Digital Technologies in Construction

Artificial intelligence in construction

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Internet of Things in Construction

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2024

For the first time in Russia, a new building was designed on domestic software

Construction holding Setl Group has completed the design of Russia's first apartment building using fully domestic Renga software. This became known in November 2024. The facility is located in the residential complex "City of Stars" in Novosaratovka, Leningrad Region. Read more here.

Results and plans of digitalization of the construction industry of the Republic of Crimea

The head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov on November 7, 2024 announced the progress of the introduction of the information project management system (IPMS) in the construction industry of the region, which allows you to create a unified database of objects from the design stage to commissioning. Read more here

How robots build houses in Moscow. PHOTO

At Moscow construction sites, by the fall of 2024, robotic systems are actively being introduced for various construction work - from dismantling structures to finishing facades. Technologies allow you to improve work safety and ensure consistently high quality of tasks. Read more here.

System for monitoring construction projects from space launched in Russia

On October 18, 2024, a new system for monitoring construction and collateral facilities using Earth remote sensing (remote sensing) data was presented in Sochi. The development, created by the joint efforts of VTB Bank and T1 Holding, allows monitoring the progress of construction and the condition of collateral using space images. Read more here

The Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation summed up the results of three years of digitalization of the construction industry

In October 2024, at the strategic session of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Russia in Omsk, the results of three years of work on the digitalization of the construction industry were presented. The event brought together more than 400 representatives from 60 regions of the country.

According to the Ministry of Construction of Russia, Deputy Minister Konstantin Mikhailik announced significant progress in the formation of the digital vertical of the construction industry. At the moment, 87 regions have connected to the digital system for managing investment and construction projects, 85 constituent entities of Russia work in the state information system for ensuring urban planning activities, and 82 regions have introduced the Unified Digital Expertise Platform.

Summing up the results of three years of digitalization of the construction industry

Now digital platforms are being filled with design and construction results from all over the country. Subsequently, this will provide huge useful databases that allow planning and monitoring the operation of the built facilities, - said Konstantin Mikhailik in October 2024.

The Governor of the Omsk Region Vitaly Khocenko noted that key developers in the region are already using information modeling technologies at the design stage. The state information system for ensuring urban planning activities and the project management information system were introduced in the region back in 2019 and 2023, respectively.

The session participants discussed the need for a systematic and integrated approach to the transformation of processes in the construction industry. It was noted that the inclusion of all links of the Russian construction complex in a single digital vertical will shorten the investment and construction cycle.^[1]

Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation approved a roadmap for the digitalization of school construction

In October 2024, the subcommittee on simplifying state regulation under the government commission on administrative reform approved the first "roadmap" for changing the requirements for school construction. The document provides for the comprehensive digitalization of processes from design to commissioning of educational institutions.

According to Kommersant, the plan was developed as part of the Guillotine 2.0 project, aimed at accelerating the construction of infrastructure facilities. The initiative covers the entire cycle of school construction - from the selection of a land plot to the start of operation of the building.

Approval by the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation of the roadmap for the digitalization of school construction

A key element of the roadmap is the introduction of information modeling technologies. In 2025, the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Russia will begin developing standard design documentation for schools using these technologies. It is planned to create and constantly replenish the register of standard solutions, which will reduce the time for the implementation of projects and reduce their cost.

The document also provides for a revision of sanitary standards regulated by Rospotrebnadzor. By the end of 2024, it is planned to exclude excessive requirements for equipping hot workshops of school canteens. The Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health will audit departmental documents related to the design, operation and functioning of schools.

An important aspect of the roadmap is the transfer of construction and operational document management between business and the state into electronic form. In 2024, it is planned to develop an experimental regime to exclude the exchange of paper documents.

Anna Bukina, a member of the expert group in the direction of the School of the Guillotine 2.0 project, notes that the construction of schools in Moscow and the Moscow region takes an average of three to three and a half years, and in other regions this period may be much longer. In her opinion, the implementation of the measures provided for by the "road map" can reduce the construction time by six months.^[2]

Russian "Hals-Development" began to use exoskeletons and mixed reality at the construction site

In August 2024, it became known that the Russian company, "Hals-Development" which is part of the group, VTB had introduced innovative technologies at the construction site of the Dubinin 'Sky business center, including exoskeletons and mixed reality platforms. Together with the contractor LLC, "Foundation" the company also applies robotics digital solutions. More here

The structure of the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation uses digital scanners that speed up the verification of building readiness

RosStroyKontrol is actively introducing digital scanners that significantly speed up the process of checking the readiness of buildings. This became known during a press tour organized on August 1, 2024 by an institution subordinate to the Ministry of Construction of Russia. Read more here.

A free neural network has been launched to generate interior designs. You can add any items by photo

In mid-July 2024, the French startup Presti announced the development of a specialized neural network designed to generate interiors. It is based on the Stable Diffusion XL model. Read more here.

In Russia, developed and began to use a robot for finishing premises

Specialists of Novosibirsk State University (NSU) have developed and began to use a robot for finishing premises, capable of performing simple but time-consuming operations, such as grinding walls. This was reported by the press service of the university on June 4, 2024. Read more here.

How the state conducts digitalization of the construction industry in Russia. Milestones and Challenges

The construction industry is on the verge of another wave of digitalization: from July 1, 2024, all developers will have to use information modeling technologies (BIM) in their work. TAdviser interviewed market participants and found out what were the main stages of the digital transformation of the industry, implemented with the participation of the state, as well as what barriers hold back digitalization to this day.

According to TAdviser in Дом.РФ in early June 2024, the construction industry has made a serious breakthrough in digitalization over the past 7 years. In 2017, the starting point in this process was the launch of the housing construction reform, which involves increasing market transparency and the introduction of a unified system of accounting for developers. Another important stage in the digitalization of the industry in the state corporation was called the launch of the Unified Information System for Housing Construction "наш.дом.рф," which accumulates all data on the construction of apartment buildings.

An important milestone in the digitalization of the construction industry was the approval of the technical committee (TK-505) under the Ministry of Construction of Russia for the standardization of information modeling technologies. It was created to ensure a consistent policy of the Ministry of Construction on the formation of regulatory and technical documentation and other tools to stimulate the introduction of information modeling in construction.

The next key stage in the digitalization of the construction industry was the creation of an expert group on artificial intelligence technologies under the Ministry of Construction. By June 2024, more than 50 companies, government agencies and universities operate on its basis. They help develop artificial intelligence in the industry and scale this technology among developers.

As TAdviser was told in the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation, the State Information System of Urban Planning Activities of the Russian Federation (GISOGD of the Russian Federation) is the upper level element of the digital vertical of the construction industry. The basis is the IT project management system of capital construction projects - the basic element of the digital vertical, which is aimed at accelerating and increasing the transparency of the investment and construction cycle.

GISOGD of the Russian Federation is a single information platform, the task of which is to combine data on the construction industry throughout Russia. The platform integrates data from more than 15 different systems, including GISOGD of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, ESIA, Federal Information Address System, UIISS, etc. As of May 2024, it contains information about more than 236 million objects, explained in the SPC "BusinessAutomatics."

 Dmitry Demin, director of the BIM division of ASCON, speaking about the main state initiatives of recent years that contributed to the development of digital technologies in construction, noted the national standard PNST 909-2024 "Requirement for digital information models of non-production facilities. Part 1. Residential buildings, "as well as services of Glavgosexpertiza for the formation of explanatory notes in XML and verification of a digital information model based on  a 3D model.

Anton Zvantsov, Managing Director of fit-out at I-Teco Group of Companies, noted the transition to electronic document management, which allows speeding up the construction period and organizing the quick execution of the initial permits. So, in the Moscow government, all executive documentation has already been translated into electronic form.

Advanta Consulting Director Pavel Garashchenko draws attention to the benefits of such state initiatives as the national project "Digital Economy," the federal project "Smart City," the program "Digital Construction," the platform "GosTech" and the program to support innovative technologies in construction (implemented by the Innovation Promotion Fund).

By the beginning of June 2024, the Ministry of Construction is working to create a digital vertical of the industry: a unified information environment based on the principle of "digital object - digital region - digital country." The Ministry is engaged in the formation of uniform requirements for basic products - construction management information systems, urban planning support systems and regional construction supervision, the department told TAdviser.

According to the head of the company's software development center "Satel" Roman Romanov, by June 2024 there are more than 20 state IT systems in the construction sector in Russia, and in 2023 about 90% of developers used information modeling at the stage of creating projects.

What interferes with the digitalization of the construction industry

The deterrent is the low level of digital maturity of the market: it leads to distrust and, as a result, a misunderstanding of the effectiveness of digital tools at the construction site, said Kirill Polyakov, co-founder of the digital platform for managing the construction of Pragmacore.

Mikhail Bocharov, head of the committee for information modeling of urban planning activities of the ARPP "Fatherland Software," executive director of "SiSoft Development," attributed to the restraining factors the need for one-time financial costs when switching to domestic products and attempts to leave non-working principles of data management in the regulatory field of Russia. OpenBIM in construction works very inefficiently, he explained.

Digitalization of the construction industry is hampered by the difficulty in assessing efficiency, says Dmitry Samozhkin, head of 10D Airplane (development group Samolet). According to him, the development and implementation of IT solutions requires very serious investments (Samolet invested 10 billion rubles in this in 2023), and large developers state that the initial expectations do not match the results. The software for digitizing processes is too expensive, so not all construction companies can afford to buy the necessary licenses, added Denis Marinenko, CEO of Bimeister (software developer for the industrial and construction sectors).

According to Alexander Lukyanov, director of housing digitalization at Дом.РФ, the problems for digitalization of the construction industry are a shortage of personnel, incompatibility of products from different manufacturers and a non-standardized approach to work. To solve this problem, a technical committee TK 505 is working, which introduces uniform standards for the application of technologies in the industry, he said.

Roman Dzvinko, Executive Director of the SPC, considers the shortage of qualified specialists to be one of the main obstacles to the digitalization of construction. The demand for professionals in the field of information modeling and data management is growing faster than the education system manages to prepare new personnel, he said.

Dmitry Demin from the ASCON company disagrees: in his opinion, personnel shortages are fading and data exchange formats are available.

The road for digitalization has been cleared, it remains to take a confident step, - he stressed.

A shortage of Nvidia's regulatory framework and chips. Regulators discussed the development of AI in construction

Reducing the construction and investment cycle is one of the key tasks in the construction development strategy in Russia, as evidenced by the curators of the industry. And the introduction of digital and AI technologies, in particular, can help solve it. However, for the widespread use of AI, much work remains to be done in the field of working out the regulatory framework, representatives of regulators stated on May 2, 2024 at the Federation Council (SF) at a meeting on the use of AI technologies in construction. They discussed in what directions the regulatory framework is developing, and what are the obstacles to the use of AI in the industry now.

It is necessary to deal with the development of AI in the field of construction and housing and communal services now, including because it is a large market - solutions, platforms, devices, sensors, etc.

If we do not do this now, then after a while, and a very short one, we will get the dominance of decisions that will not be domestic and will have to apply the terms "import substitution" to this emerging market, etc., "said Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Andrei Zarenin at a meeting.

Work in this area is carried out both separately through departments - the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Digital Development, and together with industry players. As for the Ministry of Construction, in particular, for 2023-2024. a digital construction vertical was formed, said Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services Konstantin Mikhailik. It serves as a basis, including for the further introduction of AI technologies.

From the presentation of the Deputy Minister of Construction Konstantin Mikhailik

The vertical is based on four elements. The central one is the geoinformation system for urban planning activities (GISOGD), which can be regional or federal. In the vast majority of Russian entities, the formation of this system has already been completed - it has been put into commercial operation. There is also a block of expertise, control and supervision activities and a project management system that allows customers to work with these elements.

The Ministry of Construction is now finalizing the GISOGD in terms of an important function - how to quickly and cost-effectively calculate the most effective use of available resources, primarily land. In this regard, Moscow, as a pilot region, is developing an AI element to calculate the potential for integrated development of territories, which is then planned to be scaled up as a typical solution. AI in this case can be used both at the stage of setting the task for calculating the potential of each territory, and at the stage of control.

In addition, to resolve issues related to the introduction of AI, the Ministry of Construction on the basis of "Дом.РФ" created an expert group. It proposed to develop a unified methodology for assessing AI in the construction industry. The methodology should show the degree of readiness of companies to introduce AI and become a springboard for creating a register of domestic solutions in the field of AI. As planned, the register will provide an opportunity for market players to choose the most effective and relevant product.

From the presentation of the director of digitalization of the housing sector "Дом.РФ" Alexander Lukyanov

Earlier, Дом.РФ cited an assessment that the economic effect of the introduction of AI in the construction sector at the turn of 5-10 years could reach 2.7 trillion rubles.

Regulators also see great prospects for the use of AI in the field of apartment smart homes. Andrei Zarenin said that a plan has been created on the basis of the Smart Apartment home ANO, providing for more than 70 changes to the regulatory framework. In 2023, for example, a document on terms and definitions related to an apartment building has already been approved. Earlier in the legislation there was not even the concept of "apartment building."

In addition to gaps in the regulatory framework, there are other barriers to AI adoption in the construction industry. So, according to Konstantin Mikhailik, one of the urgent problems is a "clash between public and private." AI will not work without datacets, but at the same time datacets are the property of those who develop them. Now every developer develops datacets inside. It would be logical to unite them together, the deputy minister believes. But then the question arises: where can they be forcibly combined, and where not?

The second difficult point is related to the ownership of what arises: the model, on the one hand, is created by common forces, and the owner can be one.

Also, against the background of hype around AI, unscrupulous players appear on the market who are not interested in doing well. However, the industry industrial competence center, created in 2022, allows you to separate grains from chaff in this area and select suitable products, run them in real situations, the deputy minister assured.

Director of the digitalization of the housing sector "Дом.РФ" Alexander Lukyanov also highlighted several main obstacles to the introduction of AI. These include: personnel shortages, computing power, lack of necessary data, as well as duplication of work - many are closed to themselves and are not ready to share their data.

Difficulties associated with computing power, at a meeting in the Federation Council, Andrei Zarenin also mentioned, noting that Nvidia technologies are now hard to get and that they are expensive.

Subordinate to the Ministry of Construction "RosStroyKontrol" begins to use drones to search for defects in buildings under construction

At the end of April 2024, it became known that the federal budgetary institution RosStroyKontrol, subordinate to the Ministry of Construction, was launching an automated Start system to search for defects in buildings under construction. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be used to record violations and shortcomings. Read more here.

Digitalization of construction in Russia has increased by 34% over the past 7 years

The company's analysts Bimeister have identified the main regulatory acts that have a direct or indirect impact on - since construction ITindustry 2017, in order to analyze the effectiveness of the digitalization of construction. Since 2017 Russia , 56 regulatory acts have been issued, which contributed to an increase in the digitalization of the construction industry by 34%. The adopted NPAs are aimed primarily at designers and builders, organizational and IT structures. Bimeister announced this on April 25, 2024.

The Bimeister study notes that of the selected regulations, 54% was aimed at regulating the IT industry, as well as creating conditions for transparency in the construction segment - minimizing corruption and increasing the profitability of the industry.

More than half of the initiatives were directed to the IT segment in construction. This suggests that the state seeks to carry out uniform regulation of issues both by software developers and target users. Despite the fact that the digitalization of construction, as a rule, takes place at a lower pace compared to other industries, for April 2024 we can say that the transition to the figure by 2024 has accelerated significantly, "said Kirill Zabolotsky, head of marketing at Bimeister.

The company also noted that the figures confirm the interest of the state not only to force the construction industry to make its processes more transparent through the use of information models, but also to help standardize this process, from a technical point of view.

According to the study, from 2017 to 2024, the adopted regulatory acts regulate all types of objects, including residential, non-residential and linear objects.

At the same time, 35 regulatory legal acts regulate all stages of construction, 10 - pre-design work, 12 - design work, 14 - construction work, 11 - commissioning stages and 2 - decommissioning.

Moscow Mayor's Office launched a map of all facilities under construction in the city with addresses and construction dates

In March 2024, the mayor's office Moscow launched a map of all facilities under construction in the city with addresses and construction dates. A service called "Construction Map," developed by the company Mosstroyinform"," is available on the portal BuildingSimple"." More. here

2023

How the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation creates a unified digital environment in Russia. Results of the year

On March 25, 2024, the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia published a draft Report on the State of Competition in the Russian Federation. It, among other things, tells about how the Ministry of Construction is creating a unified digital environment in Russia.

As of the end of 2023, 86 regions began working with the information system for managing investment and construction projects of state customers in the field of construction (ISUP) to fill out information systems for ensuring urban planning activities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (GISOGD of the Russian Federation) with comprehensive data that make it possible to form a single digital vertical of urban planning solutions and spatial planning.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia has published a draft Report on the State of Competition in the Russian Federation

It is said that according to the results of 2023, a regional GISOGD was created in 85 constituent entities of the Russian Federation: 73 regions introduced the system into industrial operation, 12 into trial operation.

To develop and protect competition in the construction industry, the Ministry of Construction ensured the approval by the Government of the Russian Federation (PP RF dated 29.06.2023 No. 1066) of new standard terms of contracts for the construction, reconstruction, overhaul, demolition of facilities. The document establishes uniform, orderly, transparent and pre-known terms of contracts in the field of construction, which the customer is obliged to include in the contract.

According to David Hakobyan, Deputy Head of the Construction and Natural Resources Control Department of the FAS Russia, implementation of the life cycle management system of the capital construction facility using BIM technology in the Russian Federation will ensure the transition to a qualitatively and technologically new level of interaction between participants in urban planning activities, on which data in digital form is a key factor in the performance of survey, design and construction work, public administration, and the provision of public services.^[3]

Mishustin approved the launch of an IT system for monitoring state construction projects

In early December 2023, it became known about the signing by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin of a decree on monitoring the progress of the construction of facilities with federal funding in real time. In accordance with this document, the corresponding state information system (GIS) will work in Russia from January 1, 2024. Read more here.

Ministry of Construction creates GIS to monitor state construction in real time

Ministry of Construction creates a GIS for monitoring state construction in real time. It is assumed that monitoring will be organized state in the Electronic Budget integrated information system for public finance management from January 1, 2024, the agency reported on September 4 TASS , 2023, citing a draft government decree developed and published by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation. More. here

15 regions in Russia switched to the digital format of maintaining executive documentation in the field of construction

15 regions in Russia have switched to the digital format of maintaining executive documentation in the field of construction. This was announced on August 1, 2023 by the press service of the government of the Kurgan region, which will switch to this format from September 1, 2023.

It is noted that the maintenance of executive documentation during the construction and reconstruction of capital construction facilities financed with the involvement of funds from the regional budget by non-profit organizations, the founders of which are the Kurgan region, will be carried out in the information project management system (IPMS) without duplication on paper. This applies to contracts for construction and installation work concluded after January 1, 2023.

The construction project management information system is a cloud-based multi-user information system with a set of tools for automating the main business processes of the state customer. The system allows you to consolidate and process information about the progress of a construction project. Its users are federal, regional and municipal customers in the field of construction, the press service of the government of the Kurgan region noted.

Machine-readable construction documentation is the translation of as-built construction documentation into data that, after entering the system, can be transmitted and processed without human input. We are talking about reporting documents that construction companies that build buildings at the expense of budgetary funds must provide customer services, capital construction departments of the region and municipalities. Such documentation will make the process even more transparent to the builders and customers of the facility.

In addition, thanks to the transition to the maintenance of executive documentation in the form of electronic documents, the regional representative offices of the Ministry of Construction and municipal administrations will have a tool with which you can obtain objective information on the progress of construction and installation work. Each created and signed document, certificate of work performed and other as-built documentation will be visible in the system. Also, electronic documentation will be more accurate and faster to process specialists of control and supervisory departments.^[4]

How the Ministry of Construction is digitalizing road construction

By mid-July 2023, the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation is working to create a unified digital infrastructure for the construction industry. One of the areas of work is the development of information technologies in the field of road construction.

Digitalization consists of two interconnected loops. The first circuit is internal changes in business processes in the ecosystem of the Ministry, which will make the work of the industry more transparent and speed up the implementation of all processes. The second is the creation and introduction of new digital products from the market. Simply put, our task is to give businesses a tool that will help them achieve results. The key to the success of the digital transformation of the construction industry in a frank dialogue. This will lead us to the implementation of the goals and the solution of existing problems, - said the deputy head of the Ministry of Construction Konstantin Mikhailik.

According to RBC, within the framework of the Safe Quality Roads national project, tasks have been set to improve the quality and accessibility of roads, improve road transport infrastructure and reduce the level of accidents. Digitalization plays one of the main roles for the implementation of the plan and should cover all the life cycles of the road, from construction to operation. Moreover, the last stage is strategically important for improving quality. With the help of IT, a new approach to road management is possible based on the analysis of the remaining working resource.

By mid-2023, the first domestic neural networks have been created that scan defects in real time. Scanning is carried out using attachments that are attached to a passenger car. After processing, the lists required for repair are automatically generated. For example, such a system was launched in Tyumen by local developers at the end of 2022. The neural network is capable of detecting four types of defects - cracks and potholes on the roads, deviations in markings and signs. After detection, the system places all problems on a virtual map with an indication of the place and date, then the contractor fixes them. Due to digitalization, which allows you to respond quickly, the region is already observing a tendency to reduce the severity of the consequences of road accidents.

However, the direction of digitalization remains "conservative" for the field of road construction, said Alexander Kulkov, an expert on the technological practice of TeDo. According to the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation, by mid-2023, the share of digitalization costs in the construction industry is about 1.6% of the revenue of companies, in the road construction sector it is even less (0.2% -0.5%).

In comparison with companies from the field of civil or industrial construction, infrastructure organizations are much more conservative: most of them prefer to work manually, taking minor steps towards digitalization, "says Anastasia Mashkovskaya, head of infrastructure construction projects at Aibim.

According to her, thanks to the trend towards digitalization set by the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation, today infrastructure construction in the country is changing. Alexander Kulkov believes that technologies that have a direct impact on reducing costs, increasing the speed of road construction and road safety are priority for the industry.

Experts note that by mid-2023, the road construction industry is gradually moving from paper documentation to system management of the life cycle of objects based on data and digital models. While disparate systems used in the industry are poorly integrated, at each stage data is transferred in different formats - from 2D- and 3D models to Excel and PDF files or paper documents. Care through automation from paper documents will ensure seamless data transfer and minimize human error. A single source of information will help eliminate information loss and improve decision-making efficiency.^[5]

Energy efficient concrete and 3D villages. Named the main technological trends in the construction industry of Russia

In early July 2023, the main trends in the development of the Russian PropTech market were named. These are digital real estate projects - including smart buildings and cities, all kinds of new generation services, etc.

According to RBC, one of the areas of work in Russia is energy-efficient concrete. Such material is produced by Omniton. Concrete with reduced cement content can be used to make architectural forms. It is said to be 1.5-3 times cheaper to build from such concrete than from natural and artificial stone.

At the same time, PropTech.SMC has installed smart monitoring systems for concrete at the facilities of the Upside Development developer. With the Internet of Things (IoT) solution, PropTech.SMC can track the strength of concrete and the speed of monolithic work: this allows you to accelerate the pace of construction, eliminate the risks of repair and restoration work and reduce costs.

Another area is the use of low-rise 3D construction technologies. This, in particular, is about creating small architectural forms using 3D printers. For example, ATM, one of the residents of the Skolkovo Foundation, has begun construction of the first suburban 3D village. The construction seal is expected to become widespread in the future.

It is noted that information modeling and planning, or BIM technologies, helps to optimize construction processes and reduce costs - to calculate the required amount of materials and deadlines, to control work. In particular, erecting buildings from modular blocks is several times faster than capital ones. And building from new materials, for example, from energy-efficient concrete, is cheaper than from stone or porcelain stoneware. Digital platforms for the implementation of a construction project throughout the life cycle automate processes that were previously carried out manually.^[6]

Ministry of Economic Development: Digitalization of document management saves the construction industry 22.8 billion rubles a year

The Russian construction industry will save up to 22.8 billion rubles a year on digitalization of document management. This was announced in early July 2023 to the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation with reference to the assessments of companies.

As part of the roadmap of the initiative "Reengineering the Rules of Industrial Construction," the transition of construction companies to "digital" is envisaged when conducting document management with regulatory authorities from September 1, 2023. According to the Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Reshetnikov, the main idea of ​ ​ the initiative is to simplify the investor's path in the construction of a production facility by revising the regulatory framework, as well as reduce its costs.

We strive to make the business process more comfortable and transparent through a constant dialogue with the business and a change in the regulatory environment. At the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, President Vladimir Putin stressed the need to further reduce the administrative burden. Our task is to reduce business costs by 20% by 2030, - said the head of the Ministry of Economic Development.

State Secretary - Deputy Minister of Economic Development Alexei Khersontsev noted that the roadmap for changes in legislation "Reengineering of industrial construction rules" by July 2023 provides for 63 events. By the end of 2025, 24 more regulations will be adopted.

If we talk about the effects that have already been achieved, then we now see the most significant changes in various examinations and the procedure for commissioning. For example, the period was reduced by about two months due to the fact that they were allowed to "parallelize" the processes of submitting documents for environmental and urban planning expertise (the so-called "one window") - before they followed each other. Two to three months can now be saved due to the fact that an industrial facility can be put into operation before the completion of the improvement of the territory, he added[7]

Ministry of Construction creates GIS "Стройкомплекс.РФ" to monitor prices in the construction market

On May 22, 2023, the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Public Utilities announced the upcoming launch of the state information system "Стройкомплекс.РФ," designed to monitor prices in the construction market. Read more here.

Digital construction. The mayor's office told how smart technologies are changing Moscow

At the end of March 2023, it became known about some results of digitalization of the construction industry in Moscow. By this time, every fourth object of the Moscow Construction Department is being designed using the so-called BIM technologies. We are talking about 150 + facilities (25% of the total number of designed facilities in the capital).

According to RBC, citing data from the Moscow Department of Construction, overpasses, overpasses, tunnels and off-street pedestrian crossings are being built using BIM solutions. Also, using these technologies, social facilities and residential buildings are being implemented. For example, the building of a fire station for four parking spaces in the Bogorodskoye district, a sports complex on Ostafyevskaya street, a school for 1150 seats in the Lefortovo district and a residential building on Chasovaya street.

The mayor's office says that the Russian capital has become the curator of the digital transformation of the sector in 14 regions of the Russian Federation.

In addition to fulfilling the tasks of building urban facilities on time, we are engaged in standardizing construction processes and digitizing the industry. We set ourselves the task of being the standard in managing business processes in construction and distributing our developments. We must also be a forge of personnel so that people from us go out to work throughout the country, gaining experience at our large-scale and complex facilities. This is a challenge for our team, an interesting and somewhat more difficult task than building facilities on time, putting into operation, and doing everything within the budget. And in this we have made great progress, - Rafik Zagrutdinov, head of the Moscow Construction Department, told TASS.

As stated in the Moscow mayor's office, information modeling technology allows dozens of times to speed up the design of buildings, quarters and even districts of the city, make construction easier and safer. This technology was used in the construction of the gymnastics factory Irina Viner-Usmanova, the water sports palace in Luzhniki, the house under the renovation program and on the territory of the former ZIL industrial zone.

It is also alleged that developers working under the renovation program are actively using BIM both to design new residential complexes and to simulate the demolition of dilapidated five-story buildings and future redevelopment of the territory. Moreover, BIM models of renovation quarters include not only construction and engineering indicators, but also social ones: the number of shops, schools and kindergartens required in the new territory, the number and configuration of playgrounds and sports grounds, gazebos, recreation areas and much more.

One of the examples where digital technologies are used at all stages of the life cycle was the facilities of the International Medical Cluster in Skolkovo. Thus, the BIM technologies used in the design and construction made it possible to complete the construction "almost twice as fast and half a billion rubles cheaper than planned," Rafik Zagrutdinov said.

After that, we went further and decided to extend the life cycle of the facility - we integrated the data from the construction management system with the cloud "smart" operation system, he added.

According to the Moscow Construction Department, the "smart" operation of buildings made it possible to increase the productivity of engineering personnel by 20%, increase the service life of engineering equipment by more than 15%, and also reduce the cost of unscheduled maintenance by up to 50%, Zagrutdinov cited. By April 2023, "smart" operation also stands at a number of large sports and educational facilities.^[8]

2022

Moscow construction projects are being transferred to digital personnel accounting services

Digital personnel accounting services began to be introduced at large construction sites in Moscow. This was announced on November 8, 2022 by the press service of the capital's complex on urban planning policy and construction. Read more here.

Mishustin approved the creation of a federal database on long-term construction

In July 2022, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree approving the creation of a Register of unfinished capital construction projects in Russia. This database will store all data on long-term construction projects that were fully or partially built at the expense of the federal budget. Read more here.

The Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation developed the set of rules for design of communication networks

On June 22, 2022, the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation announced the development of the Code of Practice (JV) "Communication Networks. Design Rules. " The new document establishes the requirements for the design of communication networks and cable-line structures for newly built, reconstructed and subject to major repairs of communication structures and cable lines of wired broadcasting in Russia.

As noted in the Ministry of Construction, the regulatory document will apply technical solutions that will ensure: the constancy of the telecommunications network, the reliability and long-term operation of communication networks and their equipment, the possibility of increasing the volume of information transmission with minimal costs for new construction, the high quality of communication services provided, the most favorable conditions for the operation of communication networks.

According to the Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation Sergei Muzychenko, the new joint venture "Communication Networks. Design Rules "will establish requirements for methods for ensuring the safety, integrity, quality and sustainability of networks. The document also plans to describe provisions for calculating the throughput of communication lines depending on the number of subscribers, which will form the initial parameters for the design of data centers.

A large-scale revision of regulatory documentation will ensure the formation of the necessary and sufficient requirements for regulating the design and installation of external networks and internal telecommunication systems, including requirements for the design and installation of fiber-optic communication lines, he said.

The updated code of practice will clarify the requirements for the design of cable television systems and collective reception of television, communication and signaling for people with limited mobility, GSM signal amplification, remote access control and intercom communication, video surveillance, security alarm, Internet network, including broadband access.^[9]

Minstroy launched a digital platform for the employment of builders

At the end of April 2022, the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation announced the creation of a digital platform for the employment of builders. At the time of its launch, about 1,700 employers were registered on the site and 15 thousand vacancies were posted. Read more here.

2021

Technology instead of migrants. Moscow authorities revealed a plan to solve the personnel crisis at construction sites

In early November 2021, it became known about the creation by the Moscow authorities of a plan to solve the personnel crisis in the construction industry. One of the measures is the rejection of migrant labor. Read more here.

Moscow construction complex began to create a single digital ecosystem

At the end of October 2021, it became known about the beginning of work on the creation of a single digital ecosystem of the construction complex in Moscow. It is assumed that due to this initiative it will be possible to reduce the construction and timing of projects in the city, ensuring access to participants in investment and construction activities to a wide range of services and services through a single entry point - the StroimProstoy portal. Read more here.

The Ministry of Construction estimated the cost of digitalization of housing and communal services and construction at 393 billion rubles until 2030

The Ministry of Construction estimated the cost of digitalization of housing and communal services and construction at 393 billion rubles. This is stated in the passport developed by the department of the strategy of digital transformation of the industry. The document, as Kommersant writes in the issue of July 26, 2021, was approved by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, it talks about four main projects:

• "New Smart Home" - a system for managing apartment buildings based on Internet of Things (IoT) technologies;
• "We solve together" - a technology for taking into account public opinion when determining priorities for the development of urban facilities;
• "We build in one click" - an electronic document management system between developers and the Ministry of Construction;
• "Digital infrastructure of housing and communal services."

Within the framework of the last (most expensive) project, it is planned to develop and implement resource management systems. For example, they can be used to transfer information about the state of the engineering systems of resource supplying organizations. The data will be transmitted in real time and sent to a single state information system.

The Ministry of Construction expects that the analysis of data on the state of utility networks will reduce the accident rate of the infrastructure and increase its service life. Preparatory measures will be held from 2021 to 2025, and the system itself worth 375 billion rubles will be gradually launched in 2025-2030. Financing should be provided by the Criminal Code and RSO "subject to changes in the legislation on tariff formation." Budget funds for the project are not planned.

The association "Council of Energy Producers" said that the ministry did not agree on a strategy with them. The document itself raised many questions among the members of the association, since it does not specify which equipment and software should be used in the implementation of the project. Because of this, for example, the feasibility of installing metering devices on dilapidated pipelines is incomprehensible.^[10]

Minstroy outlined the main directions of digital transformation of the construction industry of the Russian Federation

In June 2021, the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation outlined the main directions of digital transformation of the country's construction industry. The agency proposes to implement the following projects:

• "New Smart Home" (formation of a digital housing and communal services platform based on the modernized GIS housing and communal services);
• the "Solve Together" platform;
• "Digital infrastructure of housing and communal services";
• "Intelligent Urban Environment";
• "We build in one click";
• "Building smart objects" (using information modeling technologies);
• "Formation and development of the labor management system of the industry."

According to D-Russia, the authors of the New Smart Home initiative hope to solve problems with the reliability and transparency of data for consumers and suppliers of housing and communal services, increase the digitalization of the chain of utility providers and increase the involvement of residents in the management of their home or city.

The Solve Together platform involves the development of sets of digital services for residents, administrations of cities and constituent entities of the Russian Federation ("social interaction platforms and feedback systems").

Within the framework of the Digital Infrastructure of Housing and Communal Services project, it is planned to create standard systems for intelligent management of regional infrastructure ("smart" water utility, "smart" heat supply, "smart" urban lighting), expand the coverage areas of public Wi-Fi, Internet of Things communication systems (provide for such zones when planning urban space, include access points in the requirements for newly created or reconstructed urban infrastructure).

According to the plans of the Ministry of Construction, by 2030, systems of automated control over the implementation of work of road and communal equipment should be introduced in 85 constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

Within the framework of the "Build smart objects" project, it is planned to fulfill the following tasks by 2024:

• formation of requirements for modern capital construction facilities, updating of GOST and construction rules;
• the work of large state customers has been automated (testing in the system "Unified customer in the field of construction"). Creation of an information project management system of state customers using information modeling technology;
• development of requirements to operational regulations;
• training of state and municipal employees, employees of subordinate institutions, specialists of design, expert, construction organizations, university students, colleges and high school students using information modeling technologies.^[11]

Create an IT system for all capital projects

In early June 2021, it became known about the creation of a in that Russia IT systems combines data on all capital construction projects. We are talking about the Unified State Register in the field of construction. More. here

Builders in Moscow began to use smart suits with AI that assess labor efficiency

Builders in Moscow began to use smart suits with AI that assess labor efficiency. The press service of the mayor and the city government announced this in May 2021. Read more here.

A residential quarter of 3D-printed houses will appear in the United States

In mid-March 2021, it became known that a California State residential quarter will appear in the desert Coachella Valley in the south, in which all houses will be printed on. The group and the Russian 3D printer Palari company will be engaged in the construction of the new project. Mighty Building More. here

2020

Digital doubles of workers appeared at construction sites in Moscow

As it became known on December 8, 2020, digital doubles of workers appeared at the construction sites of Moscow. This is a joint project of the metropolitan departments of urban planning policy and information technologies, as well as the National Research Technological University "MISiS." Read more here.

The world's first construction site has been created, where only robots work

At the end of October 2020, the project of the world's first construction site appeared, where only robots will work. The management will be carried out using an open platform for autonomous operation, which can be upgraded taking into account the existing fleet of industrial equipment. Read more here.

In Moscow, it is now possible to agree on redevelopment only online

From August 21, 2020, it became possible to agree on a redevelopment in Moscow only online. Applications for state services are accepted only on the mos.ru portal (http://mos.ru/) in the section "Housing, housing and communal services, courtyard," according to the official website of the mayor of Moscow. Read more here.

Digitalization of construction: why boxed solutions will not replace insourcing

In this article, Pavel Gushtyuk, head of the information modeling department of the Samolet development group, which implements large-scale real estate objects, talks about the pros and cons of the two main approaches to the company's digital development. Read more here.

Industry Transformation Drivers

Legislation

• Program for the development of the digital economy in the Russian Federation until 2035
• Program to increase labor productivity in the Russian Federation 2018-2024
• Since 01.07.19, amendments have been made to Federal Law 151 regarding the mandatory use of BIM information models for capital construction projects
• Dep.stroi Moscow initiated a project to translate expertise and as-built documentation into electronic document management.
• 2 main 06.02.2020 have been canceled. BIM standard GOST R (58439 1 and 2 based on ISO 19650-1.2) in connection with contradictions of FZ 151: the term "information container" contains a threat to "national security of the Russian Federation"

Technologies

• 3D printing of low-rise buildings
• Building robots
• Skyscrapers in China: 53 floors in 3 weeks
• Quality Control with Cameras and Quality Recognition Technology
• Platform solutions for combining the Customer, Technical Customer, General Contractor and Contractors
• Smart cities

Minstroy will develop a superservice for digital construction

On March 19, 2020, it became known that the Ministry of Construction will develop a superservice for digital construction. The superservice will be presented on the public services portal. Read more here.

Collection of proposals on the introduction of "numbers" in construction and housing and communal services

In February 2020, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin, who oversees construction issues in the government, sent a letter to the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, the Ministry of Construction, Rostekhnadzor and executive authorities of the constituent entities of Russia with an order to submit agreed proposals on the development and implementation of digital technologies in construction and housing and communal services. They must be prepared by February 21, 2020, according to the D-Russia portal.

I ask with the participation of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of Russia, state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, who have accumulated best practices in the informatization of public administration, prepare taking into account the activities, provided for by the passports of the federal projects "Digital Infrastructure," "Digital Public Administration" and "Information Security" of the national program "Digital Economy of the Russian Federation," and submit to the Government of the Russian Federation agreed proposals on the development and implementation of digital technologies in construction and housing and communal services, as well as in the system of state and municipal administration in this area with an estimate of volumes, sources and terms of financing of relevant measures, - said in the letter.[12]housing and communal services

On February 7, a deputy minister was appointed in the Ministry of Construction, responsible for a block of issues related to digitalization and digital transformation of construction industries, and a HOUSING AND PUBLIC UTILITIES former minister information technology and communications of the Chelyabinsk region. Alexander Kozlov He told TAdviser that as of February 13, a variant of the offers is in the process of being prepared.

Note that the issues of digital development in the government are supervised by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko. Nevertheless, deputy prime ministers in charge of other industries are also interested in digitalization. In addition to Khusnullin, Tatyana Golikova, Deputy Prime Minister for the Social Bloc, spoke out on the topic of "numbers" in January 2020. Introducing the new head of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, she noted that the government is analyzing the fund's information systems in order to optimize them in the future^[13] to^[14].

The Ministry of Emergency Situations, which is supervised by Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov, also intends to participate in the implementation of the Digital Economy national program, in particular, in the federal projects Information Security and Artificial Intelligence. The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Yevgeny Zinichev announced the study of the relevant issue in February.

2018

The transition to digital construction in Russia is scheduled for 2024

On September 17, 2018, it became known about the timing of the appearance in Russia of a single digital platform for building information systems. It is being created within the framework of the federal project "Digital Construction," TASS reports the Rossiiso Information Agency, citing a statement by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services following the results of the II International Conference "Development of the Institute of Construction Expertise."

The set of measures provided for by the federal project "Digital Construction," the development of which was announced at the conference by the head of the Ministry of Construction of Russia Vladimir Yakushev, should ensure the digital transformation of the industry by 2024, "the ministry said.

By this time, a single digital platform should appear, uniting all IT systems in the construction industry. Digitalization of construction involves the automation of all stages and procedures throughout the life cycle of the facility.

According to the forecast of the Ministry of Construction, the transition to digital construction will allow for 5 years to reduce temporary and other costs for objects built at the expense of the budgets of the Russian Federation of all levels, up to 20%. At the same time, the reduction in the time from making a decision on construction to putting the facility into operation will reach 30%.

True, as part of the large-scale digitalization of the construction industry, a lot of work is ahead. In particular, it will be necessary to transfer the fund of regulatory and technical documentation in the field of construction to digital format, to form the basis for the transition to an automated verification of the information model of the capital construction object, to introduce a unified system for classifying construction information in order to harmonize regulatory and technical documentation with international and Russian legislation.

By September 17, 2018, a system of regulatory technical documents was formed to ensure the introduction of information modeling technologies in construction.^[15]

Large-scale IT innovations await construction

The road map for the development of the construction industry includes many events related to the field of informatization. In particular, the strategy for the development of the construction industry, which should be developed by October 2018, will provide for its digital regulation. At the same time, by September 2018, amendments should be made to the legislation providing for the consolidation of powers to create and operate information systems for ensuring urban planning activities for authorized executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

Most of the innovations should be implemented by December 2018. Thus, a transition should be made to automated collection and analysis of information on the cost of construction resources using the federal state information system for pricing in construction, which will allow obtaining reliable and accurate information on the cost of construction resources in real time.

In addition, it is expected to put into commercial operation and fill the state information system "Unified State Register of Expert Opinions of Design Documentation of Capital Construction Facilities." Using the information contained in this resource will reduce the time and cost of both design and subsequent examination and construction.

An open information resource should be developed to publish information on the registers of procedures in the field of construction. It will increase the availability of relevant information for business entities.

Also, by December 2018, monitoring of the use of standard software should be carried out when local authorities conduct information systems for ensuring urban planning activities. The goal is to unify the software.

In addition, during the same period, proposals should be prepared on the feasibility of creating a federal state information system for ensuring urban planning activities for the implementation of a single collection, documentation, updating, processing, systematization, accounting, storage and provision of information necessary for the implementation of urban planning activities in the country.

In addition, the legislation of the Russian Federation should be amended to establish a single standard for the provision of regional or municipal services for obtaining a building permit using e-government infrastructure. This should eliminate the current heterogeneous practice of providing services for issuing construction permits in different regions of the country and establish a single standard for providing services.

Other planned activities until December 2018 include amendments to legislation providing for the introduction of information modeling technologies at all stages of the "life cycle" of the capital construction facility, including design, construction, operation and demolition. Within 3 months from the date of adoption of these changes, a federal state information system for pricing during the construction, operation and demolition of capital construction facilities should be created. The purpose of this innovation is to increase the accuracy of estimates due to the transition to the resource method of drawing up estimates, including for the stage of operation and for the stage of demolition of the capital construction facility, as well as to increase the transparency of the estimate of the cost associated with the operation of the capital construction facility and with its demolition

By December 2019, it is planned to switch to a single state digital platform in construction, ensuring the interaction of authorities, local governments and organizations in digital form throughout the cycle of processes in the field of urban planning relations. All this should ensure transparency of decision-making by authorities and control structures, exclude the "human factor" from these processes, and also multiply speed up work in the field of urban planning relations.

In the same period, amendments should be made to the legislation providing for the creation of a federal register of regulatory documents in the field of ensuring the safety of buildings and structures. The register will include information on building codes and building rules, as well as documents of federal executive bodies, the use of which affects the safety, reliability and durability of buildings and structures (in machine-readable format).

IT in Real Estate and Construction, BIM

• IT in Real Estate
• Real estate technologies (Russian market), PropTech, Property Technologies
• See more about BIM technology here
• BIM technologies (Russian market)
• BIM-Standard. Industrial facilities
• CAD
• CAD (Global Market)
• BIM Technology Implementation Plan for Industrial and Civil Engineering
• BIM_.D0.B2_.D0.A0.D0.BE.D1.81.D1.81.D0.B8.D0.B8 BIM in Russia
• Information modeling technologies in Moscow
• BIM - Building Information Modeling
• BIM - catalog of systems and projects in Russia
• Moscow Smart city Information technologies in Moscow
• BIM Roadmap in Russia
• BIM Roadmap in Kazakhstan
• Digital construction

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