Steel Dream is participating for the second time in the exhibition dedicated to Ukraine’s reconstruction, which this year brought together 800 companies from more than 35 countries. At Metinvest’s stand, models of three steel construction technologies were showcased: frame, modular and platform. The use of a steel frame underpins the housing solutions designed for the Bakhmut and Trostianets communities, as this technology enables fast, efficient and reliable construction.
Bakhmut-Hoshcha: Project Presented to Donors
The signing of the cooperation memorandum between Metinvest and the Bakhmut City Council has officially launched the project to build residential units for internally displaced people in Hoshcha. The Steel Dream team has provided the community with full project documentation free of charge. This will significantly shorten the preparatory phase, speed up fundraising and allow construction to begin much sooner.
Nataliia Kozlovska, Ukraine’s deputy minister for communities and territories development, presented the “Steel Dream. Bakhmut-Hoshcha” concept to international financial partners.
The project envisages the construction of 570 flats for around 1,200 internally displaced residents of Bakhmut, in 4-5-storey buildings equipped with shelters and ground-floor service infrastructure. The flats are expected to be rented out at below-market rates. At least 10% of the units will be reserved for people with disabilities, large families, older residents and orphaned children.
Trostianets: International Cooperation for Reconstruction
Metinvest, the Trostianets City Council and Ai Engineering – an Italian design company based in Turin that has more than 40 years of experience – have signed a memorandum on the reconstruction of Trostianets. The Group has been working on reconstruction projects in Ukraine for the past two years and will now become a partner in creating a modern residential district for 4,000 internally displaced people.
Metinvest has developed the concept for the future neighbourhood free of charge. With support from the Italian government, Ai Engineering will adapt the project to European environmental standards. The aim of the partnership is to create a project unlike anything else in Ukraine. The residential buildings are expected to consume 52% less energy than standard norms and to generate significantly lower CO2 emissions. The project aims to comply with leading international environmental standards such as LEED and BREEAM.
“The cooperation between Steel Dream and war-affected communities is setting a new benchmark for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Together with our international partners, we are demonstrating that social housing can be modern, technologically advanced and energy-efficient,” said Tetiana Skrypka, head of external projects at Metinvest Sichsteel.
Previously, on 13 November at the Rebuild Ukraine international exhibition in Warsaw, Metinvest and the Mariupol City Council signed a memorandum on the transfer of architectural and technical solutions for the construction of a residential quarter in Bila Tserkva for 1,000 families displaced from Mariupol.
Steel Dream is a universal reconstruction concept developed by Metinvest, the controlling shareholder of which is Rinat Akhmetov. It is based on three steel technologies – modular, frame and platform – that enable fast and flexible construction. The Group’s experts have designed more than 200 standard projects for residential and social infrastructure, all of which are ready for implementation.