Analysis of pricing and budget normalization for construction projects on the territory of the Russian Arctic

UDC 338.51 DOI: 10.17238/issn2221-2698.2016.22.25 Analysis of pricing and budget normalization for construction projects on the territory of the Russian Arctic © Yury A. Varfolomeev, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Honored scientific worker of the Russian Federation, Adviser of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction, Head of the “Research Laboratory for building expertise of the Barents region”. The author has more than 300 scientific publications in the field of: durability of wood construction and environmentally friendly building technologies; research on constructures that are built and operated in cold climates; development and implementation of innovative projects with the participation of Russian and foreign partners and building regulatory legislation. E-mail: nil-se@mail.ru © Yury A. Arbuzov, Chief engineer at the “Research Laboratory for building expertise of the Barents region”. Graduate of the Arkhangelsk State Technical University (2006), engineer at the “Machinery and Equipment for Forestry”. Engaged in feasibility studies of projects and cost estimates. Abstract. According to the results of the building expertise of facilities that are constructed, operated and repaired in the Arctic zone of the North-West Russia the authors made a critical analysis of pricing and the estimated valuation. A number of shortcomings revealed and suggestions on improving the pricing were made. Implementation of the proposals could form an unbiased starting price of construction projects.