Training & capacity building

Skills that turn BIM investment into returns.

From boardroom awareness to certified BIM managers — programmes built on the same research and delivery experience we bring to live projects, delivered in the UK and the Gulf.

Training in practice

100+ senior managers, three departments, one shared BIM vision.

In collaboration with local partner IEC, Unisearch won the contract to train the senior managers of Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to effectively manage their BIM-based projects — focusing on the value of digitised project information across the whole life cycle.

Over 100 senior managers from the Design, Construction, FM and Contracts departments attended the three-day programme, covering:

  • BIM principles and their benefits to the RTA
  • Information management and the delivery framework
  • BIM standards
  • A full project case-study demonstration

Feedback was overwhelmingly positive: participants moved beyond technology-focused thinking to the wider business benefits — cutting capital and operational expenditure, reducing project time and waste, and improving quality.

Unisearch BIM training session for RTA senior managers in Dubai Participants at a Unisearch BIM training workshop

Industry seminars

Invited to speak where BIM is decided.

Professor Mustafa Alshawi, Director of Unisearch, is regularly invited to deliver industry-focused BIM seminars and workshops across the UK and the Gulf region, including:

  • “Is Your Organisation Ready for BIM: Challenging the Current Practices” Heriot-Watt University, Dubai Campus · October 2015
  • “Achieving Competitive Advantage from BIM” University of the West of England, Bristol, UK · March 2016
  • “The Future Impact of BIM on Contracts and Cost Management” Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) workshop, Dubai · April 2016
  • “Integrated Project Delivery” ADNOC workshop, Abu Dhabi · November 2015
  • “BIM Best Practice to Cut Capital and Operational Expenditure: Maximising Business Value” AIQS annual conference, Dubai · November 2015
  • “Maximising Return on BIM Investment” GeoBIM Conference · August 2015
  • “BIM Best Practice and Client Leadership” Dubai International Financial Centre · August 2015
  • “Innovation in BIM-based Project Management” SABIC · November 2015

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