Rising from an artificial peninsula on Istanbul’s Asian shore, Haydarpasa Station is a castle-like railway terminal designed by German architects Otto Ritter and Helmut Cuno. Named after an Ottoman grand vizier, it opened in the early 20th century as the city’s main railway terminal, pulling in trains from across Turkey, including the Orient Express. Right on the Bosphorus, it doubled as a cargo transfer point with no detours.

The station survived fires and a 1979 tanker explosion, then closed in 2012 for the Istanbul–Ankara high-speed line and the Marmaray tunnel. Locals feared a sale. The Haydarpasa Solidarity Group fought back, and it worked: the building is set to be restored and brought back into the network.

Today, Haydarpasa remains a quiet landmark on the waterfront, waiting for the trains to return.

P.S. Outlasted wars and fires but not paperwork.

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Dmitry Bolotsky, Deputy CEO for Commercial Affairs at NPS Group, spoke at a Kommersant Publishing House business breakfast at SPIEF 2026.

He told how the relationship between clients and contractors is changing in today’s “economy of constraints.”

According to him, one effective way to deliver infrastructure projects is the “Open Book” model, which cuts key risks through transparency, flexibility, and phased planning, but requires clear accountability from all parties.

NPS GC works with both private and public clients. We build infrastructure all across Russia and abroad. Introducing a standard for long-term, balanced contracts — five years ahead, for example — could improve client-contractor relations, reduce risks, and make projects more efficient. It would bring more predictability and let companies invest in equipment and technology with greater confidence

- Dmitry Bolotsky said.

P.S. Open books, closed risks.

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NPS GC Breaks Ground on Neva Bridge as Part of the Wide Latitude High-Speed Highway.

St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov, NPS CEO Alexey Krapivin, and VTB Bank President Andrey Kostin officially launched construction on the future Neva River bridge, part of the Wide Latitude High-Speed Highway (WLHSH), at a foundation stone ceremony.

All three speakers pointed to the Great Smolensky Bridge as the benchmark. Governor Beglov noted that the new crossing will be only the second drawbridge built in St. Petersburg in forty years. NPS CEO Krapivin drew on hard-won experience from the Smolensky to back his commitment to delivering on time and to standard. VTB President Kostin urged the team to match that pace, aspiring to launch the new project.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

NPS Roads & Bridges will construct Section 4.1 — a 5 km stretch centered on a 462.9-metre drawbridge, requiring 160,000 cubic metres of concrete and 16,000 tonnes of steel structures.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

P.S. WLHSH is set in stone.

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NPS GC Signs Agreement with RDIF and Saudi Arabia’s Lamar Arabia Holding on Infrastructure and Energy Projects

NPS GC, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Saudi Arabia’s Lamar Arabia Holding plan to jointly develop infrastructure and energy projects in Russia and Saudi Arabia. The three parties signed an agreement to this effect at SPIEF 2026. The agreement covers joint work on transport, energy, and social infrastructure projects across Russia and Saudi Arabia, as well as in the wider Middle East, North Africa, and Asia.

Alexey Krapivin, CEO of NPS GC, said the deal is a chance to build long-term ties with strong partners and apply the company’s expertise to Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 infrastructure drive. Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of RDIF, described Saudi Arabia as one of Russia’s leading partners in the Middle East citing over 70 joint projects, and said the deal opens new opportunities in transport and energy.

P.S. Two funds, one vision.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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In many cultures, the dragon isn’t a monster but a guardian of strength, luck, and prosperity, symbolizing the link between heaven and earth. This image inspired one of Vietnam’s most unusual bridges, the Dragon Bridge in Da Nang.

Opened in 2013, the bridge spans the Han River, connecting the city’s business district and airport with its tourist areas and coastline. Its design had to be handled with care: the nearby Museum of Cham Sculpture meant the structure couldn’t overshadow the cultural landmark.

While foreign engineers handled the technical side, the bridge’s look was designed to be distinctly Vietnamese, drawing on a dragon inspired by the Lý Dynasty, its body adorned with lotus motifs symbolizing purity and renewal. The bridge is especially famous for its shows, when the dragon breathes fire over the river.

P.S. Fire-breathing, but make it civil engineering.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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A heavy roller might look simple, just rolling back and forth to compact asphalt. In reality, it’s far more sophisticated.

• The roof carries the same satellite receiver found on bulldozers. GLONASS and GPS track exactly where it’s already been, feeding a real-time compaction map to the cabin display: red means undercompaction, green is on target, blue means overcompaction. The operator sees the blind spots instead of working from memory.
• A laser level creates an invisible reference plane above the road, and an onboard sensor tracks the roller’s distance from it to within 1-2 cm, flagging any drift or tilt instantly.
• The real magic is the smart vibration system, which automatically adjusts frequency and amplitude based on material stiffness and asphalt temperature. Too little vibration won’t compact properly; too much will crush the gravel or leave ripples.

The result: fewer gaps, fewer misalignments, fewer unnecessary passes, and higher productivity.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

P.S. Smart rollers, smoother roads.

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Turning former industrial zones into vibrant public spaces is a familiar story in major cities, and Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is one of its best examples. By the 1950s, this part of one of America’s oldest seaports had become a depressed industrial district. In the 1980s, the city launched a revitalization plan that brought a renovated waterfront, the National Aquarium, restaurants, and hotels.

One of the harbor’s landmarks is the Power Plant on Pratt Street, a neoclassical complex built between 1900 and 1909. Its location on the Patapsco River was deliberate: the condensers needed large volumes of water for cooling, and coal deliveries by sea were far cheaper than by land. Until 1973, it generated electricity for United Railways and Electric, powering the city’s streetcar network.

After closing, the building changed hands several times. Today it houses restaurants, shops, and regular exhibitions. The red-brick structure with its four smokestacks has become a landmark of Baltimore’s waterfront promenade, known as the “Mile of Charm.”

P.S. Coal out, culture in.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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How do you stress-test the track for Russia’s first high-speed railway?

NPS Group has begun comprehensive testing of its ballastless track system for the Moscow-St. Petersburg HSR line at the research center.

A multi-layer concrete track section was assembled on a purpose-built test stand. Its centerpiece is the NGP 4.0 rail slab, a design with no direct equivalent worldwide, rated for speeds up to 400 km/h and temperatures from -50°C to +50°C.

Eight pulsators simulate the interaction between high-speed wheels and rail across all track layers, putting the structure through 9 million load cycles, equivalent to 50 years of operation. Repairability is the key advantage of the system: a polymer layer at the base of the slab allows it to be separated from the rest of the assembly without damaging the surrounding concrete. After completing all load cycles, the structure was successfully separated, confirming field replaceability. The design is rated for half a century of service without major overhaul.

P.S. Built to last. Made to maintain.

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