CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT – A NEW SPECIALITY

The article is devoted to the opening of a new specialty at the Odessa State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture. This is construction development. It implies the training of specialists for real estate operations in order to make a profit. These are land operations, construction, reconstruction, repair, changes in the functional purpose of buildings and structures. Today, about 400 development companies are registered in Ukraine. Today, such operations are most often carried out by lawyers, economists, or builders. The wide range of tasks facing development companies determines the list of knowledge and skills of a developer specialist. He needs to solve not only financial issues, but also geological, economic, and sometimes legal ones. Therefore, such a specialty should combine the capabilities of specialists in the listed industries. It should be based on the training of civil engineers. But the basic training of such specialists should include knowledge in the field of economics, law, project management, etc. Training such a specialist is the main task of specialization in the preparation of bachelor's and master's degrees. The work presents the tasks of the new specialty and its main components. In addition to basic training in the direction of "construction and civil engineering", it is "Supply Chain Management", as well as "Value Added Management - Value Chain Management". The work presents the structure of the curriculum by semesters and the main educational trajectories. To reveal the main advantages of obtaining a specialty at the Odessa State Academy of Construction and Architecture. Namely: the presence of a large number of practicing teachers; the possibility of implementing the acquired knowledge and skills; professional practice in development companies; the level of a developer specialist; academic mobility. Therefore, this specialty is relevant and in demand in Ukraine.