The main objective of the BIMaHEAD project is to build digital competences in higher education institutions, and in particular to support students in architecture and construction in this regard. The BIM in the abbreviated name of the project is no coincidence.
As Assoc. Prof. Eng. Arch. Anetta Kępczyńska-Walczak, who heads the Department of Digital Technologies in Architecture and Urban Planning explains:
- The project focuses on developing digital skills specific to future professionals in the construction industry - architects, designers, engineers, constructors, among others - in the creation of a complete Building Information Model(BIM), i.e. not only technical documentation but also a virtual three-dimensional model, now referred to as a "digital twin". BIM is becoming an integral part of the skills needed by future workers in the construction sector.
In particular, the project will aim at comparing good practices and pedagogical scenarios, designing innovative concepts, developing e-learning materials for BIM training, testing the solutions developed by the partners and drawing up evaluation and guidelines for future educational projects.
The leader of the project at TUL emphasises
- Thinking about the effects of the project in a longer perspective, we refer mainly to students. The solutions developed by the partners will serve the students by increasing their own employability through acquired industry competences and digital skills. BIMaHEAD will contribute to building a new generation of highly skilled professionals, which will have a positive impact on local, regional, national and European economic development through international cooperation.