{"id":9242,"date":"2019-09-10T11:10:55","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T09:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/?p=9242"},"modified":"2025-12-05T12:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:43:11","slug":"bim-in-europe-the-ecso-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblus.accasoftware.com\/en\/bim-in-europe-the-ecso-report\/","title":{"rendered":"BIM in Europe: the ECSO report"},"content":{"rendered":"

BIM in Europe: the ECSO report findings on the European construction sector and an analysis on the state of digitalisation<\/p>\n

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ECSO<\/strong> (European Construction Sector Observatory<\/em>)<\/a> has published the report \u201cBuilding Information Modelling in the EU construction sector<\/em>\u201d with findings relating to the state of BIM in Europe.<\/p>\n

The document assesses the importance of BIM in the construction industry and the potential advantages deriving from a complete digitalisation of the AEC sector, up to the analysis of the implementation level for some Member Countries.<\/p>\n

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Digitization of the European construction sector<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The construction sector, and the activities linked to it, can strongly influence the economic, environmental and social development of a country. In fact, in the EU in 2016, the construction sector has provided as many as 18 million jobs<\/strong> and has contributed to almost 9% of GDP.<\/p>\n

However, the sector’s growth rate is much lower than in other sectors. This is partly explained by the difficulties of the building sector in embracing digital innovations that could help improve both productivity and profitability.<\/p>\n

However, the sector’s growth rate is much lower than in other sectors. This is partly explained by the difficulties of the building sector in embracing digital innovations that could help improve both productivity and profitability.<\/p>\n

For example, it is estimated that large-scale digitalization in non-residential building would lead to annual savings of over half a trillion euros (one billion billion euros).<\/p>\n

Given the importance of this sector, the European Commission supported, has promoted and developed various activities to encourage digitalisation in the construction sector (AEC), including the EUBIM TaskGroup<\/p>\n

In this regard it becomes interesting to understand how the digitization of the construction industry is evolving throughout Europe, being increasingly recognized as a potential turning point. Northern European countries have paved the way in terms of implementing BIM methodology, to be slowly reached by Western European countries and, finally, followed by Eastern European countries.<\/p>\n

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ECSO report on BIM in the European construction sector<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The ECSO report examines the implementation of BIM in the EU, analyzes drivers, opportunities and challenges regarding its implementation and provides recommendations for EU political activity aimed at supporting and promoting BIM adoption.
\nThe study does not really cover all 28 EU countries, but analyzes a representative sample:<\/p>\n