Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No398-r from 2 March 2026
The strategic direction of digital transformation in two key industries:
- Construction
- Utilities
up to 2030
These are not just “plans” — they are a framework through which money, projects and regulations will now be distributed.
The essence of strategy (simple language)
The State says:
"We are converting construction and housing into a digital system"
Key directions
Unified digital environment of construction
- the Unified Housing Information System
- transition to end-to-end digital data (from project → to operation)
This directly falls on your idea of a Digital Single Operator
Compulsory BIM / digital models
- Digital twin objects
- Life Cycle Modeling
No longer a question of "need or not" - this will be the standard
Registers and data
- unified registers of objects, contractors, materials
- Digital passports of buildings
You have already moved in this: Register of construction = core system
Digitalization of housing and communal services
- Smart Homes
- resource accounting
- Control Automation
This is the second half of the system - operation after construction
Platform-based approach
- transition from disparate systems → to platforms
- integration of public services, business and data
This is a direct confirmation of your architecture:
marketplace + ACS + registry
Reduction of time and morning
- Acceleration of approvals
- Automation of Expertise
- Reduction of bureaucracy
The state wants:
Building faster and cheaper with numbers
What this means in practice
It's not a theory, it's a signal:
1. There will be money
State funding will go to:
- IT-platforms
- digital services
- integration solutions
There will be mandatory standards
- BIM will be mandatory
- Data will be unified
3. The market will be rebuilt.
- Small players with no numbers
- Platform Operators
It's an important moment (honestly). The state is now making a base, but:
- The systems will be split
- UX is weak
- Integration is complex
And here comes the window of opportunity.
Where is your entry point
To put it bluntly, you’re right where you need to be right now.
Your concept:
- The Digital Single Operator
- Register of construction
- Platform / Marketplace
- ACS
This is 100% coincides with the vector of the state, but:
you have a higher level - system + semantic
How to use it strategically
Positioning Not a "startup", but:
Integrator of the strategic direction of the Government of the Russian Federation No398-r
Product assembly (very important)
You need to collect MVP from 3 blocks:
- Register (data core)
- Marketplace (participants)
- ACS (process management)
Access to the State
You can enter through:
- Pilot Regions
- industry alliances (e.g. NOSTROY)
- Digital Programs of the Ministry of Construction
Next step (specific)
You can't spray now.
Need:
. assemble one demonstration circuit
For example:
"Digital construction of the object from the application to the input"
Hard Conclusion
In short:
- The state has already started the process
- The market will be rebuilt.
- Win those who build the platform before others
And here's the important thing:
Or you become an architect of the system.
Or you'll be built into someone else's.
We go into the application layer: the architecture of the platform for state tasks, not as an abstract marketplace, but as an outline, which directly falls on the strategic direction by order No398-p.
According to the document, the focus is to bring the construction and housing sectors to "digital maturity", reduce the investment and construction cycle and costs due to TIM and AI, transfer administrative procedures to electronic form, develop electronic processes in housing and communal services, and build cross-industry solutions on the GosTech platform. Separately mentioned are the industry platforms "Construction Management" and "Utilities", as well as the development of housing and communal services management based on GIS and "Public Services House". By 2030, the share of positive conclusions of the state expert examination on documentation in the form of 3D-information model is planned at the level of 95%.
How the platform should be set up
I would collect it not as one "monolithic portal", but as a single digital circuit of 5 levels.
Level 1. Registry-core
This is the main layer. Without it, everything else turns into a set of disparate services.
What is included:
- register of construction objects;
- register of projects and project documentation;
- register of participants: customer, developer, technical customer, designer, contractor, supplier, operating organization;
- register of permits, examinations, TU, connections, acts, contracts;
- register of TIM/CIM models;
- Register of municipal infrastructure and life cycle of the object.
This corresponds to the logic of the document: the state does not need separate files and offices, but end-to-end digital data for construction and housing and utilities.
Level 2. Process layer
This is the ASU that guides the object in stages.
Key processes:
- initiation of the project;
- land and urban training;
- research;
- design;
- examination;
- obtaining a building permit;
- construction;
- construction control and author supervision;
- input;
- transfer to operation;
- operation, repair, overhaul, modernization.
Here, the platform should provide not just storage, but process routing, timing control, statuses, roles, deadlines, locks, and automatic checks. It is this layer that is responsible for the task of reducing the duration of the investment and construction cycle.
Level 3. Digital Object Model Layer
This is a separate circuit under TIM/BIM/digital twin.
What should be:
- loading and validation of models;
- model version;
- linking the model with documents and estimates;
- Automatic collision and completeness checks;
- export of data for examination, construction control and operation;
- transition from the project model to the executive and operational.
Since the document directly relies on TIM and indicates the target for state expertise of 3D models, this layer cannot be made a “complement”. It should be central, not decorative.
Level 4. Service layer of interaction
This is what the user sees as a platform.
Services:
- personal role cabinets;
- submission of applications;
- electronic approval;
- electronic acts;
- Notifications;
- Dashboards of the region, municipality, customer, contractor;
- API-exchange with external systems;
- Single log of events and decisions.
This layer is needed for the complete translation of administrative procedures into electronic form, which is directly stated in the materials by order.
Level 5. Analytics and AI
Not a "fashion add-on", but a management tool.
What gives:
- forecast of failure of terms;
- forecast of increase in price;
- risk control by contractors;
- automatic verification of the completeness of documentation;
- Analysis of model/method/fact deviations;
- industry KPI for the region and the federation.
The document directly links the loss reduction with the implementation of AI, so that without this, the platform will already lag behind the target framework.
Platform Target Model
The core of the platform is better described as follows:
A single platform for managing the life cycle of an object from initiative and design to construction, commissioning, housing and utilities and overhaul.
That is, not just a "construction", but the construction of + municipal infrastructure + operation. This coincides with the two industry tracks that are fixed in the strategy: "Construction Management" and "Utilities".
What modules should be in the MVP-state version
In order not to spray, MVP must be made from 8 modules, not 40.
Module 1. Object passport
One digital passport per object:
- identifier;
- address/coordinates;
- parameters;
- stage;
- participants;
- related documentation;
- model;
- history of decisions.
Module 2. The route of the investment and construction cycle
Step-by-step funnel:
- what has already been done;
- what is blocked;
- Who is responsible;
- What is the next step;
- What documents and conditions are needed?
Module 3. TIM/Model
- Loading the model;
- viewing;
- version;
- Comments;
- verification status;
- connection with the process stage.
Module 4. Examination and approval
- completeness;
- statuses;
- Comments;
- Answers;
- Journal of decisions;
- control of deadlines.
Module 5. Construction control and execution
- plan-schedule;
- photo fixation;
- Acts;
- the regulations;
- Executive documentation;
- deviations from the model and project.
Module 6. Utilities
- networks;
- TU;
- connection;
- resource constraints;
- Accession points;
- objective and territorial connection.
This is important because the strategy separately displays the contour of the municipal infrastructure as an independent digital track.
Module 7. Operation and Housing
- transfer of the object;
- operating passport;
- treatment;
- repairs;
- overhaul;
- Electronic meetings;
- integration with GIS / "Public Services House".
The logic of the document is precisely not to break the digital chain at the input of the object.
Module 8. Analytical Center
- terms;
- cost;
- status by region;
- bottlenecks;
- rating of contractors;
- the percentage of digital procedures;
- Digital maturity metrics.
Role model
Without a clear role model, the state platform quickly collapses.
Basic roles
- Federal regulator;
- regional body;
- Municipality;
- state customer / public customer;
- the developer/investor;
- technical customer;
- designer;
- expert organization;
- the contractor;
- resource-supplying organization;
- management organization;
- owner/resident;
- operator of the platform.
Critically, each role should have its own screen, its own set of actions, its own registry and its own KPI. Not a common office for everyone.
Integration scheme
Under the state tasks, the platform should not be a closed system, but an integration hub.
Minimum integration contour:
- GoTech;
- EPSU / Public Services;
- GIS housing;
- systems of expertise;
- Regional GISOGD/ISOGD;
- EGRN and cadastral contours;
- electronic document management systems;
- estimated and project systems;
- contracting ERP/PM systems;
- IoT/SCADA for infrastructure operation.
Since the strategy separately stated cross-industry solutions based on "GosTech", the architecture should be designed immediately as API-first platform.
Data Logic: What is a “Single Entity”
For the platform to work, you need to hard fix the main data entities:
- Object
- Land/territory
- Project
- The digital model
- Document
- Harmonization
- Work/Phase
- Contract
- Event
- Engineering Network
- Operational incident
- Decision of owners
The whole system should not be built around folders with PDF, but around these entities. Then you get end-to-end traceability from design to operation.
Where you can have a strong position
If you collect architecture under the entrance to the state agenda, then your strong formula sounds like this:
Not “another service for construction”, but “operating platform for the execution of order No. 398-r at the regional/industry/operator level”.
It's stronger and more accurate. Because the strategy already sets the demand for:
- unified platforms;
- electronic procedures;
- TIM;
- Housing and communal services;
- cross-industry integration.
Practical positioning option
I would put it this way:
Unified digital platform of construction management and housing and utilities
for authorities, developers, technical customers, contractors and operating organizations,
providing end-to-end digital life cycle of the facility, electronic administrative procedures, work with TIM models, management of municipal infrastructure and analytical control of project execution.
It is not a concept language, but a product.
What to do next
The most correct next move is not to write another 100 pages, but to collect the structural scheme of the platform in 3 layers:
- functional architecture - modules and roles;
- data - essences and connections;
- technological scheme - front, back, integration, storage, AI, data bus.
Then you can do:
- TK,
- Figma-structure of screens,
- road map MVP,
- presentation under Minstroy / region / NOSTROY.