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67473 Advanced IT applications for construction
Danish title: Videregående IT anvendelse i byggeriet
Language: English Credit points: 5
Type: Open University
Language: English

Prerequisite: 64006 The students must be familiar with the following topics: CAD-systems (AutoCAD), 3D-modelling, data base schemes, and project documentation (drawings and specifications).
Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester
Scope and form: Lectures and group work and reports
Examination: Evaluation of reports (13-scale)
Participant limitation: max. 60

Remarks: The course is given in collaboration with Department of Building and Energy
Contact person: Flemming Vestergaard, Building 116, Tel. +45 4525 1658, email fv@byg.dtu.dk

Department: Department of Planning
Aim: This course aims to give students a deeper understanding of the use and benefits of the tools provided by new technology for construction. It builds on the introduction provided by 64006 CAD for Civil Engineers and can form the background for the more specialised courses. The course can be taken by all students who want more background to assess IT use more generally in building firms.
Contents: The course covers the essential professional area of IT in the planning and building processes: project planning with IT systems (eg CAD), classification systems, use of database technology for layering and handling of project data, product modelling, modelling (2D and 3D), object-oriented design, decision support systems, the results of introducing IT into firms in the building sector, IT strategies, communication tools, electronic scanning of dokuments, internet and the Web.