Two new bridges – across the Big Chui Canal on Orozbekov Street and across Alamedin River on Toktogul Street – were opened for traffic in Bishkek, the Capital Construction Department of the Bishkek City Administration reported. “Previously, there were 42 bridges in Bishkek, five more have been built over the past two years, including those…
Consolis Group, a holding of US investment company Bain Capital, announced on August 6 the signing of a purchase agreement with Estonia’s TMB Group, a producer of concrete elements in the Baltic countries and Finland. The transaction will be subject to regulatory approvals. The closing of the transaction is expected by early 2019, TMB and…
Belarus has resumed cement exports, Belarus’ Architecture and Construction Minister Anatoly Cherny said. Belarus faced the lack of cement on the domestic market in May-June due to its volume being almost sold out, the minister said. Importers began to increase the price on the domestic market, and the consumer demand for the Belarusian product, which…
New construction standards, which were developed in close cooperation with experts and will come into force this autumn, will allow renewing the street networks in Ukrainian cities and making urban infrastructure comfortable. “Everyone has noticed that we live in the 21st century, real estate costs a fortune, but they build everything that looks like old.…
Some 5 million square meters of housing is to be constructed in Belarus in 2020, Deputy Premier of Belarus Anatoly Kalinin has reported. Initially 4 million square meters of housing was to be built in Belarus in 2019. “I believe we can handle a more challenging task. We have the necessary capacities and resources to…
Compared to May the level of construction costs in Latvia grew by 0.4% in June. Labor remuneration of workers grew by 0.6%, prices of building materials – by 0.5%, but maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment – by 0.1%. In June the average level of construction costs was mostly affected by an increase…
About 40 builders of Osh-Batken-Isfana road in Batken region went on a strike because of non-payment of wages. The protesters demand payment of the wage arrears for four months. The Ministry of Transport and Roads said that the problem would be solved in the coming days. Funds will be transferred to the account of the…