CIVIL 768: Construction Technology and Innovation is a compulsory paper in the Master of Engineering Studies in Construction Management degree at the University of Auckland’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The course includes topics ranging from advanced building materials to sustainability and innovative construction systems to “Construction 4.0”.
As part of the Construction 4.0 Module, Professional Teaching Fellow Na Zhou utilizes a Trimble TX6 and Trimble Business Center software in the Trimble Technology Lab (TTL) to illustrate to students how digitization and new technologies are shaping various processes and how the industry functions. She says that, even though it’s brief, the hands-on experience in the TTL makes a big difference in students’ interest and engagement with the topic.
Na plans to expand the module in the future, assigning students to manipulate scan data themselves in an assignment to produce useful outputs. TTL software and training will be a core enabler for this task, allowing students a more industry-relevant experience in the classroom.
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