The Central Core of Moscow International Business Center, is a multifunctional center, featuring a shopping mall, cinemas, food courts, restaurants and administrative premises, and included access to underground car parks, as well as the metro. The building is located on the city’s Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment. In its entirety, the center is an 8-storey reinforced concrete building with 4-Storeys aboveground, one public floor below ground, and a 3-storey underground car park.

The building has a standard rectangular form, 117 m by 410 m; however, a glazed atrium dome largely contributes to the building’s unique appearance. This central core maintains a vital interconnection between Moscow City’s high-rise blocks with the two roads that run along the longitudinal facades.

The scope of services provided by ENKA for the project included all the design and engineering work, procurement, construction and installation, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and roofing works. ENKA also installed the lifts and escalators, and undertook the finishing of the building’s operational, maintenance and technical facilities, covering a total construction area of 190,000 m².

• The main challenge encountered during the project’s implementation was the design, procurement and installation of the glazed atrium dome, which covers an area of 10,500 m². Its installation was only achievable as a result of an enormous scaffolding framework, [approximately 115,000 m³ ]. Its special design and complex engineering makes it a unique and exceptional example of Moscow’s contemporary architecture
• Protecting this huge glass dome from the possibility of damage, as a result of the ongoing high-rise building’s construction around the Central Core, was another big challenge. To achieve this, a special structure was necessary and the entire dome was covered until just before the center was officially opened with a specially designed and built timber shell, to prevent damage by objects falling from the adjacent high-rise buildings

The scope of services provided by ENKA for the project included all the design and engineering work, procurement, construction and installation, civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and roofing works. ENKA also installed the lifts and escalators, and undertook the finishing of the building’s operational, maintenance and technical facilities, covering a total construction area of 190,000 m².

The mechanical systems for the project included heating, ventilation, air conditioning, hot and cold water supply, sewage, a fully automated sprinkler, smoke extraction and pressurization systems and building automation and control systems.

The electrical work for the project included the power supply, intruder alarm system, CCTV system, fire alarm system, public announcement and emergency evacuation systems.

• There are 449 retail areas in the Center, including shops and restaurants. The shopping center aspires to be one of Moscow’s most outstanding and exclusive shopping areas.