The review of the main physic mechanical characteristics of steel and nonmetallic composite reinforcements is presented in article. Much attention is paid to recommendations for designing building constructions of different functions with nonmetallic composite reinforcements. Scopes of nonmetallic composite reinforcements in the construction industry in Russia and abroad are considered. Information about main producer and the official distributor of composite reinforcements is provided in article.This company is the official distributor in the Northwest of the Russian Federation. Their production is successfully used on many objects under construction in Russia. Materials of article are based on the real photographic materials provided from personal archive of the company.