The purpose of this work is to develop a list of possible categories of the need for major repairs and appropriate criteria for evaluating structural elements and in-house engineering systems. In the process of working on this study, methods of statistical data collection and expert evaluation were applied. As a result of this study, a table of the Category of the need for major repairs of apartment buildings, Criteria for assessing the need for major repairs of apartment buildings, was also presented by the algorithm of actions of a specialist in determining the need for major repairs of apartment buildings. This work is an effective and relevant method for determining the need for major repairs of apartment buildings in comparison with VSN 53-86(p) "Rules for assessing the physical wear of residential buildings".

Keywords: major repairs, apartment building, expert evaluation method, operational reliability, category, criterion