Research Article
Assessing the Quality of an Innovative Learning Path for BIM Education: The DIGITAL DECATHLON
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 5, October 2024
Pages:
143-150
Received:
5 September 2024
Accepted:
25 October 2024
Published:
29 October 2024
Abstract: The Erasmus+ funded project DIGITAL DECATHLON addresses the urgent need to modernize educational practices in the construction industry, especially in the field of Building Information Modeling (BIM). This study investigates how interdisciplinary, international and game-based learning can improve the BIM skills of students from different academic backgrounds and institutions in Europe. The study investigates whether an immersive simulation game involving students from five universities in Germany, Finland, Italy and Poland can effectively develop BIM skills and promote international and intercultural collaboration. The research uses a mixed methods approach that includes observational analysis, expert evaluations and surveys to assess the effectiveness of learning methods used in the game, to exploit for the optimization of the second game experience foreseen by the project. The results show that the simulation successfully engages students and improves their practical BIM skills. Nevertheless, there are areas that need improvement. Key challenges include harmonizing disciplines, improving the understanding of project management and ensuring consistent and equal communication between teams. These findings emerge from both qualitative feedback and quantitative performance data. This makes it clear that the existing simulation game is well suited to teaching the basics of the BIM methodology, but that some improvements are still needed, which will be incorporated in a second run, again subject to evaluation for capitalization and future replication.
Abstract: The Erasmus+ funded project DIGITAL DECATHLON addresses the urgent need to modernize educational practices in the construction industry, especially in the field of Building Information Modeling (BIM). This study investigates how interdisciplinary, international and game-based learning can improve the BIM skills of students from different academic b...
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Research Article
Development of Rainfall Intensity Duration Frequency Curves for Debre Tabor Town, Ethiopia Using Non-stationary Method
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 5, October 2024
Pages:
151-174
Received:
2 September 2024
Accepted:
14 October 2024
Published:
12 November 2024
DOI:
10.11648/j.jccee.20240905.12
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Abstract: Stationary rainfall intensity duration frequency curves have historically influenced urban infrastructure designs. In contrast to the stationary model, which takes constant parameters into account throughout the observation periods, the non-stationary method takes into account changes in the extreme parameters that determine the distribution of precipitation over time. The parameters were estimated using maximum likelihood estimator method. The best model were computed using the R-studio software by comparing information criteria then model parameters, return levels, rainfall intensity are computed. The National Meteorological Agency, situated in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, provided the essential historical rainfall data of the Debre Tabor rainfall station for this study, Tests and trends were looked for in the rainfall data. Due to its ability to produce the lowest Akaike, corrected Akaike information criteria, and diagnosis test of goodness of fitness Model Type-MV was chosen for Debre Tabor stations. The parameters of the best models were used to forecast the return levels for each of the following return periods: 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 years. Because the non-stationary technique has varied intensity levels over time, the annual maximum rainfall from the best appropriate model was calculated using its exceedance probability. Using the 95% of exceedance of the return level, the highest rainfall in each fit was determined. In comparison to the stationary model, the non-stationary model produced higher rainfall intensity values. Therefore, when developing IDF curves, the non-stationary approach should be taken into consideration.
Abstract: Stationary rainfall intensity duration frequency curves have historically influenced urban infrastructure designs. In contrast to the stationary model, which takes constant parameters into account throughout the observation periods, the non-stationary method takes into account changes in the extreme parameters that determine the distribution of pre...
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Sharina Alves*
