One of the most important directions for the development of the economy of any state is the maintenance of all branches of the national economy at rather a high level. Competition, both on the domestic and world market of industrial production, dictates the need to find modern innovation-oriented technologies, production management systems, use of raw materials, etc., and, consequently, continuous improvement, modernization, and development. The construction industry is a capital-intensive segment of the national economy, which is interconnected with such industries as mining, processing, metallurgy, machine building, etc. The research object of this article is the construction industry, which is the capital-forming industry, engaged in the development of the gross domestic product. The analysis of the industry was carried out using the classical tool of statistical data analysis, namely correlation analysis. The research is based on the analysis of the following industry parameters: GDP structure according to branches of the Russian economy, commissioning of residential houses by organizations of all forms of ownership in the Russian Federation, dynamics of the average actual cost of construction of 1 sq.m. of the total area of residential premises, which reflect tendencies and a state of development within the construction industry in Russia. The foreign experience in the development of the construction industry is presented. The performed analysis allowed formulating recommendations on the development of the Russian construction industry, which include legal, economic, social and environmental aspects.

At present, the issues of interrelation and mutual influence of the results of intellectual activity on the final results of the functioning of an enterprise are becoming more and more current, since the world community demonstrates the colossal growth and progressive development of enterprises of various industries using intellectual levers. Russian enterprises also strive to improve the efficiency of the qualitative and quantitative indicators of their companies’ activities, but at the same time use mainly material resources, which reduces the efficiency of resulting indicators. The article examines the indicators of the dynamics of economy and innovative development of the Russian Federation, presents the level of innovative activity of organizations in the period 2017-2019. The authors calculated the indicator of J. Tobin, which reflects the value of the intellectual capital of enterprises in the construction industry. The study showed that all the enterprises under consideration have intellectual capital, to a greater or lesser extent, however, its competent use and effective management are decisive in improving the efficiency of an enterprise.