ABN405 Digital Collaboration & BIM

Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Gardens Point, Internal

Overview

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is having a significant impact on the AECO industry as its use gradually expands:

1. Improved access to data and analytical tools is allowing more detailed and wider ranging studies that are improving the quality of the built environment;
2. The development of standardised libraries of objects are improving consistency in documentation;
3. Interoperability between software tools supports higher levels of collaboration and improves risk management;

This unit exposes you to the important methodologies, technologies and software underpinning BIM collaboration through simulating project teams working on real world problems. This results in authentic and proven design proposals and construction choices.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Perform advanced testing, examination, analysis, and reporting of construction information using BIM skills and technologies.
2. Apply professional documentation processes and conventions to communicate technical information to a diverse range of stakeholders, communities, and clients.
3. Use BIM communication skills and technologies to effectively collaborate with relevant professionals.

Content

Learning Approaches

ABN405 is an advanced unit, designed as a shared learning environment for Bachelor of Built Environment (Honours) students in the Construction Management and Quantity Surveying major, the Urban and Regional Planning major and Master of Architecture students.

This unit will have lectures and tutorials. You will work collaboratively with your peers to learn and apply the BIM knowledge and strategies through project-based and case study-based learning. These exercises are part of real-world learning and align with current practices in the Architecture and Built Environment professions. This unit will be supplemented by online resources to further develop your knowledge. 

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

You will gain important formative feedback in this unit by actively participating in weekly tutorial activities with academics and your peers. You will also receive written feedback on your Assessment.

Assessment

Overview

This unit will contain two summative assessment items that will measure your ability to produce, refine and optimise a BIM model and then extract and communicate relevant information from it. Your teaching activities and online content will be the formative support for your successful completion of assessment items.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: BIM health check/ report

Federating digital models and databases of buildings or urban designs using Building information Modelling (BIM) software.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Assessment: BIM execution plan

Extract technical documentation from the federated BIM model in Assessment 1, as appropriate to communicate with a range of stakeholders.

This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.

The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Resources

Course Learning Outcomes

AB01 Bachelor of Built Environment (Honours)

1. Apply theoretical, practical and cultural knowledge and skills across a range of disciplines and specialist knowledge and skills in one built environment area.
   Relates to: BIM health check/ report, BIM execution plan
2. Design and critically evaluate sustainable and creative solutions to social, economic, technological and environmental challenges.
   Relates to: BIM health check/ report, BIM execution plan
3. Communicate knowledge, ideas and creative solutions in diverse modes, for a range of contexts and diverse audiences.
   Relates to: BIM health check/ report, BIM execution plan
4. Plan, develop and complete research and other projects.
   Relates to: BIM health check/ report, BIM execution plan
5. Strategically collaborate with diverse stakeholders and communities, including First Nations peoples.
   Relates to: BIM health check/ report, BIM execution plan

DE83 Master of Architecture

1. Supporting their decision-making using evidence-based, reasoned argument and judgement pertaining to architectural propositions.
   Relates to: ULO1, BIM health check/ report, BIM execution plan
2. Communicating with a variety of audiences in appropriate ways.
   Relates to: ULO2, BIM health check/ report, BIM execution plan
3. Engaging proactively and autonomously in the effective procurement of architectural propositions.
   Relates to: ULO3, BIM execution plan