SGS provided Construction Supervision of an 8-story Office Building in Prague

May 26, 2009 - PRLog -- Linzia Shelf s.r.o. awarded SGS Industrial Services with the Construction Supervision of the new Office Building Linzia “A” (http://www.argo-offices.cz/en/team/). The building is situated in Prague on Evropska Street, in an attractive location close to a natural preserve called Divoka Sarka, providing a good accessibility to the city center, to the airport or to the highway.

The complete construction project included the building itself, the transport connection, the parking area, the connection of utilities such as water and electricity, and landscaping including garden and walkways. The building meets the highest standard of data and low voltage cabling, is equipped with air conditioning, ventilation and a fire alarm system.

SGS provided a seven-member team to supervise the construction works. These included Project Manager, Construction Manager, Design Manager, Safety, Health, Environment and Quality (SHEQ) Manager, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing Supervisor (MEP Supervisor), Financial Manager and Geotechnical Supervisor.

The construction of the office building took a little bit more than a year and was completed by 2008. The total project cost of 20 million Euros was funded by private equities and bank loans. The project was completed in accordance with International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) (http://www.fidic.org/) contract conditions as well as local Czech laws and regulations.

SGS, with over 1,000 offices worldwide, carries out independent, impartial examination, verification, validation and assessment on behalf of clients to ensure that systems and products are designed and constructed according to specification requirements. With the extensive experience gained in hundreds of construction projects around the world and a multi-disciplinary team of experts, SGS is your reliable global provider of value-added services during all phases of a project.

Professional supervision of construction works is necessary to ensure that a project undertaken by many parties is implemented successfully in terms of time, quality, safety and costs. Read more under: http://www.sgs.com/construction__building_infratrsucture_...

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