Main Building Projects in Russian Arctic - Some Problems and Ways of Its Solution

Vladislav Isaev – PhD, Leading Researcher at Geological Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University. Industrial plants, public transportation, municipal infrastructure in the Arctic are facing important challenges to its operation and sustainability. In Russia there is an increasing need for multidisciplinary and highly skilled practitioners in science and engineering related to cold regions in order to develop sustainable infrastructure in a context of climate change. Construction techniques developed in the southern parts of North America and in Europe cannot simply be applied to transportation infrastructures in our cold climate environments. Knowledge of the key science foundation for frost action is required to adequately address the needs of industry and academic research. Climate change adds considerable uncertainty to design problems, but by sharing our expertise between different science and engineering research environments, and with industry, we will improve our capacity to respond to futur