A students’ construction brigade to take part in construction of stadium in Volgograd

On April 6 a trilateral partnership agreement was signed between Stroytransgaz OJSC, Volgograd Region Government and Volgograd State Architectural and Construction University (VolgGASU). Now, the construction of the Victory Arena stadium will be carried out with the involvement of the Monolit students’ construction brigade from VolgGASU. The students will spend over two months at the construction site. Moreover, there are plans to establish a year-round production department from the university at the site. This will allow building up good young expertise, and tutors will be able to share all their knowledge with the students.

The Monolit brigade includes 60 students. They will work at the site during the period of summer internship. During two months the students will be involved in earthworks and rebars installation, learn how concrete is made and how the production and technical department works.

Apart from valuable experience which will be officially credited by the university depending on work results, the students will receive a salary. Future engineers, builders, transport and utilities specialists will come to the construction site every day. Once the long vacation is over, there will be left those who will manage to combine work with the studies.

Vasily Galushkin, Volgograd Region Deputy Governor: “The students will be working here with all safety precautions taken, this will be a must. The practice of construction brigades is primarily a good working experience, and those who gain it will be able to join the industry very easily.

The Monolit brigade in Volgograd Architectural and Construction University dates back to 1979. This time the name of the brigade became symbolic as at the Victory Arena cast-in-situ (monolithic) concreting is well underway.

Vyacheslav Velichko, Stroytransgaz’ Construction Deputy CEO: “The last time we promised it, and now a new mobile batching plant is operating, the first 240 cubic meters were received the day before yesterday during the night shift from this plant.”

Cst-in-situ concreting is expected to be complete by the oncoming of winter this year. Then, assembly of structural steel will begin.

Valentin Chesnokov, VolgGASU student: “Firstly, it is essential to get an understanding of the stadium building process. Concrete, how it is unloaded, loaded, poured — all this needs to be seen, touched, learned so that I know in the future what I am dealing with.”

Vladislav Drukholsky, leader of the BolgGASU construction brigade: “I am really very proud. I never fancied us being involved in such a construction project. It is a project of just global importance, and we — kinda ordinary guys from a university — find ourselves in such a project.”

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