Integration of BIM in Lithuania DALIUS GEDVILAS Director of Public institution “Skaitmeninė statyba” President of Lithuanian Builders Association WWW.SKAITMENINESTATYBA.LT

BIM & Labour market today

BIM needs in construction labour market >1340 open positions for BIM specialists at linkedin.com ~1200 open positions for BIM specialists in the United Kingdom at indeed.co.uk In Lithuania - ???

Reality – BIM becomes the standard

New approaches Human aspects of digitalization Urban world Digital future Health reimagined Entrepreneurship rising Resourceful planet Global marketplace Digital future – world of data Human aspects of digitalization BIM is a socio-technical system

Developer of the initiative – Public institution “Skaitmeninė statyba” Observer at

Public institution “Skaitmeninė statyba” Aim – to coordinate the digitalization process of Lithuanian construction. Mission – to contribute to the development of sustainable environment of the Lithuanian construction sector, both public and private, for cooperation and partnership by developing innovative solutions for rational exchange and dissemination of information in the construction sector, development of ICT systems and services in the construction sector; to educate and organize training.

Current status

Issues of Lithuanian construction industry Ineffective communication, planning and cooperation – reason of most problems Inappropriate quality of construction projects – misunderstandings, corrections New generation of specialists, but old technologies and old legislation

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT COOPERATION REGULATIONS KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT “Skaitmeninė statyba”: main directions

Cooperation with Government & Ministry of Environment On 28/09/2015 Government of the Republic of Lithuania officially agreed to the initiative to digitalize Lithuanian construction sector. On 10/11/2015 Minister of Environment approved Guidelines of developing Lithuanian construction sector 2015-2020 with main strategic aims until 2020. On 03/11/2015 Minister of Environment approved a working group for the implementation of the initiative to digitalize Lithuanian construction sector. “Skaitmeninė statyba” conducted a study of digitalizing Lithuanian construction sector and financing the actions by the request of Ministry of Environment and the Construction Products Certification Centre.

Lithuanian Standards Board Cooperation with Lithuanian Standards Board COOPERATION Lithuanian Standards Board, together with Public institution “Skaitmeninė statyba” translated the main BIM ISO standards. The standards are now available to apply. LST ISO 29481-2:2015 Building information models – Information delivery manual – Part 2: Interaction framework (ISO 29481-2:2012, identical) LST ISO/TS 12911:2015 Framework for building information modelling (BIM) guidance (ISO/TS 12911:2012, identical)

Lithuanian Standards Board Cooperation with Lithuanian Standards Board COOPERATION A technical committee “Building Information Modelling” was established in cooperation with Lithuanian Standards Board. Aim of the committee is not only to contribute to setting up Lithuanian and adapting EU standards, but also to represent Lithuania in European technical committee CEN/TC 442.

Adjusting good practice: RIBA in Lithuania REGULATIONS RIBA – Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA documents were translated and introduced to various associations of Lithuanian construction industry to discuss. The aim is to adjust the core statements of BS1192 to the Lithuanian law.

What does construction market need today REGULATIONS Requirements of: Using ICT in public construction projects Hand-over of technical information, digital descriptions of buildings Preservation of digital model data, technical CAD specifications Using open data from Lithuanian registers in digital models of buildings Public procurement of designing and construction services Applying IFC and classification

What does construction market need today REGULATIONS Digitizing a construction process and developing BIM Catalogue of public procurement criteria Pre-qualification of suppliers Electronic daily construction report Other

BIM Hands-on

“Skaitmeninė statyba”: documents being created REGULATIONS BIM Employer's Information Requirements (EIR) BIM Guide BIM Dictionary BIM Execution Plan (BEP1) Detailed BIM Execution Plan (BEP2) Contract templates for tenders

BIM education KNOWLADGE Lithuanian universities are actively adapting their study programs with respect to needed knowledge of BIM.

What’s ahead? KNOWLADGE “Smart and digital” as the main focus on the biggest construction exhibition in Lithuania “RESTA” in 2017. As part of exhibition: “Digital construction 2017, Vilnius” – annual international conference (28 April, 2017). Focus of the conference – Life Cycle Management. “Lithuanian BIM Awards 2017” – second contest of BIM projects of Lithuanian companies.

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Important assets INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Case study of 3D cities in Lithuania Creating a concept of Building Passport – a tool to gather data for facility management. Dealing with “Big Data”, integrate data registers. Creating and developing of BIM Library consisting of generic and proprietary BIM objects in IFC format.

National BIM Standard of Lithuania To summarize: We need documents and regulations to create the right environment for BIM in Lithuania. It is expected to have our own national BIM standards in 2017.

We welcome you to cooperate!

Thank you! DALIUS GEDVILAS Director of Public institution “Skaitmeninė statyba” President of Lithuanian Builders Association WWW.SKAITMENINESTATYBA.LT