AI2805 Building Informatics and Logistics 7.5 credits

Byggandets information och logistik

  • Educational level

    Second cycle
  • Academic level (A-D)

    C
  • Subject area

    Built Environment
  • Grade scale

    A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Course offerings

Spring 13 for programme students

Spring 14 for programme students

Spring 14 for programme students

  • Periods

    Spring 14 P4 (7.5 credits)
  • Application code

    60198
  • Start date

    2014 week: 13
  • End date

    2014 week: 23
  • Language of instruction

    English
  • Campus

    KTH Campus
  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime
  • Form of study

    Normal
  • Number of places *

    Min. 1

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places.

  • Course responsible

    Väino K Tarandi <vaino.tarandi@abe.kth.se>
  • Target group

    Open only for applicants to Science Without Borders, Brazil

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to extend the students knowledge about IT from a organizational and strategic business perspective.

After the course the students should

  1. be able to describe and analyse the information handling in the design and construction process,
  2. be oriented in the field of classification, information systematics and information standards in design and construction,
  3. be familiar with common industrial IT-platforms for information sharing and delivery,
  4. be able to prepare an IT-strategy for a company and a project,
  5. be aware of different principles to organize and manage the information exchange in the design and construction process,
  6. be famliar with IT-based project management,
  7. be conscious about the relation between the implementation of information technology and the changeover of working methods, roles of different actors and the built results.

Course main content

IT-strategies, organization and management in companies and projects. Information systems in the real estate and construction sector. Conceptual modeling and classification. Process and product modeling, building information modeling, simulation and visualization. Information standards. IT-integrated architecture, construction and facility management. Common industrial IT-platform. Computer supported cooperative work. Project communication, project networks, document management. Mobility.

Eligibility

Eligibility to the master programme in Real Estate and Construction Management.

Literature

Meddelas vid kursstart.

Examination

  • SEM1 - Seminars, 2.5 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • TEN1 - Examination, 5.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Offered by

ABE/Project Communication

Contact

Väino Tarandi; 08-790 6967, vaino.tarandi@abe.kth.se

Examiner

Väino K Tarandi <vaino.tarandi@abe.kth.se>

Version

Course plan valid from: Spring 11.
Examination information valid from: Spring 11.