JSC Stroytransgaz starts construction of cultural and educational complex facilities in Kaliningrad

Basement slab of the choreographic academy training building

Permit for construction of a number of facilities included in cultural and educational complex on Oktyabrsky Island in Kaliningrad was issued in early October 2019. Upon documents receipt, the new contractor, JSC Stroytransgaz (STG), had mobilized its own resources and promptly proceeded to further construction of the facilities. Currently, STG has accepted the first 1385 cubic meters of concrete.

Works are carried out at several facilities simultaneously: concrete has been poured into slabs (basement) of the choreographic academy building, academy boarding school (between the first and second floors), boarding school of the music school (between the second and third floors), as well as into vertical structures (frame) of music and general education schools (walls and columns of the first floor). Preliminary, STG has installed reinforcing frames and formwork structures. In total, over 11,000 cubic meters of concrete will be poured into the facilities cast-in-situ structures. This volume of construction mix may be used to erect 115 floors of a multi-apartment residential tower. Following the concrete works STG will start constructing external, internal walls and partitions from blocks and ceramic bricks, waterproofing works, installation of walls and door apertures, as well as laying of internal and external utilities required for building operation.

At the same time, preparatory works on the foundation of the future museum complex are carried out. Pile sinking will commence in the near future. This will provide stability of the foundation and the building.

In total, over 400 workers and almost 30 units of special equipment are engaged at the construction site. With the increase of construction scope, the number of engaged employees and equipment will grow.

Reinforcement and framework installation on engineering floor structures of
the secondary special music school residential facilities

Project background

The task to create a new cultural centre was set by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, in his Address to the Federal Assembly in 2018 and specified in the Executive Order “On National Goals and Strategic Objectives of the Russian Federation for the period to 2024”. Starting from September 2019 JSC Stroytransgaz is the new Construction General Contractor of the facilities. The project originator is the Social and Cultural Projects Fund "National Cultural Heritage".

Being one of the priority goals within national "Culture" project, creation of the cultural, educational and museum complex will allow the region to reveal its cultural and educational opportunities, arrange modern cultural space, change life quality of the residents through art introduction and, at the same time, make the city particularly attractive for visitors and tourists. The cluster construction will become one of the largest cultural projects of the recent years.

Construction is carried out on the Western and Eastern sites of Oktyabrsky Island in Kaliningrad. An opera and ballet theatre for 950 seats, the Higher School of Music and Theatre Arts, a museum complex and a training building of the Choreographic Academy will be built here. All these facilities will be erected on the Western site, while at the Eastern site a general education school with swimming pool for 550 students, residential spaces for students of the choreographic academy and secondary special music school will be constructed. Total construction area will exceed 80,000 square meters.