History of the department

“The Department of “Construction Engineering” is formed on  the basis of departments: 1977 – 2009. – “Path and track management” – trained engineers in the specialty “Railway construction, track and track management”.

In 2008, the department carried out the first graduation of bachelors in Educational programs 5B072900(050729.05) – “Construction of highways and airfields” and 5B072900 (050729.05.02) – “Construction of railways, track and track   facilities”..

In 2009, the Department of “Way and Track Management” was transformed into the Department of “Transport Construction”. 2010 – KazATK accepted the first undergraduates in the specialty 5B074500 (6M074500) – “Transport construction”.            

In December 1993, by the decision of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a specialized Council was opened by 21.01.01 at ALIIT for the defense of candidate dissertations in the specialty 05.22.06 “Railway track”, in 2003 – for the defense of doctoral dissertations.

In 1996, by the decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, AlIIT was transformed into the Kazakh Academy of Transport and Communications (KazATK).

The department was renamed “Transport Construction” in 2009

In the 2021-2022 academic year, the departments of “Transport Construction” and “Rolling Stock” were merged into one “Trunk Engineering”.

Since September of the 2022-23 academic year, the Department of “Mainline Engineering” has been divided into two departments: “Construction Engineering” and “Rolling Stock”. 

Currently, the department is fully staffed with highly qualified teachers. The department has a well-equipped educational and laboratory base and a computer class. The department is considered one of the best among the departments of roads and roads of universities in the CIS countries, conducts active research and has close international relations with transport universities and research institutes of the CIS, with production, as well as with academies of transport and informatization of the Russian Federation.

The main activities of the laboratory:

Assessment of reliability and stability of artificial structures of the transport industry

• Survey and testing of bridges, culverts and other artificial structures on railways and roads, with an assessment of the technical condition and definition of the conditions of the movable load, development of recommendations for elimination of defects and extension of the safe operation of structures;
• Development of monitoring systems for structures and facilities;
• Training, specialization and training of specialists in bridge engineering.

Engineering and geological surveys.

• Field studies of soils;
• Laboratory studies of soils and groundwater;
• Investigation of soils foundations of foundations of existing buildings and structures.