In 1973, defended the Candidate’s thesis in the Central R&D Institute for Structural Engineering named after Kucherenko. Took part in building design together with Mosproekt-2, Giprotor, VAZ, KAMAZ, and the plants of Electroshchit, Ventall, Eksergiya, etc. Now, Head of the Light-Weight Thin-Walled Steel Structures (LSTK) Department in OOO TsNIIPSK named after Melnikov (LLC).
The Central Research & Design Institute of Steel Building Structures named after N.P. Melnikov is the leading organization of Russia in the field of building metal structures. The main areas of TsNIIPSK named after Melnikov include design, survey, and expert evaluation of building metal structures as well as scientific investigations in this field. TsNIIPSK named after Melnikov is involved in the development of regulatory documents—national standards, construction regulations and rules, and codes—and also elaborates and popularizes corporate standards, technical specifications, recommendations, manuals, guides, and books.