On 6 November, the 8th All-Russian TIM Championship officially opened at SPbGASU. Denis Nizhegorodtsev, Director of the SPbGASU Educational Center for Digital Competence, addressed the participants with a welcoming speech. He emphasized that today's design reality is the collaborative problem-solving of specialized teams, and the TIM Championship teaches how to comprehensively utilize digital solutions for all parallel processes involved in construction projects of any complexity.

This year, the championship brought together participants from 10 Russian universities. Teams from St Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (SPbGASU), Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (NNGASU), Perm National Research Polytechnic University (PNRPU), Tyumen Industrial University (TIU), Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (NRU MGSU), Togliatti State University (TSU), and Far Eastern State Transport University (FESTU) will compete in person.

Vyatka State University (VyatSU), South Ural State University (SUSU), and Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (TSUACE) are participating in the championship remotely.

Each team consists of seven members and completes a single task across seven competencies: architect, designer, heating and ventilation engineer, water supply and wastewater engineer, estimator, electrical engineer, and TIM coordinator. In one week, the teams will have to create a complete digital model of a children's educational institution in St Petersburg.

The final of the TIM Championship will take place on 14 November.

"Competitions like these allow us to improve and test our university knowledge, develop teamwork skills, and share experiences and best practices in digital design in a short timeframe and under conditions similar to real-world project tasks," Denis Nizhegorodtsev is confident.