A business breakfast was held on 8 June on the topic “Using BIM Technologies in Construction. International Practice and Modern Approaches to Construction Contracting in the Russian Federation”, organised by the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry jointly with BEITEN BURKHARDT Russia. The event was held in a mixed format (online and offline). The speakers at the event were: Alexander Kozlov, Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation, Elena Platonova, Head of the Engineering Sub-Committee of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Maxim Grebennikov, Vice President of the National Chamber of Engineers, as well as Alexander Bezborodov and Kamil Karibov, Partners at BEITEN BURKHARDT Russia. Suren Vardanyan, Vice President of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was the moderator of the event.

Pursuant to Resolution No. 331 of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 5 March 2021, from 1 January 2022 any facility being built with state funds must be designed, using BIM technologies. The information model must be applied at all facilities being built under a state order if the design contract is concluded after 1 January 2022. This requirement applies to federal, regional and municipal clients.

Alexander Kozlov, Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation, talking about the digitisation of Russia’s construction industry, emphasised the importance of information modelling technologies. He also highlighted separately national and digitisation targets, noting that it was essential that 95% of socially significant public services were available online, including construction, housing and utilities services.

Kamil Karibov, Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT Russia, talked about the legal aspects of implementing BIM technologies in Russia: international practice, problems and solutions. He stressed that BIM is not only a design method. It is first and foremost a specific project management process which raises a whole range of issues: the appearance of new roles and functions, the right of access to data, the coordination of participants, the hierarchy in BIM documents, data protection.

Alexander Bezborodov, lawyer and Partner at BEITEN BURKHARDT Russia, talked about initial judicial practice of the consideration of construction disputes on BIM projects in court and the legal  aspects of using BIM technologies, and about the impact of BIM on procurements of construction work and contractual law.

Closing the event, Suren Vardanyan called on its participants to send any questions that they may have to the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, so that it can accumulate and submit them to the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation for consideration.

You can see a video recording of the event by clicking on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP8jE5LNFoc.