Engineering surveys at cultural heritage sites: not everyone can do it

According to the data of the Ministry of Culture, in Russia there are about 200 thousand cultural heritage monuments of federal, regional and local significance. Their condition sometimes leaves much to be desired, and the state would like to deal with them not only at the expense of the budget. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the need to accelerate the restoration of historical monuments at the end of 2023 at one of the meetings with members of the Government of the Russian Federation. The condition of historical buildings and structures is also discussed as part of the now popular topic of master plans. It is expected that the appearance of documents on the integrated development of territories will put a barrier to infill development of cities and will attract private investment in the repair of historical sites. Accordingly, the number of corresponding orders from contractors can increase. The editorial staff of the “Geolnfo” journal asked experts about the features of surveying cultural heritage sites. The experts told us why not everyone undertakes such sort of work, why it is necessary not just to perform a technical task, but to feel involved in History.