On 3 September, a delegation from the Tavrida Energo Stroy Group of Companies (TES), the general contractor for the construction of the NICA Collider building, visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The parties discussed cooperation development prospects for the successful and timely completion of the construction.

Tavrida Energo Stroy was represented by TES Director Dmitry Dudarev, Head of the TES-Kirov branch Alexey Guryev, and the project’s Commercial Director Nikolay Zabolotsky. On behalf of the leadership of the Joint Institute, JINR Director Grigory Trubnikov, NICA Project Leader Vladimir Kekelidze, and JINR Deputy Chief Engineer Andrey Dudarev attended the meeting.

The meeting discussed issues related to completing tasks and searching for the solutions required to complete the construction works at the facility on time. Together with representatives of the Institute, the general contractor held an off-site meeting at the Laboratory of High Energy Physics at JINR to inspect the accelerator complex and the status of ongoing work was presented.

Following the results of the visit, the most complex sections of the facility were defined. Such sections require special attention and additional control in terms of completing the tasks. A joint decision was made to deepen the interaction of JINR Offices and Departments and the General Contractor for timely completion of the tasks of the construction and commissioning works at the NICA Complex.

For more than ten years, Tavrida Energo Stroy has been a reliable partner of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the implementation of various infrastructure energy projects. In March 2024, the TES Group took on the functions of the general contractor to complete the construction of the NICA Collider building.