Crocus ZAO's Caterpillar machines are helping to lay the groundwork for the APEC summit facilities at Russky Island, Vladivostock, site of a myriad of construction projects.
The summit of APEC (2868 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) taking place on Russky Island, close to Vladivostok, Russia, in 2012 has prompted a myriad of construction projects in the area.
The massive construction site includes hotels and a conference centre, airport reconstruction, highway construction and reconstruction, an opera and ballet theatre, sea facade including port structures and infrastructure, and the Eastern Bosphorus Strait Bridge (see World report, World Highways November/December 2009), which will link the continent to the island. The bridge will be the world's largest cable-stayed bridge when completed.
The works are under way and scheduled to finish by the end of 2011, and several178 Caterpillar machines are clocking up hours as part of the project.
In 2009, the local Cat dealer Amur Machinery supplied 12 Cat machines and rented ten additional units to Crocus ZAO, the general contractor laying the groundwork for the summit's facilities.
In February this year, another 17 machines were purchased: four 428E backhoe loaders, a D5NXL, a D6T, a D7G and two D6NXL and two D9R track-type tractors, three CS56 vibratory soil compactors as well as a 320DL, a 325DL and a 330DL hydraulic excavator. Cat Financial funded the entire mix of track type-tractors and excavators.
Crocus ZAO was nominated as the general contractor to fulfil the US$2.5 billion contract in early 2009.
Caterpillar CIS industry sales manager Robert Thiel, said of participation in the construction works: "This project is unique due to the large construction volume in the very limited timeframe. Reliable Cat machines together with world-class product support from Amur Machinery and attractive finance terms from Caterpillar Financial were major drivers for the project. We are proud to be part of this major infrastructure project in Russia." The APEC forum includes 21 member economies that are home to more than 2.7 billion people and represent approximately 55% of world GDP and 49% of world trade.
The massive construction site includes hotels and a conference centre, airport reconstruction, highway construction and reconstruction, an opera and ballet theatre, sea facade including port structures and infrastructure, and the Eastern Bosphorus Strait Bridge (see World report, World Highways November/December 2009), which will link the continent to the island. The bridge will be the world's largest cable-stayed bridge when completed.
The works are under way and scheduled to finish by the end of 2011, and several
In 2009, the local Cat dealer Amur Machinery supplied 12 Cat machines and rented ten additional units to Crocus ZAO, the general contractor laying the groundwork for the summit's facilities.
In February this year, another 17 machines were purchased: four 428E backhoe loaders, a D5NXL, a D6T, a D7G and two D6NXL and two D9R track-type tractors, three CS56 vibratory soil compactors as well as a 320DL, a 325DL and a 330DL hydraulic excavator. Cat Financial funded the entire mix of track type-tractors and excavators.
Crocus ZAO was nominated as the general contractor to fulfil the US$2.5 billion contract in early 2009.
Caterpillar CIS industry sales manager Robert Thiel, said of participation in the construction works: "This project is unique due to the large construction volume in the very limited timeframe. Reliable Cat machines together with world-class product support from Amur Machinery and attractive finance terms from Caterpillar Financial were major drivers for the project. We are proud to be part of this major infrastructure project in Russia." The APEC forum includes 21 member economies that are home to more than 2.7 billion people and represent approximately 55% of world GDP and 49% of world trade.
