Overview
- BN Group signed a cooperation agreement with the Murmansk regional government to deliver housing using cross‑laminated timber, targeting project documentation by early 2026 and a construction start that year.
- Plans in Murmansk include what the company says would be Russia’s first eight‑storey CLT apartment building in the city center, plus a cottage settlement, two tourist facilities and a private housing cluster of more than 370 plots near the city.
- The Emergency Situations Ministry has permitted the use of CLT for the cited Murmansk projects, with regional officials emphasizing faster warm‑shell erection to suit the short northern building season.
- DNR officials outlined a pilot in Mariupol for 16 CLT apartment buildings of three to five storeys in the Ordzhonikidzevsky district, with land and investment documentation now being prepared.
- Authorities say a successful Mariupol pilot could expand to the Donetsk–Makeevka agglomeration and broader Donbass, while BN Group also advances CLT overbuilds for Sirius campuses under seismic design review.