This year, it is planned to drill 30 artesian wells in the republic, install 35 water towers and lay 220 km of water supply networks. The work has been started in the Bavlinsky, Chitopolsky, Apastovsky, Drozhzhanovsky, Tetyushsky, Mamadyshsky areas. In the framework of the republican program for the replacement of boilers in houses of budgetary institutions, it is planned to replace 113 boilers at 65 facilities. According to the program for switching to individual heating systems, it is planned to transfer 1,547 apartments to an individual heating system. Also in 2020, it is planned to install 24 boilers at social facilities and the construction of 18 km of the gas pipeline. Under the program for the restoration of street lighting, the Gasification Fund plans to install 12,177 street lamps. In addition, technical inspection of facilities is ongoing in the republic as part of a modernization program for wastewater systems.

Monitoring of payment discipline of the population of Tatarstan for housing and communal services revealed that as of the 1st of April, 2020, the collection rate was 95.2%. This was announced today at a republican meeting in the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan by the Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Farit Hanifov. The minister said that as of the 1st of April, overdue debts of utilities for gas amounted to 529.9 million rubles. Compared to the same period last year, debt increased by 25.8 million rubles. The minister also recalled that in 2020 it is planned to repair 1 thousand 64 apartment buildings with a total area of ​​6.5 million square meters. 41 municipalities are participating. Today, the development of design estimates and the reliability of determining the estimated cost continues. Also, the Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Tatarstan together with branch ministries and departments of the republic carried out work on the formation of lists of construction and overhaul programs for 2021.

On the official Internet portal of legal information pravo.gov.ru, was published a decree of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation dated 03.03.2020 No. 165 / pr “On Amending the Procedure for the Development and Coordination of Special Specifications for the Development of Design Documentation for a Capital Object”, approved by order of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation on  April 15, 2016 No. 248 / pr." The Ministry of Construction of Russia conducted an analysis of the developed STC, according to the results of which it was revealed that more than 70 percent of the STC relate to fire safety issues. In order to optimize the approval of the STC on fire safety (provided that such STC does not affect structural safety issues), the rule is fixed that such STCs are subject to coordination only with the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia (prior to the issuance of the decree, coordination was carried out by two departments sequentially: the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia and the Ministry of Construction of Russia). Such optimization will reduce the time spent by the designer on the development and approval of STC by about one month.

On April 17, during his working visit to Nizhnekamsk region of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a solemn ceremony of launching hydroprocessing unit for heavy coking gas oil and sulfolane extractive distillation unit of an aromatic hydrocarbon production complex at the Taneko Refining and Petrochemical Plants Complex.

On September 21-24, 2020, in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, the First Central-Eastern Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) will be held, the republic won the right to host the results of the bidding campaign. The organizer of the Congress is the ERTICO ITS Europe Association. Co-organizers of the Congress are the ministries and departments of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan. The organizing Committee for the preparation and holding of the First Central-Eastern Congress on intelligent transport systems includes the Minister of construction, architecture and housing and communal services of the Republic of Tatarstan, F.M. Khanifov.

The main thematic areas of the Congress: traffic management, public transport, legislation in the field of traffic management, big data, research and development, innovation, drones, satellites, ITS and the environment, mobile applications, training in ITS.

Vladimir Putin proposed to work out a preferential mortgage program, which will allow purchasing of comfort-class housing in new homes with a rate of 6.5% per annum. This program will work throughout the loan term, which can be started until the 1st of November, 2020.

Also, Vladimir Putin said that when carrying out preventive measures at the enterprises of the construction industry, it is necessary not to interrupt the construction process, make flexible decisions and find a balance.

Further on the most important assignments following the meeting:

1. Launch a preferential mortgage program. The rate for citizens should be 6.5%, the rest part will be subsidized by the state. Such a mortgage can be issued before the 1st of November when purchasing new comfort class housing at a price of up to 3 million rubles in the regions and up to 8 million rubles in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The preferential rate will be valid for the entire loan term. According to preliminary estimates, in 2020 the state will direct 6 billion rubles to subsidize preferential mortgages.

2. Ensure the availability of loans for construction companies. But such assistance will be available only to companies that maintain employment and commit themselves to complete all facilities. Detailed criteria should be determined by the government. 12 billion rubles were allocated for a lending program for the construction industry.

3. To capitalize the Fund for the protection of the rights of interest holders by 30 billion rubles. These funds will be used to "solve the problems accumulated in past years", - completion of unfinished houses.

4. Provide state corporations Dom.RF with a state guarantee of 50 billion rubles for the purchase of new apartments from developers. In the future, citizens will be able to purchase these apartments, including through a preferential mortgage program.

5. Redistribute part of the costs within the framework of the national project “Safe and high-quality roads” and programs for the resettlement of emergency housing. The pace of resettlement of such housing, as well as construction and repair of roads should be increased.

Igor Manilov, head of the State Expertise Committee of Russia, noted that the formation of a constant and self-motivated desire for knowledge and their effective application in practice by the construction community is important for the development of the industry. The Kazan branch of the Glavgosexpertiza of Russia completed a two-day webinar as part of the implementation of the program “Effective service of the state customer”. It was attended by more than 350 representatives of 13 regions of the Volga Federal District: the heads of regional ministries and departments, the leadership and executive staff of developers. During the second day of the seminar, reports were made by A.R. Khasanov, Deputy Head of the Department of the Federal Treasury in the Republic of Tatarstan on the topic “Ensuring control over the implementation of government contracts. Financing government programs. The role of the Treasury in the financial support of the construction process. Financial control and monitoring”, I.F. Safiullin, First Deputy Head of the Inspectorate of State Construction Supervision of the Republic of Tatarstan on the topic “Construction Supervision. Functions, activities. The procedure for obtaining a conclusion on compliance”, L. B. Galimova, Deputy Director of the State Budgetary Institution “Main Investment and Construction Directorate of the Republic of Tatarstan” on the topic “Accounting in the construction and reconstruction of facilities. The order of transfer of the object from the balance of the state customer. Registration of fixed assets (increase in the book value of capital construction) ”, I.S. Nachvina, First Deputy Minister of Digital Development of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Tatarstan on the topic “Instruments for monitoring the implementation of infrastructure projects in the context of the digital transformation of the construction industry." At the end of the event, the webinar participants thanked the organizers for the productive and very useful work, for the opportunity to compare their experience with the experience of colleagues, noting the practical focus of the training. In turn, the Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Farit Khanifov said that it is planned to integrate practitioners and colleagues from other subjects of the Russian Federation into the curriculum.

A two-day “pilot project” of online training for government customers was launched on the basis of the Kazan branch of the Glavgosexpertiza of Russia. This program provides training for senior staff and government of the Volga Federal District customers. Director of LLC. Architect Bureau  AB-1" Ivan Moshka talked about the use of information modeling tools and modern approaches. In his speech, he spoke in detail about the benefits of using information modeling not only for design organizations but also for a specialized/non-specialized customer, as well as for future owners. An important part of the presentation was a description of each stage of modern design, consisting of 5 basic steps: 1. Preparation of technical specifications for design: where it is important to identify all participants, draw a common denominator and agree on the rules. 2. Development of the architectural/technological concept: visualization of technical specifications and all agreements. 3. Information modeling: visual and milestone control. Emphasis on standard control of the model. 4. Acceptance of the information model. 5. Registration of design estimates: first the model then the project.

The construction industry needs an effective state customer service, First Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation Irek Fayzullin said this, opening a pilot project to train representatives of the Volga Federal District as part of the implementation of the program “Effective service of the state customer”. Training is held on 15th and 16th of April in the form of webinars on the basis of the Kazan branch of the Glavgosexpertiza of Russia. “Our paramount task is to provide competent qualified customer service in the field. For this, in conjunction with the Glavgosexpertiza of Russia, and later with the FAI "RosKapStroy", distance and full-time training of representatives of regional and municipal authorities at the level of budget managers will be conducted. This work is especially important in today's difficult conditions, when construction projects in the country are stopped, and objects, including those subsidized from the federal budget, can not only not be delivered on time, but in principle, cannot be realized. I hope for a balanced position of the leaders of the regions, on which it depends on whether the work will continue in the previous mode, how the participants in the investment and construction process will interact with each other, and, most importantly, whether all sanitary and epidemiological safety measures will be provided directly at construction sites,” -  emphasized Irek Fayzullin.

Today, on the basis of the Kazan branch of the FAI Glavgosexpertiza of Russia, a pilot project has been launched to train representatives of government customers of the Volga Federal District as part of the implementation of the Effective Government Customer Service program. One of the topics was the discussion of monitoring and control over compliance with labor protection requirements in the construction industry. Note, the Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ilshat Gimaev, speaking at a webinar emphasized that over the past five years, the total number of accidents in the construction industry of the republic has decreased by 2.4 times. He also explained that the main type of accident in construction is still falling from a height, this figure is 44% of the total number of accidents. 39% are collapses of objects; in total, these types make up 83% of the total number of accidents.