{"id":37449,"date":"2026-09-17T23:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esi.edu.sa\/?post_type=courses&#038;p=37449"},"modified":"2026-09-17T23:22:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:22:44","slug":"introduction-to-bim","status":"publish","type":"courses","link":"https:\/\/esi.edu.sa\/en\/courses\/introduction-to-bim\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to BIM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Course Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A foundation program introducing Building Information Modeling (BIM) and its role in managing digital information across the project and asset lifecycle. It explains essential terminology, project-team roles, the Common Data Environment, coordination, and information exchange between disciplines. The course also introduces BIM execution planning, modeling requirements, information levels, and project deliverables. It provides a clear professional foundation for participants who intend to progress to more advanced BIM applications.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Course Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Explain BIM concepts and value in construction projects.<\/li>\n<li>Differentiate CAD, BIM, and information models.<\/li>\n<li>Describe the information lifecycle and stakeholder roles.<\/li>\n<li>Understand Common Data Environment (CDE) principles.<\/li>\n<li>Recognize coordination and clash-detection workflows.<\/li>\n<li>Understand information exchange and handover requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate a BIM model and extract basic information.<\/li>\n<li>Relate BIM concepts to information-management principles in the ISO 19650 series and current professional practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Course Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>BIM concept and evolution<\/li>\n<li>BIM versus CAD<\/li>\n<li>Project and information lifecycle<\/li>\n<li>BIM team roles and responsibilities<\/li>\n<li>Levels of detail and information<\/li>\n<li>Common Data Environment (CDE)<\/li>\n<li>Multidisciplinary coordination<\/li>\n<li>Clash detection<\/li>\n<li>Version and revision management<\/li>\n<li>BIM uses in design, construction, and operations<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to BIM execution planning<\/li>\n<li>Hands-on model review exercise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Target Audience<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Engineers, architects, project managers, supervisors, contractors, consultants, and construction\/infrastructure professionals.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Duration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">5 training days<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1637,"featured_media":0,"template":"","course_category":[82],"class_list":["post-37449","courses","type-courses","status-publish","hentry","course_category-bim-en","infinite-scroll-item","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esi.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/courses\/37449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esi.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/courses"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esi.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/courses"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esi.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1637"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/esi.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/courses\/37449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37461,"href":"https:\/\/esi.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/courses\/37449\/revisions\/37461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esi.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"course_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esi.edu.sa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course_category?post=37449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}