How the construction industry is switching to Russian software

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Losing access to the BIM 360 system is equivalent to losing all data stored on the server, says Dmitry Demin, director of the BIM division at the engineering software developer Ascon-Integration. "If data on current projects disappears, the designer or developer may not have time to fulfill their obligations under the contract for design and survey work, or for the delivery of the construction project," he explained.

According to Viktorov, Autodesk " slovenia whatsapp resource will continue consistent and thorough work on technological isolation of the Russian construction complex from its products." "This industry is a little behind in import substitution or is still in captivity of some technological illusions. This year, we must make every effort to bring the level of import substitution in this industry closer to 100%," says Viktorov.



Developer Rariteco has already switched to domestic software, Borisova told RBK. "We have long calculated the risks of using foreign software, so we prepared in advance for the departure of its Western suppliers. Using a domestic product allows us to keep sensitive information about the project safe. Until 2022, solutions like Autodesk were used en masse, but are now being replaced by Russian products," she explained.

Investment and construction company FSK initiated a project to switch to Russian software back in 2022, its vice president Dmitry Tsygankov told RBC. "Considering that technical document management is a critical function in development, immediately after the first signals about the possible termination of the BIM 360 service appeared, we initiated a project to switch to a secure service. We managed to complete the project and switch to a tool of our own development," he explained.

According to the engineering software developer Ascon, at least 30% of developers have started using domestic software. Among the remaining 70%, they mainly use Autodesk, as well as software for local tasks, such as ArchiCAD for architectural design, Tekla for designing building structures.

In recent months, construction companies have been urgently switching to Russian software due to the blocking of BIM 360 licenses,statedpreviously developer of IT solutions for digitalization of construction Sarex. In March, the company announced the launch of a program to migrate from the Autodesk BIM 360 cloud solution to its own software development. The reason for launching the program was the growth of requests from construction companies and industrial enterprises wishing to urgently migrate from the Autodesk cloud due to the disconnection of Russian users from the American service. Over the past two years, large developers Ingrad, GALS and MR Group have switched to the Sarex solution, among others.