Recent years have seen increased research and development in adopting advanced technologies in delivering unique and complex projects. Among these technologies, Building Information Modelling (BIM) is one promising contemporary approach to design and manage the information of a facility (e.g. a building), and leverages virtual digital representations as a reliable basis for decisions during its life-cycle.

The purpose of this course is to provide the students with the basic understanding and knowledge of the state of the art BIM and advanced technologies such as sensing and tracking (3D laser scanning, photogrammetry, etc.), Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR), Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV) and robotics. Upon the acquisition of knowledge, this course also aims to equip students with skills to leverage these technologies to successfully complete projects.

These aims are developed in answer to the recommendations by the civil and Infrastructure Engineering Industry Advisory Committee.

This course will balance both theory and practice of BIM and 'technologies in general' by introducing the concepts and methodologies surrounding the use of BIM for design (3D), scheduling (4D), costing (5D) and facilities management (extended to nD). Additionally, students will gain a better understanding of both the benefits and challenges of BIM implementation by gaining hands-on experience using various BIM software tools such as Autodesk Revit (model authoring), Dynamo (parametric-driven design), Solibri (quantity take-offs), Autodesk Navisworks (3D Coordination), and Synchro PRO 4D (4D Scheduling), Autodesk Navisworks/iTWO4.0 (5D), Autodesk Recap, Autodesk BIM 360, Unity (advanced visualisation engine), etc.