The 3rd All-Russian round of the contest of final qualifying works "Motorways. Transport infrastructure facilities" has started at the Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering.

The opening was addressed by the Dean of the Faculty of Automobile and Road Building Andrey Zazykin. Andrey Vyacheslavovich called on the jury members to continue to consider SPbGASU as a platform for the final stages of this contest, which does not lose its relevance, despite the large number of other student competitions. He also spoke about the faculty, which turns 78 this year, about its achievements and development prospects.

"The FARB facilities in Krasnoe Selo houses one of the most modern service stations in St Petersburg, a student design bureau, a mechanical section, and a five-axis milling machine launched recently. The plans include equipping hangars for laboratories for road and bridge workers. A laboratory for bridge workers is especially necessary, because St Petersburg is the capital of bridges," said Andrey Vyacheslavovich.

The contest will be held from 19 to 24 May in the fields of study 08.03.01, 08.04.01 Civil engineering, training profiles: "Motorways and airfields", "Road bridges and tunnels"; in the specialties 08.05.01 Construction of unique buildings and structures, specialization "Construction of highways, airfields and special structures"; and 08.05.02 Construction, operation, restoration and technical cover of motorways, bridges and tunnels, specialization "Construction (reconstruction), operation and technical cover of motorways".

The works of students from construction universities from Moscow, Kazan, Vologda, Krasnoyarsk, Belgorod, Ivanovo, Rostov-on-Don, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Volgograd and other cities are participating.

The contest is held in 20 nominations. Each graduation work will be reviewed by members of the jury consisting of representatives of universities, and assessed using a point system. Points are awarded for the achievements of contestants in testing 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.