The solemn event included a three day international scientific conference ‘Integration, partnership and innovation in engineering science and education’, an exhibition of achievements in the sphere of construction in which two projects designed by Terra Auri (Rostok and Semitsvetik) took part.

Being a member of the Guardian council of the university, Terra Auri has been an active supporter in organizing the celebration. As a result of Terra Auri’s dedication and effort MSUCE’s museum has been renovated and has acquired a central heating system, besides it was created a new social network connecting graduates, professors, students and staff.

The gala night took place in the big assembly hall of the university on the 21st of October. The celebration was attended by Education and Science minister Andrey Fursenko, Regional Development minister Viktor Basargin, Moscow member of the Federation Council (and an MSUCE graduate) Yurii Roslyak, head of the Moscow town-planning policy department Sergey Levkin, president of the National constructors union Efim Basin, representatives of more than 150 architectural, constructional and engineering universities from Russia and CIS as well as heads of major construction and development companies.

Terra Auri top management took part in the nationwide Assembly organized by the Regional Development ministry of Russian Federation, regarding the issues of creating effective mechanisms of modernization for HSU management.

The Assembly was held in the Moscow City Hall and was chaired by Regional Development minister Viktor Basargin. The Assembly started with an opening speech by the minister, who reported on the work done in 2011, drew public attention to significant improvements in managing HSU in Russia, and presented ministry’s plans for 2012:

‘We’ve managed to implement a series of crucial organizational measures which have become the principal component of HSU modernization system. As a part of this program every RF subject has worked out a regional energy-saving program. Programs from more than 50 regions of RF were chosen for cofinancing from the federal budget totaling 5.2 billion roubles. More than 70% of those will be used for HSU purposes.’

In the framework of the Assembly directors and heads of managing companies together with representatives of the State Duma and Federation Council discussed recent and future changes in the Housing Code, the issue of rising utility payments and approving a unified billing document, organization of winterization works and improving its quality, cutting on its cost at the same time.

Following up the Assembly work, it was suggested that the members should work on the issue of creating major regional and cross-regional investors in the sphere of HSU management in order to modernize the sphere.

Terra Auri has become a laureate of the ‘Best investment product of the year’ contest and has been awarded a special prize ‘For the completeness and modernity of user services’. Award ceremony took place in Gostiniy Dvor in the framework of the 25th International real estate exhibition ‘Domexpo’. The ceremony was conducted by the deputy head of Department of town-planning policy, development and reconstruction of Moscow Alexander Maksimenko, President of Moscow Investors Association Boris Frolov and director general of the ‘Domexpo’ exhibition Tatyana Rybalko. Consultant of chairman of the board of directors of GC ‘Terra Auri’ Irina Gordina-Nevmerzhitskaya receiving the award thanked the members of the jury and Moscow Government for their support of the project and mentioned that ‘Terra Auri’ receives such a prestigious award for the ‘Marfino’ project (being its technical customer) for the second time already, as the project received an award for being the best project in the ‘Reconstruction of industrial sites’ nomination in 2010. ‘This award – for high-quality complex servicing of users before, during and after the construction reflects the big demand for such services and a deep appreciation for their quality not only by the end-users, but also by the city government.’