At the end of June, SPbGASU not only saw off graduates to their big professional life, but also met those who received their diplomas here 30 years ago: graduates of group 7P of the Department of Construction Technology and the Department of Timber Structures visited lecture halls, the meeting room of the Academic Council, the SPbGASU History Museum to catch up.
Builders, entrepreneurs, scientists
The work biographies of the graduates are impressive: career growth, scientific activity, teaching, entrepreneurship and many years of service to the cause chosen in youth.
Most of them successfully work in the construction industry. Igor Kulakov is a civil engineer, top manager, worked in construction organizations of St Petersburg, went from a work producer to the head of organization, for 10 years was the head of the municipality in the Lomonosovsky district; currently - Chairman of the Committee on Urban Development Policy of the Leningrad Region. Oleg Timoshchuk, PhD of Engineering Sciences, headed the department of legal and methodological support of the State Construction Supervision and Expertise Service of St Petersburg for more than 16 years, chairman of the state examination committee at the department of construction production technology, author of textbooks on construction technologies, expert on legal and technical issues in the field of construction. Denis Bak and Pavel Artemyev are the founders and heads of construction organizations that took part in the construction, reconstruction, major repairs, and restoration of significant sites: the General Staff building, the Astoria and Angleterre hotels, the Philip Morris tobacco factory, the Zenit Arena stadium, the Lakhta Center, and the Konevetsky Monastery.
Sergey Dryakhlov has been working as a site manager of construction projects in St Petersburg for many years. The reconstruction of the cultural heritage site "Pets House", major repairs of residential buildings, reconstruction of the Admiralty Shipyards collector - this is far from a complete list of construction works in which he participated. Alla Soboleva is the chief specialist of the technical department of a developer specializing in the construction of residential buildings and social facilities. Marina Belokonova (Shcherbina) is a chief estimator of nuclear industry facilities; her organization's main customers include the Kurchatov Institute and the St Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics. Tatiana Soloshenko is a specialist in contracting, Irina Danilenko is a low-rise construction manager, Natalya Rogova, Olga Mirenkova (chief specialist) and Olesya Litovchenko are design engineers who take part in the design, construction and reconstruction of residential and industrial buildings, and bridges; they participated in the construction of the Western High-Speed Diameter, the Ring Road of St Petersburg, and in the repair of the Trinity Bridge.
Natalia Iskrova is the head of the economy of the State Budgetary Institution MFC of the Murmansk Region. Natalia Morozova is a specialist in the design and construction of communication networks. Larisa Anikeeva is an entrepreneur and consultant. Dmitry Titarev, PhD of Engineering Sciences, is a business trainer, lecturer at the St Petersburg International Institute of Management and the Moscow School of Management "Skolkovo", and the author of books on industrial technologies. Svetlana Kraeva is a specialist in finishing materials and equipment.
When asked how to build a successful career in the construction industry, Igor Kulakov answered: “Career success depends on many components: professional skills, personal qualities, willingness to take responsibility, and the ability to work in a team. In recent years, one of the main trends in the construction industry has been digitalization and automation of processes. The introduction of TIM models and artificial intelligence leads to changes in the requirements for employee qualifications. As a result, the demand for specialists with skills in working with new digital technologies is increasing. University graduates who can effectively use digital tools have a better chance of building a successful career.”
"We will meet again at our home university"
Within the walls of their native university, the coursemates recalled moments of their student life.
"Many of us noted that the years spent at the university became the most important stage in our professional development. We remembered our favorite teachers - professors Vladimir Vladimirovich Verstov, Gennady Mikhailovich Badin, Rudolf Sergeyevich Sanzharovsky, the dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering Viktor Borisovich Zverev. Having met, we seemed to relive our student years, remembering how we made our first projects, how we defended our theses, how we coped with everyday difficulties in the dormitory and worked on a collective farm, how we sang around the campfire with a guitar with the modest coursemate at that time, and now a famous showman Sergey Shnurov," shared Oleg Timoshchuk.
The group plans to get back together for the 35th anniversary of the graduation.
