Overview

This unit aims at providing a focused exposure on the adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for documentation and information management in construction projects.

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
02-March-2026
31-May-2026
Last self-enrolment date
15-March-2026
Census date
31-March-2026
Last withdraw without fail date
21-April-2026
Results released date
07-July-2026

Unit learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  1. Identify and describe the essential roles and responsibilities for BIM implementation and management in construction projects.
  2. Generate necessary BIM documents using relevant standards during the project design and execution phases.
  3. Explain the structure and the process of sharing and managing information using common data environment (CDE) in construction projects.
  4. Apply advanced collaborative BIM tools and techniques for reviews, co-ordinations, installation verification and field issue management

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Lecture		1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class		2.00 12 weeks 24
Online
Learning activities		1.00 12 weeks 12
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		8.50 12 weeks 102
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual 20 - 40% 1,2 
Online QuizzesIndividual 10 - 20% 1,2,3,4 
PortfolioIndividual 10 - 20% 1,2,3,4 
ProjectIndividual/Group 30 - 50% 2,3,4 
Weekly ExercisesIndividual 0% 1,2,3,4 

Content

This unit includes three components as below:

Component 1: BIM Standards and Documentations

  • Building Information Modelling (BIM) standards, methods and procedure
  • BIM documentations covering BIM brief, Employers Information Requirement (EIR), BIM Execution Plan (BEP), Task Information Delivery Plan (TIDP) and Master Information Delivery Plan (MIDP)

Component 2: Information Management with BIM

  • Information management in Common Data Environment (CDE)
  • Collaborative model sharing, coordination, reviews and clash detection in CDE
  • Overview of tools and systems for information management with BIM

Component 3: BIM Implementation

  • BIM implementation process in construction projects
  • Roles and responsibilities of BIM implementation in construction projects
  • BIM adoption across the construction supply chain
  • BIM fundamentals for procurement, tendering and contracting in construction and infrastructure management
 
  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Teamwork roles and processes
  • Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy
  • Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Technical literacy

Study resources

Reading materials

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