Work in Progress in the field of Architecture and Construction: Creation of a scientific and educational centre on purification of natural and sewage waters in the north and north-west of Russia Creation of a scientific and educational centre on non-traditional sources of heat and energy Adaptation of Russian structural design system to the European one (Eurocode) The study of Russian building instruction Civil Engineering design of codes in Finland and Scandinavian countries: adaptation for building foundations and their structures Urban Forests: Economic Approach and Nature Use Management Culture Interaction between the economic development and ethno-cultural identities, with the Barents and Baltic regions as examples Projects proposed to be implemented in cooperation with other universities:  Mechanics of composite materials Deformation theory of concrete and reinforced concrete plasticity Metal reduction problems for structures in civil engineering and other branches of technology Hydrodynamics of fibre suspensions