Construction of Panorama Tbilisi suspended after 3 workers fall from building
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Construction on new luxury complex Panorama Tbilisi in central Tbilisi has been suspended after three workers fell from a building during construction work on Tuesday.
- To learn more about the Panorama Tbilisi project, read Panorama Tbilisi – ‘a calling card of Tbilisi’
The three injured construction workers, who are aged 19 to 21, have all been hospitalised with fractures and other injuries. Doctors say their condition is stable.
Head of Labour Condition Inspection Department Beka Peradze told local media outlets today that after three-hours of inspection they found “violations during the construction process” and made the decision to suspend construction until these violations are dealt with.
Watch the video by the Georgian Co-Investment Fund and learn about how the Panorama Tbilisi project is planned to be developed.
Panorama Tbilisi is estimated to cost $500 million and is implemented by the Georgian Co-Investment Fund, which was established by businessman and former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili in 2013.
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New technical regulations for the production of cement products, steel frames, electric cables and plastic pipes are coming into play today.
A multifunctional shopping centre will open in an abandoned Soviet-era building in central Tbilisi, to reinvigorate Georgia’s capital, develop the real estate and commercial markets and encourage more tourists to visit the city.
In its ruling, Tbilisi City Hall believed the project would be better implemented in another part of the city rather than in Tbilisi’s historical district. It offered the suburb of Nadzaladevi as an alternative location to construct the project.
Tbilisi City Hall has drafted a bill and sent it to parliament earlier today which makes several construction violations a criminal offence, which are currently only considered administrative violations. The violations which might become a criminal offence include violations in height parameters, illegal construction works, ignoring an official demand to suspend construction and several others.
The Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili says the adoption and observation of labour safety standards is an essential part of developing Georgia and turning it into a European country. President Zurabishvili made remarks over the recent detention of the head of the GVK Hospitality construction company after 16-year-old Giorgi Beshkenadze died at a construction site on July 16.
A total of 51 construction companies including some of the major players on the Georgian market such as Axis, Domusi and Balavari are not following safety rules during construction, announces the Georgian Ministry of Health.
About 2,500 families affected by ongoing projects of the development company Sveti will receive apartments, announced Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze today.
The Labour Conditions Inspection Department carried out a total of 1,254 inspections and reinspections at construction sites in 2019, says the Ministry of Health.
Georgian company Krtsanisi Villa Residence is investing $200 million to continue the development of the modern residential district on Krtsanisi Street in the capital city of Tbilisi, Krtsanisi Villa Residence.