Master’s in Global BIM

Management in Civil Engineering

and GIS
Final Master’s Project Syllabus

MODULE 11:

FINAL MASTER’S PROJECT

May 2024 Edition

Index

Presentation of the Final Master’s Project 2

Project Description 3
Objectives and competences 3
Teaching Methodology 5
Design 5
Team Members roles 5
Information requirements, quality criteria and development process 7
BLOCK 1: BIM MANAGEMENT 7
BLOCK 2: DATA COLLECTION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND GIS 8
BLOCK 3: BIM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 8
BLOCK 4: CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN BIM 11
BLOCK 5: MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN BIM 11
Mentoring and Guidance 11
Mentors 12
Deliverables 13
DELIVERY FORMATS 15
Evaluation System 15
Methodology and Workflow 16

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Presentation of the Final Master’s Project
The Final Master’s Project (FMP) is based on the simulation of a project to be developed using
the openBIM approach, the methodologies, techniques and tools learned during the Master's,
which will allow participants to apply all the knowledge acquired. The FMP will be developed in
groups and will align with the training program's approach to multidisciplinary teamwork.

Collaborative learning is very important, as it reproduces the real conditions in which

professionals in the knowledge society develop. Working together, the group faces the
challenges of a true team effort, trying to blend their talents and personalities into an effective
unit.

The FMP consists of the elaboration of a hypothetical INFRA (infrastructure) BIM project
containing the following subjects:

a) Topography

b) Geometry

c) Earthworks

d) Drainage

e) GIS (geospatial data)

Road Project developed by MBCIVEN1122 students

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The project developed by the students will result in the creation of a federated model of the
road and will follow these steps:

a) The project will start with the topography of the land that will be delivered at the
beginning of the course. For this, students will use the knowledge of the master’s Block 2 |
Data collection for infrastructure projects and GIS.

b) In the next stage of the project, the modeling of the road will be carried out, which will
have horizontal elements such as tangents, spirals and curves. For that, students will use the
knowledge of the master’s Block 3 | BIM for Infrastructure Projects, in particular, topics
related to geometry and earthworks projects.

c) Continuing the development of the project, a thalweg culvert type hydraulic passage and
GIS data will be stipulated in the road layout, which will be modeled as shown in Module 5,
about drainage and previous project modules.

Project Description

The FMP is a linear project to put into practice all the knowledge learned.

It involves the layout of a road located near the A27 between Brighton and Lewes in the United
Kingdom (UK) of at least 2 km, which will include cuttings, embankments, drainage works
(longitudinal and transverse). This land/location is located near existing infrastructure but is
largely underdeveloped.

The Final Master's Project is mandatory and requires a minimum of 50% for approval. There is
no reassessment for this module.

Objectives and competences

The main objective of the Final Master's Project is to apply the knowledge acquired throughout
the program and to have the ability to work collaboratively, with a customer-oriented approach
and through the use of different technologies and tools within the scope of standardized
methodologies, used globally.

It is expected that the participant through this FMP will also be able to communicate their
conclusions - and the knowledge and final reasons that support them - to specialized and
non-specialized audiences, in a clear and unambiguous way.

The aim is, on the one hand, to demonstrate how an openBIM workflow can develop an
integrated project producing all the deliverables of a real Build Project and how it improves
project development compared to traditional methods. On the other hand, this exercise
becomes a suitable scenario to simulate the Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) throughout the
project life cycle, allowing the role of the owner, in our case performed by the designated
Mentor, to interact with the entire team from the beginning, exchanging information and
feedback every cycle. To achieve this objective, the participant will adopt the management of

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this project using agile methodologies, planning its cycles according to the roadmap and
milestones required for the Final Master’s Project.

The FMP comprises a set of deliverables and a final presentation of the work performed,
followed by its public presentation before an evaluation committee designated for this purpose.

The objectives of this master's degree final project are:

● To learn how to develop a real project from the beginning and with a working team.
● Identify the requirements of a project and know how to deal with them.
● Acquire the knowledge to develop a model using BIM methodology.
● To learn how to develop all the documentation and workflows of the BIM methodology
necessary in the development of a civil works project.

The linked competencies are as follows:

● Learn about the importance of applying open, standardized data in response to customer
information requirements (appointing party, ISO 19650).
● Use innovative and consistent tools and methodologies to solve a construction project in a
collaborative and multidisciplinary way.
● Implement customer-oriented project management techniques such as agile
methodologies.
● Simulate an IPD (Integrated Project Delivery).
● Understand the importance of the asset owner and manager as the ultimate beneficiary of
BIM.
● Adopt the implementation of the openBIM approach, using buildingSMART standards such
as IFC, MVD and BCF.
● Learn to work collaboratively and globally, facing different time zones and cultural
approaches.
● Understand the importance of the Information Requirements and how to create the
appropriate response throughout the creation and updating of the BIM execution plan.
● Learning to make design decisions with other stakeholders operating at different stages of
the lifecycle.
● Use BIM authoring modeling and management tools in the context of project development.
● Adopt interoperability between different software platforms, through the use of open
standards (for example: IFC, MVD, BCF, COBie, gbXML, …)
● Learn to calculate the construction cost and plan its execution using open standards as a
reference and source of information.
● Understand the need to develop different Information Models for each of the different
stages of the lifecycle.

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Teaching Methodology
Design
The Final Master's Project will be developed in groups of 5 or 6 participants and will align with
the approach of the training program in a multidisciplinary team. For the development of this
design, the participants must complete the deliveries of the different stages of a real design
that corresponds to the training program:

• PHASE 1: Design

• PHASE 2: Construction

• PHASE 3: Maintenance and Operation

Team Members roles

Each member of the group will have different roles, in relation to the phase they are involved in.

This Master's Degree brings the possibility of learning to apply agile methodologies in order to
create a clear and customer-oriented strategy, participants will assemble their groups,
distinguishing two main areas: Project Management and Development.

Due to the limited number of participants, there are two roles which must be combined in one
person: Product Owner and BIM Manager on the one hand, and Scrum Master and BIM
Coordinator on the other.

The other members will be managers. The participant will assume responsibility for each role/s
as defined in the BEP.

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 Team members roles

Owner (Mentor)

The mentor will be an element of support and guidance throughout the project from the
perspective of the BIM collaborative practices rather than technical aid due to the different
expertise fields embedded in this project. However, the mentor’s role should not replace the
initiative, effort and self-learning of the participants as it happens in the professional reality.

Product Owner / BIM Manager:

Responsible for contracts management, plays the role of connection between the client and the
internal execution team. In real life this role has a strategic position.

Scrum Master and BIM coordinator

Responsible for organizing customer demands into achievable goals for the team and directly
coordinating the action of the execution team.

Design Manager

In the FMP, the student will be responsible for managing and coordinating the Design discipline
modeling.

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Construction Manager

In the FMP, the student will be responsible for managing and coordinating the Construction
discipline modeling.

Operation Manager

In the FMP, the student will be responsible for managing and coordinating the Operations and
Maintenance elements.

*Note: In the FMP dynamics, it is important to remember that the division of tasks/roles in the
team must change from the first to the second Group Set ups.

Information requirements, quality criteria and development process

This project will be developed in accordance with the requirements set by the submitted EIR and
module assignments. This means that participants must prepare the different deliverables
following the indications provided by each of the teachers in the module taught. This
circumstance ensures the continued development of the FMP in accordance with the Master's
program structure.

MASTER’S BLOCKS

BLOCK 1: BIM MANAGEMENT

BLOCK 2: DATA COLLECTION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND GIS

BLOCK 3: BIM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

BLOCK 4: CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN BIM

BLOCK 5: MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN BIM

BLOCK 6: FINAL MASTER’S PROJECT

Every group has to use different BIM authoring tools (Civil 3D, Infraworks, OpenRoads, Revit,
GIS tools etc.) to demonstrate skills in the BIM process.

BLOCK 1: BIM MANAGEMENT

In the “BIM MANAGEMENT” block, the students will create the Project Stages Strategies and
the Sprint planning proposal, as they learned in the module “OpenBIM and Collaboration
Practices”.

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Once this is done, they will create the first version of the Plan of BIM Execution (BEP) as
required in the teamwork task of the module "Data Management".

When this phase is reached, they will begin to develop the PIM as a BIM Project team,
distinguishing, as mentioned earlier, the different roles required in the Team Member Roles.

BLOCK 2: DATA COLLECTION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS AND GIS

Block 2 aims to manipulate geospatial data, by capturing reality, aiming at the analysis and
manipulation of topographic surfaces.

Digital Terrain Model

BLOCK 3: BIM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Block 3 aims to develop the road design and for that, 5 subjects will be developed (Topography,
Geometry, Earthworks, Drainage and GIS) using different BIM authoring tools. This circumstance
involves the use of the openBIM approach and a consistent interoperability strategy, which must
be properly defined in the BEP.

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 Gradients

Geometry

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 LIDAR

Project Earthworks

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 Project Drainage Project (Manhole)

BLOCK 4: CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN BIM

This Block aims to implement the VDC (Virtual Design Construction), the elaboration of the 4D
BIM Planning, the creation of the Budget (BIM 5D) in addition to the monitoring of
measurements during construction.

BLOCK 5: MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN BIM

This Block aims to present the best practices for managing BIM assets for the conservation of
roads.

Mentoring and Guidance

The students will be accompanied by a mentor throughout the development of the FMP.

Monitoring the work is based on the relationship between the teams and their mentor. General
supervision of the process of elaboration of the different works will be guaranteed throughout
the course.

Orientation sessions are mandatory for all groups. The development of 10 sessions of 1 hour
each is guided, to be held on days established by the mentor at appropriate times for team
members.

In these sessions, participants will explain to their mentor the progress made with the project
and the questions raised from the perspective of collaborative practice. Specific technical
doubts must be resolved within the scope of the different teamwork tasks of the groups. But
the main purpose is to allow the mentor to guide the participant's work, based on the status of
the work at the date of the session.

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The mentors will guide and support their groups throughout the project in terms of organization
and complying with the EIR rather than technical assistance, due to the different areas of
expertise incorporated in this project. Bear in mind that the mentor's role should not replace the
participants' initiative, effort, and self-learning.

Depending on the characteristics of the issues raised, some may require the mentor to consult
experts in the area in which they are not experts, but considering that most of these technical
issues should already be progressively resolved during the development of each of the modules'
teamwork assignments during the programme.

Mentors will assess the team's participation in each mentoring session and the level of
compliance within each deliverable.

Mentors

JAMES DANIEL

BIO

James is a digital transformation and innovation specialist working

across the built environment and infrastructure sectors of the industry,
implementing strategies and new technologies into projects ranging
from £50k – £12billion globally. The last 10 years James has worked
exclusively in the infrastructure sector for both consultants (AECOM),
Tier 1 contractors (Kier & Skanska) and client organizations (High
Speed Two Ltd).

James is the Founder of Digital Convergence Solutions, a business that

focuses on leveling language and accessibility around the technology
landscape which is often seen as barriers to change and digital
transformation; ensuring that all of the benefits are realized, not just
some.

Dr. MOHAMMAD MAYOUF

BIO

Dr. Mayouf is a specialist researcher and practitioner in the area of

digital construction. His expertise includes the use of a variety of
BIM-based software applications across the whole lifecycle of a
project. He is a committee member at the UK BIM Alliance and led
many initiatives on the use of digital tools in construction projects. He
is currently a Senior Lecturer in Digital Construction at Birmingham City
University, and a Visiting Professor at Zigurat Global Institute of
Technology.

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 BRUNO BUSNARDO

BIO

Bruno has got experience in a variety of infrastructure design and

construction with a significant involvement in project management. His
work involves management of complex multidisciplinary designs on its
various phases such as business case, notices of requirement, detail
design and construction. Bruno is a practitioner in Information
Management - ISO19650, Prince 2, and a member of Engineering New
Zealand.

Deliverables

DELIVERY CONTENT OF DELIVERY DATE

1st SETUP OF GROUPS 26/05/2024

FMP Inaugural Session with the Director of the Master 06/06/2024 at

6:00 CEST

Initial ● Report explaining the group structure

documentation (roles) and the project strategy: 30/06/2024
delivery ● Group Name: GroupNumber_Alias

BLOCK 1 | BIM Management

● Sprint planning of the Project Stages

(Cycles) aligned with the Master's life
First delivery cycle roadmap. 28/07/2024
● First BEP proposal

BLOCK 2 | Data Collection for Infrastructure Projects and GIS

● BIM Execution Plan (BEP) updated

● Information Model Detailed Project Plan
(PIM) 15/09/2024
Second delivery ● Analysis of the Digital Terrain Model
(DTM)

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 week of october
FMP FIRST PLENARY
24th

2nd SETUP OF GROUPS

● Report explaining the group structure

Initial (roles) and the project strategy:
documentation 12/01/2025
● Group Name: GroupNumber_Alias
delivery

BLOCK 3 | BIM for infrastructure projects

● BIM Execution Plan (BEP) updated.

● Model Detailed Project Information (PIM)
● Topography, geometry, earthworks, GIS
Third delivery and drainage project. 12/01/2025
● Documentation extraction
● Quantitative extraction

BLOCK 4 | Construction of infrastructure in BIM

● BIM Execution Plan (BEP) updated.

● Construction Project Information Model
(PIM)
Fourth delivery ● 5D BIM Budget 16/02/2025
● 4D BIM Planning
● Creation of VDC (Virtual Design
Construction)

week of march
FMP SECOND PLENARY
10th

BLOCK 5 | Maintenance of infrastructure in BIM

● BIM Execution Plan (BEP) updated. 06/04/2025

Fifth Delivery ● Asset Information Model (AIM)
● Road Conservation Plan

BLOCK 6 | Final Delivery

● B1: Final version of the BEP

● B2: IFC and native models
● B3: IFC and native models
● B4: IFC and native models, costume
Final delivery 20/04/2025
schedule data
● B5: Asset Information Model (AIM) &
Road Conservation Plan
● Final report that explains the

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 development of the FMP process, and
detailed documentation delivered.

ONLINE PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF THE FMP

- 10-minute online defense of the FMP

Week of the
- Videos, slides (Powerpoint or PDF) and other 28/04/2025
Online defense resources can be used

- The bank's feedback will be 10 minutes (per

group)

DELIVERY FORMATS

Deliveries per block must be made by sending:

● Delivery package and drawings 2D: the format will be CAD and PDF. (uploaded on the
BIMsync platform)
● Project Information Model (PIM) and Asset Information Model (AIM) submission: Every
time the BIM model needs to be submitted, the formats will be IFC4 using the proper
MVD (uploaded on the BIMsync platform) and also the Native format in which that
specific model or part of the model was developed. Participants will finally upload the
files to the PUBLISHED and ARCHIVED containers in our CDE platform (BIMsync).
● BEP and supplementary documents: Participants will create and regularly update the
BIM execution plan (using Plannerly) and also submit supplementary documents in the
appropriate attachments (uploaded on the CANVAS platform). They will zip their file
structure into a *.zip or *.rar, using the following naming convention for this zipped folder
only.
● Participants will upload/upload the files, using the following naming convention for this
zipped folder only ( .zip):
○ 0019_MBCIVEN0524_FMP_NumberGroup_DeliveryB1
○ 0019_MBCIVEN0524_FMP_NumberGroup_DeliveryB2
○ 0019_MBCIVEN0524_FMP_NumberGroup_DeliveryB3
○ 0019_MBCIVEN0524_FMP_NumberGroup_DeliveryB4
○ 0019_MBCIVEN0524_FMP_NumberGroup_DeliveryB5
○ 0019_MBCIVEN0524_FMP_NumberGroup_FinalDelivery

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All supporting documents, templates, graphical presentations, etc. must be included in the
submissions and mentioned in the index.

Each participant in the group must send the file made by their group on CANVAS, as the grade is
given individually.

Evaluation System
The evaluation criteria consider the following aspects:

Quality of the final results:

a) 2D documentation package:
Documentation will be evaluated as a deliverable to any client or private organization
that is intended to receive an actual architectural project deliverable. The quality of
the drawings, clarity and precision to convey the intended information.
b) Project Information Model (PIM):
Accuracy of modeling and implementing standards for each submission. Level of
geometry and information precision, following the criteria established by the BEP.
c) BIM management documentation (BEP, etc…):
This will be evaluated in accordance with models accuracy, as well as its alignment
with the standards knowledge provided during the Master.
d) Online defense:
Ability to present and summarize the process of the FMP.

Methodology and Workflow

a) Implementation of authoring tools and efficient methods: The quality of use and
application of the chosen tools will be evaluated based on the participants' ability to
use the tools accurately and efficiently.
b) The level of implementation of the knowledge acquired during the Master's program
sessions. The ability of participants to implement as much of the learned workflows
as possible will influence the evaluation of submissions.

The weight in the final grade according to each delivery follows the distribution below:

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The evaluation system of the current module, as a Teamwork, is specified under the rubric
below:

Range 10-8 Range 8-6 Range 6-4 Range 4-0 0

Very high mark High-medium Low mark Very low No
CRITERIA
mark mark mark

Excellent Advanced Basic delivery: Poor delivery. Not

2D delivery: delivery: graphical Unsuitable for deliver
Deliverable Layout book graphical output suitable printed layouts ed
s: naming output is for printed comprehensio
CAD and conventions suitable for layout n or being
PDF match with real printed layouts comprehensio used as
(10%) market comprehensio n but there is a CAD2D digital
standards. The n. CAD 2D and lack of reference,
graphical PIM are consistency Lack of
output consistent. between naming
provides a Agile and drawings and conventions,
complementar official CAD2D the original “out of the
y information deliveries are PIM. Agile and box” software
layer to the coordinated official CAD2D outputs and
PIM, extending with PIM deliveries are lack of content
BIM deliverables. not consistency
capabilities Partially coordinated and lack of
and enabling a aligned with with PIM phasing
higher level of Module deliverables. progression.
comprehensio teamwork Not aligned
n, especially in assignment. with Module
the teamwork
Construction assignments.
and
Operations
stage. 100%

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 aligned with
Module
teamwork
assignments.
Project Excellent Advanced Basic delivery: Poor delivery: Not
Informatio delivery: high delivery: high There are There are only deliver
n Model industry BEP some native files and ed
(PIM): alignment BIM compliance inconsistencies some
Native and deliverables. deliverables between native unconnected
IFC There is a clear and partially models and and “out of the
(40%) aligned with IFCs, such as box” software
demonstration
Module lesson coordinates IFC and other
of
contents. Agile system, exchange files.
understanding management metadata
about the Graphical and
alignment, with missing, etc. non-graphical
importance of intermediate There are no information is
aligning the Scrum cycle intermediate not BEP
BIM modelling deliveries and Scrum cycle compliance.
to the the official deliveries, just There is no
Information submissions. official difference
Requirements, submissions. between
BIM uses and information
life-cycle models
stage needs. regarding
IFC and other life-cycle
format phases.
deliverables
are 100% BEP
compliance.
Agile
management
alignment.
BIM Excellent Advanced Basic delivery: Poor delivery: Not
manageme delivery: there delivery: there Although there No EIR or deliver
nt is a high is a high is some template-bas ed
documenta alignment with alignment with reference to ed Template
tion (BEP, real BIM the Module Module lesson based BEP.
etc…) standards lesson contents, in There is no
40%) compliance, contents, general, there reference at
getting closer getting closer is a lack of all to Module
to professional to professional consistency lesson
BIM BIM applying contents and
management management standards, a lack of
and and such as IFC, standards
implementatio implementatio using only “out application.
n work. There n work. The of the box” The
is a high QA/QC reports software

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 alignment with show an import/export outcomes are
the Agile advanced level and poor PIM not suitable
management of compliance. BEP for any
and FMP work. compliance successful
There is a use data interoperabili
of innovative enrichment. ty workflows.
approaches The QA/QC There are no
that increase reports show QA/QC
value and an advanced reports.
improve client level of
expectation. compliance.
The QA/QC
reports show
several
unsolved
issues.
Online Excellent Advanced Basic Poor No
Defense presentation: presentation: presentation: presentation: attend
(10%) there is there is all the team some team ance
smooth smooth members members are
communication communication speak but not attending
between all the between all the there is a lack online
members members of message defense. The
during the during the coordination or speech quality
presentation. presentation. unbalanced is poor, with a
Every The participation. lack of
member's role presentation There is some Master’s
is totally doesn’t give all video, but with philosophy
present and the real work a lack of alignment.
the FMP idea evidence. connection There is a lack
and strategy is There is no with the main of
shown very clear features of the coordination
simply and coordination FMP idea and between
clearly. The between the strategy. members’
presentation member's roles speech or
gives all the and their there is only
real work speech. one-member
evidence. The speaking. No
content format videos. Lack of
extends the general idea
usual online and project
presentations, strategy.
including
innovation and
surprising
methods.

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The evaluation system also includes an additional rubric. Its aim is to highlight the FMP
individual Participation. The FMP evaluation system provides a teamwork assessment, in which
all the participants provide a collaborative effort, each one from their own team member roles,
towards a shared goal: The Project delivery.

In that sense, the following additional rubric contributes to assessing individual participation,
ensuring there are no unfair effects for the rest of the team:

100% FMP FMP Teamwork FMP Teamwork 0% FMP

Teamwork Rubric Rubric = Range Rubric = Range Teamwork
CRITERIA 8-6 6-5 Rubric = 0
No Mark
FMP The student The student The student No
Participation participates in all participates in participates in participation
the teamwork some of the few of the
assignments, teamwork teamwork
Agile meetings, assignments, assignments,
boards, Agile meetings, Agile meetings,
mentoring live boards, boards,
sessions shows mentoring live mentoring live
goodwill to sessions. It is not sessions, it is
collaborate and easy to contact very hard to
respects internal him/her to contact him/her
team delivery collaborate and to collaborate
dates. partially respects and does not
internal team respects internal
delivery dates. team delivery
dates.

Important:

- Late delivery Policy does not apply to the Final Master Project.

- The reassessment doesn’t apply to the Final Master Project. That is, if the student obtains a
grade lower than 50%, he/she will not be able to do another activity to improve the grade.

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