In 2022, the American vendor Autodesk, the creator of the Revit and Autocad design tools, left the Russian Federation, paving the way for the rapid development of Russian solutions. However, the matter does not stand still. An illustrative example is the beginning of cooperation between a developer and a major Russian developer.
The creators of Renga do not idealize their product, and then we are talking primarily about the scientific cooperation between Setl Group and ASCONA. Representatives of both sides spoke about their joint experience in the development and implementation of BIM technologies in November 2024 at the ROSTIM forum in Moscow.
In December, the portal “All about Construction” invited developers and developers to an online meeting ” Using the Renga BIM system in the design of Setl Group holding facilities. The experience of the Setl Group architectural bureau”. Videos and news appeared on the resources of “All about the construction site” and spread to other sites. The peak of publications was at the turn of December-January.
Although only developers from the Setl Group holding were present at the mentioned webinar, other partner organizations were also mentioned.
In our interview, Maxim Nechiporenko singled out the Aeroplane Group of Companies with its S.23 design Institute, the YuGproekTkuban Design Institute (part of Yugstroyinvest Group) and the design organization ks-Development LLC. All of them have experience in commissioning facilities in several regions of Russia.
“Direct participation in Setl Group’s projects has been planned and discussed. We have not reached an agreement yet, but I am sure that everything is going forward,” commented Daniil Manotskov, CEO of KS-Development LLC. – The first house in Renga is a clear demonstration of the possibilities of using renga for large developers. There have been examples before when information models of apartment buildings were created using domestic software, but not such details.”
The ks-Development company was in no hurry to switch to domestic software, it was deprived of such a given strategic task. Everything accelerated after Autodesk revoked the licenses for Revit and Autocad in 2022 under the pretext of some kind of customs regulation. We studied Russian analogues and took Renga because it looked the most mature. The developers of this HAD to accelerate urgently due to the increased high demand.
“The developers want to receive feedback in order to improve the product in accordance with the needs of the market,” said Daniil Manotskov.
“This is a motivating story that requires significant resources and a desire to interact,” added Elena Bezukladova, an expert in building and structure research from Chelyabinsk.
