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Digital Transformation and Construction: Education Case Studies of Construction Programs in the United States, Great Britain, and Ireland

Digital Transformation and Construction: Education Case Studies of Construction Programs in the United States, Great Britain, and Ireland
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Author(s): Tamera McCuen (University of Oklahoma, USA), Mark Shelbourn (Birmingham City University, UK), Glenda Mayo (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA)and Lloyd Martin Scott (Technological University Dublin, Ireland)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 20
Source title: Handbook of Research on Driving Transformational Change in the Digital Built Environment
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jason Underwood (University of Salford, UK)and Mark Shelbourn (Birmingham City University, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6600-8.ch015

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Abstract

In recent years, the construction industry has experienced the introduction of emerging technologies developed to improve project outcomes and labor productivity, including BIM. Construction companies feel the pressure to adopt these technologies and the importance that all project stakeholders have an understanding of the technologies and their impact on industry change. In many ways, BIM is the connection between these technologies and provides a single source of information for sharing within the project team and across the facility life cycle. As the digital transformation proliferates all aspects of the BE, higher education is challenged to prepare design, engineering, and construction students who are ready to enter the workforce. The challenge is complex as educators strive to meet the criteria set forth by their institution, policy decisions/regulation, accreditation standards, and industry expectations. While workforce requirements typically respond to the national economy, digital transformation in the construction industry is global.

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