ABSTRACT
This paper describes the possible incorporation of a training concept in support of the nationwide introduction of Building Information Modelling (BIM) as from 2016. After analysing the requirements, standards and general conditions set by the Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur (BMVI) [Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure] and their cooperation partners, including Deutsche Bahn AG [German Railway Corporation] (Germany’s largest property owner and operator of the country’s national railway infrastructure), the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM) [Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences] in Giessen developed a concept for training BIM experts and specialists. The concept is intended for the coworkers of both the principal and the contractor, whose job it is to promote the implementation and development of the new work method BIM in the construction sector.
