Antanas Butkus, the former longtime manager of the YIT Lietuva construction company, has died

The loss was reported by the company.

“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 quote from Antanas Butkaus is shared by “YIT Lietuva”.

Former long-time manager of a construction company

Antanas Butkus, who graduated from the Kaunas Polytechnic in 1964, as a qualified road and bridge builder, started his work in the same year – by 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 in the evening department of the Faculty of Construction and Plumbing of Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, which in 1972. graduated with the qualification of an 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 and 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 a director of the then Kaunas House Building Company,

in 1987 after reorganizing the combine – head of PSS “Kaunas”, since 1991. until 2008 Kaunas State House Construction Combine, after its privatization – AB “Kausta”, after changing its name – AB “YIT Kausta” as the general director. The company “YIT Kausta” led by Antanas Butkaus has 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”, 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 general director of the company, A. Butkaus, and the president of Korio Group, K. Bačkevičius, wax melting furnaces of the 11th century were prepared to be exhibited in Kaunas City 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.