Sverdlovsk Communal Systems and Comenergo admitted recently that most of the region’s heating equipment was worn out greatly and would sometimes refuse to operate. According to Sverdlovsk Communal Systems’ GD Vyacheslav Prakin, the civil engineering infrastructure is on the verge of collapse and needs to be gradually upgraded and replaced. The company’s technicians are now making a list of things to do in terms of repairs and replacements and are evaluating the cost of this.