The TAIF Business Centre Project, being undertaken by ENKA in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Russia, reached the overall progress of 88.7% as of 20 February, 2020. A total of 723 people was working on the project, and 4,150,450 person-hours had been expended without Lost Time Incident (LTI).
Progress on the architectural works amounted to 85%. In this context, 17,595 m2 of the brick walls and 15,287 m2 of the gypsum board partition walls had been erected, and a total of 33,750 m2 of screed had been poured. In addition, 25,011 m2 of ceramic floor covering and 3,148 m2 of natural stone floor covering works had been carried out, resulting in completion rate of 99% respectively. All elevators had been installed and were ready for use. The exterior landscaping and the work on the underground parking floors were also close to completion.
The main works continuing on the site were the interior wooden wall cladding, the installation of glass partitions, the application of ceramic, granite and marble wall coverings, the laying of parquet; the fitting of doors and the gypsum and metal suspended ceiling works. The rates of progress on the mechanical and electrical works were roughly 97% for the former and about 91% for the latter. The rate of progress on the weak current systems had reached only 50% due to revisions made by the employer. The transformers, cooling/air conditioning equipment and heating center had all been installed and were already operating. A total of 68,236 m of stainless-steel pipes, 8,841 m of steel pipes and 33,731 m2 of ventilation ducts had been installed, while 966 km of cables had been laid and 21.7 km of cable trays installed.