Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is preparing a project for the construction of the Zangezur corridor
Source: https://az.sputniknews.ru , 06.08.2021
A project for the construction of the Zangezur corridor, which will connect the main part of the republic with the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, is being prepared, said Idayat Rustamov, Deputy head of the Main Department for the Operation and Repair of Roads of the State Agency "Highways of Azerbaijan" on Friday, August 6.
According to the representative of the State Agency, the construction of a 124-kilometer section of the Goradiz-Jabrail-Zengilan-Agbend corridor on Azerbaijani territory is planned to be completed in three years: "This road will be 4-6-lane. Its construction is already underway, it is planned to complete it in 2024."
Rustamov also reported on the progress of the construction of a road to the Lachin district bypassing the city of Lachin. "Construction has begun on a 23-kilometer-long road to the Lachinsky district liberated from occupation, bypassing the city," the representative of the State Agency said.
To date, the road to the city of Lachin is under the control of peacekeeping forces.
In addition, according to Rustamova, in the future it is also planned to implement other new projects in this direction.
The representative of the agency also spoke about the second highway to the city of Shusha.
This route will be 20 kilometers shorter than the Victory Road and will be 81.6 kilometers, Rustamov noted. The second road to the city is planned to be 4-6-lane and starts from the 157th kilometer of the Hajigabul-Goradiz-Agbend-Zangezur corridor highway.
Thanks to bridges and tunnels, high speed traffic will be provided along this road, and it is planned to complete the laying of the road in 2024.
In addition, it is planned to lay a tunnel on the Toganaly-Kelbajar road to the Kelbajar district, for convenient use of this route all year round, the deputy head of the Main Department said.
A tunnel with a length of more than 23 kilometers, which will allow you to move along the new highway in any season, will pass under Mount Murov.
The units of the State Agency have taken all necessary measures for continuous movement along the Toganaly-Omar Pass-Kelbajar road of the army and border troops, as well as the civilian population, Rustamov said.
The fighting in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan was terminated after the signing of the trilateral statement of the leaders of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia on November 10, 2020.
According to the document, along with the liberation of a number of areas occupied by the Armenian side, economic and transport ties are also expected to be unblocked. Transport links will be provided between the western regions of Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
Georgia
The Georgian government promises to spend more than 30 billion lari on infrastructure in ten years
https://www.newsgeorgia.ge/ , 23.07.2021
Up to 32 billion lari is planned to be spent on infrastructure and regional development of Georgia in the next 10 years. This was stated on Friday by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili at the presentation of the long-term strategy of the Ministry of Regional Development.
"32 billion lari will be spent on the development of regions, infrastructure, roads, bridges, water supply in order to completely change the picture in almost all municipalities of the country. In fact, it should be a renewal and modernization plan," Garibashvili said.
According to the plan of the Ministry of Infrastructure, by 2030 the country should be completed the construction of all international highways, problems with water supply and municipal landfills have been resolved, and the regions should become socially and economically developed.
Goals: to put into operation 760 kilometers of the highway;
solve the problem with drinking water in all municipalities of the country;
to build six regional solid waste management centers, which will replace 54 old municipal landfills; by 2025, to increase the revenues of local governments to the level of 7% of GDP.
It is planned to spend 17 billion lari on the development of road infrastructure over 10 years. According to the head of the Ministry of Regional Development Irakli Karseladze, at this stage intensive work is underway at the Rikot Pass, where more than 70 bridges and 47 tunnels are being built at the same time. Already in September, the first section of this complex segment will open – 2.5 kilometers long and consisting of six bridges and four tunnels.
The road through the Rikot Pass is part of the East-West highway, or the European Transit Road E-60. In general, the length of the new road under construction here will be 51.6 kilometers. The project, which costs about $ 1 billion, should be completed in 2024 year.
During his speech, Karseladze also talked about the implementation of the Kvesheti-Kobi project, which is an important part of the North-South Corridor expressway modernization project.
Within the framework of the project, it is planned to build a two-lane asphalt concrete road, as well as five bridges and five tunnels. One of the tunnels — nine kilometers long and 15 meters in diameter — will be dug under the Cross Pass, it should become the largest in Georgia. The work will be carried out by the Chinese company China Railway 23rd Bureau Group Co.
Kazakhstan
E-Qurylys Information System in Kazakhstan
https://jcement.ru/, 06.08.2021
In Kazakhstan, all data on facilities that are being built by state order, including building materials and work schedule, will be monitored through the unified information system E-Qurylys.
First Vice-Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kairbek Uskenbayev said: "Currently, the entire progress of construction is displayed in magazines. They are filled in manually. To ensure the transparency of construction, all data on objects that are being built by state order (including building materials and work schedule), starting from Next year they will be tracked through the unified information system E-Qurylys. All payments, in turn, will be carried out on the basis of the information entered into this system through the Blockchain platform. As a result, every tenge spent from the budget will become as transparent as possible."
Work on digitizing the construction process at state facilities has already begun (with all the logs of hidden works and acts performed). Starting next year, the process will be fully automated.
"The materials used at the construction site and their qualitative characteristics and origin will be monitored through this system, and thus the maximum use of the reporting production will be ensured," Kairbek Uskenbayev said.
Turkmenistan
Expert scientist A. Ilyasov spoke about the prospects for the reuse of polymers in road construction
https://turkmenportal.com/, 04.08.2021
Road construction and reconstruction of roads is an important part of the economic development of the whole world, since highways play an important role in the system of international transport corridors. In this Communications Doctor of Technical Sciences, director of the branch of the American company Westport Trading Europe Limited Allaberdy Ilyasov in his interview with the online publication CentralAsia.news spoke about the impact of innovative technologies in road construction on ecology and the state of the environment.
It was said, among other things, about the influence of polymers and products made of polypropylene, polyethylene and rubber waste:
"Among the many varieties of polymer materials, polypropylene and polyethylene are among the safest materials for human health and the environment. It is for this reason that containers, packaging, disposable tableware and other items in contact with food are produced from them."
Now polymers are widely used in medicine, construction, agriculture, textile industry and other spheres of the national economy. A. Ilyasov spoke about the role of polymers in industry:
"Polymer production is one of the most dynamically developing industries. The first polymer production in Turkmenistan was established at the Turkmenbashi Complex of Oil Refineries (TKNPZ) together with a consortium of several Japanese companies. Now polypropylene occupies one of the leading places in the list of products manufactured by TKNPZ, and among its consumers are Japan, Russia, Turkey, Iran, China and other countries."
In 2018, a large gas chemical complex with a capacity of up to 381 thousand tons of high-density polyethylene and 81 thousand tons of polypropylene per year was built in Turkmenistan.
The problem of recycling polymer waste is growing every year. Their burial is usually practiced, but since this material almost does not decompose, it causes serious damage to the environment. One of the solutions to this problem is the recycling of polymer waste.
"Turkmenistan already has promising technological developments for waste recycling. And this is a very relevant idea in modern business. For example, in 2010-2011, Westport Trading Europe Limited (USA) built a plant for the production of polymer products. The uniqueness of this technology is that the raw materials used in the production of products literally lies under your feet. These are polymer waste in various forms: packaging, plastic containers, household items that have become unusable," A. Ilyasov.
Recycled plastic is used in the textile industry, in the form of polyester, which is part of many cotton knitwear. Also, recycled plastic is used in the manufacture of furniture, tableware, in construction, and in the production of household goods.
According to A. Ilyasov, recycling of polypropylene and polyethylene waste is a very urgent task. The main directions of recycling are the recycling of waste into polymer raw materials and its reuse for the production of products. Along with the introduction of the latest technologies, Turkmenistan pays great attention to the compliance of its products with environmental safety requirements.
One of the key materials of road construction is petroleum bitumen, a viscous black product with low electrical and thermal conductivity, water- and gas-tight and resistant to chemical reagents.
"In 2016, a modern technological installation for the production of road bitumen was put into operation at the Seydinsky Oil Refinery. The latest unique technology from Turkmen oil makes it possible to obtain road bitumen, corresponding to international quality standards".
The main task of bitumen is the strong bonding of road surface components. It is possible to regulate the properties of bitumen by changing its structure with additives. A. Ilyasov also spoke about the possibilities of improving the quality of bitumen and extending its service life:
"In 1995, a bitumen plant was put into operation at the Turkmenbashi Oil Refinery. But today, with the dictates of time, it is possible to introduce an innovative technology at this Installation with minimal financial costs, completely different from the technology of the Installation for the production of bitumen at the Seydinsky Refinery using propylene and polyethylene as local waste modifiers. And here polymers for bitumen are the best modifiers — these are special additives that prolong the service life of bitumen by obtaining additional properties, and contribute to the formation of a strong bond between bitumen and the surface of the material."
In the production of bitumen, it is possible to reuse various types of polymers. Most often these are car tires. There is hardly a shortage of this waste, since it cannot be expected reduction of car production. Polymer-bitumen binder mixture is a new material superior in characteristics to road oil bitumen. It performs a binding function in the production of asphalt concrete mixtures used in the construction, reconstruction, repair of roads, bridges and airfields.
"Such a coating has new properties: the service life is increased by 5-10 years, the period between repairs is several times; the cost of repair and maintenance is reduced by 10 times; wheel slip is reduced; drainage properties are improved in rain, ice; the coating becomes more elastic, does not crack, does not sag," A. Ilyasov believes.
One of the most important tasks of modern humanity is the preservation of the biosphere, atmosphere, and Earth's interior. Consistent implementation of the environmental policy of the Head of State Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, in particular, measures to modernize industrial facilities, ensures confident, dynamic development of the national economy.
To prevent irreversible changes in nature, the greening of the economy and production, the transition to a post-industrial environment is necessary. oriented civilization.
"In recent times, the road network of Turkmenistan has significantly transformed. Every year more and more new highways, bridges and interchanges are put into operation. The construction of the Ashgabat—Turkmenabat highway is successfully underway. And the use of waste polypropylene, polyethylene and rubber products, the creation of modifiers from them for the production of high—quality road bitumen is one of the solutions to preserve the ecology of Turkmenistan."
Uzbekistan
Kazakhstan will help Uzbekistan to improve the pricing system in construction
https://jcement.ru/, 06.08.2021
The Ministry of Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan is negotiating with the Kazakh Research and Design Institute of Construction and Architecture (KazNIISA JSC) on the development of a concept to improve the pricing system, Kaziform MIA reports with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development.
At an online meeting with the participation of representatives of authorized state bodies of the two countries in the field of construction, the parties agreed that Specialists of KazNIISA JSC will develop a collection of "Single estimated prices for construction and installation works of buildings" for Uzbekistan. As part of the modernization of the system, a comparative analysis of the pricing system in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will be carried out, the methodology of the data collection system for information on construction materials, services and equipment will be developed. A classifier of building materials will also be developed, which will be linked to the BIM classifier.
"Kazakhstan started the modernization of the pricing system in construction in 2015, which continues to this day. Currently, in Uzbekistan, when constructing facilities using public investments, a resource method is used that determines the cost of construction products using current prices for materials and labor resources. At the moment, work is underway to improve the structure of the estimate collections, which will become object-oriented," said Begman Kulbayev, General Director of KazNIISA JSC.
As explained by Arman Hasen, Deputy Director of the Center for Pricing in Construction of KazNIISA JSC, modernization of the pricing system – this is a long process that involves not only a change in the regulatory framework, but also training specialists in new approaches to the formation of budget reporting and the selection of effective software solutions.
As a result of the event, it was decided to hold a number of meetings with relevant organizations of the two countries, as well as to create a single ideological center that will coordinate the process of improving the pricing system in the construction of Uzbekistan.