Why BIM (TIM) is needed, and why developers are sabotaging digitalization

Abstract: “DOM.RF” JSC (a financial institution for development in the housing sector of Russia) holds strategic sessions for developers in Russian regions in connection with the mandatory transition to technologies of information modeling (TIM). The meetings are organized jointly with the Ministry of Construction of Russia, ministries of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, IT companies and developers with successful experience in using domestic software. On October 31, 2024, the conference “Southern BIM: digital solutions in development” was held in Rostov-on-Don. “KS-Development” LLC, the regional branch of “ASCON-_Yug” LLC, the regional branch of the “Business Russia” public organization, the Ministry of Construction of the Rostov Region were among the participants of the conference. This paper uses information from the speeches at this meeting, as well as some additional materials provided to the “Geolnfo” journal by the marketing department of the “ASCON” IT-company (St. Petersburg) and the press service of “DOM.RF” JSC (Moscow). You will know how our developers are similar to Italian strikers, why some designers work in the “Renga” domestic TIM system for integrated design, while others still “sit” in the “Revit” or “AutoCAD” software packages from the “Autodesk” company that left Russia, and how many people are needed to service TIM.

Keywords: digitalization; technologies of information modeling (TIM); building information modeling (BIM); construction project; budget project; developers; design-and-survey companies; construction companies; Russian software