Building information modelling systems: strategic objectives and realities of digital transformation in construction

Abstract

The article studies the issue of construction industry digital transformation based on implementation of building information modelling systems. Building information model is to cover all stages of the real estate object’s life cycle starting from justification of investments and ending with renovation or demolition of the object. In recent years a thorough regulatory framework has been developed for transition of construction to BIM techno­logies but construction industry is not yet ready for digitalization. Other participants of processes implemented at all stages of the real estate objects’ life cycle are even less ready for it. The article discusses in detail strategic tasks that digitalization of the industry allows solving and advantages that it gives to participants of the real estate objects’ life cycle. Some measures are proposed to motivate all participants in the processes of the life cycle of real estate objects to implement building information modeling systems. A platform solution has been proposed that can become a step towards the transition to the next stage of digitalization development — City Information Modeling. Combining a complex of information technologies and a variety of data on one digital platform can become the digital basis of urban management — a system of professional management of urban development in order to best and most effectively use the urban land and property complex in the interests of the population, business and government. The conclusion is made about the need to transfer the “digital re­volution” to the evolutionary path of BIM implementation, which should be based on the internal needs of par­ticipants in all processes of the life cycle of real estate objects in using this technology for mutually beneficial interaction among themselves.