Kasimov School Roof Collapse: Expert Findings on Contractor
The school building is shown before interior finishing work was completed.
The roof of the assembly hall collapsed at a new school in Kasimov. City Duma deputy Vladimir Sorokin reported this on his social media. According to him, no one was injured, and on the afternoon of January 28, workers were clearing the collapsed remains of the roof.
The local administration provided an official comment on the structural failure.
He called on officials to respond to the incident.
Officials presented the school«s facilities to parents during a September event.
«In my opinion, this situation requires emergency intervention by federal supervisory bodies, urgent objective inspections, expert examinations, and an investigation before all traces are swept away,» said Sorokin.
A day later, on January 29, a comment appeared under a post by Governor Pavel Malkov from the administration of Kasimov district. They noted that the school on Gagarin Street had not yet been commissioned and construction was ongoing.
«There was a partial failure of the roof over the assembly hall. The expert examination revealed violations in the work by the contractor. In addition, the entire roof was examined to check the structural elements,» the local administration said.
Officials assert that the contractor is rectifying the identified violations.
What is known about the school and the contractor?
A tender for the construction of a 960-seat school in Kasimov was announced in March 2023. According to the contract, the work should have been completed in November 2024, but shortly before that, Governor Pavel Malkov reported that the deadline had been pushed to 2025.
In the fall of 2025, the head of Kasimov district, Ivan Bakhilov, promised that construction would be completed by the New Year, and children would be admitted after the January holidays. There were no further updates about the institution. Judging by the response on January 29, the work was again not completed on time.
The four-story school is designed for 38 classrooms and an administrative office for the Young Naturalists« Station in a separate wing. The grounds include basketball and volleyball courts, a football field, outdoor exercise equipment, and an obstacle course.
1.3 billion rubles (approximately $14.4 million) was allocated for the construction.
The construction of the 960-seat school in Kasimov is being carried out by the Moscow-based firm Termis LLC. In 2025, the contractor was inspected nine times: the results of unscheduled inspections have not been publicly disclosed, but in May and November, a warning was issued to General Director Alexander Ivanov and he was required to clean up the construction site.
At the same time, Termis is literally laden with lawsuits. Here are just some of the recent proceedings due to the firm«s non-performance or improper performance of duties:
January 29, 2026, from JSC Kasimovnerud (a crushed stone producer — Ed.) — 377,057 rubles;
December 19, 2025, from Hydroizol-Smolensk LLC — 794,353 rubles;
December 17, 2025, from JSC Ryazanavtodor — 11,274,689 rubles;
November 28, 2025, from Vseinstrumenty.Ru LLC — 528,896 rubles;
November 27, 2025, from Razgruzhaem LLC — 122,500 rubles;
November 12, 2025, from the Moscow Apartment Building Overhaul Fund — 287,611 rubles.
In addition, the tax service for the Kirov region in late December 2025 filed a lawsuit seeking to have Termis LLC declared bankrupt. As of November, the company«s tax debt was just over 70 million rubles.
The further fate of the school in Kasimov is currently unknown. The editorial office of YA62.RU is obtaining additional information from law enforcement agencies.
