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We understand that successful digitization of the construction industry requires designers, architects, engineers, project managers and construction supervisors who know how to work with these technologies. Their preparation is currently a major challenge for the education system. To this end, the NRA has established a BIM expert group that brings together skilled technology enthusiasts and […]

RB Rail AS is a multi-national joint venture of the Republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lituania, which has been established to implement Rail Baltica, the largest Baltic-region infrastructure project in the last 100 years with a goal of integrating the Baltic states into the European rail network. The Rail Baltica BIM documentation includes overview presentations […]

The BIM Conference is organised by the Association for Construction Industry Digitalisation (BÅ«vniecÄ«bas Industrijas Digitalizācijas asociācija), a public, non-governmental organisation. This annual event brings together experienced professionals in the construction and technology sectors who understand the difficulties and challenges of the built environment and are able to find the right solutions. The association also cooperates […]

VNI (Valsts Nekustamie ĪpaÅ¡umi) is the most active customer of construction projects in the public sector and is working to promote the digitalisation of construction in Latvia. In accordance with the priorities of the BIM Roadmap, VNI developed guidelines for BIM in public procurement (including standard customer information requirements) and established a training program that […]

The Ministry of Economics – in cooperation with other state institutions and capital companies, representatives of the construction sector, educational institutions and construction customers – developed a Roadmap for the implementation of BIM in Latvia.  The Roadmap sets out the case for change, programme vision, targeted benefits, schedules, lines of action and key activities. It provides a focus […]

This site is the primary destination for public sector information regarding the implementation of BIM in Latvia. It provides a summary on what BIM is and why it is important to Latvia, along with links to resources such as the Latvia BIM roadmap Reinforcing public sector commitment to BIM transformation, this content is replicated under […]

Part of an ongoing programme of research, summary descriptions, results presentations and key reports are published on subjects such as, for instance ‘identifying the investments required for the implementation of building information modelling (BIM)’ and ‘Evaluation of benefits from the use of BIM in construction projects and operation of buildings and collection of good practices […]

LVS has provided a single destination for information on locally relevant BIM standards, demonstrating Latvia’s alignment with international best practices, which have been adapted and interpreted for local conditions. The website provides a summary of locally adopted standards along with a brief narrative summary. It includes ISO standards such as ISO 19650-1/2 and ISO 16739 […]

Latvian Standard (LVS) is the national standards body for Latvia. It organises seminars and training courses on standards and standardisation in Latvia and Europe to help entrepreneurs, experts of technical committees, students and other target groups to get involved. LVS created an e-learning platform for unlimited free access to courses and training materials related to […]

The Construction Digitalization Center (BÅ«vniecÄ«bas digitalizācijas centrs, BDC) is a structural unit of Riga Technical University (RTU). BDC has been established to promote the acquisition of digital processes in the construction industry. The BIM training programme was organised by RTU’s Construction Digitalization Center in cooperation with the CMB Engineering Competence Centre and procured by the […]