learn and earn
BIM academy
Learn to design, coordinate and hand over buildings with digital models, to our own campus standards. Seven levels, from first steps to leading a network of campuses.
seven levels
L1 to L7, about 141 hours in all
- L1 Basic · 6 h
Buildings and models: the basics
What a building is made of, why we draw it before we build it, and what a digital model adds to a drawing.
Open L1 Basic - L2 Awareness · 9 h
BIM awareness: read a model and a standard
Open a shared model, move around it, read its data and understand what LOD means.
Open L2 Awareness - L3 Foundation · 14 h
Model a campus module to LOD 200
Build a campus module and a small learning studio in a model, using our element library and naming rules.
Open L3 Foundation - L4 Practitioner · 18 h
Coordinate trades and take off quantities (LOD 300)
Bring architecture, structure and services together, find clashes and produce quantities you can defend.
Open L4 Practitioner - L5 Specialist · 24 h
Fabrication models, programme and cost (LOD 350 to 400)
Prepare factory-ready modules, link the model to a build programme and to cost, and plan site assembly.
Open L5 Specialist - L6 Advanced · 30 h
Lead a BIM project: plans, rules and audits
Write the information rules for a campus project, run the shared model environment and audit the work of others.
Open L6 Advanced - L7 Super expert · 40 h
Campus network standards and digital twins
Own a whole campus standard across many sites and countries, and link the as-built model to live operation.
Open L7 Super expert
how it works
Learn by building our own campus
- Every level uses the same campus module, so the skills build on each other.
- Each module has a worked example, an activity and a clear standard to meet.
- Every level ends with five checks and model answers.
- We teach the method, not a software brand: open formats and open standards.
- Supplier and maker names never appear in a course model. You learn to describe what a part must do.
levels of development
LOD in one picture
LOD says how much detail a model element carries. You learn all six levels, and when to stop adding detail.
real projects
One project brief for every level
Each level has a project on a real campus type, from labelling a mobile unit to planning a flagship. Your finished project goes into your portfolio.
Learning material, not a design or safety instruction. Real buildings are designed and signed off by licensed professionals under local rules.