Employment of BIM technologies for residential quarters renovation: Global experience and prospects of implementation in Russia

Abstract

Gradual integrating of BIM technologies into activities fulfilled by construction and investment companies takes place in Russia and abroad. Currently, particular attention is given to measures intended to integrate information modeling into practices of Russian companies belonging to construction sphere, inter alia, within the framework of state housing system renovation program. This paper is addressing the following issues: global experience of BIM technologies employment in the sphere of design, construction and operation of real property objects and investigation of specificity of BIM technologies employment for residential quarters' renovation. Steps aiming to implement information modeling in Russia for construction industry in general and for housing renovation in particular were scrutinized herein. This paper is addressing factors impeding propagation of BIM technologies in Russia, evaluating the prospects of this discipline growth and defining first-priority measures which could eliminate the existing obstacles.