Course Details

Digitalization of Construction and BIM

Academic Year 2026/27

BUA023-A course is part of 1 study plan

​ BPA-SIS Summer Semester 1st year

Credits

2 credits

Language of instruction

English

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

Ing. Josef Remeš, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Computer Aided Engineering and Computer Science

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit

Aims

Professional knowledge
  • Familiarity with current trends in digitalization, technology and innovative approaches in the construction industry.
Professional skills
  • Understanding of the principles of digitalization in construction, data interoperability in construction, basics of working with CDE.
Competence
  • An overview of the opportunities for the use of digital technologies during the construction lifecycle and the ability to identify opportunities for the application of BIM.

Basic Literature

EASTMAN, Charles M. BIM handbook: A guide to building information modeling for owners, managers, designers, engineers and contractors. 2nd ed. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-54137-1. (en)
DOMER, Bernd a Rachele BERNARDELLO. Interoperability. EPFL Press, 2023. ISBN 9782889154869. (en)

Offered to foreign students

To offer to students of all faculties

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/299088

Lecture

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  1. Digitalization of construction and BIM and digital twins
  2. Building digitalization and BIM concepts
  3. Information models and use cases
  4. Case studies: preparation, analysis, design
  5. Case studies: implementation, control, management
  6. Construction life cycle and BIM

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  1. Digital technologies and tools
  2. Digital communication
  3. Digital processes and Common Data Environment (CDE)
  4. Digital twins
  5. Organisation and digitalization of information
  6. Technical documents and BIM
  7. Colloquium

Self-study

26 weeks, 1 hours/week