The construction industry is often seen as traditional, without a huge desire to change. Many workers are in their 40s, 50s, or 60s and are not as accustomed to the new technologies as their younger peers. It is why it is important to conduct a series of introductory courses for both the staff and the workers from the contractor.

This issue was recognized already in the tender phase on the Randselva Bridge project. Therefore, the main contractor, together with the designer, made an agreement to conduct two internal intro-courses about the model-based project and how to use Solibri. One was executed in the design office, and the other directly on the construction site. Thanks to that, it was possible to include and engage in them both the staff and the workers from the main contractor. The client was also invited to the second course, that was made on the site.

In addition, the BIM manager from the contractor taught several people that were responsible for construction how to use and understand the BIM models. There was also one person responsible for creating the printing information out of the model if the site needed relevant data in physical form - on paper. Besides them, all of the staff in the office were trained to use collaboration tools such as Trimble Connect to communicate and notice technical issues. Everyone had training in-house with Solibri software on how to look into the IFC models and to get as much as possible of the right information to be transferred to the site.