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Since the start of the program to restore lighting in rural areas of Tatarstan, more than 55 thousand energy-saving lamps have been installed. From 2014 to 2018, the financing of the program amounted to 1 billion 125 million rubles. This year it is planned to allocate 225 million rubles for the implementation of the program. In 2018, the program installed more than 10 thousand lamps and 273 electricity metering boards. More than 354 km of self-supporting insulated cables were also installed. 225 million rubles were also allocated for these purposes. From 2014 to 2017, over 45.7 thousand lamps, 2 thousand electricity metering panels and 1.3 thousand km of self-supporting insulated cables were installed. The program to restore lighting in rural areas has been working in the country since 2014 in order to reduce electricity consumption by introducing energy-saving and energy-efficient equipment and bringing street lighting to a standard condition.

According to the results of the first regional championship on the competence “Operation and maintenance of an apartment building”, which opened today in Kazan, two participants of the WorldSkills national championship will be selected. The championship will be held in May this year in the capital of Tatarstan. The director of the Kazan College of Construction and Municipal Economy Zhamil Bakayev said this after the opening of the regional championship, reports the Tatar-inform news agency. “In May, during the WorldSkills national championship, the competence“ Operation and maintenance of an apartment building” will be presented as a presentation. It will be held outside the general competition. About five to six people from all over Russia are expected to participate in it. These are two representatives of Kazan, as well as representatives of the Kaliningrad, Yaroslavl, Astrakhan and Chelyabinsk regions,” - he said.

In the regional championship in terms of competence “Operation and maintenance of an apartment building”  take part six people, all of them are students of the Kazan College of Construction and Municipal Economy. Competitions will last three days and held in three modules. Students will hold a general meeting of residents and meetings with negative-minded appartment owners, as well as with representatives of organizations providing third-party services. They will visit the apartment building, visually evaluate it and compile a defective statement. “The main expert of the championship is Alexander Sharashkin, adviser to the management of educational projects of the State Corporation“ Fund for Assistance to the Reform of the Housing and Utilities Sector ”. Also two more experts from Moscow and one representative of the Yaroslavl region came with visit. The executive director of the Regional Center for Public Control in the Housing and Utilities Sector of the Republic of Tatarstan Dmitry Romanov acts as an expert from Tatarstan, ” - said Zhamil Bakayev.

The chief expert of the championship, Alexander Sharashkin, explained that specifically for the WorldSkills-2019 championship in Kazan, the Fund for Assistance to the Reform of the Housing and Utilities Sector will present the most advanced modules in this competence. This is the “JK Profi” - a simulator for managing an apartment building, which will help specialists to virtually assess the condition of an apartment building and also virtually take steps to repair and restore it. In addition, two more modules will be presented: “Improvement of the local area” and “Analysis of the consequences of major repairs”. “In total, since January 2019, we have held four such regional championships. Winners are invited to work in various organizations utilities. Such examples were in the Yaroslavl and the Chelyabinsk region. This suggests that there is a need for highly qualified specialists in the housing and utilities sector, ”- said Alexander Sharashkin.

In the Republic of Tatarstan on 4th of April, 2019 772.7 thousand square meters of housing, which is 31.9% of the plan, were commissioned. The Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Irek Fayzullin announced this at a republican meeting. As Irek Fayzullin reported, in the field of labor protection in construction, the Inspectorate of State Construction Supervision and the State Labor Inspectorate have conducted 322 inspections since the beginning of 2019. For violation of the rules and regulations of labor protection issued 61 decisions totaling 2 million 370 thousand rubles. Among the 136 objects of the 2019 investment program, 57 are in a high degree of readiness; 27 facilities on average degree; in a low degree of readiness - 52 objects. Under the program of multi-apartment investment housing, 37 houses were commissioned, the remainder being 94 houses. Out of 94 multi-apartment investment residential buildings under construction, 47 houses are in high readiness; on average readiness - 37 houses; in a low degree of readiness - 10 houses (construction started, readiness up to 30%). In terms of individual housing construction in the republic, out of 7,725 planned homes, 2,852 facilities were commissioned, the remainder is 4,473 houses.

From1st of April  to 31st of May 2019, in the Republic of Tatarstan, within the framework of the sanitary-ecological two months  the action “Clean construction” is held in order to clean the territories of settlements. We remind you that developers and contracting organizations should organize activities on construction sites to ensure compliance with cleanliness and prevent contamination of construction sites.

Within the framework of the 32nd Interregional Building Exhibition "Crimea. Construction Industry. Energy Saving. Spring-2019" (Republic of Crimea, Simferopol), an open-ended competition of promising architecture "Architecture - a step forward!" was held for the first time. The competition is designed to assist Russian architects and designers in promoting innovative ideas aimed at designing, building and popularizing modern low-rise architecture. The moderator of the Competition was OOO "Forum". Crimean exhibitions” and architectural design bureau "Versalproekt". The competition was attended by architects, designers, architectural and design bureaus, studios, creative teams, students of architectural educational institutions of Russia. The winner of the competition “Architecture is a step forward!” (1st place) in the nomination “Low-Rise Architecture - Student Project” was the project “Wandering” by students of the Institute of Architecture and Design of KGASU Selivanova Darya Vladimirovna and Berezin Ilya Ilfatovich.

The Inspectorate of State Construction Supervision of the Republic of Tatarstan has begun to exercise control over the construction of a pre-school educational organization in the Privolzhsky district of Kazan, along Professor Kamai Street. Currently, builders here are working on masonry exterior walls of the 2nd floor. Kindergarten is planned for 220 seats. Financing of construction is carried out at the expense of Tatarstan budget funds. The developer is the Main Directorate for Investment and Construction of the Republic of Tatarstan. General Contractor became "Neo Stroy Ltd" Planned completion of construction - the third quarter of 2019.

In Tatarstan, the rental housing program has been implemented since 2010, during which time 224 rental houses have been built for 2,663 apartments. This year in Mamadyshsky district two apartment buildings are planned to be commissioned, the "Nokrat" newspaper writes. Since 2016, according to this program, 6 apartment buildings were commissioned in Mamadyshsky district, 90 families were settled. As the "Nokrat" newspaper notes, more than 130 families are waiting for their turn to receive apartments for rent, 60 will celebrate housewarming this year. The Rental Housing Program allows you to provide mobility of the population, provide an opportunity for social hiring for those on the waiting list, and provide support to young families who do not have funds for the initial payment for the purchase of housing through social mortgage. All rental houses are equipped with necessary furniture and appliances for a comfortable living.

Today, in the special economic zone "Alabuga" Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing of the Republic of Tatarstan Yu.L. Alyashev held a meeting to review the progress of construction of the engineering and industrial infrastructure facilities of the 2019 program. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Customer SEZ “Alabuga” JSC, PJSC "Kamgesenergostroy", LLC "Alabuga Development" and contracting organizations. The meeting reviewed the pace of construction of the infrastructure of the SEZ "Alabuga". The customer reported on the progress of work, including on the objects of the Industrial and Technological Park "Synergy" (building 3 to accommodate the modern plant for the production of PAN precursor, building 4.1, 4.2). All the work on enclosing enclosures 4.1, 4.2 of the Synergy 4 was completed. Works on the construction of the 700 Pan Precursor building are carried out in accordance with the schedule, the equipment installation and the sealing of the boiler room are being completed. Special attention at the meeting was paid to the observance of occupational safety, labor protection and preparation for anti-flood measures.

The Union of Architects of Russia announces an open interregional review competition held within the framework of the architecture forum "Architecture VRN 2019". In 2019, 5 main areas of competitive activity were announced - “Center of the Russian City”, “Best Architectural Works”, “Best Architectural Practices”, “Student Architectural Creativity” and “Architectural Journalism”. Mandatory acceptance of applications for participation in the competition is carried out on http://zodchestvo.uaig.ru/ until April 8, 2019; the reception of competitive works until May 8, 2019. Detailed information can be obtained by phone: +7 909 214 13 53.

Alexey Frolov, First Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Comunal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan, met with representatives of the company Termomeccanica Ecologia Italy (Italy), in which possible areas of cooperation were discussed. The delegation included the representative of Termomeccanica Ecologia in Russia Giorgio Dazzi, the commercial director of Termomeccanica Ecologia Italy Riccardo Rossi, and the technical director Matteo Prato. Delegation participants spoke about waste management related projects, and also noted that they are looking with great interest at the Tatarstan waste management market.