Meeting participants
On 29 January, SPbGASU held a meeting of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Housing Committee of the Government of St Petersburg. The presidium of the meeting included Vice-Governor of St Petersburg Evgeny Razumishkin, Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Housing Committee, Head of the SPbGASU Department of Construction Economics and Housing and Utility Infrastructure Veronika Asaul, Chairman of the Housing Committee Denis Udod, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for the Improvement of St Petersburg Sergey Malinin. More than one hundred specialists in the housing and utilities sector took part in the meeting.
Chief Engineer of the St Petersburg State Budgetary Institution "Central Administration of Regional Roads and Improvement" Igor Mishustin spoke about the use of new models of municipal equipment for road cleaning. He reviewed the universal municipal machines used in the Northern capital, emphasized their positive characteristics and voiced proposals to manufacturers for technical improvement. "Interaction between road agencies and factories-manufacturers of municipal cleaning equipment continues on an ongoing basis," the specialist noted.
The head of the investment and technology center "Vympel" Yury Murzin spoke about the results of testing an innovative electric loader in snowfall conditions. The speaker noted that the loader is distinguished by a high level of nationalization of products.
Head of the SPbGASU Division for Curriculum Development and Academic Work Elena Aleksandrova reported on how our university is training personnel for the housing and utilities sector. "Since the 2024/2025 academic year, SPbGASU, together with the self-regulatory organization "Association of Builders of St Petersburg" as part of the work of the Consortium of the Construction Industry of the Northwestern Federal District, continues to work in school construction classes," she said in particular.
Elena Aleksandrova focused on the proposals from SPbGASU for the implementation of the Concept of training personnel for the construction industry and housing and utilities until 2035, approved by the Russian government. The university has introduced new educational programs for the industry, modules for developing competencies in the field of information modeling technologies, and increased the share of practical classes. Practitioners, including future employers of graduates, are widely involved in the educational process. The programs have been brought into line with the current needs of the industry. "Industrial partners play a significant role in our educational process," she noted.
Director of OOO ECOTERMIX SPB Konstantin Baranov reported on the results of the implementation of an innovative building material based on polyurethane. It has a wide range of applications both in new construction and in the improvement of already built facilities requiring routine and major repairs.
At the end of the meeting, those gathered agreed on further cooperation between all participants in the housing and utilities sector of St Petersburg in scientific research, introduction of new technology and personnel training.
