Given geotechnical and geoenvironmental assessment criteria for selecting areas to identify constraints to development engineering. <...> It was determined that the design of engineering structures should be guided not only by the site hydrogeological conditions, but also result in geo-ecological study of the object. <...> It is shown that the effects of interaction between man-made and natural objects, found not only immediately after the development of engineering, but in the reaction environment in the “pending” mode after a few years, and in some cases even decades. <...> Приведены инженерно-геоэкологические критерии оценки выбора территорий для выявления ограничений их инженерного освоения. <...> Определено, что при проектировании инженернььх сооружений необходимо руководствоваться не только гидрогеологическими условиями площадки, но также приводить геоэкологическое обоснование объекта. <...>