Introduction of Building Information Modeling in Industrial Engineering Education: Students’ Perception

Alberto Sánchez,Cristina Gonzalez-Gaya,Patricia Zulueta,Zita Sampaio

doi:10.3390/app9163287

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Journal: Applied Sciences	Publication Date: Aug 11, 2019
Citations: 10	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: University of Valladolid, University of Lisbon

Abstract

The building information modeling (BIM) methodology is becoming a mandatory requirement in the development of projects within the world context. Consequently, technical schools have been introducing BIM in their curricula. The present study aims to evaluate student perceptions concerning the advantages and difficulties of incorporating BIM into the formal teaching system as part of the degree in industrial engineering. Students’ understanding and satisfaction were analyzed while using BIM in the development of the practical component of a didactic industrial project. The evaluation was based on a Likert survey with five levels, and the results were interpreted using a factor analysis and ascending hierarchical classification. To identify possible relationships between student satisfaction with the BIM implementation and the factors obtained, a multiple regression analysis was performed. It was determined that students have a high perception of BIM utility and consider the use of the BIM tool that is intuitive and easy to learn, including during the autonomous learning process. The results show a direct correlation between the benefits of BIM implementation in industrial projects and the advantages of defining teamwork within collaborative projects. The incorporation of BIM as a mandatory subject in the industrial engineering curriculum appears to be successful, and the results are encouraging.

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The strategy followed in the present didactic experiment, which was applied in the industrial engineering program at a school of industrial engineering to incorporate building information modeling (BIM) into technical projects, is based on the collaborative learning methodology
Regarding the 3D tool, more than 20% of the students considered BIM simple to use and useful for skill acquisition but felt that the 3D tool could be a barrier for the BIM implementation
With the implementation of BIM in the engineering project course, it was intended to train future technical engineers in a way that allows them to see the possibilities of BIM and its limitations and problems and to have a vision of the multisectoral context in which projects are developed

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Featured Application: This approach allows the assessment of building information modeling (BIM) implementation in the formal teaching system, taking into account the student perceptions of BIM in the engineering project course. The building information modeling (BIM) methodology is becoming a mandatory requirement in the development of projects within the world context. The present study aims to evaluate student perceptions concerning the advantages and difficulties of incorporating BIM into the formal teaching system as part of the degree in industrial engineering. Students’ understanding and satisfaction were analyzed while using BIM in the development of the practical component of a didactic industrial project. The incorporation of BIM as a mandatory subject in the industrial engineering curriculum appears to be successful, and the results are encouraging. BIM allows a better understanding of project modeling and implementation from a global perspective, involving all industrial engineering. The BIM teaching experience in construction engineering and management suggests the need to focus on BIM learning as an improved methodology [2,3]

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