“We have lost a long-time company manager who left a great mark in the world of construction – Antanas Butkaus, who has gone to eternity. We express our condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the deceased,” the company’s statement reads.
“In fact, construction is a very responsible and complex business, where investments are high and even the slightest mistake can have a very painful impact. The most important thing in this business is responsibility for every action, for every brick laid”, – the company shares a quote from A. Butkaus.
A. Butkus, who graduated from the Kaunas Polytechnic in 1964, as a qualified road and bridge builder, started his work in the same year – according to his appointment, he worked as a technician, foreman, manager of the Kaunas Road and Bridge Operation Trust. foreman, executor, head of the production department. While working, he studied at the evening department of the Faculty of Construction and Plumbing of the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, which he graduated from in 1972. graduated with the qualification of engineer-builder.
1975-1978 worked as the head of the Construction and Repair Board of Kaunas finishing works. engineer, manager, 1978-1981. – Deputy manager of the Construction – Repair Trust.
In 1981, he was appointed deputy manager of the “Kaunas Statybos” Trust, supervised the construction of civil facilities. Worked until 1985.
Since 1985 started working as the director of the then Kaunas House Construction Combine.
in 1987 after reorganizing the combine, he became the head of PSS “Kaunas”, from 1991. until 2008 General director of the Kaunas State House Construction Combine, after its privatization – AB “Kausta”, after the name was changed – AB “YIT Kausta”.
The company “YIT Kausta” managed by A. Butkaus implemented many large projects, which paid back its clients’ investments tenfold and were nominated and recognized as “Products of the Year”. The most beautiful and complex objects built by the company are the leisure center in Vilnius “Forum Palace”, “Akropolis”, “Siemens arena”, shopping center “Banginis”, administrative and laboratory building of AB “Kraft foods Lietuva”, factory “Trys sezonai”, bread bakery ” Gardėsis”, shopping and leisure center “Mega” in Kaunas. Kaunas Resurrection Church was reconstructed without profit.
The company worked not only in Lithuania, but also in Tyumen region, Karelia, Slavutičius city, Karaliaučius, Lyda, Chelyabinsk region.
in 2005 in spring, on the site of the former furniture factory, Lietuvių-Aušros st. construction of 180 apartments was started at the intersection. housing block “Aušros namai”. This project was presented at the international investor exhibition MIPIM’ 2005, Cannes.
On the initiative of the company’s general director A. Butkaus and K. Bačkevičius, the president of the Korio Group, wax melting furnaces of the 11th century were prepared to be exhibited in Kaunas Town Hall Square.
“This is an example of how the city’s entrepreneurs and the government should cooperate in order to give the city long-lasting gifts,” the company’s statement reads.
