BIM Education for Quantity Surveying Student in Nigerian Polytechnic

— Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a latest innovative technology that emerged recently in the construction industry which improves productivity and efficiency in the construction industry The Building Information Modeling (BIM) is one of the developed paradigm shifts and it is a technology-enabled innovative means of virtually designing, constructing, and managing construction projects by simulating a virtual model. It is not encouraging looking at the potentials of BIM in enhancing construction efficiency but yet, is faced with setback due to lack of knowledge of the BIM. Therefore the study aimed at educating quantity surveying students of Nigeria polytechnic by introducing BIM education in their curriculum. Descriptive statistics is used for data interpretation and presentation. The researcher submitted an online questionnaire survey titled ‘‘BIM Education for Quantity Surveying Student in Nigeria Polytechnic'' sixty six respondents both registered and non registered Quantity surveyors responded to the online questionnaire. The researcher adopted descriptive statistic in the analysis and data was presented in figures and tables. From the findings, it was discovered that Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an important technology in the whole of construction industry since majority of the respondents agreed that Quantity Surveyors use BIM for the preparation of Bill of quantities, it saves time and minimize risk, promote technological application in the construction industry and it should be encourage to establish zonal BIM training centers across the country and BIM should be included in the polytechnic curriculum. It was therefore recommended that BIM education should be integrated in the polytechnic curriculum for Quantity surveying graduating students, in order to ensure adequate knowledge of BIM towards improving productivity and efficiency in the Nigeria construction industry, Government should adopt the use of BIM in all her public project and zonal BIM training centers should be establish for polytechnic lecturers