AiC History (2006 - 2024)
The AiC was closed down in December 2024 after 18 years of service to the BIM education community.
While we were functioning, the following existed:
Vision: Creating a collaborative educational environment that integrates all aspects of the facility life cycle so that graduates have a comprehensive, broad-based understanding of the facilities industry while identifying a narrow focus area within which to specialize.
Mission: To identify and act upon issues related to transforming facilities education to meet the needs of a collaborative life cycle-focused facilities industry in the information age.
Strategy: The initial strategy will focus on six areas:
1. Establish a steering group of knowledgeable educators to coordinate the coalition's efforts.
2. Expand the academic coalition to include multiple disciplines from various educational institutions that are engaged in educating future facility practitioners.
3. Organize and manage the publication of articles to educate the facilities industry in multiple venues. Develop a juried online journal by invitation based on submissions from the annual meeting.
4. Coordinate an academic symposium once a year to present the most notable academic approaches to transforming the facilities industry.
5. Develop a compendium of research being conducted at colleges and universities and publish references.
6. Be the primary source identifying the common Knowledge, Skills, and Personal Attributes/Abilities for BIM based on ISO 17024 and be recognized as the basis for future typical coursework worldwide for providing BIM education and the foundation of certification.
Cost: There is currently no cost to join the AIC, although a fee will be charged to attend the annual conference to cover the event's expenses.
Affiliations: We have links with buildingSMART International and the BIM Forum, but we are not directly associated with either at this time. We are an independent organization of educators, subject matter experts, and industry partners dedicated to advancing teaching methods related to BIM. We offer no certificates or credentialing, although we are creating the foundations for both.
Symposium: We hold an annual symposium in the March-April timeframe. The 2018 event was scheduled to take place in Orlando during the last week of March. The symposium will be our 12th such event. The two-day event dedicates its first day to juried papers delivered by educators from around the world. The second day focused on current projects, such as the development of a Body of Knowledge (BOK) for collaborative education, specifically in the area of Building Information Modeling.
Participation: Please get in touch with Deke Smith at deke@dksic.net if you wish to be kept informed of the monthly meetings and receive additional information about the symposium.
The Following United States Universities were represented:
Arizona State University Brigham Young University
Carnegie Mellon University Colorado State University
East Carolina University Fresno State University
Georgia Southern University Georgia Tech
Illinois Institute of Technology Illinois State University
John Brown University Louisiana State University
McHenry County College New York University
North Carolina A&T University Northern Kentucky University
Penn State University Philadelphia University
Shoreline Community College Stanford University
University of Alaska University of Arkansas
University of Buffalo University of Cincinnati
University of Houston University of Florida
University of Nevada - Las Vegas University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina - Charlotte University of Oklahoma
University of Pittsburg University of Southern California
University of Southern Mississippi University of Texas – Austin
University of Texas - San Antonio University of Washington
Virginia Tech Washington State University
Weber State University Wentworth Institute of Technology
Western Kentucky University Western Michigan University
Woodbury University Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The following International Institutions Currently Involved:
Dublin City University Dublin Institute of Technology
École de technologie supérieure Harbin Institute of Technology
Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia Loughborough University
Norwegian University of Life Sciences Poznan University of Technology
Queensland University of Technology Sungkyunkwan University
Trinity College University of Salford
United Arab Emirates University Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) University of Huddersfield
University of Indonesia University of Liverpool
University of Maribor, Slovenia
Representatives from the following companies have participated:
Caddell Construction JE Dunn Construction Company Design BIM Group
United Mechanical, Inc. Eurosia™ Austin Commercial
University of Colorado Health DPR Construction Morris Architects
Clark Construction Group Jacobs Stanford Healthcare
O'Neil & Manion Architects P.A. PenBay Solutions Alvine and Associates
Intemation Southland Industries HOK
The Whiting-Turner Contracting Dvirka & Bartilucci Engineers The BIM Factory
Company and Architects
Washington State University - ProdigyAE Inc. Philippines | Autodesk
Facilities Services, Administration 3DProdigy Singapore | 5DProdigy Philippines