CE1CIC2-Information and Communication

Module Provider: School of Construction Management and Engineering, School of Built Environment
Number of credits: 20 [10 ECTS credits]
Level:4
Terms in which taught: Autumn / Spring term module
Pre-requisites:
Non-modular pre-requisites:
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Current from: 2022/3

Module Convenor: Dr Ruth Dowsett
Email: r.m.dowsett@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:
This module is designed for the students to learn the importance of information representation, communication and digital technologies in the construction of building projects, providing practical skills to support the studies whilst at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. The module focuses on the principles, tools and methods to graphically represent and visually communicate project-related information, which can be applied in related building technology modules and in a later practice.

Aims:
Participants will develop and build professional skills and knowledge how to effectively communicate in a graphical, written, or a verbal form. Students will learn to source and evaluate relevant information; understand professional and ethical responsibility, and learn the approaches to a professional written/e-mail and visual communication. Students will also learn about technologies and current approaches to digital and building information modelling through hands-on work with the relevant software applications.

Assessable learning outcomes:
􀀕 Overall competence to prepare a professional and correct set of technical documentation;
􀀕 Knowledge of standard graphical conventions in representing project information;
􀀕 Ability to represent a building or its components in two- and three dimensions using appropriate graphical techniques, scale, notation, dimensions;
􀀕 Apply knowledge in building systems to accurately represent technical information;
􀀕 Ability to organize the project information in a legible and professional manner;
􀀕 Ability to develop a simple building information model; and
􀀕 Ability to produce a distributable set of digitally coordinated project documentation.

Additional outcomes:
􀀕 Enhancement of collaborative, group-working skills
􀀕 Transferable skills in computing

Outline content:
􀀕 Introduction to professional roles, responsibilities and communication;
􀀕 Introduction to the elements of a technical drawing set: plans, sections, elevations, details, specification, axonometric and perspective views;
􀀕 Graphical conventions and presentation standards: lines, layout, dimensions, scale, annotation, labelling, symbols;
􀀕 Introduction to building information modelling (BIM) concepts and digital tools;
􀀕 Introduction to digital information modelling and design using a standard BIM application.

Global context:
The tutorials involve hands-on work with digital technologies such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) as applied in construction practice, providing a context of current approaches and benefits.

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
A blended approach to teaching and learning includes the presentation of materials with in-class exercises and hands-on work to encourage active engagement in learning. The autumn term tutorials focus on building individual skills to develop a technical drawing set of a construction information; and competence to find, evaluate and present relevant information in a professional manner. The spring term lab sessions will require students to review instruction notes posted ahead of each session and be prepared to work with a common BIM software to develop a project information model. Feedback on skills development is individual and weekly, at the tutorials.