France · 2017
Renovation on Emile Zola Avenue
Role: BIM Manager.
TEACHING STAFF
Dr. Nguyen Manh Tuan
BIM manager at the Institute since 2014, leading the BIM Manager and Revit Architecture courses. PhD in smart construction management and engineering from Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea.
2014teaching BIM since
30+companies trained
07in-depth articles on BIM
2022PhD from Sungkyunkwan
ROLE AT THE INSTITUTE
A pioneer of BIM teaching here
In 2014 BIM was still an unfamiliar idea in Vietnam. That was the year he started teaching it.
- Academic lead of the BIM Manager and Revit Architecture courses.
- Teaching BIM since 2014, when most Vietnamese construction firms had not yet heard of the term.
- BIM manager at the Institute since 2014.
- Lecturer at Hanoi University of Civil Engineering since 2013.
- Able to teach Revit in English — useful for in-house classes with foreign staff.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
BIM on real projects, including in France
He does not only teach BIM in the classroom. Below are three of the projects where he served as BIM manager or coordinator.
France · 2019
GIM Tower, Charles de Gaulle Avenue
Role: BIM Coordinator.
Vietnam · 2024–2025
GO! Yen Bai shopping centre
Role: BIM Coordinator.
CORPORATE TRAINING
More than 30 companies have learned BIM from him
Since 2015 he has run contracted in-house training at a wide range of organisations — contractors, design consultants and clients alike.
Contractors
Licogi 18, Song Da, Phuong Thanh, Viettel Construction
BIM Manager and Revit training for design and construction teams.
Design consultants
PECC4, Azusa Sekkei, Daiwahouse Vietnam, VinaCity
Revit Architecture, Structure and MEP training, run on each firm’s own live project files.
Clients and project boards
Hai Phat Invest, MHDI, Bim Son Cement
BIM Manager training for project management departments.
Earlier, he ran the Revit training for the "Work in Japan" programme, which places Vietnamese engineers with Japanese employers, throughout 2015–2019.
EDUCATION
A doctorate from Sungkyunkwan
- PhD in smart construction management and engineering — Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, 2019–2022.
- MSc in Civil and Industrial Construction — Hanoi University of Civil Engineering.
- Engineering degree in Construction Informatics — Hanoi University of Civil Engineering.
EXPERTISE
Software and research interests
- Main research interests: BIM and Revit.
- Software: Revit Architecture and Revit Structure, Navisworks Manage, Robot Structural Analysis, AutoCAD.
- Has delivered contracted BIM and Revit training to more than 30 construction firms, continuously since 2015.
CONTENT AUTHOR
Seven in-depth articles on BIM for the Institute
The Institute’s whole foundational series on BIM — concepts, the legal framework, the BEP, the CDE and LOD — carries his name.
Learn BIM from someone who has taught it since 2014
The eight-session BIM Manager course: reading an EIR, appraising a BEP, running a CDE, coordinating disciplines.