INTERVIEW | ANNA MERKULOVA
“Our specialists have moved from sporadic use of
information modelling technologies to building the first metro facility in Russia created completely in a BIM environment. With each completed BIM project, we have enlarged our database and component library and have codified our BIM frameworks that regulate the rules of exchange and administration of information about facilities under construction. We have also developed a common work-flow that uses open formats among others and allows us to combine the best solutions from different vendors. Today, our team is increasing the capabilities of digital models by integrating software for network planning graphs, analytical calculations of fire spread and evacuation, comprehensive soil geomechanical models and others. “BIM allows us to build infrastructure facilities more
effectively in the dense conditions of a metropolis. For example, we have used digital modelling for the overland section of the Metro in New Moscow to optimise station utility systems. Initially, the lane had been designed for a high-speed tram system. The stations of another radial line – Troitskaya, that goes into areas recently added to the Moscow city jurisdiction – are tightly sited between residential buildings and the road network. With the help of BIM, we can thoroughly search for potential conflicts and address them at the design stage of the project. “I think the state initiative of widespread
implementation of BIM will give significant momentum to the development of innovative technologies in Russia. “In the field of underground infrastructure, our
continuing work on the Moscow Metro development programme has ensured an unprecedented leap forward – and at very great speed. Of course, there’s no permanent need for such a pace, so now Moscow authorities are switching to a steadier rhythm of work. Nonetheless, another 58km of tunnels and 24 stations are to be built; the projects of the third and fourth lines of the MCD are in the active phase of implementation; and the plans to build the fifth one have been already made public, so there is plenty still for us to do. “For the future, administrations of several other
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BIM model of a section of the Sokolnicheskaya line
in the Moscow Metro, and our engineers had to do a
lot of work regarding norms and regulations to finish the project. “The Russian government at the state level pays great
attention to information technologies in construction works. Starting from next year, BIM becomes mandatory for all government contracts. For the last several years, we at Mosproekt-3 have proactively implemented information modelling technologies in our work. We have taken part in developing regulatory standards, have trained highly-qualified specialists who implement BIM and have carried out several major projects using BIM. As a result, we have become the prime BIM-company in infrastructure building in Russia.
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Russian metropolises have launched their transport development programmes. These plans have received support from the president and the federal government. For example, not so long ago, the Mosproekt-3 team became involved in the Metrotram project in Chelyabinsk. Light speed-tram systems are common in European cities, but in this case we face a unique challenge of integrating the tunnels of an unfinished metro project into the transport network. “While the Russian market has vast potential, we
nevertheless have offers and give consideration to projects in Europe and the Middle East. I’m convinced that the immense experience and advanced skills gained by the Mosproekt-3 team while working on the unprecedented development programme of the Moscow Metro will ensure ultimate quality of construction of facilities for our foreign partners.”
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