According to information released by Statistics Estonia on January 20, the average construction price index in 2019 increased by 1.9% YoY. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the construction price index increased by 0.5% QoQ and by 1.7% YoY. In 2019, compared to the 2018 average, the cost of labor increased by 4.3%, the use…
2,800 apartments will be commissioned this year in the North Kazakhstan region. At a meeting of the local administration, Chief of the Construction, Architecture and Urban Planning Department Serik Mukhamediyev said that 420 rental apartments would be built for socially vulnerable groups of population. “We plan to continue the construction of affordable credit housing. 1,122…
Uzbekistan will have completed the construction of a complex of buildings for its new embassy in the United Arab Emirates by the end of November 2022, according to a resolution of Cabinet of Ministers. The total area of the new diplomatic facility, which will be located in Abu Dhabi, will be 5,575 square meters. There…
A bill put forward to the Georgian parliament proposes to identify dangerous parts on Georgian highways with black dots. Up to 300 meters of roads will be identified as dangerous if at least four accidents have been registered in the area in the last three years resulting in fatalities and/or up to ten people being…
Riga City Council’s Transport Department has signed a contract worth EUR 42.5 million with an association of suppliers OTC for the construction of a new bypass in Sarkandaugava, the department reports. The contract provides for the first stage of construction of the transport bypass over railway like Riga-Skulte. According to information available on the website…
Turkish construction workers building a stadium in Lithuania’s second-biggest city Kaunas have started a hunger strike over unpaid wages. The May 1 Trade Union (G1PS) said that 53 workers were on a hunger strike outside the Kaunas municipality building and intended to continue their protest until they were paid all their arrears. The Turkish company…
The Mayor’s Office of Nur-Sultan has shared its plans on construction of affordable housing in 2020. Thus, the local authorities plan to boost affordable housing construction threefold. As many as 3,500 flats were allocated in 2019. The implementation of the program “Rental Housing for Youth” will be continued. The press service of the Mayor’s Office…