BIM Term Project Proposal

Objectives: The main objective of the term project is to develop your understanding of a specific BIM
use. To achieve this, the term project has been developed to align with the following course objectives:
• Each student will develop the requirements needed and be able to explain the integration of
advanced BIM use with earlier BIM models.
• Each student will demonstrate knowledge in an advanced BIM use, following it from planning to
implementation in a demonstration example through a semester project.
• Each student will be able to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
Background: Now that you have started to develop
your knowledge of different BIM uses in industry
and using your own skills and interests, you are
tasked with developing and implementing your
own BIM use. This proposal activity is designed to
help you articulate your semester long project. In
this project, you are expected to focus on one
advanced BIM use case. Each student is
recommended to choose a use case related to
their chosen option. The assignment will be broken
into steps: first a project proposal (individual),
followed by a development plan (as a team), and
then the project. There will be a mid-project
deliverable (team and individual), and the final
project with a final report, presentation, and
project files (team and individual).
Figure 1. The Peter Kiewit Institute (Source:
unomaha.edu)
Term Project Timeline (
@ = initial team deliverable, * = individual deliverable, ^ = team deliverable)
• BIM Use Research Assignment and Presentation @ Due 9/17
• Project Proposal * Due 10/3
• Development Plan ^ Tentatively 10/15
• Mid-Project Progress Report *^ Tentatively 11/5
• Final Presentation and Project Files *^ 12/10
• Final Report *^ Exam Week, TBD
Case Study: A detailed model of the Peter Kiewit Institute has been developed. You can use this model
as the context of your term project. This will be posted to Canvas for you to download. Different case
studies are encouraged. Please explain what you will be using in your proposal document.
AE 4940 005/AE 4020
Deliverables:
• Project Proposal Document, including:
o Proposed activities (What are you going to do?)
o Case study (What is the context?)
o Project goals (Why are you choosing this?)
o Software and hardware requirements (What do you need to do it? Think of inputs for and
requirements for performing the proposed activity)
o Initial Development Procedure (How are you going to do it?)
o Proposed Collaborators (What use cases do you think this project should collaborate with?
Identify potential collaborators)
o Skills (What skills are needed to complete this project, what skills do you have to do it, what
skills will you develop?)
Due Date: Posted on CANVAS.