What is the main basis for BIM technology development in Nordic countries?

The development of BIM technology is mainly the conscious behavior of enterprises.

The use of BIM is compulsory in European countries, but not all. Due to the requirements of local climate and the promotion of advanced building information technology software, the development of BIM technology is mainly the conscious behavior of enterprises, which promotes the development of BIM technology based on models and rich data.

And contributed to the early deployment of BIM in these countries.

Nordic countries, including Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, are home to some major information technology software manufacturers in the construction industry, such as Tekla and Solibri, and the application rate of ArchiCAD originating from neighboring Hungary is also high. Therefore, these countries are the first countries in the world to adopt model-based design, and are also promoting the interoperability and open standards of building information technology, mainly IFC. The long and snowy winter in Nordic countries makes the prefabrication of buildings very important, which also promotes the development of BIM technology with rich data and models, which also leads to the early deployment of BIM in these countries.

Different from the above countries, the governments of the four Nordic countries do not require the use of BIM, but due to the requirements of local climate and the promotion of advanced building information technology software, the development of BIM technology is mainly the conscious behavior of enterprises. For example, Finnish state-owned enterprise Senate Properties is also the largest property asset management company in the Netherlands. In 2007, Senate Property issued BIM Requirements for Architectural Design (BIM Requirements for Senate Property Architectural Design, 2007).