2. CONTENTS
• About the Speaker
• Virtual City Models (VCMs)
• BIM Campus
• My BIM Myth
• Questions
3. Peter James Morton
Education Leader
Architectural BIM Technologist / BIM
Coordinator
Autodesk Education Expert
Autodesk Elite Expert
Autodesk ADN Member
Autodesk Certified Professional
NVQ Level 2 in Technical Services
NVQ Level 3 in Technical Design
Advanced Apprenticeship in
Construction
BTec National Cert in Construction
BSc(Hons) Architectural Technology
About the speaker
5. Virtual City Models (VCMs) in their purest form can be simply
described as;
‘Computer generated three-dimensional (3D) geometric model with sufficient and
consistent detail and accuracy as to portray both terrain and urban structures of a city’.
19. A collaboration between BIM. Technologies and Northern Construction
Training.
WHAT IS CAMPUS
20. A purpose made Building Information Modelling (BIM) training suite
utilising state-of-the-art hardware and software.
WHAT IS CAMPUS
21. A City and Guilds Accredited training course.
Funded through the Adult Skills Budget, which is a
funding pot within the Skills Funding Agency. An agency
of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
Supported by BIM. Technologies, who are the UK's
leading BIM consultancy, working behind the scenes
with some of the UK's biggest clients, contractors and
consultants.
WHAT IS CAMPUS
22. We offer a 12 Week BIM training course
‘Foundation course in Building Information Modelling‘
• Learn new software
• Learn new workflows and processes
• If you are aged between 19-24 and not in education,
employment and training (NEET), the course is absolutely FREE
WHAT WE DO
We aim to teach useable, relevant skills that are instantly transferable
into the workplace and which will enable young people within the
construction industry to make a valued contribution to their employer
at a very early stage.
23. THE PROCESS – Design orientated, simulated project work
24. Campus utilises the most up-to-date hardware and software within a
purpose made teaching suite, specifically designed to cater for BIM
learning. We are actively seeking innovative collaborative software.
HOW WE DO IT
25. We are excited by the future of construction.
In conjunction with industry, the government published a shared 2025
vision. The vision sets out stretching targets which will only be delivered
by thinking differently.
We want to build useable and relevant BIM skills of young people
within the construction industry.
The North East is a hub of BIM expertise – We want this to continue.
WHY WE DO IT
26. We want to bridge the gap between academic BIM and industry BIM
WHY WE DO IT
27. We want to increase the employment prospects of young people
within the construction industry.
Our aim is to get 100% employment following successful completion
of the course.
WHY WE DO IT
28. LEARN THE SOFTWARE – Tutorials and project work
DEVELOP SKILLS – Modelling university projects
29. WHY BIM – Key standards, protocols and guidance
30. INDUSTRY INPUT – Fully coordinated multidisciplinary design models
34. Learner spotlight – Jurijs (Yuri) Pavlovics
BSc in Construction Management
Member of Team Niven (Assisting
Cundall MEP) during the 48 hour
Build Sydney Live competition
Now MEP Revit Technician at
Cundall.
BIM – Transferable Skills
36. Young professionals can provide value to organisations delivering
within a BIM workflow, or seeking to make the transition.
LA’s can make the transition to BIM with the support the BIM
community.
