Ricerc@Sapienza

The growing need on the part of operators in the construction sector for expertise in digital management
of construction information processes has been answered since 2015 in the first level master course
called BIM Master, from the Department of Planning Design and Technology of Architecture of
Sapienza University of Rome. The training course is now in its fifth edition, registering a growing
number of students. It has evolved in terms of content delivery methods, and always provides
opportunities for internships in client, designers and construction organizations, achieving significant
results in terms of placement. The BIM Master is one of the most consolidated national experiences,
and has been proposed since the first edition as a training opportunity that links the needs of the market
and the expectations of students. It is configured as a project in continuous development that adapts
itself year after year to the evolutionary dynamics of the digital construction market, also resulting from
the recent national regulatory innovations (UNI 11337). The complexity of BIM training also increases
in relation to the different nature and needs of the operators in the sector: owners; designers; builders;
and managers, who lead the need for articulated training courses in relation to the role played in the
construction supply chain. This paper critically examines, also on the basis of the results of past
editions, the training experience of the BIM Master course of Sapienza University of Rome, analyzing
the structure, examining the articulation of the main training modules, assessing the results produced
by the students, measuring the critical points and, at the same time, identifying the drivers of greater
effectiveness in the transfer of skills of a theme that lends itself to ambiguous interpretations at this
history time by operators in the construction industry.