Preface

Abstract

The International Conference on Construction, Architecture and Technosphere Safety (ICCATS-2019) was organized by South Ural State University (national research university), Chelyabinsk, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Irkutsk and Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg on 25-27 of September, 2019.The conference program encompassed a wide range of topics and was divided into 9 sections: building materials and products; construction, buildings and structures; construction technology and organization; engineering networks and equipment. foundations, bases and underground structures; engineering and computer graphics in construction design; architecture, urban studies and design; analysis, assessment and technologies of natural and man-made disasters reduction; industrial ecology and waste-water treatment.More than 290 participants from 46 cities of the Russia and other countries attended the conference. Academics and practitioners discussed prospective fields of research and important achievements in the industrial and civil construction, urban studies and design, technosphere safety.On behalf of the Organizing Committee we express appreciation to our colleagues who participated in the review procedure of the papers and especially thank members of International Program Committee, who helped us to organize this conference.We express our gratitude to the participants for the active work at the conference sections and look forward to meeting at ICCATS-2020 next September in Sochi, Russia.prof. Andrey A. Radionov and prof. Dmitriy V. Ulrikh