THE BEST BIM PROJECT FOR PRODUCTION BUILDING – DEVELOPMENT OF “CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE LITHUANIA” PRODUCTION PLANT

The best Lithuanian BIM projects of 2022 were announced and awarded at the largest digital construction event in Lithuania – international conference “Digital Construction 2022. Vilnius”. Development of “Continental Automotive Lithuania” production plant, implemented by “BE LIVE” and “Merko statyba” was recognized as the best BIM project for production buildings.

In the annual competition organized by public institution “Skaitmeninė statyba”, the awards were shared in 6 categories by both public and private sector construction projects implemented using building information modeling (BIM) technologies and methodology.
Up to 33% lower energy costs were achieved in “Continental Automotive Lithuania” production plant building. 4D, 6D, 7D Building Information Modeling (BIM) methodology tools were used in construction design and management of building and its development, which helped to design and construct sustainable production extension of building to continuously operating Continental production plant.
From the very idea stage, project was developed in accordance with the requirements of sustainable building assessment system LEED and FM Global. 6D – life cycle analysis – LCA, dynamic energy modeling and modeling of engineering systems operation were performed in development of sustainable and economical building.
4D project schedule developed to simulate construction process was linked to elements of 3D model. Among the highlights of project is concept of Digital Handover developed by “BE LIVE”, where specific data of products, service, instructions and other technical information during construction was linked to 3D elements to form “Assets”.
These solutions of “BE LIVE” ensured smooth start-up and operation of 7D building management system. For example, by scanning QR code affixed to the device, the one can find all necessary information, register a fault, find spare parts, and obtain information about maintenance or repair work.
From the 1st March 2022, legislation on mandatory application of BIM in public procurement has entered into force. Organizers of competition are happy that number of companies applying BIM methodology is growing every year, and digital construction is already becoming the standard in the Lithuanian construction market.
In seven years, even 171 applications were submitted to competition “Lithuanian BIM Projects” with private and public BIM projects implemented by Lithuanian companies.