Institute was founded in 1943 by Decision of Soviet of people's commissars of USSR №1170 dated on October, 26, 1943, which was as a part of People's Commissariat of residential housing of Ukrainian republic with the title of "Ukrainian scientific-research Institute of constructions (UkrSRIC)" with the temporal placing of Institute in Moscow.

The primary objective of the created Institute became adoption and introduction in construction of the newest achievements of science and technique, the conducting of scientific-research works concerning housing-civil construction and rendering of technical help to building organizations.

The basic direction of activity of Institute is the solving the some focal problems of building sector, that promotes the implementation of program of construction works on renewal of the building objects in the minimum terms, which were destroyed in time of Great Patriotic war 1941-1945 and on the search of the most rational constructions, economy of build materials, its replacement by less deficit. After realization of organizationally-technical measures in relation to creation of UkrSRIC, its activity was transferred to Kyiv, in March, 1944.

During long-term history of its existence, NIISK has decided the difficult scientific and technical problems in relation to mounting of many building and constructions in Ukraine and former republics of the USSR. Numeral scientific and technical developments of Institute found application in our country and abroad.

Specialists of institute participated in designing, construction or reconstructions of many outstanding objects, such as: museum of history of Great Patriotic war 1941-1945, Department store the "Child's world", "House of artist", "Trade house", bus fleet in 160 m diameter in Darnytsa district; The system of oil- and gas- pipelines from Western Siberia to Europe, the plants: Oil-processing in Grozny, Port plant in Odessa, "Arsenal", " Bolshevik", "Red excavator", "BuildRoadMash" in Kyiv, Cotton complexes in Donetsk and Tiraspol; building of residential communities in Zaporozhe and Dnepropetrovsk and other; reconstruction of buildings of the National bank of Ukraine, National opera of Ukraine the name of Т. G. Shevchenko, National philharmonic society, rebuilding of the Mikhailovsky Zolotoverhy monastery, Uspensky cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Odessa’ theatre of opera and ballet; reconstruction of the Kyiv’ railway station, scientifically-expert support of exploitation of "Shelter"-Object of Chernobyl NPP and implementation of works in relation to its conversation into the environmentally safe system.

After that, scientists and engineers of Institute have created unique technologies and building constructions, which allowed to build unique buildings and to carry out mass development of residential communities at difficult engineer-geological conditions in Ukraine and in other republics of the former USSR.

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