Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan has proposed six initiatives to expand construction cooperation with China and Central Asian countries, including industrial housing, digital technologies, professional training and seismic engineering.
The proposals were presented by Uzbekistan's Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services, Sherzod Khidoyatov, at the second Central Asia–China Conference of Ministers of Construction in Bishkek, the ministry said.
Khidoyatov said that 15,000 apartment blocks had been commissioned in Uzbekistan over the past nine years, providing more than 715,000 apartments. The total area of the buildings and structures constructed exceeded 288 million square metres.
A further 218 million square metres of construction projects are currently under way. These projects include more than 771,000 planned apartments.
The minister also said that 420 urban planning regulations had been standardised in line with unified requirements across the construction sector. More than 500 new standards had also been developed.
As part of the industry's digitalisation, Uzbekistan's Shaffof Qurilish (Transparent Construction) national information system has been integrated with 22 government bodies through 24 information platforms.
The time required to issue licences has been reduced from 10 days to 10 minutes, according to the ministry.
Khidoyatov outlined six proposals to develop international cooperation.
The first calls for expanding technological cooperation in industrial housing construction and the production of modern building materials.
The second focuses on bringing construction regulations and standards closer together and strengthening ties between research institutes.
The third proposes developing building information modelling (BIM), artificial intelligence and digital management systems.
The fourth initiative covers specialist training, joint educational programmes and academic exchanges.
The fifth calls for joint projects in modern urban planning, engineering infrastructure and Smart City concepts.
The sixth proposes establishing a Central Asian–Chinese Association of Seismic Engineering.
Under the final initiative, Khidoyatov proposed conducting joint scientific research into earthquake-resistant construction, exchanging engineering expertise, aligning seismic design standards and training qualified specialists.
He said Uzbekistan was ready to actively cooperate with partners in these areas, exchange experience and implement mutually beneficial projects.
