for built assets across all lifecycle phases and corresponding stakeholders. The contexts will extend from international to national to employer and market sector. Complex terminology and applicable standards used in the industry are reduced to easily understood concepts to ensure better understanding and agreements in industry conversations.

Requisites

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Describe the Foundation Concepts of BIM to an audience unfamiliar with BIM as a member or leader of a group of people, identifying and simplifying the common terminology used
  • Identify the various professional stakeholders involved in a built asset lifecycle, evaluate their role according to the different lifecycle phases and demonstrate the opportunities/benefits to apply BIM
  • Map out the key phases of a built asset lifecycle and how BIM Uses can be broadly applied, in a professional context
  • Identify the essential principles that are described in relevant international and national BIM Standards, including ISO 19650, that apply to projects in Australia
  • Demonstrate how a project objective can be expressed as a BIM Use and how a BIM Use can be broken down to a series of activities using the Foundation Concepts

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Specified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Various
24.00 1 week 24
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Workshop
16.00 Daily (2 times) 32
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Individual Study
54.00 1 week 54
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning
40.00 1 week 40
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Case StudiesGroup 30 - 40% 
PresentationGroup 40 - 60% 1,5 
ReportIndividual 10 - 20% 2,3,4 

Hurdle

As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:

  • An aggregate mark for the unit of 50% or more, including
  • At least 35% of the possible final marks for each Major Assessment Component (any assessment worth 20% or more)
  • At least 45% in the final exam

 

Students who do not achieve at least 35% of the possible final marks for each Major Assessment Component and at least 45% for the final exam (if applicable), will receive a maximum of 44% as the total mark for the unit and will not be eligible for a conceded pass. 
 
The Major Assessment Components in this unit are the Online Activities (combined grade), Computer Lab Reports (combined grade) and the Exam. 

Content

  • Foundation concepts of BIM:
  • Building Life Cycle
  • Objectives of construction projects 
  • Key components associated with construction projects
  • Stakeholders and their role in construction projects
  • Legislative frameworks in construction 
  • BIM terminology, and information organisational systems

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.