BIM for M&E Contractor

BIM for M&E Contractor

Category:
BIM Construction/
Duration: 4 Days
MTTC certificate of Completion

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Designed for mechanical and electrical contractors to improve collaboration, and deliver projects faster. Using BIM, M&E contractors can make more informed design decisions, automate construction documentation, and produce more constructible designs. Focus of this course will be more on:

  • Introduction to BIM
  • Uses of BIM
  • Using Revit MEP
  • Families component modeling
  • Parametric families modeling
  • Sheet Compilation and Publication
  • Basic Subdivision and Collaboration

Day 1

Introduction

  • Roles & Responsibilities of Project Team
  • Main elements of BIM
  • Simple Truths
  • Behind the hype
  • The benefits of BIM
  • What will BIM deliver

BIM Information Management

  • Information Management
  • BIM Deployment – Expectation as each stage of PLC
  • Employer Information Request (EIR)

UI Tour, Project Navigation and View Creation

  • Introducing the menu and screen layout
  • Interrogating the model to extract views
  • Placement and properties of grids and levels
  • Introduction to basic Revit elements

Element Selection and Manipulation

  • Object selection and methods
  • Element properties
  • Instance and type parameters
  • Nodes and snaps

Visibility Control and Categorization

  • Project-wide settings
  • View specific overrides
  • Elements specific overrides
  • Individual line overrides
  • Exercise on modifying element visibility

Model Development Methodology

  • Rationalized model construction
  • Graded component libraries
  • Data-rich/graphics light
  • Controlling 3D geometry and 2D line work

Establishing a Project

  • Project units-Common, HVAC, Electrical and Piping
  • MEP, Settings, symbols and schematic design
  • Project commencement and collaboration
  • Linking CAD and Revit Architecture
  • Coordination review

Day 2

Introduction to Building Elements

  • Basic wall definitions, floors, roofs, and ceilings
  • Sketching rules
  • Relating slabs to walls and supports
  • Slab slopes, roof design and ceiling definition
  • System family editing
  • Column and beam placement

Equipment, Fixtures and Fittings

  • Family terminology
  • Component placement
  • Selecting the correct level
  • MEP workflow

Introducing Systems

  • Setting up the project profile
  • Main systems
  • System browser, connectors and other air systems

Basic Schedules and Legends

  • Interactive session on the generation of tabular interrogations of the model

Geometry Formation and In-Place Families

  • Interactive session on the creation and manipulation of basic solid and void forms

Mechanical Systems

  • Mechanical settings
  • Duct types and fittings
  • Creating duct and piping systems
  • Insulating and lining ductwork
  • Plant and equipment
  • Mechanical pipework, flanges and fittings

Day 3

Electrical Systems and Circuits

  • Equipment, devices and fixtures
  • Wiring, cable tray and conduit modelling
  • Circuits and switch systems

Plumbing Systems

  • Plumbing settings
  • Plumbing fixtures
  • Creating plumbing systems
  • Creating sanitary systems
  • Domestic hot and cold water systems
  • System browser

2D Draughting and Annotation

  • Introducing annotation tools and components categories
  • Details components libraries
  • Repeating details
  • Lines and arcs
  • Text, Tags and Keynotes

Sheet Compilation and Publication

  • Project browser organization-WIP and Publish
  • Creating and populating sheets
  • Working and schedules
  • Publishing and document management

Day 4

Basic Subdivision and Collaboration

  • Introducing a BIM Strategy document
  • Model management
  • Project team collaboration techniques
  • Transmittal and model issue protocols
  • Basics of large model sub-division

Introduction to the Principles of Family Editing

  • The basic process
  • 10 stages for trouble free family creation

HVAC Systems

  • About HVAC Systems
  • Mechanical Settings
  • Adding air terminals and mechanical equipment
  • Air terminals
  • Mechanical Equipment
  • Adding Ductwork
  • Adding Ducts
  • Modifying Ducts
  • Changing Ducts using standard tools
  • Converting ducts and duct types
  • Adding isulation and lining
  • Modifying the justification
  • Working with fittings
  • Creating the systems
  • Automatic ductwork layouts
  • Automatic ductwork

Hydronic Piping System

  • About Plumbing
  • Mechanical Settings
  • Adding Mechanical Equipment
  • Drawing piping
  • Creating Parallel Pipes
  • Modifying Pipes
  • Working with fittings and accessories
  • Creating hydronic systems
  • Automatic piping layouts

Plumbing Systems

  • About Plumbing
  • Modifying views for plumbing
  • Adding plumbing fixtures
  • Reference planes
  • Drawing piping for plumbing systems
  • Modifying plumbing pipes
  • Plumbing pipe fittings and accessories
  • Working with plumbing system
  • Automatic layouts
  • Plumbing schedules

COURSE BROCHURE 

Course Outline

Course Introduction and Manual