Organizational and Economic Aspects of Improving the Efficiency of Major Repairs of the Housing Stock

The article provides insight into the key problems arising during the implementation of regional long-term programs for major repairs of the common property in apartment buildings (AB), including the following: poor development of financial resources and inconsistent repair works, nonobservance of repair time and failure to comply with the terms of subsequent warranty remedial work. The authors have identified a number of tasks, which, if accomplished, will make it possible to promote the efficiency of major repairs management, including the improvement of communication efficiency between residents, who own the property, Major Repairs Fund, contractors, property management companies and social structures, ensuring the application of project-based management methods, expansion of local governments authority enabling them to monitor the implementation of short-term plans of major repairs. The above tasks could already be accomplished using the existing innovation and technology solutions allowing for a complex transition to implementing smart city technologies. It is proposed to extend the AB information model, generated using the BIM process, which involves a compilation of full information about a physical object, characteristics of structural components, construction materials, building structure and physical depreciation, the major repairs project, types of work, cost, repair completion period, time schedules, etc. An improvement in the management of major repairs is associated with further refining of the engineering design policy on major repairs along with the following: development of standard design solutions regarding the scope and types of work covered by contributions from the premises owners; development of maintenance requirement cards and method statements; application of innovation-based and durable materials and structure types that would ensure a reduction in maintenance expenditure through optimizing the intermaintenance periods and wear-out characteristics; resources conservation and improvement of functional performance of residential houses. It is proposed to create three units within the Fund structure: a project office to perform building structural surveys with a view to ensure a pre-project (including instrumental) inspection of apartment buildings listed in the short-term plan of major repairs; a project office to monitor the implementation of the major repair projects in compliance with plans of previous years; a project office in charge of control over the implementation of major repairs projects for the current year. Continue to be relevant are the mechanisms of state support for co-funding the major repairs programs for those regions where the floor for minimum major repairs contribution is set at a level lower than economically feasible. The implementation procedure for the proposed measures may include a development and enactment of a regulatory legal act on amendments to regional programs of major repairs and their short-term implementation plans.