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Rebuilding Ukraine: housing, heating and contractors (Sean Almeida and Daniel Aspleaf)
59:44 · 2022
Sean Almeida talks with Daniel Aspleaf, a fellow long-time Kyiv expat and US citizen, managing director of CDM Engineering, about reconstruction in Ukraine: who will do it, how it will be paid for, and where it can go wrong. Published in August 2022.
Chapters
- 0:00 Meet Daniel, managing director of CDM Engineering
- 2:15 Ukraine's housing deficit
- 3:08 What engineering firms are working on during the war
- 4:04 Surviving the shock: several income streams
- 5:55 Specialise or stay broad in a young market
- 7:10 Which firms come back after the war
- 7:55 Force majeure clauses in contracts
- 10:06 Supply chains and logistics
- 10:59 Opportunity: modular building and cement
- 13:06 Skilled people looking for work
- 14:11 Reconstruction funding: too early to say
- 15:57 District heating and hot water explained
- 20:05 Why the heating network is not maintained
- 24:05 Lessons from Romania and Bulgaria
- 26:59 Biggest obstacle: legislation
- 31:02 Developers and historic buildings
- 32:27 Performance bonds and bank financing
- 36:00 Buying off-plan as speculation
- 38:04 Displaced people and depopulated cities
- 39:22 Temporary housing vs long-term solutions
- 40:02 Kyiv filling up again
- 43:22 Damaged buildings: salvage or demolish
- 47:04 Brick vs prefab panel damage
- 49:04 Converting former military bases: the Philippines
- 51:13 Why pet projects fail
- 57:16 Advice on working with foreign contractors
- 59:18 Closing: staying optimistic
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