The company of businessman Aydyn Rakhimbaev, listed in Forbes Kazakhstan, BI Global, will undertake the reconstruction of the State Academic Russian Theater for Children and Youth named after Natalia Sats in Almaty. This information is derived from the data on the state procurement website.
The project involves "reconstruction with an extension to the building." The client is the Almaty city construction management. Applications for the announcement published on the state procurement website on January 13, 2025, were accepted from January 14 to 29. There were four contenders. BI Global won the competition using a rating-point system.
The total procurement amount is 21.79 billion tenge, with 883.93 million tenge allocated for the first year and 20.9 billion tenge for the second year. The advance payment is set at 30%. The work must be completed within "16 months from the receipt of the certificate to commence construction."
On January 30, 2025, the Almaty akimat issued a press release regarding the theater's reconstruction, detailing what the reconstruction project includes: strengthening of load-bearing structures, replacement of the leaking roof and facade panels, updating all engineering communications, and installing an automatic fire extinguishing system.