OREANDA-NEWS.  January 12, 2012. Stroytransgaz has obtained a new expanded permit certificate for the design of mostly dangerous and highly technical capital construction projects, including nuclear power facilities.

 The certificate was issued by Non-commercial Partnership Self-Regulatory Organization The Union of Companies of Construction and Architectural Design of Nuclear Power Facilities SOYUZATOMPROEKT. The amendment to the new certificate allows Stroytransgaz to carry out design works as a general designer, being entitled to conclude contracts of value up to 300 MIO RUR, and more.

 The company has also gained the opportunity to act as a general designer for the construction, upgrading and overhaul of major facilities of different industries, including the facilities of nuclear energy use.

Background:
 Stroytransgaz is a major Russian construction and engineering company. It implements and manages investment and construction projects in oil and gas, power energy and other fields of industrial and civil construction.

 Non-commercial Partnership Self-Regulatory Organization The Union of Companies of Construction and Architectural Design of Nuclear Power Facilities SOYUZATOMPROEKT is a key self-regulatory organization in the nuclear energy sector comprising 180 leading design organizations that deal with the preparation of design documentation for the construction of power energy and nuclear power facilities.