Revit MEP Training for the Building Services Department of GIZA Vietnam

From 22 May to 29 June 2025, the Institute of Information Technology in Civil Engineering (IIC) – Hanoi University of Civil Engineering organised a Revit MEP training course for GIZA Vietnam Design and Construction JSC. The course comprised 30 hours of instruction and was intended for the company's MEP engineers.

With this course, GIZA completed Revit training for all three of its design disciplines. The architecture, structure and MEP disciplines were trained over the same period, each in a separate class. When all three disciplines develop their models on the same platform, the company is able to coordinate its design documents directly within the model rather than overlaying 2D drawings to identify errors.

Course details

Revit MEP is the track intended for the building services discipline, in which the principal objects are pipe and duct systems, trays, equipment and the connections between them. The article What is Revit MEP describes this track in more detail and explains why the MEP model is prepared as a separate file linked to the architectural and structural models. The training programme was developed on the basis of the Institute's Revit MEP course and is organised by engineering system.

Training programme content

Part 1. Basic setup

• An introduction to BIM and Revit.
• Setting file paths, getting to know the interface, setting keyboard shortcuts.
• Linking the architectural model so services are modelled in the right place.

Part 2. Plumbing

• Setting up system types: hot water, cold water, soil and waste drainage.
• Setting PPR and PVC pipe sizes.
• Creating pipe types with fittings: elbows, bends, reducers, couplings, caps.
• Placing fixtures, drawing pipes and connecting them to fixtures.
• Controlling levels, slopes and connections.

Part 3. HVAC

• Setting up system types: supply air, return air, refrigerant supply and return, condensate drainage.
• Setting duct and pipe sizes and creating types with fittings.
• Placing equipment: FCUs, diffusers and grilles, fans.
• Drawing ducts, refrigerant pipes and condensate pipes and connecting them to equipment.
• Controlling levels, slopes and connections.

Part 4. Electrical

• Setting up the electrical system.
• Setting wire and conduit sizes and creating conduit types with fittings.
• Placing devices: distribution boards, switches, sockets, lights, fans, water heaters.
• Drawing wiring and conduit and connecting them to devices.
• Controlling levels and connections.

Part 5. Fire protection

• Setting up fire protection system types and pipe sizes.
• Creating pipe types with fittings: tees, branch outlets, reducers, couplings, caps.
• Placing equipment: sprinkler heads, hose cabinets.
• Drawing pipes and connecting them to equipment.
• Controlling levels, slopes and connections.

Part 6. Family library

• Water tank, water heater and valve families.
• Pipe and duct fitting families.
• Light and switch families.

Part 7. Detailed drawings

• Scheduling pipe sizes and lengths and equipment counts.
• Detailed drawings for plumbing, HVAC, electrical and fire protection. At this stage, the model is developed into MEP shop drawings to support installation work by the contractor.
• Printing.

Training methodology

The plumbing, HVAC, electrical and fire protection parts are taught following the same sequence: setting up the system, defining sizes, creating pipe types with fittings, placing equipment, drawing the runs, and then controlling levels and connection points. Once participants have mastered this sequence on the first system, they are able to work on the subsequent systems more efficiently. As a result, GIZA's MEP team shares a consistent convention when developing models.

The Institute of Information Technology in Civil Engineering sincerely thanks GIZA Vietnam Design and Construction JSC for its confidence in selecting the Institute to deliver Revit training to all three of its design disciplines.

Companies wishing to arrange Revit MEP training for their MEP engineers are kindly invited to contact the Institute at +84 989 427 809 or +84 914 388 841. The systems used for the practical exercises will be selected according to the type of buildings the company designs.