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NEWS
CONSTRUCTION EUROPE
SEPTEMBER 2013
2013
Matexpo 2013
September 4 - 8
Kortrijk, Belgium
Bauma Africa 2013
September 18 - 21
Johannesburg,
South Africa
Europlatform
conference
October 3
Istanbul, Turkey
International Rental
Conference China
October 14
Beijing, China
BICES 2013
October 15 - 18
Beijing, China
World Crane &
Transport Summit
October 29-30
Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
World Demolition
Summit
October 31
Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
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International Tower
Cranes Conference
November 5
Berlin,
Germany
ICEF International
Construction Economic
Forum
November 20 - 22
Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
2014
Intermat Middle East
January 14 - 16
Abu Dhabi,
UAE
Construction has started on equipment manufacturer
Liebherr’s new logistics centre near Kirchdorf an der
Illern in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The first,
€100 million phase of construction is expected to
be completed in the third quarter of next year and
begin operation in 2015. This phase involves site
development and erection of a 47,000m² logistics
warehouse, as well as a separate administrative
building. In the final extension phase, Liebherr will
have a warehouse area of about 170,000m² as well
as an administrative building covering an area of
4,500m² on the 360,000m²site. The logistics centre is
planned to be the point from which spare parts for
Liebherr’s earthmoving machinery will be supplied
around the world.
EVENTS DIARY
Russia’s World Cup set
to cost €15 billion
Money for 2018 competition to come from federal and
regional coffers, as well as private investors
S
ome RUB664 billion (€15.1 billion) is expected
to be spent in Russia over the next five years in
preparation for the 2018 FIFA football World Cup.
This money will come from federal and regional
coffers as well as through private investors, according to
a report from research company PMR called World Cup
2018 in Russia – Construction Investments.
PMR said that initially, officials of the host cities had
submitted projects to be developed for the tournament
with a total value of about RUB1,390 billion (€31.6
billion), but only a small number received a green light.
Those projects that have not been shortlisted may still
be implemented by local authorities, but they won’t
receive any funding from the federal budget.
PMR pointed out that the RUB664 billion figure did
not cover investment in the construction of stadiums
in Kazan and Sochi, or the Spartak Stadium (Otkritie
Arena) in Moscow. Also, it said that it only included a
minor share of transport infrastructure construction
projects that were to be implemented in host cities by
mid-2018.
The new stadium in Kazan has been in use since
July this year. The stadium in Sochi is to be built by
January 2014, while the Spartak Stadium is scheduled
for completion by May 2014.
Most transport infrastructure construction projects
are being implemented within a dedicated targeted
programme – Development of Russia’s Transport
System 2010 to 2020.
According to PMR, it will be a huge challenge for
Russian officials to develop nine stadiums by the end
of 2017.
The construction of the Zenit Stadium in St Petersburg
is expected to be completed no earlier than the fourth
quarter of 2015, even though the project was launched
in 2007.
The reconstruction of Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow
and Tsentralny Stadium in Yekaterinburg will start in
2014, at best, it said.
In 2014, there are plans to initiate the construction of
new 45,000-seater stadiums in Kaliningrad, Rostov-on-
Don, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara and Saransk.
However, even though the construction of a new
stadium in Saransk was started in 2010, there has
been little progress, said PMR. It said only the initial
stage of construction has been completed, with the
areas beneath the stands also having seen some
development.
Individual cities differ widely when it comes to
accommodation. In all the 2018 World Cup host cities
except Saransk there are sufficient numbers of beds for
official guests. However, some of the host cities do not
have enough beds to accommodate fans.
Russian transportation infrastructure for the 2018
World Cup is planned to be constructed andmodernised
on a large scale. By the time of the tournament, the
motorway connecting Moscow and St Petersburg will
have to have been constructed, and the Don, Ukraine,
Ural, Kaspiy, Volga and Russia federal highways will
need to have been fully modernised.
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Sofia metro addition to cost €680 million
The construction of a
third line of the metro in
Sofia, Bulgaria, will cost
about €680m, according
to Sofia Metropolitan’s
CEO Stoyan Bratoev.
Research company
PMR said that the line
would run between the
Ovcha Kupel district and
the Levski district, and
would be 16km long
with a total of 19 metro
stations.
More than half, 53%,
of the stretch will be
underground, mostly in
downtown Sofia, while
the remaining 47% will
be built above ground,
mainly in the suburbs.
Construction is set to
begin in 2014 and will
be completed in 2017
or 2018. In addition,
this autumn will see
the construction of an
extension of Line 2 to the
Hladilnika district being
launched. The extension
will be 1.24km long with
only one station.
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