Authored by: Lafayette College EGRS 451 group (John Rems)

Date: Spring 2012

Course Instructor: Professor Cohen

Project Links: Memo and Proposal

Abstract: Construction management and civil engineering education is rapidly changing due to the new and extremely useful technology that is Building Information Modeling (BIM). This proposal presents evidence as to why BIM should be implemented into Lafayette’s engineering curriculum and the best methods of implementing the software. It provides an overview of BIM and some of its features and also demonstrates how BIM is hastily changing the construction industry. This proposal then gives evidence of other colleges and universities that have begun to integrate BIM into their curricula and  answer the question, “How can Lafayette successfully integrate BIM into its own curriculum?”

Tags: EGRS 451, Spring 2012, construction, software