Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services outlined sector growth, digital oversight and major urban projects on 2 October. The ministry said more than 210 million square metres of buildings and facilities had been constructed over the previous nine years, and more than 15,000 multi-storey residential buildings containing 647,000 apartments had been commissioned. It reported 135,000 homes built last year and plans to commission another 140,000 apartments in 2026. These are figures and plans presented by the ministry; the release is not an independent audit of building permits or a verified housing inventory.

The long-term target is to build 280,000 homes annually by 2040 and increase the number of New Uzbekistan residential districts from 61 to 120. The nominal value of construction work rose from 30 trillion soum in 2016 to 314 trillion soum, according to the ministry. More than 3.5 million people were said to work in construction, building materials and related sectors. The ministry also said approval stages for construction had been reduced threefold and total processing time fourfold. Those ratios describe reported procedural reductions; the announcement does not provide the underlying time series or calculation method.

The national Transparent Construction information system has launched 25 digital systems and electronic platforms. The ministry listed electronic rankings for construction and design companies, e-tendering for public procurement and digitized oversight among the tools. More than 72,000 electronic tenders have covered projects worth 83.9 trillion soum; the ministry reported 4.2 trillion soum in budget savings through these processes. More than 66,000 construction sites were registered in the state oversight system and over 800,000 monitoring actions conducted. The next digital phase includes the Transparent AI ecosystem, intended to automate review of project documents, digitize expert assessment and reduce human involvement. The ministry described implementation as gradual, not complete.

The announcement paired those reforms with new settlements and large-scale urban plans. The Al-Khwarizmi town in Khorezm is being developed on 130.5 hectares and is planned to include an IT university for 8,000 students, a technopark, innovation centres and more than 5,700 homes. The planned 4,000-hectare Babur city in Andijan is designed for 411,000 residents, with 2,000 apartment buildings and 40,000 homes envisaged. So far, 3,940 apartments and more than 40 retail and service facilities have opened there, and over 25,000 people live in the city. Samarkand’s 665-hectare Shirin development is planned for 60,000 residents. The ministry said the projects also include schools, preschools, clinics, universities, research centres, business incubators, hotels and parks. These are plans and status figures as reported by the ministry.