Education on Construction Project Management Through Digital Transformation

Abstract

The rapid development of advanced technologies and methods of Industry 4.0 represents in recent decades the basis for radical changes in traditional project management in all industrial sectors. It is a digital transformation, with a trend in digitalization and automation processes, and which in turn has a significant impact on the construction industry. Thus, the traditional construction project management has outgrown its basic elements and is focused on the challenges of comprehensive handling of mass data about the planned or built building. Therefore, managing construction projects today focuses on the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM), which is a digital platform where all information is collected in one place and accessible to all stakeholders throughout the construction project cycle. In this context, the basic education and continuous development of professionals through lifelong learning is so important. Through this learning, professionals acquire knowledge and competencies for working in this area, which is especially important for successful management of construction projects. Therefore, this chapter provides a more detailed overview of formal and informal learning at a higher education institution that focuses on advanced construction project management.