A BIM Advancement Laboratory has been launched recently in collaboration of Central Toolroom & Training Centre (MSME Toolroom), Bhubaneswar & Bentley Institute.

The Centre will foster BIM engineering knowledge among students & educators. Bentley Institute brings its experience and BIM Best practices from BIM Advancement Academies from all over the world such as Cross Rail BIM Advancement Academy in London.

Vinayak Trivedi, Vice President and Global Head Bentley Institute, said "In these days of mega Infrastructural projects the focus of architects, engineers, constructors, owner-operators is on executing projects within time and cost- which is at the heart of 5D BIM.

In order for students to be competitively employable with a career of their choice, while it is important for them to supplement their knowledge with practical experience of cutting edge technologies and tools, it is equally important that engineering institutes expose students to the big picture of project execution.

This can be achieved through academia-industry collaboration and BIM Advancement Lab at CTTC, Bhubaneswar is one good medium to bring all that together."

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