Kazakhstan plans to commission 602 kilometers of highways after reconstruction in 2017, Kazakh KazAutoZhol national company reported. As much as 164 kilometers of roads will be commissioned after total overhaul. In total, repair works will be carried out at 1,676 kilometers of roads in Kazakhstan in 2017. In 2016 over 900 kilometers of roads of…
The average construction price index fell slightly in 2016, although it increased in the last quarter of the year, driven mainly by increasing labor costs. According to Statistics Estonia, in 2016 the construction price index fell by 0.8% YoY. Labor costs in the sector increased by 1.2%, the cost of machinery decreased by 1.1%, and…
At present 120 thousand kilometers of local roads in Ukraine need to be reconstructed, Minister of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utility Services Hennadiy Zubko has said. “At present 120 thousand kilometers of roads – the local infrastructure that we must renew. UAH 400 thousand is the cost of a central road which runs through…
The Domostroenie branch of the Shklov-based newsprint mill will build and ship more than 70 frame-panel houses to France in 2017 or twice as much as in 2016, representatives of the company reported. The negotiations with French real estate development companies started several years ago. The first orders for building 37 stick-frame houses were signed…
A customs experiment introduced by the government of Ukraine in September 2015 allowed in 2015-2016 to collect an additional UAH 2.8 billion to local budgets for road infrastructure repairs, of which nearly UAH 1.5 billion was spent on road repairs and construction. According to the press service of the State Agency of Automobile Roads of…
Central Asia’s biggest industrial complex with an annual capacity of 1.4 million tons of potash fertilizer is being built in an area exceeding one hundred hectares in Turkmenistan’s Lebap Province. The ore-dressing and processing enterprise will be put into operation in late March. Currently, preparation is being carried out in the industrial area to launch…
A new railway station will be commissioned in Kazakhstan’s city of in Astana in May, Kazakh prime-minister’s website reported. Construction work at the new railway station and railway junction in Astana have been completed by 80% as of today, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy’s (Kazakh railways) said. The capacity of the railway station is envisaged at 35,000…