Secondary School of Civil Engineering Opava and Its Aims

REGION Secondary School of Civil Engineering Opava and Its Aims SPŠ stavební Opava (Secondary School of Civil Engineering Opava) states in its long-term strategy that it intends to be the part of Industry 4.0. That is the challenge accepted by teachers who hand-inhand with students gradually transform this idea into reality. BIM, GIS, EVVO and English classes are the four directions of their focus. The curriculum now includes BIM (Building Information Modelling), i.e. an information model of a building which will soon become an indivisible part of civil engineering jobs. It represents the modern process to create and manage projects, based on the principles of an intelligent model. The model is an information database of the construction to be designed, made and operated for all its lifetime. It facilitates the exchange of information during the project design, construction, and operation. Students are introduced to cutting-edge software serving BIM processes. Thanks to the unified Building Information Model, the data can be easily shared by individual designer tools, team collaboration is easier, and all data is available throughout the operation of the building. Our students have already learnt differences between CAD and BIM designs. When designing a building with the BIM method, any changes and alterations in the model appear in all relevant sections of the project at once, the data remain coordinated and accurately describe the qualities of the project to everyone in the designer team and to the investors. BIM is as important for civil engineers as GIS (Geographic Information System) is for geodesists. The Geographic Information System is a framework for data collection, management, and analysis. It analyses locations in space and organizes layers of information in visualizations through maps and 3D sceneries. GIS is used in various fields such as public administration, utility network management, nature preservation, emergency systems, transport, smart communities, defence of the state, etc. Another part of education is environmental education, especially in the spheres where our graduates may influence the impact of their jobs: heating technologies, the efficient use of natural resources, and waste management. Professional training goes hand-in-hand with the language skills of students and teachers, vital for their professional growth. This is why the school is focused on language instruction and developing the language skills of students and teachers via methods such as lessons with native speakers, stays abroad for students and teachers, workshops with foreigners held in English, seminars with an American ambassador, and many others. All our activities support systematic professional cooperation and professional dialogue between the school and employers with particular emphasis on the quality of education. We would have never achieved our aims without the cooperation of specialized businesses. We educate active graduates, motivate our students to participate in competitions announced by businesses, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, and the government of the Moravian-Silesian Region. They usually succeed. Our students take internships in businesses, attend many training workshops, seminars and field trips. Text: Ing. Karla Labudová Foto: archiv SPŠ stavební Opava www.spsopava.cz POSITIV 1/2020 ǀ 43