Open BIM technologies in Russia : usage and development of Open BIM in Russia

BIM-ICE project standing for BIM education development has launched a survey aimed to explain how BIM and Open BIM technologies used in Russian Federation. This research explains the basic points of BIM such as BIM standards, use cases, team, structure, levels and dimensions. The explanation is made for those who don`t understand the basics to make the research open for everyone who is involved in the construction industry someway or just wants to. The results of the research are listed at the end of the thesis and fully describe the formats of BIM usage, software and process that is used in the Russian construction market. The main results can be interesting for those who wants to know in which direction the BIM development in Russia is going. The main results of the surveys are briefly explaining the aim and some key points. The most widespread disadvantage of BIM is the high implementation cost. The most popular reason to implement BIM is project quality improvement. The most popular BIM programs are Revit and Navisworks. The main part (66%) of responders uses the IFC format in their work. BIM and Open BIM as a part of it are used worldwide and also in the Russian construction market having the potential to widespread. Russia is a big country and will implement a lot of big projects in the future across the big territory