From 19 to 24 May, SPbGASU held the 3rd All-Russian round of the contest of final qualifying works "Motorways. Transport infrastructure facilities". The competition was held in the following fields of study: 08.03.01, 08.04.01 Civil engineering, training profiles "Motorways and airfields", "Road bridges and tunnels"; in the specialty 08.05.01 Construction of unique buildings and structures, specialization "Construction of highways, airfields and special structures"; and in the specialty 08.05.02 Construction, operation, restoration and technical cover of motorways, bridges and tunnels, specialization "Construction (reconstruction), operation and technical cover of motorways".

The competition involved final qualifying works of 204 students from construction universities from Moscow, St Petersburg, Kazan, Vologda, Krasnoyarsk, Belgorod, Ivanovo, Rostov-on-Don, Penza, Tomsk, Ryazan, Yaroslavl, Novosibirsk, Volgograd and other Russian cities, selected as the best in the nomination based on the results of the II (regional) rounds in the basic universities.

The competition was held in 20 nominations. Each graduation work was reviewed by the jury members and assessed using a point system. Points were awarded for the achievements of the contestants in approving the results of their work, such as publications of articles, educational and methodological literature, participation in exhibitions, competitions, olympiads, reports at conferences, the presence of patents for inventions and utility models.

In each nomination, the three works that scored the highest number of points took prize places, and their authors were awarded diplomas.

Students of our university received five diplomas, one of which was for first place.

Daria Rumyantseva (supervised by senior lecturer Anna Simonova) took first place in the nomination "Road Management" in the field of study 08.03.01 Civil engineering, profile "Roads". The work was completed at the request of the Committee for the Development of Transport Infrastructure of St Petersburg.

In her work "Current issues of road construction and ways to solve them", Daria Rumyantseva proposed an approach consisting of automating processes with the mandatory use of digital technologies. Proposals have been developed for the use of digital systems in the road industry to improve the efficiency and quality of road construction, reduce the time of work, design and construction costs, and ensure the safety, reliability and durability of road infrastructure facilities.

Dmitry Ivanov (supervised by PhD in Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor Evgeny Kornylyev) took second place in the nomination "Maintenance, repair, major repairs and reconstruction of city streets and roads" in the specialty 08.05.02 Construction, operation, restoration and technical cover of motorways, bridges and tunnels, specialization "Construction (reconstruction), operation and technical cover of motorways".

Also, second place was taken by Denis Koshkin (supervisor - Anna Simonova) in the nomination "Organization of work during construction, reconstruction, major repairs, repair and maintenance of motorways" in the specialty 08.05.02 Construction, operation, restoration and technical cover of motorways, bridges and tunnels, specialization "Construction (reconstruction), operation and technical cover of motorways".

The third place went to Nikita Pekin (supervised by PhD in Engineering Sciences, Associate Professor Maria Klekovkina) in the nomination "Design of Highways" in the field of study 08.04.01 Civil engineering, profile "Roads"; and Ivan Myshov (supervised by PhD of Engineering Sciences Nikolay Kozak) in the nomination "City Streets and Roads" in the specialty 08.05.02 Construction, operation, restoration and technical cover of motorways, bridges and tunnels, specialization "Construction (reconstruction), operation and technical cover of motorways".