THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION MODELLING TECHNOLOGY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INVESTMENT-CONSTRUCTION PROCESS

Subject: transformation of relations between participants of investment and construction process and their documentation due to accelerated introduction of BIM modeling technology and its spread to the full lifecycle of the construction object. Research objectives: study of the composition and structure of the unified digital environment formed on the basis of technological platform of information modeling in construction, and analysis of the current state of affairs in this area in the Russian Federation; research of directions and mechanisms of transformation of the investment and construction process in terms of two currently used models of implementation of investment and construction projects: disintegrated procurement and integrated procurement models. Materials and methods: systematic approach, statistical and comparative analysis and method of expert assessments were used. Results: we have established a three-component composition of a unified digital environment in construction, including technological platform based on BIM-modeling technology, and in relation to a specific object - its information model; information and analytical systems associated with the BIM-model and providing its information content and updating; banks of normative, technical and methodological documentation. The following directions of investment and construction process transformation are identified: • early involvement of the construction contractor in the project; • extended application of integrated engineering models; • strengthening the role of unified state customers in the construction system for state needs; • implementation of the mechanism of documented partnership between the participants of investment and construction projects. Conclusions: the main direction of development of the investment and construction process in the digital environment, formed on the BIM technology platform, is the formation of mechanisms for in-depth cooperation of participants of investment and construction projects at all stages of the object’s lifecycle on the basis of a wide application of integrated engineering contracts, centralization of management in the system of public procurement and development of partnership mechanisms on the basis of multilateral partnership agreements made by the participants of investment and construction projects. Implementation of these mechanisms will require the appropriate development of regulatory, technical and methodological bases, as well as amendments to existing legislation related to public-private partnerships and public procurement.