ВІМ-TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CURRICULA OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE BACHELOR'S AND MASTER'S LEVEL

Abstract

BIM-technology has not been established in HEI’s (Higher Educational Institutions) of Ukraine as an educational standard, for engineering and architectural specialties in particular. At the same time, there are research studies and curricula development for various levels of competency required for users of BIM applications.
 Bachelor's and Master's degrees involve different skill levels and competencies to be supported by corresponding curricula and educational programs.
 Therefore, the authors suggest teaching to provide a user’s level competency of design applications like ArchiCAD, AllPlan, Revit, etc, for the Bachelor degree ("B" level) majors (i.e. BIM-bachelor or BIM-designer). In particular, this involves learning about industry-accepted BIM practices and certain implemented project solutions using BIM-template.
 For the Master's degree ("M" level) majors (BIM-master or BIM-manager), the competence involves managing the BIM-design process with teams of designers and a project organization as a whole, determining standard project solutions, forming a strategy for a design implementation using the interaction between project teams, and creation of BEP and BMP management/implementation rules, including development of a BIM-template.
 Further implementation of computation-aided technologies in architecture, specifically, BIM technologies, has been planned based on programs and expertise of KNUBA. Specialization of training programs at the Master’s degree level allows for such competency formation requested from university graduates by potential employers at a level from a project team or a technical support leader up to an Architectural Project Head. At the Bachelor’s degree level these programs provide competency of a drafting architect or a junior specialist of an architectural group within a larger project organization’s structure.