Disassembly of a boiler house building was commenced on site of the prospective CHP plant “Vostochnaia”

As early as in this May, construction of a new production building of CHP plant “Vostochnaia” will be started on the site of the old boiler house.

At the first stage, workers will disassemble about half of the old boiler building and will erect a part of a building of the future CHP plant right on the same spot. Then, pumping equipment will be moved to the new building.

According to the Capital Construction Director of RAO UES of the East Vasily Belosevich, the greatest challenge is to combine construction of a new facility and operation of the existing heating system equipment installed in close proximity to the construction site. “The equipment must be moved to the new building before beginning of the heating season 2014-2015 to make sure construction works do not affect customers in terms of reliable heat supply”, mentioned Vasily Belosevich.

On the premises of the future plant, works related to removal of a chimney stack, disassembly of buildings and facilities, and site grading are about to be completed. About 100 persons and 22 units of equipment are engaged on site every day. Preparation of the site for construction of a new power generating facility is scheduled to be completed by the end of April 2014. Then, power engineers will actually proceed to construction of the plant. Construction and installation works and pre-commissioning activities will be ended by a comprehensive testing in the end of Q3 2015. After that, operational tests will be held.