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Products & Services In total, 17 buildings of the Olympic Village are covered with approx. 140,000 sqm RIB-ROOF aluminum profiled sheets. Zambelli RIB-ROOF aluminum metal roofing system used for Olympic Village 175,000 m² profiled Rib-Roof sheets installed for Olympic Village and other projects in Turkmenistan. Roof areas of training halls. 44 Building & Investment | www.b-i.biz BORDERED BY KAZAKHSTAN in the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north and east, Afghanistan and Iran to the south and the Caspian Sea to the west, Turkmenistan is a Central Asian nation that, for centuries, has been an important trade conduit at the crossroads of Eastern and Western civilisations. In recent times, the building construction industry is an important engine for economic growth, contributing to a sixth of GDP, driven no less by state investments of about USD5.0 billion for the construction of the Olympic Village in the white-marbled capital city of Ashgabat and USD2.0 billion in public administration buildings elsewhere, not to mention local residential and urban development projects. To date, Turkmenistan is committed to expansion in capital and infrastructure development and the above large-scale undertaking has been singled out by the “International Construction” magazine, currently, as the “largest construction project worldwide.” At the core of all this massive development is Zambelli RIB-ROOF aluminum metal roofing system, a high quality, light and efficient roof construction material based on its 60-year history of technical development and industry practice.