Construction: overcoming growth limits

Abstract

Nowadays construction ensures the viability of the Russian economy and performs the spatial restructuring of buildings and structures aimed at the outstripping development and creation of a comfortable living environment. Current major changes in the geopolitical landscape could not but affect the focus and requirements for the development of the industry. The establishment of new transport and logistics corridors required incomparably higher rates of road construction; the import substitution programme facilitated industrial construction; the focus on creating a comfortable environment forced the modernization of the housing infrastructure; new horizons of agricultural development facilitated the creation of processing industries, etc. Despite the unprecedented pressure of sanctions housing construction continued to develop. At the same time, there has been a structural shift towards individual housing construction. In general, we can say that construction has become a powerful factor ensuring not only sustainability, but also the accelerated development of industries in need of import substitution. In this regard, the existing model of investment and construction activity should be brought in line with the current objectives of national development. The author believes that the mission of advanced development and overcoming the limits of construction growth is to ensure the technological sovereignty of investment and construction activities. It is based on the proactive use of foresight approach tools, advanced development of industry-specific research schools, establishment of a single centre for research and engineering management, development of the countercyclical policy, reorientation of investment and construction activities towards friendly countries, training and re-training of personnel as well as generation of a new type of project teams.