Education Research Frontier June 2016, Volume 6, Issue 2, PP.60-63
Establishment and Development of BIM Technology Platform for Civil Engineering Specialty Shan Xia 1, Ke-wei Ding2, Dong Chen 3, Yun-lin Liu 4 School of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, Anhui, China *1
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Abstract Civil engineering major is a practical engineering discipline. As the teaching and practice are out of touch, traditional teaching ways can’t meet the needs of the moment. Considering the development of BIM technology, the author and the research group adjust civil engineering teaching system and propose the establishment of BIM professional teaching platform. Furthermore, the group explores the reform ideas and the educational reform preparation. Keywords: BIM Professional Teaching Platform; Teaching System Integration; Educational Reform Preparation
1 INTRODUCTION The task of Civil engineering major in the undergraduate stage is to train personnel meeting the needs of social development, mastering the basic theory and knowledge of civil engineering disciplines, getting the basic training of engineers and engineering innovation ability. The civil engineering discipline has the characteristics of wide discipline span, wide range and high practical ability. However, traditional practice teaching ways cannot meet the needs of the moment any longer, so civil engineering practice teaching reform exploration is imminent. How to establish the teaching system and the practice teaching system is the key to achieve the goal. Building Information Modeling which is an emerging technology leading construction industry to a higher level brings great revolutions in the construction, design, cost and other aspects of the traditional building industry. It not only greatly improves the degree of integration of the industry, but also brings a huge leap forward. While BIM technology has brought a wider way to civil engineering professional training of new talent, we need to adjust the teaching software, the hardware facilities, and the structure of teachers, the training program, and the knowledge system. We shall dare to open our mind in the teaching method in order to adapt to the request of subject. All of these demand to build a simulation platform based on the BIM technology for civil engineering specialty practice teaching.
2 THE STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ESTABLISHING THE BIM TEACHING PLATFORM The main features of BIM technology’s application in civil engineering include the overall control of the project design, construction progress, quality and cost information. All information and data are shared through the BIM platform, so Designers and construction management staff can connect the whole process of engineering project management. This can achieve the project's finest management and reasonable allocation of the personnel, materials, time and other resources. The strategic significance of establishing the BIM professional teaching platform has two aspects:
2.1 Try the Teaching Reform and a New Teaching Method Civil engineering belongs to the field of applied science. In practice, we can’t stick in the mud and break the - 60 www.erfrontier.org