BIM adoption in Estonia

Risto Vahenurm

Information Modelling in Construction and Transportation Conference

29 September 2016

Riga, Latvia

Risto Vahenurm BIM specialist and entrepreneur

MSc in Civil Eng. from TUT (EST)

MSc in Construction and RE (incl. BIM) from KTH (SWE)

2014 - BIMConsult – Founder

2014-16 SiteEyes – Co-founder & CEO

2015 - BIMsummit (non-profit)– Founding member

BIM from the perspective of building product manufacturers. KTH 2014

BIM Product Libraries for LC support (with V. Tarandi). CIB World Building Congress 2016

Milestones 2007 - first public lectures initiated by Senate Properties

(Kari Ristolainen) 2008-2009 - State Real Estate Company “Riigi Kinnisvara

AS” (RKAS) adopts COBIM. Published on www.rkas.ee/parim-praktika/bim 2009 - IT cluster initiates new cluster activities in Estonia

including construction sector 2010 - first BIM-design public procurement by RKAS:

Narva PPA 2011 - 3D model of Old Town of Tallinn 2011 - Tallinn University of Applied Sciences launched

BIM-lab with possibility to learn BIM-interoperability

Based on A.Alt; edited by R. Vahenurm

Milestones (2) 2012 - new COBIM by Senate Properties

2012 - Estonia as observer in buildingSMART Nordic

2013 - translation of COBIM 2012

2013-2014 - several research projects (parametric elements, information classification, BIM execution plan template)

2014 - initiative of forming of construction cluster of Estonia. BIM as supportive technology

2015 - The Digital Construction Culster was formed

Based on A.Alt; edited by R. Vahenurm

Milestones (3)

2016 - new reqirements for BIModelling by RKAS. Including first version for level of information (LOI) for modelling data

2016 - first BIM standard. EVS 928:2016 BIM terminology

2016 - BIMsummit Estonia 2016

Estonian design market • mostly small enterprises • usually concentrating for one design discipline only • not really interested about BIM-interoperability

• several of them have used BIM software for their own

discipline already for many years (architects, structural, HVAC). dwg format.

• some larger companies are adopting and integrating BIM for all basic design disciplines. Quality varies (both engineering- and BIM-capability quality)

• quiet ignorance (in public) to develop BIM capabilities by older generation

• quiet rise of young (sometimes inexperienced) BIM-generation. Resume of all – implementing BIM is just a question of time.

Based on A.Alt; edited by R. Vahenurm

BIM software • Archicad architects’ favorite for many years. Output to

others only dwg-files. • Autodesk the products benefit from having superior amount

of AutoCad users among Estonian engineers. Supported by several resellers, frequent campaigns and long list of product names (high expectations for interoperability).

• Tekla is not widely presented and used mostly in

companies tied directly to some building industry branch producer (concrete elements, steel structures). No resellers/representatives in Estonia.

Based on A.Alt; edited by R. Vahenurm

BIM software (2) • MagiCAD and CADS Planner

are presented and used but rarely in BIM • Bentley is presented in Estonia but rare users among

building designers • Solibri or Navisworks rare paid version cases. Solibri is not presented in

Estonia. • Allplan not presented and probably not used in Estonia • Archibus is used by several larger real estate owners

Based on A.Alt; edited by R. Vahenurm

Key areas

Awareness & Knowledge

Cooperation

Regulations Information

Management

The direction is regulated by Ministry

of Econimic Affairs and Communications (MKM)

• Main goal is to align basic level of requirements for public clients

– Demand-based approach

– Development and innovation are needed in order to stay on the market

Regulations

Estonia (MKM) is part of EU BIM Task Group

– Policy makers, public estate owner, public procurer

– Common grounds inside EU

– Supported by EU Commission

– Latvia not presented

virgo.sulakatko@mkm.ee

Regulations

EVS 928:2016 BIM terminology

Example projects by State Real Estate Company - Riigi Kinnisvara AS (RKAS)

- Narva PPA (2010)

- Suur-Ameerika 1 (building in progress)

Based on A.Alt, Riigi Kinnisvara AS

Based on A.Alt, Riigi Kinnisvara AS

Based on A.Alt, Riigi Kinnisvara AS

Based on A.Alt, Riigi Kinnisvara AS

Based on A.Alt, Riigi Kinnisvara AS

Based on A.Alt, Riigi Kinnisvara AS

Based on A.Alt, Riigi Kinnisvara AS

Digital Construction Cluster www.e-difice.com

Cooperation

Digital Construction Cluster Cooperation

Participants

Based on J.Rass; edited by R. Vahenurm

Digital Construction Cluster Cooperation

4 working groups:

1. Digital Construction Analysis

2. Products for VDC Management

3. E-Construction and Grid

4. International Export

• BIMsummit 2016

• BuildingSmart Nordic

• Universities – Trainings & BIM research

– BIM Cave (Tallinn University of Applied Sciences)

Near future:

• Usesoft COBIM trainings – (Usesoft is Autodesk reseller)

Awareness & Knowledge

BIMsummit 2016

BIMsummit 2016 www.bimsummit.ee

• Life-Cycle view

• Focused on clients & contractors

• Real life problems and practices

160+ professionals

20+ speakers, inc. USA, UK & GER

Awareness & Knowledge

BIMsummit 2016

BIMsummit 2016

Private Sector Example

Estonia SPA

Reconstruction

Size: 13 086 sqm (closed gross area)

Duration: August 2014 – June 2015

Leading designer: KOKO Arhitektid

Contractor: Nordecon

Used on permission of KOKO Arhitektid and Nordecon

Estonia SPA Modelled Point Cloud

Used on permission of KOKO Arhitektid and Nordecon

Estonia SPA Clashes

Used on permission of KOKO Arhitektid and Nordecon

Estonia SPA Pool pipeline + electricity

Used on permission of KOKO Arhitektid and Nordecon

Estonia SPA MEP

Used on permission of KOKO Arhitektid and Nordecon

Estonia SPA

Used on permission of KOKO Arhitektid and Nordecon

Estonia SPA

Lessons learned:

– Whole team needs to have (BIM) skillset and software know-how

– Sub-contractors should also use the model

– Usage of point cloud decreases the number of mistakes in design phase

– Good planning helps to avoid mistakes in the project

Used on permission of KOKO Arhitektid and Nordecon

• Data

– Who? What? When? In what form?

• Quality of the data. Garbage In – Gargage Out

• Perception and adoption

• Well-managed Building Information is like using superbrain during the whole life-cycle of the building

Information Management

Thank you!

Risto Vahenurm

ristovahenurm@gmail.com