BIM-enabled Learning Environment for Digital Construction

The latest BENEDICT project Newsletter is now available on the project website:

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BENEDICT team member Caterina Morganti (Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna) attended the 2023 EC³ - European Conference on Computing in Construction in Heraklion, Crete, Greece (10th July - 12th July 2023) and made a presentation entitled: "Teaching BIM: a comparison between actual and future perspectives".

If you would like to read the paper, you can find it here 📄😉⬇️

https://ec-3.org/publications/conference/paper/?id=EC32023_212

The Benedict project team came together for the final international event - a short-term joint staff training course which took place from June 19th-21st at the TalTech campus in Tallinn. In total, 18 delegates from the three partner universities, TTK University of Applied Sciences and REC industry representatives attended.

The latest Benedict newsletter is now published on the project website - it covers the Bologna multiplier event held in March and the first live trial of the pilot BIM-enabled Risk Management module. For more information and the full newsletter:

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The latest BENEDICT project Newsletter is now available on the project website:

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Dear BENEDICT friends,

We share with you some moments of the BENEDICT VALIDATION WORKSHOP✅, which is taking place in sunny Bologna in these hours! 🏗️👩🏼‍🏫🧑🏻‍🏫👨🏻‍🏫

Benedict team members Kalle Kähkönen (Tampere University) and Raido Puust (TalTech) attended the InfraBIM Open 2023 conference in Tampere, Finland (30th January - 1st February 2023) and made a presentation entitled: "BIM-enabled Learning Environment as an Educational Solution".

We are pleased to announce that Benedict project is now collaborating with DiRoots https://diroots.com to develop a Moodle plugin for their DiStella https://diroots.com/apps/distellar/ IFC online viewer which will allow BIM model viewing, data export and more from the BIM-enabled Learning Environment.

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Benedict's third e-newsletter is now available with updates on our most recent activities. You can read it online here:
https://benedictproject.eu/?page_id=362
or download a copy from here:
https://benedictproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Benedict-Newsletter-3-final.pdf

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Ideas and findings on BIM-enabled learning possibilities from the BENEDICT project were shared with students of the Construction and Facility Management course of the Faculty of Building Engineering-Architecture (international course) of the University of Bologna in a guest lecture by Emlyn Witt yesterday. Many thanks to Ugo Maria Coraglia for organising this opportunity!

A multiplier event was held at Nordic Hotel Forum in Tallinn on October 17th where Benedict was introduced and the BIM-enabled Learning Environment (BLE) demonstrated to academic colleagues from the University of Central Lancashire, University of Colombo, University of Huddersfield, , University of Ruhuna, University of Sri Jayawardhanapura and Vilnius Tech.

Our online information exchange event to celebrate Erasmusdays 2022 featured 5 projects: SECRA [Strengthening University-Enterprise Collaboration for Resilient Communities in Asia], BRITAE [Building Resilience in Tropical Agro-Ecosystems], FOUNTAIN [Fostering sustainable University-industry Techno-entrepreneurial Collaborations and innovations in Asian Universities], MICROBE [Minimizing the influence of coronavirus in a built environment], BENEDICT [BIM-enabled Learning Environment for Digital Construction] all co-funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union. The video recording is publicly available on our YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/5p0CKe5rCPo

Erasmusdays 2022 multi-project information exchange An information event supported by 5 projects (BENEDICT, BRITAE, FOUNTAIN, MICROBE, SECRA) all co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union to ce...

As part of BENEDICT development of virtual reality functionality and educational / training resources for the BIM-enabled Learning Environment, a 360 injected fly-through of a BIM model was created that can be viewed and experienced on any device - check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3SLza5gasM
(This is best viewed on a mobile device - phone or tablet - to take advantage of the gyroscope sensors that change the view as you move the device).

Benedict 360 injected 360 degree fly-through created for BENEDICT by Daniel Leggat.Building modelling by Architecture and Civil Engineering Students of Tampere University.

To celebrate Erasmusdays 2022 we are holding an online information exchange event where the co-ordinating partners of a selection of projects (BRITAE [Building Resilience in Tropical Agro-Ecosystems], FOUNTAIN [Fostering sustainable University-industry Techno-entrepreneurial Collaborations and innovations in Asian Universities], MICROBE [Minimizing the influence of coronavirus in a built environment], BENEDICT [BIM-enabled Learning Environment for Digital Construction]) all co-funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union share information about the projects, their results and experiences.

The event will take place online at 10:30-11:30 Tallinn / Vilnius time on Saturday 15th October 2022.

During this online event, each of these projects will be briefly introduced followed by a Q&A which everyone is very welcome to join in. This event is open to the public - anyone with the link can tune in.

Weblink to event:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NmIzZjQ3NWEtNTBjZi00ZDQyLTgyMmYtNDAyZGM4ZThkYWFj%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%223efd4d88-9b88-4fc9-b6c0-c7ca50f1db57%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%226fe96425-9e14-4aa6-9381-2932e8725fc1%22%7d

Dear BENEDICT friends, we are happy to inform you that the paper entitled "Simulazione 4D BIM del cantiere per il progetto BENEDICT / BIM 4D construction site modelling for the BENEDICT project" has been accepted to the Colloqui.AT.e 2022 conference to be held in Genoa, Italy on September 7-10, 2022! 📃🔍

On behalf of the Benedict team, Dr Theophilus Olowa presented our latest joint paper entitled: Evaluation of Immersive Project-based Learning Experiences to the 18th CDIO International Conference hosted by Reykjavik University in Iceland.

The second multiplier event: Demonstrating the BIM-enabled Learning Environment was held in the Mektory Innovation Hub at Tallinn University of Technology on 2nd June 2022. Many thanks to all the industry stakeholders, teachers and learners who participated.

Members of the Benedict team presented project findings to the 11th Nordic Conference on Construction Economics and Organisation which took place from 18-20 May 2022 in Copenhagen and Malmö hosted by Aalborg University.

A few days ago the 1st face-to-face meeting in Tampere of the European project ended successfully!

We are ready to develop new ideas 💡and achieve new goals 🎯!

Thank you all!

It's time to fly for the members of the BENEDICT Team!✈️

Tomorrow the first BENEDICT project meeting of 2022 will be held in face-to-face mode in the city of Tampere in Finland! 🇫🇮

Good luck to everyone🤞🏻

From October 16, 2021 ➡️ CONNECT TO BENEDICT! 🔗 Save the date! 📌😃

CONNECT TO BENEDICT - Erasmusdays from October 16 - 2021 CONNECT TO BENEDICT Alma Mater Sudiorum Università di Bologna Higher education presentation Tags: Distance learning, Other video presentation of BENEDICT (BIM-enabled Learning Environment for Digital Construction) Erasmus + project for sharing on social media platforms. Disco...

It is with great pleasure that I announce the online publication of the first BENEDICT related journal article which became publicly available today @ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15623599.2021.1979300

Check it out and give your thoughts about it.

Happy reading.☺️☺️☺️

Building information modelling (BIM) – enabled construction education: teaching project cash flow concepts (2021). Building information modelling (BIM) – enabled construction education: teaching project cash flow concepts. International Journal of Construction Management. Ahead of Print.

The 2nd BENEDICT project meeting has ended successfully, with a lot of energy and with new goals to achieve! 💪

Today Sunil Suwal from Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences shared the BIM educational INBOOKMODE project with us! It's absolutely helpful to share ideas and discuss common problems.

Thanks Sunil and thank you all for this productive meeting!👏

First BENEDICT-related journal paper accepted for publication!!💃🕺🤩

The paper will soon become publicly available once published by the International Journal of Construction Management in their special issue titled: “Teaching and Learning, Skills Development and Ethics in the Built Environment in Industry/Construction 4.0”

The title of the paper is: “Building information modelling (BIM)-enabled construction education: teaching project cash flow concepts”

The BENEDICT project's first Multiplier Event, an online seminar and workshop "Establishing the foundation for BIM-enabled learning environments" was hosted by Tampere University on 10th June 2021.

Very useful input was received from delegates representing a wide range of important stakeholders beyond the project partners: Solibri, Inc. BuildingSMART Finland, Novarc Group AS, Federal University Birnin-Kebbi, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Virstem - Virtual technology for use in STEM, University of Moratuwa, Karelia University of Applied Sciences, LAB University of Applied Sciences, Skanska Finland, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Istituto Istruzione Professionale Lavoratori Edili, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Novatron Oy.

Thanks to all participants!

Welcome to the BENEDICT page! The BENEDICT project is an Erasmus+ strategic partnership between the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture at TalTech - Tallinn University of Technology, the Civil Engineering Unit of Tampere University and the Department of Architecture at Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna.

The BENEDICT project is aimed at leveraging the emerging possibilities of Building Information Modelling (BIM) to enhance the education of Real Estate and Construction professionals by developing an innovative, BIM-enabled Learning Environment which offers more realistic, immersive and integrated learning experiences.