The RDS group of road construction companies is ready to provide 850 jobs to Ukrainians returning from abroad, as well as to all people who have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, co-owner of the group Yuriy Shumakher has said.
“Our team has more than 1,200 employees. And we will be glad to welcome about 850 new specialists to work in eight regions of Ukraine, where we build roads and important infrastructure facilities,” he told Interfax-Ukraine.
According to him, the coronavirus not only threatens the health of people, it also robs them of their work, confidence in the future.
“The construction industry is not quarantined! And we want to provide jobs for those who need it most,” he said.
The Ukrainian group of companies RDS includes Kyivshliakhbud and Rostdorstroy. Its core business is construction, modernization and maintenance of roads and bridges, construction of airfield complexes.
The company is building concrete road H-14 Kropyvnytsky-Mykolaiv. As part of the reconstruction of the H-31 Dnipro-Reshetylivka highway in Poltava region, RDS is building an overpass over the railway and the section of the first concrete road in Ukraine. In 2019, the company won a World Bank tender for work on the first category highway M-03 Kyiv-Kharkiv-Dovzhansky.
As of April 2020, the company operates in eight regions of Ukraine and has ten production facilities.
The ultimate beneficial owners of RDS are Ukrainian citizens Yuriy Shumakher and Yevhen Konovalov.
The RDS group of road construction companies will continue road work during the quarantine established due to the spread of coronavirus, and plans to continue to fully fulfill its obligations, RDS co-owner Yuriy Shumakher has told Interfax-Ukraine.
“We express support for the decision of the Ukravtodor management not to curtail the planned projects. The development of infrastructure in the country is the key to Ukraine’s competitiveness and success,” he said.
“The group of RDS road construction companies minimized attendance at work for the staff, but we continue to fully implement all of our road construction projects,” Shumakher added.
According to him, contractors and suppliers in all regions of the presence of RDS Group are working smoothly, there are no problems with the provision of construction materials.
Ukravtodor on March 17 announced its support for the government’s initiatives to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 in Ukraine and continuation of all roadwork as usual.
“Ukravtodor supports the government’s initiatives to prevent the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 in Ukraine. Therefore, we strongly recommend that everyone who can work remotely take this opportunity. At the same time, we want to emphasize that the deceleration of the season of road works is not yet expected. All construction and repair work continues as normal,” the state agency said.
The Ukrainian group of companies RDS includes Kyivshliakhbud and Rostdorstroy. Its core business is construction, modernization and maintenance of roads and bridges, construction of airfield complexes.
The company is building concrete road H-14 Kropyvnytsky-Mykolaiv. As part of the reconstruction of the H-31 Dnipro-Reshetylivka highway in Poltava region, RDS is building an overpass over the railway and the section of the first concrete road in Ukraine. In 2019, the company won a World Bank tender for work on the first category highway M-03 Kyiv-Kharkiv-Dovzhansky.
As of January 2020, the company operates in seven regions of Ukraine and has ten production facilities.
The ultimate beneficial owners of RDS are Ukrainian citizens Yuriy Shumakher and Yevhen Konovalov. The charter capital of the company is UAH 5.13 million.
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