Russia follows UK to start BIM mandate

   According to Global Construction Review, by 2019, Russia will require all participants in government projects to adopt BIM technology. In announcing the news, Mikhail Menn, the Russian Minister of State Construction, Housing and Utilities, said that "the 30% cost savings related to BIM in British engineering projects is the main reason for Russia's decision to apply BIM". According to RussisanCons truction. Com, since May, Russian government construction contracts have begun to increase the requirements for the application of BIM technology.

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   In June, Andrey Belyuchenko, director of the State Department of Construction, Housing and Utilities, revealed a series of plans to Construction Dive, including the possibility of implementing some mandatory requirements, at the same time as the official announcement of the BIM application action. He said that Russian construction industry personnel are working on BIM applications to varying degrees, but these do not prevent the whole country from innovating and developing its own open BIM standards. Russian construction institutions are so confident of becoming proficient in the field of BIM technology in the future that they plan to export their expertise in BIM technology to other countries to help enterprises.

   Although Russia has not directly stated who they will use for BIM technology, there are signs that the most likely target is Britain. As early as the beginning of this year, the UK issued the mandatory requirements for the second stage of BIM, which is a minimum requirement, only mandatory requirements for similar documents such as data exchange, not 3D model operation.

   Of course, not only Russia, but also Britain and the United States are seeking the benefits of BIM. In June, a research and market report suggested that the global BIM market will be worth $11.07 billion by 2020, with an annual growth rate of 21.6% between 2016 and 2022. Due to the growth of construction projects in the Asia-Pacific region, the growth rate is expected to exceed 21.6% after the introduction of BIM technology. The Timetric Construction Intelligence Center survey in July also found that the main planning leaders of the global construction industry agreed that BIM is "the future of the construction industry".