Digital Technologies

Recommended Prerequisites

Informatics; Cartography and SIG.

Teaching Methods

Presentation of concepts and of some practical exercises illustrating the application of those concepts using audio-visual support. Autonomous problem solving in which the students work out exercises problems of theoretical and practical application with the guidance of the teacher.

Learning Outcomes

The overall objective is to provide students with solid knowledge of the fundamentals of Digital Technologies, understanding the ongoing processes of digitisation of the economy and society as well as the concepts underlying the application of robotics and automation solutions in construction. Specifically, it is intended that students acquire and consolidate skills and competences necessary to include BIM methodologies in their professional practice, also supporting the ongoing implementation processes in companies as well as the application of GIS tools.

At the end of the course students should be able to: understand the concepts of BIM and GIS; identify the advantages of using BIM and GIS practices; know how BIM can be implemented in the AEC industry, knowing the inherent limitations and potentials in its current market; know how GIS can be applied in land-use planning, transports and other related areas.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

MODULE A – DIGITALISATION and INDUSTRY 4.0

- Concepts

- Introduction to Automation and Robotics

- Data analysis

MODULE B: BIM and GIS

1. BIM: Introduction

- Institutions and reference regulatory authorities

- Taxonomy/terminology

- LOD Concept

- Interoperability and IFC format; Model View Definitions

- Information Delivery Manual; Integrated Project Delivery

- Modelling applications, analysis and data visualization; Incompatibility management

2. SIG: Introduction

- Spatial data structures; spatial analysis

- Relational databases

- Planimetric and altimetric geospatial informatiom representation

MODULE C1 - BIM - APLICATIONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION

- BIM in Architecture, Specialities projects and Construction

MODULE C2 - GIS - APPLICATIONS IN THE TERRITORY

- Topological network analysis and surface analysis

- Open geospatial data (OSM, SNIG, etc)

- Applications (planning, transports, hidrology, etc.).

Head Lecturer(s)

Trayana Stoykova Tankova

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 50.0%
Exam: 50.0%

Bibliography

Longley, P., Goodchild, M., Maguire, D., Rhind, D. (2005). Geographic Information Systems and Science. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Chichester, England

Monmonier, M. (1991). How to Lie with Maps. The University of Chicago Press. Chicago

Pamuk, A. (2006). Mapping global cities : GIS methods in urban analysis / Ayse Pamuk.ImprintRedlands, Calif. : ESRI Press.

Eastman, C., Teicholz, P., Sacks, R. e Liston, K. (2014). Manual de BIM. Bookman.