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
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