A secondary school for 600 students in the Alatau District of Almaty. The three-storey building is being constructed with a cast-in-place reinforced concrete frame and anti-seismic measures in accordance with current codes.
Objective
The district needs a full-fledged school: classrooms and laboratories, a sports hall and an assembly hall, a canteen with a kitchen and a landscaped site. The main structural requirement is the reliability of a building for children in the seismically active zone of Almaty.
Solutions
- a cast-in-place reinforced concrete frame with seismic strengthening — joints, reinforcement and seismic joints in accordance with the Kazakhstan building codes (SP RK) for seismic areas;
- classrooms and laboratories;
- a sports hall and an assembly hall;
- a canteen with a kitchen;
- a landscaped site with sports grounds.
Almaty seismicity For schools and other facilities where many children are present, seismic resistance is built in at the design stage. On site, the key factor is the quality of the reinforcement and concrete of the frame, so every stage of cast-in-place work undergoes acceptance inspection.
Stages and current status
- Foundation works Site preparation and foundations — work began in June 2025.
- Cast-in-place frame The frame is now being completed.
- Facade and building services Facade work and installation of building services have begun.
- Ahead Interior finishing, fitting out the halls and kitchen, landscaping of the site and sports grounds, handover in Q3 2027.
What the district will get
A modern earthquake-resistant school building with a full set of spaces for study, sports and meals. Learn more about our social facilities in the civil construction section, and see other projects in our portfolio.
