Schedule
Offered: Fall On-Campus, Spring On-Campus*
Week 1Course Introduction- Syllabus Review
- Broad Introduction to BIM and Construction Documentation
- Contact Vehicles
- Project Delivery Methods
- Introduction to construction documents
Week 2Construction Documents- Construction materials
- Building & site substructure
- The building shell
Week 3Construction documents- Building Services
- Drawing coordination
Week 4Building Information Modeling (BIM)- BIM introduction
- Parametric modeling
- The BIM ecosystem
- How & why BIM is used
Week 5BIM- BIM analytics
- IPD
- BIM in construction
- The future of BIM
Week 6Midterm ExamWeek 7Computer LabWeek 8Computer Lab- Revit instruction
- Introduce course project
Week 9Computer Lab- Revit instruction
- Course project
Week 10Computer Lab- Revit instruction
- Course project
Week 11Computer Lab- Revit instruction
- Course project
Week 12Computer Lab- Revit instruction
- Course project
Week 13Thanksgiving BreakWeek 14Computer Lab- Revit instruction
- Course project
Week 15Computer Lab- Course Wrap-up
- Discuss Final Project
*All course content, including schedule, topics, and books are subject to change semester-to-semester. Course costs are dependent on students' individual situations, including but not limited to, online vs on-campus enrollment, in-state vs out-of-state enrollment, and scholarships.
Not all books on this page may be required readings and additional readings may be assigned. Please check the UMD Schedule of Classes for most up to date semester offerings. Instructors give students specific semester details once they are enrolled.