Belgian BIM professionals can now earn the internationally recognised buildingSMART Professional Certification – Foundation (PCert Foundation) close to home. Bimplan is the first Belgian training provider to offer the course. It is also the first to include the new national module that buildingSMART Belgium developed for the Belgian market.

BIM knowledge is increasingly required in tenders and projects. Clients and employers look for an objective, internationally recognised way to assess it. PCert Foundation gives exactly that: a standardised test of your basic BIM and information management knowledge.

A Belgian module on top of the international programme

The buildingSMART Professional Certification programme is built on an international Learning Outcome Framework. Behind the scenes, buildingSMART Belgium has worked on a national module that adds the Belgian standards, organisations and practice to that common base. Participants in the Bimplan course are the first to follow it as an integral part of their training.

Over two days, theory, practical examples, interim questions and exercises prepare you step by step for the official exam. The course covers:

• What BIM is: the BIM process compared with a traditional construction process, maturity levels and use cases across the project lifecycle.
• Building information modelling: implementation in an organisation, structuring and federating models, and collaboration with openBIM – IFC, MVD, BCF and the CDE.
• Building information management: the ISO 19650 framework and national annex, roles and responsibilities, information requirements, Level of Information Need and bSDD.
• Quality control: clash detection, rule-based checking and Information Delivery Specification (IDS).
• The Belgian landscape: Buildwise and the Cluster Digital Construction, BERS, buildingSMART Belgium and their counterparts in the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

The trainers combine hands-on experience in Belgian BIM projects with active involvement in buildingSMART Belgium. You get the theory, but also insights straight from Belgian practice.

Who it is for

The course is for anyone in the BIM landscape who wants their knowledge improved or officially certified: BIM modellers, coordinators and managers, architects, engineers, clients, contractors and project managers.

The exam

The exam takes place at the end of the second day on the buildingSMART Qualification Platform. It has 30 multiple-choice questions spread over the modules of the Learning Outcome Framework. You pass with at least 75% correct answers within 36 minutes. Successful candidates receive the international buildingSMART certificate.

Register

Join the community of certified BIM professionals. For the latest updates on new available course dates, visit Bimplan’s buildingSMART Professional Certification – Foundation course page.

The first Belgian participants who passed the exam: Johan De Cock (IBS-bouw), Jan Kenis (Umicore), Dries Anthonissen (Bimplan), Jonas Vaes (Umicore) and Bas De Haan (Bimplan). Congratulations!