Be it the beginning or the end of the academic year, winter or summer, exam season or holiday season, the renovation and construction works remain one of the priorities of the Technical University of Moldova.
The most ambitious project of 2022 was the capital repair and replacement of the equipment and furniture of the University Library, which was transformed into a modern space for individual or group learning, with multimedia rooms, access to digital collections and international databases for information and documentation.
In 2022, UTM invested 8495.02 thousand lei in the capital repairs of the study buildings, 4410.70 thousand lei in student dormitories, as well as 30.6 thousand lei in the metrological verification of meters, technical servicing, and hydropneumatic washing of the heating system – amounting to 12936.32 thousand lei.
And because at UTM improvement has no vacation, the large-scale plans for the following period include:
· the development of the execution project for the FET building, currently under construction, on 9/6 Studentilor str., with the subsequent realization of the geology, topography and registration at the territorial Cadastral Service;
· the elaboration of the project for the replacement of the wooden carpentry in the dorms no. 2, 3, 4, and those on the 21/1 and 21/3 Mircești str., and the initiation of the renovation process in dorm no. 2, and the one on 21/2 Mircești str.
The repair works continue with the improvement of the territory adjacent to the UTM study buildings and dormitories, including the paving of the access roads in the Botanica and Râșcani campuses, covering areas of 750 sq. m and 110 sq. m respectively; the laying of the lawn and the installation of the irrigation system around buildings no. 9, on an area of 400 sq. m (estimated cost – 70.0 thousand lei). The renovation process also involved the rehabilitation and pruning of 73 trees from the Râșcani and Botanica campuses, and another 56 from the student town of Râșcani. In the case of 77 trees, extraction or cutting was unavoidable. The indoor public spaces – the Library within building no. 6, the student area in buildings no. 2, 3, 9, and the laboratory room in building no. 11 – were decorated with flowering plants.
Additionally, the works initiated during 2022 are followed by the procedure for the tabulation of several buildings under the economic management of UTM, namely:
· the Antenna and Telescope within the UTM Park, on 9/2 Studentilor str. – 100% completion rate;
· FRT auditorium on 9/6 Studentilor str., and building no. 4 G, on 4/1 Florilor str. – 90%;
· Dormitory no. 10 annex on 5 Studentilor str., and the UTM College on 1 Voluntalilor str. – 85%;
· ETALON warehouses on 7 Burebista str. – 75%;
· Building no. 2 annex on 78, 31 August 1989 str., and the building on 2/2 str. Studentilor – 70%;
· the sports field on 2/2 Studentilor str. – 60%;
· land separation, Condominium on 7 Studentilor str., 9 Studentilor str., and 41 Dacia blvd. – 55%;
· Building no. 4 B (separation 50%) on 4/1 Florilor str. – 45%;
· the land in the Straseni district, Condrita village; car speakers on 5/3 Studentilor str.; Dansicons warehouse on Studentilor str. – 35%.
This large-scale renovation and enhancement plan is a continuous process, and the credit for the renewal of the institution goes to the Technical Directorate and its staff, led by the technical director Dorin TROFIMCIUC.
“Our desire is to offer students modern classrooms with the necessary conditions for studying, as well as a decent life within the dormitories. As rector of the Technical University of Moldova, I fully support the commitment to constantly invest and modernize the University’s spaces. Depending on the funding at our disposal, we will carry out repair works every year to (re)build our institution to function more innovatively, more technologically, but also more efficiently”, declared the rector of UTM, Prof., Dr. habil. Viorel BOSTAN. Mr. Bostan is firmly convinced that the quality of education depends, to a large extent, on the quality of the conditions provided for studying, and, at UTM, everything is done to ensure the harmony between these two elements.
