Construction is always going on in Russia, no matter what. New large-scale projects are appearing to make the life of Russians better and more interesting. But in addition, they provide an opportunity to earn money for thousands of our compatriots associated with construction. On the eve of the All-Russian Day of the Builder, we tell the residents of the region where the largest construction projects in Russia are currently underway.
But first, we want to congratulate everyone who is involved in the construction industry - these are the builders and self-regulators themselves, as well as veterans, architects, designers, surveyors, housing developers, workers in the building materials industry.
So, where are the most promising construction projects in Russia now, where you can now find profitable shift work?
The most ambitious construction project in Russia in 2017 is preparation for the FIFA World Cup.
The World Cup will be held in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Saransk, Sochi, Yekaterinburg, Volgograd and Kaliningrad. In these cities, stadiums are being built, where specialists of various profiles and simply auxiliary workers are invited on watch.
Hotels, cafes and restaurants are being erected for the accommodation and leisure of guests. It is required to put in order thousands of kilometers of streets and highways, to re-equip airports. We need road workers, electricians for a construction site on duty, auxiliary workers.
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How much is paid at construction sites by watch at "sports" facilities? In different ways: a handyman without a specialty can count on 20-30 thousand rubles, but a crane operator sometimes receives more than 100 thousand and this is far from the limit. In essence, the main thing is the demand for labor. If you cannot find a job in your city, do not wait for the weather by the sea: go to watch in any city where World Cup matches are planned. There is definitely a job.
Preparing for the Mundial has become an important state matter. The money has been huge, so the salaries are generous and the watch conditions are quite good. Accommodation and boarding jobs are usually offered.
Working as a watch on road construction
The federal budget allocated more than 400 billion rubles in 2017 for the construction of highways or their reconstruction, the local budgets of the regions double this amount.
There will be construction of bypasses of Kaluga, Khabarovsk and Perm, a highway in the Murmansk region, construction of a section of the Lena highway, a bridge across the Ob, an M11 highway to St. Petersburg and much more. A fifth of the budget will go to Moscow and the Moscow region - this region remains the largest employer for all road workers and foremen.
The construction of the Kerch Bridge is in full swing: exclusively on a rotational basis.
Vacancies from gas and oil workers
Even the crisis was unable to hit the number of jobs and the average wages on a shift in the gas and oil industry. The list of grandiose construction projects in Russia in 2017 and the coming years includes:
Nord Stream 2 - a branch along the bottom of the Baltic to a terminal in Germany;
South (Turkish) Stream;
Power of Siberia - a gas pipeline to China.
Shift work in industry and energy
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Several nuclear power plants are being reconstructed in the country, new power units are planned to be commissioned in the Leningrad region, at the Kursk NPP-2, Novovoronezh NPP.
Will be modernized Zhigulevskaya HPP, Nizhne-Bureyskaya HPP was built, large thermal power plants in regions throughout Russia. Concrete workers are invited to work on a rotational basis (this profession is in great demand at such facilities), slingers, fitters, security guards and drivers.
Under construction in Yamal port of Sabetta, work in progress in the port "Vostochny" near Nakhodka.
On Kuzbass plan to equip new coal mines, large-scale projects in the coal industry have started in Tuva and Khabarovsk Territory.
Civil engineering objects
Construction of skyscrapers of the complex Moscow City... In total, twenty-three buildings are planned within the framework of this project, of which twelve have been built. At the moment, the construction of seven more skyscrapers is underway.
Another office building of a grandiose scale is recognized Lakhta Center... This is the implementation of the project of the tallest skyscraper in Russia in particular and in Europe in general, which is being carried out on the territory of the Northern capital of Russia and is sponsored by Gazprom.
As for residential buildings, they are also being built everywhere in large and small cities of the country. The fastest growing housing stock is still observed in Sochi where many developers are doing this.
The world is full of incredibly huge projects that are being built right under our noses. Take, for example, the bridge between three Chinese cities - Macau, Zhuhai, Hong Kong. This is how the country wants to bind 42 million people together. She even started building her own smart city. These and other initiatives show how investing billions in simple things like roads and internet access can make people's lives better. Below we have collected the largest projects in the world in this area.
China's FAST radio telescope in Guangzhou is scheduled to be completed by September 2016. It will be the second largest radio telescope on the planet with a 500-meter diameter "dish".
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On June 1, 2016, after 17 years of construction, the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland was finally commissioned. The length of the tunnel is 57.1 km. It is the longest and deepest railway tunnel in the world. He provided convenient rail links across the Alps.
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In early June, 102 years after its opening, the expanded Panama Canal was presented to the public. It took $ 5.4 billion and 40,000 workers to triple its throughput.
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The Iraqi skyscraper, known as The Bride, will be completed by 2026. It will be covered with solar panels and generate as much energy as it consumes. More than a kilometer high, it will be an impressive structure with parks, offices, restaurants and a railway.
AMBS Architects
Completed in 2011, the Qingdao Bridge is the world's longest bridge across bodies of water. Its length is almost 42.5 km. Passing over the Jiaozhuvan Bay, it significantly shortens the path from eastern China (Qingdao city) and Huangdao Island.
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In 2015, the Itaipu Dam, located on the Brazil-Peru border, generated 89.5 terawatt-hours of energy. It is one of the two largest dams in the world. It provides 75% of Paraguay's energy and 20% of Brazil's energy.
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The Crossrail project is the largest construction project in Europe and the largest modernization of the London Underground. It includes ten new lines that connect 30 existing stations with new tunnels. It will start operating in 2017 and will be fully operational in 2020.
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Hyderabad is a 74-kilometer light rail that will use a radio train control system for the first time in India. It will be commissioned in 2017.
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The Macau-Zhuhai-Hong Kong Bridge project will link three cities in the Pearl River Delta. This bridge will create one giant metropolis with a total population of 42 million. It will be commissioned in 2017.
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Google's parent company is Alphabet Inc. - plans to engage in the creation of "Smart Cities" throughout the United States. These will be refurbished zones with full Internet access, renewable energy and the latest developments in automated technology.
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Money not only rules the world, but also changes it in the literal sense of the word. Over the past 100 years, mankind has been able to build massive and grandiose structures in record time. People know how to make tunnels through mountains, turn rivers back, build islands and many other things that seem unrealistic at first glance. At the same time, money decides a lot in terms of quality materials and work. We offer 10 of the most expensive construction projects in the history of mankind.
The tunnel is laid under the strait between the northern coast of France and Great Britain. British and French companies have invested $ 22.4 billion in its construction, and today it is overseen by the international company Eurotunnel. Such a high cost of work was due to high requirements for safety, infrastructure, environmental friendliness of the project, which ultimately amounted to 80% of the total budget. It began to be built in 1988, and in 1994 it already began work. During the construction, 10 workers were killed. The tunnel consists of three parts: two railway tracks and a road. The length of the underground tunnel is 50 km, and the diameter is from 8 to 4 m. Several fires occurred in the tunnel, which resulted in serious damage, in connection with which it was closed for several months. The security service often catches people who illegally seek to cross the border between France and the UK.
The Great Boston Tunnel cost taxpayers $ 23.1 billion. The goal of the project was to redirect traffic from the main highway in downtown Boston into a tunnel called the Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Tunnel. The project faced a number of financial and administrative problems, including errors that cost $ 400 million to fix. During construction, a man died when a concrete structure fell directly onto his vehicle. In addition, during construction, workers stumbled upon sunken ships that were of historical and archaeological value, and, therefore, had to undergo an examination, which took a lot of time. The construction of the tunnel was delayed for 10 years.
The construction of Kansai International Airport cost $ 29 billion. It is located in the middle of Osaka Bay, Japan, on a man-made island, which was built taking into account the high seismicity of the region and the threat of flooding. Another reason for building an airport on the artificial island was to prevent public complaints. Over the years, the island has been reinforced with metal piles, columns and structures to keep it from sinking. The second terminal was opened in 2012. Terminal 2 and Terminal 1 are linked by a free bus service.
The work, which began in 2015, has already required more funding than was planned. This high-speed railroad is part of President Obama's large-scale project to unify the entire country. The project's executive director, Jeff Morales, said that while the project is worth $ 33 billion, it is well worth it as the latest technology will be involved. The road will connect Merced and Bakersfield, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The planned completion date is 2029.
This new downtown business center is built on reclaimed land near Seoul, South Korea, at a cost of more than $ 40 billion. This is a high-tech area of the city with ubiquitous WiFi, an automatic waste recycling system and other technologies and innovations. Replicas of the most famous landmarks from other cities in the world, including New York's Central Park, will be built in the area. There will be an island on which rabbits and deer will live freely. The area is specially built to attract business and tourists. In addition, it is close to Incheon International Airport.
The construction of the amusement park was stopped in 2008 due to a lack of funding and the financial crisis, but in 2013 it was resumed. Its cost was $ 76 billion. If the construction is completed, then it will be the most expensive and most ambitious in the field of tourism and entertainment. Plans are underway to build a Disney theme park, an IMAX theater, and other facilities based on Arabian tales, including the Tales of 1001 Nights. The impetus for the construction of the amusement park was the desire to make life in Dubai interesting for families with children and tourists.
Upon completion, King Abdul's Economic City will cost him $ 86 billion. It is located an hour's drive from Mecca, the main attraction for Muslims and tourists visiting this region of Saudi Arabia. The city will have the best hotels, luxury villas, prestigious universities and a large airport. The construction of the city is carried out by Emaar Properties, which has extensive experience in the construction of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Burj Khalifa skyscraper. In the heart of the Economic City will be the Ethraa area with high-tech infrastructure, which will be serviced by Ericsson.
Kashgan, located in the Caspian Sea, is the largest oil field found in the last forty years. 116 billion dollars were spent on its development and construction of infrastructure. Starting in 2017, 90,000 barrels will be produced here daily. The total amount of oil produced will be 13 billion barrels. Among the difficulties encountered during the implementation of the project were pipe leaks and a number of other breakdowns. The fact is that the field is under high pressure and it is very dangerous to drill here. Companies such as Shell, ExxonMobil, Total, China National Petroleum Corp, KazMunaiGas, INPEX and AgipKCO became partners in the project.
The modular research space station known as the International Space Station cost $ 150 million. Many countries turned out to be investors, but the main participants were the USA, Russia, Canada, Japan, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Norway, Spain and Switzerland. By 2020, the station, having worked out its resource for 26 years, will be flooded in the ocean. Each module of the station, consisting of Russian space rockets and American space shuttles, was created on Earth and assembled together in space. For two years, while the station was being assembled, it was not used. The station began to operate from the moment equipment, provisions and sleeping compartments were delivered on board.
In 2015, the construction of the Interstate Trunk System cost taxpayers $ 459 billion. The project was initiated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. But he thought not only about the transport system, but also about national security. The project was started in 1956, it was at this time that new routes were created. The first state to complete its section of the system was Nebraska in 1974. The last section, including the I-70 road, was completed in 1992. Despite exceeding the declared budget and the established time frame, the construction of the SMM was of great importance for the US economy. Transportation of goods became 17% lower, and during Hurricane Katrina, it was along these roads that the evacuation of the population was successfully carried out.
Reconstruction of Ground Zero
LOCATION
New York, USA
opening date
2017 year
Price
$ 25 billion
International space station
LOCATION
Earth's orbit
opening date
2024 year
Price
$ 150 billion
The most expensive international scientific project: since its launch in 1998, $ 150 billion has been spent on the assembly and maintenance of the ISS. The station, consisting of 14 modules, has a length of one hundred meters and can accommodate 6 cosmonauts. This is not the last configuration of the ISS: in the coming years, two more research modules are to be attached to it. Recently it became known that Russia will not participate in the project until 2024, as previously assumed: instead, Roskosmos will focus on new projects.
Masdar city
LOCATION
Abu Dhabi, UAE
opening date
2020 year
Price
$ 20 billion
Science parks that connect business and advanced research are being built all over the world - high technologies can become the backbone of the economy for the economies of developing countries. However, even among the laggards, there are already obvious winners: the rich countries of the Persian Gulf, which are investing super profits from the sale of hydrocarbons in the creation of future infrastructure. Such, for example, is the Masdar project in Abu Dhabi - not a technopark, but an entire city worth $ 20 billion, designed by the British bureau Norman Foster. The work in a post-industrial city of 50,000 people will be built around a new Institute of Science and Technology, working closely with MIT. The first research buildings in Madar appeared in 2010, and by the time of its completion in 2020, the city will become the embodiment of all modern technologies. The city will implement an innovative personal automatic transport system, and all the necessary energy will come from renewable sources.
Amusement Park Dubailand
LOCATION
Dubai, UAE
opening date
2015 year
Price
$ 65 billion
The Winter Olympics in Sochi cost $ 51 billion - the most expensive sports games in history, but hardly the most ambitious entertainment megaproject. In just a year, the Dubailand complex is to open in the UAE: 45 theme parks, amusement parks, sports complexes, shopping and leisure centers and hotels will be located on an area of 300 square kilometers. Dubailand will be twice the size of the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and will become the largest entertainment destination on the planet.
Songdo city
LOCATION
South Korea
opening date
2015 year
Price
$ 40 billion
Founded just ten years ago, the South Korean Songdo is both an analogue of the Al Maktoum airport and the scientific city of Masdar. It is a compact business city located close to Incheon International Airport and connected to it by a spectacular suspension bridge. In a couple of years, about 65 thousand people will live here - mostly entrepreneurs and scientists working in one of four local universities. Songdo was built from scratch as a green and smart city. It will become a platform for experiments in the field of the Internet of Things.
2017 promises to be rich in stunning construction sites and engineering projects. Some of them are already nearing completion, while others are just beginning. Here are the seven most expensive construction projects in the world at the moment.
The complexity and functionality of engineering projects today are increasingly associated with the level of development of society as a whole. That is why such construction projects most often become a matter of national and sometimes worldwide scale. Their implementation requires the efforts of millions of people and fabulous investments.
Al Maktoum International Airport
Country: UAE
Project cost:$ 82 billion
This airport in Dubai will be fully operational in 2018. It will become the largest in the world in terms of several parameters at once: area, infrastructure complexity and throughput.
The first phase of the construction of the largest aviation hub was commissioned in 2010. At the same time, the airport received its first passengers. For seven years, the territory of Al Maktoum has increased tenfold.
Photo: Caren Firouz / Reuters
By the time of full commissioning, it will have five runways, four full-fledged air terminal buildings with several terminals in each and a separate cargo terminal, which will become the world's largest transport hub in terms of cargo turnover. The airport will be able to serve about 160 million passengers annually, simultaneously receive about 200 aircraft, and also handle more than 400 thousand tons of cargo through its terminals.
The turn of the Chinese rivers to the north
Country: China
Project cost:$ 78 billion
The idea of turning the waters of Chinese rivers from south to north is attributed to Mao Zedong himself. In 1952, he made such a proposal, focusing on his party comrades from the USSR, where they also hatched plans for a great turn of the Siberian rivers for the needs of Central Asia.
The ambitious project will allow watering the northern regions of China at the expense of the country's largest rivers. According to the plan, three waterways will be built, each about 1,300 kilometers long. This will redirect excess water that damages southeast China to the arid regions of the north.
The construction of the canals began in 2002. The work plan, calculated for almost half a century, envisages the unification of the basins of the four largest rivers in China - the Yangtze, the Yellow River, the Haihe and the Huaihe. Strictly speaking, there will be no river turn: excess water from the deep southern arteries will feed the northern rivers, at the same time connecting them into a convenient transport network. In addition, the canals will supply the largest reservoirs in northern China with water reserves.
During the construction process, the infrastructure of one of the largest engineering projects of antiquity, the Great Canal, will be used. It was created over two thousand years by many generations of Chinese emperors (VI century BC - XIII century AD). The channel connected the Yangtze and Yellow rivers, which were the main waterways of ancient China.
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