“Kazakistan ile ticaretimiz yüzde 54 arttı”

göre yüzde 54 (899 milyon 911 bin dolar) artarak, 2.5 milyar dolara ulaştığı bilgisini veren Arslan, “Kazakistan, önümüzdeki üç yılda altyapı yatırımları için 15 milyar dolar kaynak ayırdı. Demiryolu, otoyol, gümrük kapıları, konut gibi kalemlerin bulunduğu yatırımlar Türkiye inşaat sektörünün temsilcileri için büyük bir alan, bu projelerin de takipçisiyiz” diye konuştu.

YDA Group, which has implemented many projects and undertook the operation of some of them since 2001, when it stepped into Kazakhstan, will strengthen its presence in this country with 4 new projects that has an investment amount more than 1 billion dollars.

When stating that Kazakhstan has a very special place for YDA Group, Chairman of the Board of YDA Group, Hüseyin Arslan stated that they have accomplished great projects in many countries of the world, but Kazakhstan is the most important milestone in their overseas activities. Arslan said: “In order to evaluate our experiences in the BOT and PPP models in Kazakhstan, we closely follow the projects that will be implemented especially with these models. We continue the construction of an airport and three hospital projects with a total investment value of more than 1 billion dollars.”

When stating that they have implemented projects such as Maxima Residences, 1st and 2nd Stage projects of Arman Ville, Almaly City Club in Almaty in Kazakhstan, where they started operating with real estate projects, Hüseyin Arslan reported that they built high technological buildings such as the Bank Turan Alem Headquarters and Kazkommertsbank Headquarters in the Almaty Financial Center. When informing that they won the tender of Aktau International Airport construction which is the first build-operate-transfer project of Kazakhstan and its 30-year operation in 2007, Arslan stated that they continue to operate the airport which they completed in 13 months. infrastructure works of the fair area that got established on an area of 73 hectares.” When mentioning that they built the Drinking Water Filtering Station in Astana as well as the

Astana Governorship Culture and Recreation Park, Arslan said: “With this project, we established one of the highest capacity sodium hypochlorite units used in drinking water treatment facilities in Europe and Asia.”

Stating that they are working not only in contracting services but also as operators as YDA Group in Kazakhstan, and that they started the construction of an airport and three hospital projects in 2019, Hüseyin Arslan said: “We promised to complete Turkistan Airport which we built from scratch in a record time like 15 months, upon the Nursultan Nazarbayev's desire to hold the Turkish World Leaders Summit to be held on October 3,

2020, in Turkistan, and stating that opening the airport on this date will be an important step for the Turkish world”. Mentioning that they have started the construction of the 630-bed Turkistan Regional Hospital, the 800-bed NurSultan City Astana Medical University Hospital and the 510-bed Petropavlovsk Regional Hospital, Arslan stated that the projects have a total investment value of more than 1 billion dollars. projects in the Kazakhstan market where 547 projects with total cost of 1.8 trillion tenge is planned. When stating that as YDA Group they have a serious amount of know-how in PPP projects, Arslan said that as investor of Turkey's first city hospital, they are pioneering in the country in this field. Arslan said that they will complete the 1607-bed Kayseri City Hospital and 558-bed Manisa Training and Research Hospital, as well as the 1250-bed Konya City Hospital in July 2020.

When emphasizing that Turkey is in the position of reliable trade and economic partner of Kazakhstan in the region, Hüseyin Arslan said: “Wee see that investments and trade volume between Turkey and Kazakhstan are increasing every year and we can say that this year in particular, this potential was realized”.

When emphasizing that Nursultan Nazarbayev is a very important leader both for the Kazakh people and the Turkish world, with his devoted efforts, his foresight, his intelligence and his diligence as a great statesman, Hüseyin Arslan stated that they have undertaken important projects in Kazakhstan for 18 years, thanks to Nazarbayev’s policies that create favorable environments to encourage foreign investors.

Arslan said: “I would like to specify that the President of Kazakhstan Kasım Cömert Tokayev and Prime Minister Askar Uzakpaevich Mamin are giving great support to the further development of our Kazakhstan-Turkey relations that we move to a further level each year with the power of our common history and ties of our brotherhood. Kazakhstan is our second home.”

When stating that many cooperation agreements have been signed, investment forums have been organized and many steps with concrete results have been taken this year, Arslan said: “It is very rejoicing to see both countries attaching great importance and support. I would also like to thank Abzal Saparbekuly, Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Ankara. He has made great efforts to promote investment opportunities in Kazakhstan.”

Expressing that they have reached a strong brand value with successful projects in the Kazakhstan market for 18 years, Hüseyin Arslan mentioned that Turkish companies have started to sign more projects in Kazakhstan, especially with the increasing economic cooperation in recent years.When informing that trade between Kazakhstan and Turkey reached 2.5 billion dollars by increasing 54 percent (899 million 911 thousand dollars) in the 10th month of this year compared to the same period last year, Arslan said: “Kazakhstan has allocated 15 billion dollars for infrastructure investments in the next three years. Railways, highways, customs gates and housing investments are a large area for representatives of Turkey's construction sector, we are the followers of these projects”.

Kazakistan’daki en büyük inşaat ve yatırım holdingi olduklarını belirten BI Group Holding Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Aidyn Rakhimbayev, holdingin 5 şirketten oluşan yapısını şöyle aktardı: “BI İnşaat ve Mühendislik, BI Geliştirme, BI Infra İnşaat, BI Mülkiyet (otel ve iş merkezlerinin yönetimi), BI Müşteriler (50 bin daireye hizmet veren gayrimenkul yönetim şirketi), Kurumsal BI Üniversitesi ve BI-Zhuldyzai yardım kuruluşu.” Kazakistan’ın yanı sıra Türkiye, Rusya, Kırgızistan ve Özbekistan’da faaliyet gösterdiklerini belirten Rakhimbayev, üniversite eğitim hizmetleri için devlet lisansı alarak eğitim sektörüne de adım attıklarını vurguladı.

“COVID-19’un ülkede yayılmasının önüne geçilmesine katkı sağladık”

Forbes listesine göre, Kazakistan’ın en büyük özel şirket sıralamasında yıllık kazanç bakımından beşinci sırada, madencilik ve metalürjik komplekslerde ikinci sırada yer aldıkları bilgisini veren Aidyn Rakhimbayev, misyonlarını ‘mutluluğu inşa ediyoruz’ kelimeleriyle ifade etti. Şirket olarak 2008 yılına kadar sadece konut inşaatında çalıştıklarını, günümüzde ise konutun payının yüzde 50 olduğunu söyleyen Aidyn Rakhimbayev, “İş merkezleri, okullar, spor alanları, yollar ve köprüler, iskeleler ve Sibirya'daki (Rusya) demiryolları da dahil olmak üzere diğer tesisleri de inşa ediyoruz. Bu yıl sosyal tesislere yoğunlaştık” diye konuştu. Üç hafta gibi rekor bir sürede NurSultan, Almatı ve Çimkent’te modern bulaşıcı hastalıklar hastanesi inşa ettiklerini kaydeden Rakhimbayev, COVID-19’un ülkede yayılmasının önüne geçilmesine katkı yaptıklarını belirtti.

Grup olarak zengin bir yurtdışı deneyimine sahip olduklarını anlatan Aidyn

Rakhimbayev, bitirilen ve devam eden projelerini şöyle sıraladı: “2008 yılında, BI Group Moskova'da Vesenino prestijli yazlık köyü ve Rusya'nın petrol başkenti Khanty-Mansyisk'te altyapı tesisleri kurdu. Gürcistan'da Orpiri-Tsutskhvati-Mgvime yolunu inşa ettik. Şimdi Özbekistan'ın önde gelen inşaat şirketi Murad Buildings ile ortak çalışıyoruz ve Taşkent'te bir proje yürütüyoruz ve Bişkek'te (Kırgızistan) bir hastane inşa ediyoruz. BI Group, Baykal-Amur ve Trans-Sibirya Demiryolu gibi stratejik açıdan önemli demiryolu ana hatlarının 12 projesinde inşaat çalışmaları yürütüyor.” Türk şirketlerinin özellikle ev aletleri sektöründe gelişim gösterdiğini belirten Aidyn Rakhimbayev, Türkiye’nin Kazakistan’daki en popüler turistik yerlerden birisi olduğunu anlattı. Türk şirketlerinin, Nur- Sultan Uluslararası Havaalanı, dünyaca ünlü Khan-Shatyr alışveriş merkezi, birçok otel, iş merkezi, fabrika ve rüzgar çiftlikleri gibi çok önemli yapıların inşaatına katıldıklarını dile getiren Rakhimbayev, şirket olarak YDA Group ile de uzun süredir hastane projelerinde çalıştıklarını kaydetti.

“Türkistan şehrinde bir turizm merkezi inşa ediyoruz”

Kazakistan inşaat sektörünü değerlendiren Aidyn Rakhimbayev, küresel krize rağmen artan talebe sektörün hızla cevap verebildiğini ifade etti. İş hacminin yıllık ortalama yüzde 10 civarında büyüdüğünü söyleyen Rakhimbayev, kısmen yavaşlayan piyasanın ise düzeleceğinden emin olduklarını vurguladı. Yaşanan krizi, yeni projelere yönelik zaman olarak kullandıklarının altını çizen Rakhimbayev, “Şimdi Türkistan şehrinde bir turizm merkezi inşa ediyoruz, büyük ölçekli okul inşaatı yapıyoruz. Firmamız aktif olarak dijital teknolojileri tanıtıyor. Binalarımızın yüzde 80'i 3D (BIM) olarak tasarlandı. Stratejik bir araç olan AutoCAD 3D Revit kullanıyoruz. 2020 yılında BI Group, 16 katlı bir binanın yapım süresini 14'ten 4 aya indirmeye yardımcı olacak 200 bin metrekarelik Modex Modüler ev bina tesisini başlattı. Bu teknoloji kullanılarak bina bir ‘lego’ olarak monte edilebilir. Avrupa, Amerika, Güneydoğu Asya'da benzer projelerde çalıştık. Bu prensibe göre, Nur-Sultan'da 13 günde 200 yataklı prefabrik bulaşıcı hastalıklar hastanesi inşa ettik” diye konuştu.

Uzun vadede dünyanın en iyi 100 inşaat şirketi arasına girmeyi hedeflediklerini dile getiren Aidyn Rakhimbayev, bunun için 3 milyar dolarlık ciroya ulaşmaları gerektiğini söyledi. BI Group olarak yardım faaliyetlerinde de aktif rol aldıklarına değinen Rakhimbayev, 2005 yılında kurdukları BI-Zhuldyzai Kurumsal Vakfı’nın, Nur-Sultan, Almatı ve Atyrau'da özel ihtiyaçları olan çocuklara yardım edilen tıbbi rehabilitasyon merkezi açtığını bildirdi. Çok sayıda yerli ve yabancı uzmanın burada destek verdiğini dile getiren Rakhimbayev, bugüne kadar 8 bin 928 çocuğa kapsamlı rehabilitasyon sağlandığını, mentorların 20 bin 285 konsültasyon gerçekleştirdiğini belirtti.

Aidyn Rakhimbayev, “Ayrıca, 731 çocuğa ameliyat yapıldı, 510 doktor eğitildi ve en önemlisi 100 çocuk ilk adımlarını attı. Serebral palsi, Down sendromu, hidrosefali sendromu gibi teşhisi olan hastalara rehabilitasyon sağlanıyor. Ayrıca, her yıl fonları BI-Zhuldyzai Vakfı'na gönderilen bir yardım maratonuna sahibiz. Ironman yarışmaları düzenliyoruz” diye konuştu.

Operating in the construction industry and building more than 5 million square meters of housing till this day, BI Group aims to become one of the world's 100 largest construction companies.

Stating that they are the largest construction and investment holding in Kazakhstan, BI

Group Holding Chairman of Board, Aidyn Rakhimbayev explained the structure of the holding consisting of 5 companies as follows: “BI Construction and Engineering, BI Development, BI Infra Construction, BI Property (management of hotels and business centers), BI Customers (real estate management company serving 50 thousand apartments), Corporate BI University and BI-Zhuldyzai charity.” Stating that they operate in Kazakhstan, as well as Turkey, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Rakhimbayev said they stepped into the education sector by getting a state license for university education services. stated that as a company, they worked only in housing construction until 2008 and today the share of the house is 50 percent said: “We also build other facilities, including business centers, schools, sports grounds, roads and bridges, piers, and railways in Siberia (Russia). This year we focused on social facilities.” Rakhimbayev, who noted that they have built a modern infectious diseases hospital in Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Shymkent in a record period of three weeks, stated that they have contributed to the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

Stating that they have a rich overseas experience as a group, Aidyn Rakhimbayev listed their completed and ongoing projects as follows: “In 2008, BI Group established infrastructure facilities in the prestigious summer village of Vesenino in Moscow and Khanty-Mansyisk, Russia's oil capital. We built the Orpiri-Tsutskhvati-Mgvime road in Georgia. Now we are collaborating with the leading construction company of Uzbekistan, Murad Buildings and we are running a project in Tashkent and building a hospital in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan). BI Group is carrying out construction works on 12 projects of strategically important railway lines such as Baikal-Amur and Trans-Siberian Railway.”

Stating that Turkish companies showed growth especially in the household appliances sector, Aidyn Rakhimbayev told that Turkey is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Kazakhstan. Expressing that Turkish companies have participated in the construction of very important buildings such as Nur-Sultan International Airport, the world-famous KhanShatyr shopping mall, many hotels, business centers, factories and wind farms, Rakhimbayev noted that they have been working with YDA Group in hospital projects for a long time.

Evaluating the Kazakhstan construction sector, Aidyn Rakhimbayev stated that despite the global crisis, the sector was able to respond rapidly to increasing demand. Rakhimbayev said that the business volume grew by an average of 10 percent annually and emphasized that they are sure that the partially slowed market will recover. Rakhimbayev underlined that they used the crisis as a time for new projects and added: “Now we are building a tourism center in the city of Turkistan, we are building a large-scale school. Our company actively promotes digital technologies. 80 percent of our buildings are designed in 3D (BIM). We are using the AutoCAD 3D Revit which is a strategic tool. In 2020, BI Group launched the 200 thousand square meter Modex Modular house building facility to help reduce the construction time of a 16-story building from 14 to 4 months. Using this technology, the building can be installed as a 'lego'. We worked on similar projects in Europe, America, Southeast Asia. According to this principle, we have built a 200-bed prefabricated infectious diseases hospital in Nur-Sultan in 13 days. ”Expressing that they aim to be among the top 100 construction companies in the world in the long term, Aidyn Rakhimbayev said that they need to reach a turnover of 3 billion dollars for this. When saying that they have and active role in charity work, Rakhimbayev stated that BI-Zhuldyzai Institutional Foundation, established in 2005, opened a medical rehabilitation center for children with special needs in Nur-Sultan, Almaty and Atyrau.Expressing the support of many local and foreign experts, Rakhimbayev stated that 8.928 children have been extensively rehabilitated and mentors have performed 20.285 consultations.

Aidyn Rakhimbayev said, “In addition, 731 children underwent surgery, 510 doctors were trained, and most importantly 100 children took their first steps. Rehabilitation is provided to patients with diagnosis such as cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and hydrocephalus syndrome. We also have a charity marathon whose funds are sent to the BI-Zhuldyzai Foundation every year. We are organizing Ironman competitions.”