ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, Dec. 3
By Huseyn Hasanov– Trend:
The factory of reinforced concrete products in the city of Dashoguz, (north Turkmenistan) mastered the production of external and internal wall panels, Trend reports with reference to the “Neutral Turkmenistan” newspaper.
“The production is intended for residential buildings under construction in the administrative center of the northern velayat (region) of Turkmenistan. Now work is underway to establish production of other elements of large-panel residential buildings,” the message said.
“At the factory, reinforced concrete pipes of various diameters, slabs, window and door bridges, concrete borders are also manufactured. The volume of this year's production is expected to be 26,000 cubic meters of reinforced concrete products,” the newspaper said.
The construction materials industry in Turkmenistan is gaining momentum. In the industrial zone of the Ovadan-depe of the Geoktepinsky district of the Akhalsky velayat (region) of Turkmenistan, a powerful construction cluster has been created.
There are enterprises for production of rolled metal and rebar, a large gas-concrete plant, a factory for processing marble and granite, which produces facing materials from local natural stone.
In the list of products produced by the enterprises of the domestic construction industry - facing stone, cement, brick, non-metallic building materials, metal structures, plastic and fiberglass pipes.
The priority direction of the building materials industry is production of cement of various brands – Portland cement (sulfate-resistant cement), used for laying foundations, building bridge supports and other hydraulic structures, etc.