RDS (group of companies)
RDS is a group of Ukranian road construction companies, founded in 2005 as an investment group for construction of housing and commercial real estate.[1] It is one of the three largest road companies of Ukraine in terms of the volume (mileage) of built roads.[2] The main office is located in Odessa.
The group focuses on design, construction, reconstruction, and overhaul of roads and infrastructure facilities; maintenance of highways; and construction of runways.[2][3]
Structure[edit]
The primary owners of RDS are Yuriy Schumacher and Evgeny Konovalov.[4]
The RDS includes the companies Rostdorstroy and Kiyvshlyakhbud.[5] The group of companies operates in 9 regions of Ukraine: Kyiv, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Odessa, Vinnytsia, Luhansk, as well as in the cities of Kyiv and Odessa.[6] RDS production facilities are located in each of these areas. The assets of the company include asphalt and cement concrete plants, laboratories, a fleet of vehicles.[2] The number of employees is over 2000 people.[7]
RDS co-founded the National Association of Road Workers of Ukraine (NARWU).[8] In addition, it is a member of the European Business Association (EBA).[9]
History[edit]
The company was founded in 2005[1] as an investment group "Rost" for the construction of housing and commercial real estate, but in the same year the firm began to invest in road construction and was named Rostdorstroy.
As part of expanding its activities and entering the European market, the Rostdorstroy group of road construction companies changed its name to the RDS in 2019.[10]
Activities[edit]
- 2005–2010, the company was engaged in bank protection works, and construction of highways and streets in Odessa and the Odessa region. Projects included the construction of the 9th berth of the Pivdennyi Sea Trade Port, and reconstruction of taxiways at the Odessa airport.[citation needed]
- 2011–2012, RDS Group of Companies was engaged in the repair and reconstruction of streets and objects in Kiyv, as well as in the capital region.[citation needed]
- In 2013, the company repaired the N-01 Kiyv-Znamianka road in the Cherkasy region. In addition, a number of roads were also built in Artsyz, Tarutyne, Bolhrad districts of Odessa region. The construction of streets in the cities of Odessa and Kiyv was carried out.[citation needed]
- Since 2014, RDS has been taking part in international tenders, including tenders for the overhaul of roads in the Republic of Moldova, held under the auspices of the EBRD.[1]
- In 2015–2016, the company performed work on the reconstruction of Marselska and Sakharova streets in Odessa. In addition, the construction of the Reni Bypass road continued. In 2016, cooperation with the Road Service in the Poltava region began.[citation needed]
- In 2017, RDS signed a contract for the reconstruction and construction of the airfield complex at the Odessa International Airport. Also this year, large-scale construction projects were completed in Kirovohrad, Cherkasy and Mykolaiv regions.[citation needed]
- In 2018, a contract was signed for the overhaul of an artificial runway at the Cherkasy International Airport.[citation needed]
- In 2019, the company won a World Bank tender for work in Ukraine for the construction and repairing of the M-03 Kyiv-Kharkiv-Dovzhansky highway.[11]
- In 2020, RDS completed the construction of a runway at the Odessa airport, while continuing to build highways in the Cherkasy, Poltava and Mykolaiv regions.[2][8][12] In April 2020, the company bought the Kredmash DS-16837 asphalt concrete plant.[5][13]
- In October 2020, RDS became the main contractor of the State Road Agency of Ukraine in repairing Izmail — Vylkove road in Odesa Oblast.[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "RDS co-owner Yuriy Shumakher: We are carrying out rebranding to expand presence in Ukraine and enter European market". Interfax Ukraine. Retrieved 10 September 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 sbitsoft. "Ukrainian company RDS won a tender for the construction of the Kropyvnytsky – Kryvyi Rih – Zaporizhia highway". lenta.ua. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ "Kyivshliakhbud road construction company CEO Oleksandr Raschupkin: If they decided to scrap the Big Construction project, Ukraine's economy would fall into an abyss". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ↑ "RDS Group to repair, build roads in Kherson region". Interfax Ukraine. Retrieved 10 September 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Ukrainian RDS Group of Companies bought an asphalt concrete plant and invested in a production base". inventure.com.ua (in русский). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ "Коротко и ясно: Назначение и.о. министра энергетики и возможный запуск общественного транспорта в мае". nv.ua (in русский). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ "RDS repairs 37 km of H-01 highway in Cherkasy region ahead of schedule, wins tenders for 35 more km". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Great Budget: RDS – a group of road construction companies" (in русский). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ "Ukrainian road construction group RDS is ready to provide Ukrainians with 850 jobs". Fixygen. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ "Rostdorstroy Group of road construction companies will rebrand and change its name to RDS". Інтерфакс-Україна (in українська). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ "Road construction group RDS is ready to increase its staff by 70%". Interfax Ukraine (in русский). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ "Kyivshliakhbud road construction company CEO Oleksandr Raschupkin: If they decided to scrap the Big Construction project, Ukraine's economy would fall into an abyss". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ↑ "Ukravtodor starts repair works on road to Ochakiv". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
- ↑ "Ukravtodor restarts repair of road from Izmail to Vylkove". Interfax-Ukraine. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
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