A cement plant in Turkmenistan’s Balkanabat has mastered the production of sulfate-resistant cement from local raw materials. The first batch of about 7,000 tons of high-quality building material was manufactured. A method for producing sulfate-resistant (Portland) cement using iron oxide, a local raw material, has been developed in the country. This type of cement is…
Compared to December 2017, the level of construction costs in Latvia increased by 5.6% in December 2018. Labor remuneration of workers grew by 8.7%, and prices of building materials – by 5.8%, but maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment – by 3.1%. Compared to November 2018, level of construction costs in Latvia in…
The Union of Harju County Municipalities has submitted an appeal to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications requesting the latter to instruct the parties responsible for the establishment of Rail Baltica to take into consideration the need for a bypass railway in the overlapping corridors of Rail Baltic and the Tallinn ring railway. In…
About $55 million will be spent on construction of Tyup-Kegen road in Kyrgyzstan, Renata Esembaeva, Acting Director of the World Bank Investment Projects Implementation Group, reported at a session of Onuguu-Progress faction. According to her, 50% of the amount is a grant, and the second half is a loan. “There is a project for the…
The government has approved the direct contract in accordance with the framework agreement signed between the government, ArmPower CJSC and RENCO S.p.A. (Italy). The contract will allow the constructer to launch the process of building and operating a new 250 MW gas-fueled combined cycle electricity station in Yerevan. The construction of the station is expected…
A Turkish architect’s project won a competition in Kazakhstan, and would be carried out for a history and culture center in the city of Turkestan. Turkestan Architect Awards – which has five main categories and 15 sub-branches – was launched for the establishment of 15 public buildings in Turkestan. Mehmet Hilmi Sahin joined the competition…
In 2019, the construction of a new airport in Dnipropetrovsk region will be launched. “This year, we launch the construction of an airport in Dnipropetrovsk region at the initiative of the government. It is the first airport that will be built since Ukraine has gained the independence. We assume that this airport should be located…