We offer training courses for all software platforms and skill levels. At our training centers in Vienna and Innsbruck, we offer a wide range of BIM and CAD training courses for all design disciplines; alternatively, we also conduct in-house training at our clients’ locations. As an Autodesk® Authorized Training Center, we are authorized to issue certifications for our courses. We offer:
- A modular training system ranging from software basics to expert knowledge
- All building design disciplines (architecture, structural engineering, building services engineering, electrical engineering)
- Extensive software portfolio
- Practical content and the transfer of interdisciplinary expert knowledge
- Software fundamentals (e.g., Revit Basic Training)
- In-depth topics (e.g., heating and cooling load calculation)
- Advanced software topics (e.g., family creation, interface usage)
- Process topics (e.g., best practice workflows for architecture and structural engineering)
- Regular training sessions
All course content is 100% consistent with the instructions provided on BIMpedia—making BIMpedia the official course manual for all training sessions, which can be consulted at any time for further study or as a reference.
Building Information Modeling (BIM), as a method for integrated design, raises a wide range of questions: In addition to technical challenges such as heterogeneous tools, interface issues, and modeling techniques, the focus is primarily on processes and rules for interdisciplinary collaboration and communication. Especially when more than two planning disciplines come together, an integrated understanding of planning and a willingness to make mutual compromises are essential prerequisites for the successful implementation of BIM-supported planning processes.
Promoting this integrated approach to project planning and helping planners understand the needs of other disciplines is one of the major challenges in BIM training. Pure software training, in which employees of a single discipline are taught how a tool works without examining the background of potential processes for interdisciplinary collaboration and coordination, does allow for the use of Level 2 BIM in a horizontal planning scenario (“Small BIM”), but will inevitably lead to challenges in project constellations involving multiple planning partners working with BIM.
Our training courses are generally conducted in small groups of up to six participants in the form of hands-on seminars led by an on-site coach. In all disciplines, the introductory courses cover not only the fundamentals of the software but also basic BIM knowledge regarding key terms and methods.
The modular structure of our curriculum guides participants from the absolute basics through to in-depth topics of all kinds, ranging from evaluation and testing methods to interdisciplinary methods of model-based communication, as well as workflows and soft skills for interfacing with simulation programs in building services engineering, building physics, and structural engineering.
It is essential that practical connections are consistently made and that the workflows of individual disciplines are examined within the context of integrated planning scenarios. Above all, participants are introduced to the significance of the so-called phase model: the gradual increase in alphanumeric and geometric content within a BIM model across the planning phases.
Our courses are based on the experiences and needs identified through the daily planning processes of over five hundred architects and engineers who work exclusively with BIM throughout the German-speaking world.
The particular challenge in the ongoing development of educational content is keeping pace with the rapid evolution of software tools and continuously integrating new features from each version into the course material. We achieve this through regular expert meetings with our clients’ BIM managers, who provide us with important feedback and insights.
Our trainers have many years of experience managing design projects carried out using BIM. They provide training and support to a client network of over 500 employees who work with BIM.