Implemented
projects

Background

A complex set of engineering, technical, and ergonomic challenges in a large office space designed for over 300 employees, including:

• Employee complaints about poor air supply in meeting rooms and common areas, high temperatures in summer, and low temperatures in winter

• Elevated noise levels in common areas, restrooms, and certain rooms

• Lack of required furniture items, wet areas, properly organized workstations, and meeting rooms

Steps we took

• Conducted a comprehensive inspection of the ventilation and air-conditioning systems, including instrumental measurements and equipment performance analysis
• Identified problem areas and proposed and implemented system reconfiguration and operational adjustments; optimized air distribution in collaboration with the building owner and the business center’s facility management company
• Designed, manufactured, and supplied a set of custom office furniture
• Implemented acoustic solutions in restrooms, meeting rooms, and areas with increased noise from air ducts, while minimizing disruption to ongoing operations

Benefits for the partner

• A stable and comfortable indoor climate, with a significant reduction in employee complaints
• Improved acoustic comfort in sensitive areas and reduced background noise from engineering systems
• A functional and ergonomic workspace with custom furniture tailored to employees’ work specifics and needs

Background

• Fragmented requests from residents for the installation of signage, totems, and media screens across the park

• Lack of a unified, visually consistent, and legally approved advertising and information concept

• The need to create clear navigation within a large industrial area with intensive freight and service traffic

• Compliance with regional and municipal urban improvement and landscaping regulations

Steps we took

• Made a pre-design assessment: collected permitting documentation, urban planning regulations, and local rules governing the placement of advertising and information structures for the site

• Developed functional zoning from a navigation, information, and advertising flow perspective (entry zones, logistics gates, public areas, office and warehouse clusters)

• Designed a comprehensive placement concept for structures, including typologies (totems, wayfinding pylons, façade signage, directional signs, pylons, media screens), their dimensions, and requirements for installation, visibility, and lighting

• Prepared a full package of design and working documentation for approval, including layout schemes, visualizations, explanatory notes, and engineering sections

• Supported the project at the approval stage in coordination with the municipal administration and relevant authorities

Benefits for the partner

• Unified, structured, and fully regulation-compliant concept for advertising and information structures across the entire industrial park

• Reduced risk of refusals, claims, and fines from authorities during the approval of residents’ signage and information installations

• Clear and intuitive navigation for employees, residents, suppliers, and visitors, along with improved brand visibility for the industrial park and its tenants

• A ready-to-use foundation for phased implementation aligned with the site’s development plans and ongoing investment projects

Background

• An industrial facility in Saint Petersburg comprising a group of workshops of varying heights with a total area exceeding 30,000 sq.m.
• A complex layout of production and auxiliary spaces with different fire and explosion hazard categories
• The need to ensure full compliance with current regulations, EMERCOM (Ministry of Emergency Situations) requirements, and the client’s internal industrial safety standards.

Steps we took

• Analyzed the facility’s layout and technological solutions; defined control zones and alarm/notification scenarios

• Developed detailed working documentation, including cable routing, technical details, and equipment installation locations, based on the actual condition of the premises

• Coordinated technical solutions with the client and operating teams, ensuring integration with existing engineering systems

Benefits for the partner

• Comprehensive working documentation that reflects the actual state of the facility and complies with all applicable regulatory requirements

• A clear and transparent basis for implementing the fire safety system, with well-defined installation and operation logic

• Reduced fire safety risks and full readiness of the facility for interaction with supervisory and regulatory authorities

Background

• Office premises across multiple floors of a business center in central Moscow

• A very tight timeline for surveys and delivery of results due to high rental costs and a limited rent-free period

Steps we took

• Performed high-precision laser 3D scanning of the premises, capturing geometry, engineering systems, and critical junctions

• Processed the point cloud data and developed an information (BIM) model in agreed formats for subsequent detailed design, construction, and operation

• Structured the model by zones, access levels, and functional use

• Prepared analytical materials for the client, including clash detection reports, recommendations for optimizing layout solutions, and phased implementation planning

Benefits for the partner

• An up-to-date digital 3D office model serving as a single source of truth for architects, engineers, facilities management, and IT teams

• Reduced design and construction timelines and costs through fewer errors and revisions during implementation

• The ability to safely plan changes to office infrastructure while accounting for business-critical fintech processes and resilience requirements

• A solid foundation for developing a “digital workspace” concept and integrating with monitoring, management, and operational analytics systems

Background

• Renovation of a distressed engineering structure
• Uncompleted works commenced by another contractor
• Failure by another contractor to meet the time constraints and risk of a distressed structure decay

Steps we took

• Additional calculations and surveys
• Modification to the design and detailed documentation
• Structure reinforcement
• Concreting during winter

Benefits for the partner

• Clearing of the schedule violation by the previous contractor and readiness of the facility for approval by a supervisory authority in due time

Background

• Stand-alone two-storey building of 400 sq m
• Violation of fire safety requirements during construction

Steps we took

• Comprehensive safety audit of the building
• Relocation by 350 m crossing a road
• Modernisation and adaptation of the building for commercial use

Benefits for the partner

• A turnkey rental facility
• Unique experience of sustainable development – recovery of a building subject to demolition for commercial use

Background

• Commercial project with a very tight implementation deadline based on the financial model
• Earthworks in an active city park with high visitor traffic, where restricting access was not possible
• A remote power supply source, requiring the crossing of existing roads, driveways, landscaping features, and underground structures
• High uncertainty about the actual location of existing underground structures

Steps we took

• Carried out thorough field inspections and surveys using modern tools, updated the location of the existing underground structures
• Quickly developed and approved the working design, performed cost engineering, and procured the main materials
• Organized and executed construction and installation work without disrupting the park’s operations, mitigating equipment failures and material delivery delays
• Completed the work one week ahead of the scheduled deadline

Benefits for the partner

• Rapid engineering site preparation for the commercial project, enabling additional revenue
• Updated and improved quality of survey materials, which serve as baseline data for future construction projects

Background

• A pilot project for a new, efficient option of a comprehensive seasonal decoration for the facility
• High operating costs for replacements, updates, and repairs of the existing decoration system
• Lack of spare parts and the failure of the main equipment

Steps we took

• Collected requirements and identified the root causes of high operating costs
• Conducted a functional cost analysis and selected optimal equipment based on the price/quality ratio and localization
• Carried out design engineering, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning of equipment and structures: light canopy over 10 meters high with more than 4 km of string lights; 19 visual alert projectors mounted on 8-meter masts and on the building’s roof; facade coverage of 1,500 sq. m

Benefits for the partner

• Reduced operating costs for the facility’s seasonal decoration
• Increased foot traffic and sales
• A successful pilot project with the potential to scale across the entire portfolio of facilities

Background

• An area in an operational, well-attended park
• Tight restrictions on execution of works at day and night

Steps we took

• Marketing survey of the area
• Design and manufacture of sports equipment
• Construction and installation works

Benefits for the partner

• A free opening ceremony mass event involving a local sports star
• A popular place for outdoor activities

Background

• Over 500 items of damaged decorations for restoration
• Over 6000 meters of outdoor lighting chains
• Over 400 items of decorations suspended as high as 13 meters
• Outdoor stage with a 10 meter pillar and illuminated marquise
• Two New Year trees over 10 meters high each

Steps we took

• We performed accounting and stock taking of decorations as well as identification of deviations and non-conformities
• We assessed the technical condition of decoration fixtures and electric grid connection points
• We formed a full-time design team of scene painters, completed restoration and full recovery of decorations
• We formed 4 full-time teams of fully attested industrial climbers, completed high-rise installation and removal of suspended elements inside the building and in the adjacent grounds

Benefits for the partner

• The shopping mall and adjacent park fully prepared to the New Year’s Eve on a really tight schedule
• Restored polygonal decorative figures mentioned in the local media
• Report on identified concealed defects and damages of structure
• Draft amendments to the internal regulations on clearing contractors for high-rise jobs

Background

• One of the largest commercial properties in the North-West region

Steps we took

• Collection of a team of seven candidates of science
• Full-year cycle research
• Really unexpected scientific discovery

Benefits for the partner

• Unique information and map of the facility including Red Book biotopes
• Confirmation of high scores under BREEAM IN-USE criteria
• Information bulletin printed in a limited edition

Background

• Security systems modernization program for 11 facilities located in different districts of the city
• Work on operating facilities and facilities under reconstruction, including areas with special land-use conditions
• Extremely tight deadline for implementing the program

Steps we took

• Finished on-site surveys of the facilities within a short time, established a hierarchical work structure, and created a basic program schedule
• Developed and presented to the partner an optimal program management plan with the shortest possible implementation timeline
• Completed the design work one month ahead of the original schedule

Benefits for the partner

• Multiple increase in profitability (>2.5 times) compared to the initial plan for the design and survey work program
• Multiple increase in profitability for certain types of materials and equipment specified in the project
• Justified suspension of work under the schedule of the general contracting agreement

Background

• Legal claim of the environmental prosecutor’s office against a partner to defend general public rights
• Risks of suspension of business activities
• Lack of environmental documentation

Steps we took

• Collection of data on operation of facilities for 5 years
• Development and approval of the environmental documentation by all parties concerned
• Abandonment of the claim of the environmental prosecutor’s office
• Scientific research and evidence base collection

Benefits for the partner

• Reduction of administrative load on business – neutralization of one of supervisory authorities
• Comprehensive audit of the runoff water disposal system

Background

• Enquiry for market value assessment of a large investment project and preparation of the main documents for its planning and execution 

Steps we took

• Field works, including aero surveying of the facility boundaries
• On-site interviewing of and collection of information from external and internal parties concerned
• Assessment and analysis of the collected data, including preparation of statements and project management documents

Benefits for the partner

Suit of analytics to manage a large project, including:

• hierarchical structure of works
• basic schedule
• contractor market analysis for the key works
• financial plan, including a cash flow budget, a revenue and expenditure budget, and a discount cash flow
• Aero survey materials, including the sites of potential collisions and risky land plots crossed by the construction facility

Background

• Complicated situation in connection with an attempt of third parties to seize property of a public organisation through leasing of land plots based on false grounds

Steps we took

• Inventory of land lease portfolio
• Forming and cadastral registration of 14 land plots
• Collection of documents and conclusion of land lease agreements with the city

Benefits for the partner

• Updated and secure land lease portfolio
• Protection of 10 land plots against third party encroachment
• Monitoring and supervision system

Background

• Programme including 12 facilities in Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad Region
• State contracting authority

Steps we took

• Development and approval of the design and detailed documentation
• Construction, installation, and commissioning works
• Completion of the contract 4 months ahead of the schedule

Benefits for the partner

• Pre-scheduled implementation of its investment programme
• Compensation of delays of other contractors

Background

• Obsolete B2C portal, complaints of customers about complicated interface and instability

Steps we took

• Collection of customer needs
• Consumer survey, definition of CSI and main weaknesses of the portal
• Development of modern UX/UI design of the portal
• Purchase of equipment, development of software implementation, launch of a new portal

Benefits for the partner

• Upgraded B2C portal with new modern design resulting in CSI and brand loyalty improvement

Background

• Reconstruction of a linear facility with a total length of over 8 km crossing 22 land plots

Steps we took

• Optimisation of the facility routing plan including removal of unnecessary crossings of third party land plots
• Development and approval of the design and detailed documentation by all parties concerned
• Value engineering and project cost estimation of the first accuracy rating

Benefits for the partner

• The project ready for implementation, including market-based valuation of construction works

Background

⦁ Business centre buildings of various number of storeys and area

Steps we took

• Laser scanning of buildings and structures
• Audit of the as-built documentation archive
• Drawing up of information models of buildings and the engineering infrastructure
• Development of IT infrastructure for joint operation and management of the Revit Server-based information model

Benefits for the partner

• Reduced operating expenses on the facility and increased market cost of the assets

Background

• Conversion of unfinished buildings into office centres

Steps we took

• Value engineering of individual work stages, engineering support, including construction oversight and monitoring for procurement of works, services, materials, and equipment

Benefits for the partner

• Reduced initial investment costs
• Improved utility connection specification taking into account increased load
• Prevented violations by sub-contractors during finishing works and preparation of special engineering infrastructure

Background

• Upgrade of the public address, security alarm, and CCTV systems in buildings and structures of the process plant

Steps we took

• Development of the detailed design of security system upgrade, including integration with the existing system
• Value engineering, procurement, construction and installation works

Benefits for the partner

• Extended building security systems with improved reliability and security rating

Background

• Upgrade of the security alarm and CCTV systems in the trade centre of 13,000 sq m

Steps we took

• Development of the detailed design of security system upgrade, including integration with the existing system
• Value engineering, procurement, construction and installation works

Benefits for the partner

• Extended building security systems with improved reliability and security rating