Which Construction Projects Require BIM in Kazakhstan?

By an order of the Minister of Industry and Construction dated March 19, 2026, Kazakhstan approved a list of construction project types for which building information modeling is mandatory during construction and operation.

The list includes:

from August 1, 2026:

• general education school buildings (including gymnasiums and lyceums) with a capacity of 600 students or more;

• airports, airport passenger terminals, and other aviation infrastructure facilities;

• railway and road tunnels and metro systems;

• bridge structures 100 m or longer on roads of all categories;

• unique construction facilities.

from January 1, 2028:

• preschool education facilities with 95 places or more;

• dormitory buildings of boarding schools and children's summer camps with capacity for more than 100 children;

• higher and specialized secondary education complexes (campuses excluding standalone sports complexes, catering blocks, residential areas, and dormitory buildings);

• residential and mixed-use buildings of 6 stories or more (excluding the upper technical floor);

• administrative, service, and public buildings and structures of 3 stories or more (excluding the upper technical floor);

• residential and civil gas distribution facilities with pressure above 0.3 MPa;

• class I, II, III, and IV trunk oil and petroleum product pipelines;

• trunk water supply and wastewater networks and associated facilities, water and wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, and water intakes with capacity of 1000 m3/day or more;

• trunk and distribution (within-block) district heating networks with a nominal internal diameter exceeding 320 mm (inclusive) and associated facilities;

• museums of national significance, state archives, and repositories of national and cultural treasures requiring special artificial climate control and security measures;

• railway stations, bus terminals, and sea and river passenger terminals;

• indoor or outdoor sports, entertainment, and religious facilities with simultaneous capacity for 150 people or more;

• healthcare facilities and medical and preventive care institutions;

• electricity supply facilities, including substations, switchgear, overhead and cable power lines, and supply centers;

• power plants of all types, including thermal, hydroelectric, solar, wind, and other electricity generation facilities;

• oil and gas facilities, including extraction, gathering, processing, transportation, refining, and storage, as well as liquefied natural gas facilities;

• category I and II roads and their associated structures;

• class I and II hydraulic engineering structures;

• mainline railways;

• thermal power facilities and structures with capacity of 150 MW or more;

• power transmission lines and other electric grid facilities with voltage of 110 kV or more.

from January 1, 2030:

• all types of construction projects except those in the third level of responsibility.

The Order takes effect on July 1, 2026.

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