Structural engineer — VPCC and VIMARTEC (2016–2018)
Reinforced concrete analysis and design at VPCC, then steel structures at VIMARTEC, the Vietnam Marine Technology Development and Technical Investment Company.
TEACHING STAFF
MSc. Pham Thanh Hiep
Director of HPC Construction Technology Consulting & Development JSC. Five years as BIM Coordinator then BIM Manager at the Northern Electric Consultant Company — the only member of our staff specialising in BIM for substations and transmission lines.
2016civil engineer since
05years of BIM for power projects
2018teaching at the Institute since
10+BIM projects modelled or coordinated
ROLE AT THE INSTITUTE
Bringing BIM to electrical infrastructure
Most BIM material and training in Vietnam is written for buildings. Substations and transmission lines pose a different set of problems, and this is the part of the field he goes straight into.
- Leads the Revit Structure course — modelling reinforced concrete structures, placing reinforcement and producing the structural drawing set from the model.
- Leads the Tekla Structures course — modelling steelwork, bolted connections and producing the shop drawing set for the workshop.
- Brings power-project problems into class. Five years on substations and transmission towers supply examples a building-focused structures class never sees: equipment foundations, lattice towers, bolted connections under load reversal.
- Teaching at the Institute since 2018, alongside design and BIM coordination work in industry — so the material comes from live projects.
CAREER
From structures, through BIM, to running a company
Starting in concrete and steel structural analysis, moving into BIM modelling and coordination, then founding a construction technology consultancy.
BIM engineer — IDJ Engineering & Construction (2018–2020)
Structural modelling and detailing, coordinating work between contractors, technical support for site. Started teaching at the Institute during this period.
BIM Manager — Northern Electric Consultant Company (2020–2025)
Five years designing substations and transmission lines, as BIM Coordinator then BIM Manager, with research and development of BIM tools for the company.
Director — HPC JSC (since 2025)
Running a construction technology consultancy, continuing to design power projects and develop BIM software.
WHAT HE TEACHES
The parts covered most closely
- Modelling the civil works of a substation — transformer foundations, equipment structure footings, cable trenches, oil containment walls and the control building.
- Transmission towers in Tekla — modelling the lattice, bolted connections, fabrication drawings and steel schedules.
- Steel shop drawings — turning a model into the set the workshop cuts, drills and assembles from, where one wrong detail spoils a whole batch.
- Multi-discipline coordination and clash detection — federating models, finding conflicts and chairing their resolution before anything reaches site.
- Quantity schedules out of the model — so the numbers can feed an estimate rather than just look convincing.
TOOLS
Software used
- Tekla Structures — steelwork, transmission towers and shop drawings.
- Revit — architectural and structural models, and the civil side of substations.
- AutoCAD and Infraworks — 2D drawings and corridor infrastructure models.
- SAP2000, ETABS, Abaqus and GeoSlope — structural and geotechnical analysis.
EDUCATION
Education and expertise
A civil engineering degree then a master’s, both at Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, alongside ten years in practice.
- Civil Engineer — Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, 2011–2016
- Master’s degree — Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, 2021–2023
- BIM for electrical infrastructure — five years at the Northern Electric Consultant Company
- Steel structures and shop drawings — Nam Dinh Vu Port, Go Vision and AILAIKA factories
- Multi-discipline BIM coordination — Hoa Xuan Interchange in Da Nang, Tecco Complex, buildings A2 and H3 at Hanoi University of Civil Engineering
Learn structural BIM from someone who does the work
Ten years of concrete, steelwork and power projects, brought straight into class.