Hydrotechnical construction has always been considered a prestigious profession, which attracted the most talented students. The international practice of education also involves the allocation of transport maritime engineering from general and civil construction. The Institute of Water Transport in the structure of Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping considers the development of polytechnic education for the specialty of hydrotechnical construction as an urgent task for the future. Gradual transition to the system of polytechnic education is carried out by conducting laboratory practices and works in the field, where students independently participate in engineering surveys, studies of natural materials and soil, perform geodetic work. A new trend in development for hydraulic engineering construction is the use of building information modelling (BIM) technologies for the life cycle of structures. The introduction of BIM technologies should radically improve and interlink all the directions of design, construction and operation of such unique objects as water transport hydraulic structures. We give several examples of the introduction of polytechnic education in the system of training specialists of various levels (bachelor, master and specialist) for hydraulic engineering construction of water transport facilities, which corresponds to the best world practices. The results in the formation of new professional skills and competencies are based on the application of system analysis and a unified methodology for the synthesis of various construction disciplines that are logically related and focused on the solution of assigned tasks.

The work is devoted to the introduction of building information modeling (BIM) technologies in the field of hydraulic engineering. Prospects of transition to digital technologies of design, management of process of construction and operation are given. A number of factors complicating the transition to work within BIM have been identified. The importance of personnel training for building information modeling is noted. The problems of joint work of several generations of specialists in one team, various experience and professional skills that are used in the design and operation of building structures are considered. With timely improvement of software, development of the regulatory framework and appropriate personnel's training, the transition to the BIM technologies will provide the necessary development of the hydrotechnical industry. The development of the system of graduate's competencies taking into account the training of BIM technologies is offered. The options for implementing the building information modeling concept into the educational process of builders-hydraulic engineers are discussed. 2. Materials and method Unlike work in traditional CAD systems, work in the BIM-oriented complexes allows you to simulate not only building objects, but also to control their characteristics and their changes over time [3, 4].

The principles and approaches of polytechnic education are continuously developing all over the world and combine studies in natural and applied sciences with broad practice. The historical aspects of the development of polytechnic education in Europe, as a set of professional engineering skills with entrepreneurial and managerial knowledge, have proved itself well over the past 150 years. We present the results of researches of changes in polytechnic education, which was developed on example of Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping, where studies are based on the formation of skills in the field of design, technological and research activities for water transport facilities and infrastructure. Shipping companies and enterprises from the water transport complex have been increasing the volumes of cargo transportation for the last 15-20 years, while infrastructure facilities and hydraulic structures do not always manage to increase the capacity for transshipment of weight. Constraining factor for intensive development is the conservatism of education, because in the existing format students do not acquire the necessary skills and new professions. The solution of this problem is the transition to forms of polytechnic education, which is carried out at the Institute of Water Transport. The complexity of constructing a new model of education for the development of polytechnic competences is a shortage of study time, which is supposed to be compensated by using the modern teaching technologies. In the future, taking into account competition in the labor market, we see the main directions for improving the quality of polytechnic education in the use of information technology, virtual simulators, introduction in BIM-technologies and the life cycle of marine transport infrastructure.