Building Information Modeling Education for Quantity Surveyors in Hong Kong: Current States, Education Gaps, and Challenges

Keung, Calvin C. W.; Yiu, Tak Wing; Feng, Zhenan

doi:10.1080/15578771.2022.2094508

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“…Collaboration of project-based BIM teaching with other majors can understand basic contents, requirements, design thinking, and results of other majors, as well as solve technological problems caused by a single major. Project-based BIM teaching has reasonable division of labor during building design, make overall plans, coordinate and cooperate with other majors, and improve overall mastering and global thinking of the entire construction engineering design process (Keung, C. C. W et al [35]). Moreover, many teachers and students participate in project-based BIM teaching.…”

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Learning Outcomes of Civil Engineering Students in PBL Based on Building Information Modeling

Ma¹,

Tao²

2023

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

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Abstract—The new technology called building information modeling (BIM) derived in China’s construction industry in the general background of information era, as well as construction of intelligent buildings and smart cities, requires many university students majoring in Civil Engineering who are skilled in BIM technology. Characterized by online learning at any time, free and diversified learning modes, and ubiquitous learning, project-based BIM teaching can effectively improve the learning outcomes of Civil Engineering majors. To explore such learning outcomes of these students from engineering technological universities from project-based BIM teaching, 240 junior students majoring in Civil Engineering from 4 universities in Henan Province, China were chosen as research objects (120 each for the control and 120 experimental groups). The effect of BIM teaching in improving learning outcomes was investigated through a 16-week teaching experiment of Design Theory for Concrete Structure. The experimental and control groups used the project-based BIM teaching and traditional teaching modes, respectively. On this basis, independent and paired sample T-tests were carried out to the experimental data. Research results showed that pre-test scores of the group and control groups have a normality trait, conforming to the preconditions of the teaching experiment. Pre- and post-test scores of the experimental group had evident differences. Post-test scores of the experimental group were 15.82 higher than the pre-test scores, and the difference had statistical significance (P < 0.001). Owing to BIM teaching, post-test performances of the control and experimental groups also had significantly statistical significance. Project-based BIM teaching can improve learning outcomes of university students majoring in Civil Engineering. Research conclusions have important references to build BIM teaching resource platform, solve scattered and insufficient BIM teaching resources, facilitate active learning of university students majoring in Civil Engineering, and improve teaching effect.

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Learning Outcomes of Civil Engineering Students in PBL Based on Building Information Modeling

Ma¹,

Tao²

2023

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

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“…Moreover, it is also believed that the improvement of BIM education will greatly impact improving BIM awareness and acceptance and will encourage those countries to integrate BIM technology into the AEC industry further. Scholars in many countries believe that BIM education needs to be improved through popularization of digitalization and improvement of BIM education that can positively affect contextualized learning and the improvement of BIM awareness and promote the development of BIM technology [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 ]. The overwhelming development trend of BIM technology makes colleges and universities pay more attention to cultivating BIM technical talents [ 25 ].…”

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Building Information Modeling Learning Behavior of AEC Undergraduate Students in China

Peng

et al. 2022

Behavioral Sciences

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With the popularization and application of Building Information Modeling (BIM), the demand for BIM technical talents in the construction industry is increasing. Exploring college students’ BIM technical learning behavior is of great practical significance to improve education activities. Based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT), this research adds learning attitude variables to construct a theoretical model of influencing factors of college students’ BIM technology learning behavior. Chinese undergraduate students were asked to complete online questionnaires through peer-to-peer contact with sample colleges and universities. Finally, 1090 valid questionnaires were obtained. The students were sampled from research-oriented, applied research-oriented, application-oriented, and private research-oriented universities in seven regions of China: northeast, north, east, south, central, northwest, and southwest. The structural equation model was used to analyze the sampling data. The results indicate that college students’ BIM learning attitude, performance expectations, and social influence positively and directly impact their learning intention, which indirectly impacts their learning behavior. At the same time, promoting factors and learning intention demonstrate a significant positive and direct impact on learning behavior. Therefore, the following suggestions have been put forward to enhance college students’ learning motivation for BIM technology: increase the popularization of BIM technology in colleges and universities and improve the operation level of full-time BIM teachers. The latter enables colleges and universities to continuously and stably export qualified BIM technical talents to society and the market, resulting in a continuous industry development cycle.

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“…According to the authors in ref. [12,13], the AEC industry's inefficiency is due to a lack of soft skills and poor cultural integration of education and skills. As a result, there are skillsets and knowledge guidelines to ease students or fresh graduates to be BIM-ready graduates [3,14].…”

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Constructive and Destructive Leadership Behaviors, Skills, Styles and Traits in BIM-Based Construction Projects

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Building information modeling (BIM) implementation is expanding over time, and collaboration is becoming more critical in construction projects. Leadership characteristics may contribute to or hinder the effectiveness of these collaborations in BIM-based construction projects. However, the current body of knowledge lacks information on the leadership characteristics that can be constructive or destructive for BIM-based construction projects. Therefore, this study aims to determine the constructive and destructive leadership behaviors, skills, styles, and traits in BIM-based construction projects. An explorative qualitative study was conducted by interviewing twenty architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals. Then, the thematic analysis approach was used to analyze the interview data. The study findings suggest that common constructive leadership behaviors are tolerant and committed. Furthermore, the common constructive leadership trait and style is reliability. On the contrary, the common destructive leadership behavior is intolerant. This study provides the literature with a novel list of constructive and destructive leadership characteristics for BIM-based construction projects. Understanding these characteristics would assist industry professionals and policymakers in increasing the performance of BIM-based construction projects.

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Building Information Modeling Education for Quantity Surveyors in Hong Kong: Current States, Education Gaps, and Challenges

Cited by 6 publications

References 32 publications

Learning Outcomes of Civil Engineering Students in PBL Based on Building Information Modeling

Learning Outcomes of Civil Engineering Students in PBL Based on Building Information Modeling

Building Information Modeling Learning Behavior of AEC Undergraduate Students in China

Constructive and Destructive Leadership Behaviors, Skills, Styles and Traits in BIM-Based Construction Projects

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