X-ray of Green Court Bucharest Office Complex

Location: North of Bucharest, 12 Gara Herastrau Street

Description:

•   3 modern office buildings
• 12 floors above the ground
•   52,000 sqm of leasable space
• 837 underground parking spaces

Developer: Skanska Development Romania

Infrastructure and structure contractor for buildings A & B: Octagon Contracting & Engineering under Skanska Construction Romania

Developer’s testimonial about the contractor:

“Skanska Construction appointed Octagon as construction partner for foundation and structural works on the Green Court Bucharest.  The cooperation was excellent and Octagon performed the works professionally and diligently meeting all of our expectations in terms of health and safety, quality and delivery time.” says Richard Burleigh, Country Manager, Skanska Construction Romania.

Biggest challenges faced by the contractor:

“The biggest challenge in the execution of this project was meeting the deadline, which was very tight.  But despite the schedule constraints, which were also amplified by technical issues that are unavoidable in any project, we managed to focus on our main targets and deliver the works on time.“ says Max Ene- OCTAGON’s  project manager for Green Court Bucharest.

Construction works performed by OCTAGON:

• Concrete works for infrastructure and superstructure of building A (3B+ GF+ 11F)
• Excavation;
• Diaphragm walls D 600;
• Anchorages;
•  Infrastructure works for building B;
• Concrete works for the superstructure of building B (3B + GF+ 11F)

GREEN features:

• energy efficient façade with high performance which reduces solar heat gains, the building’s heating up being significantly limited;
• natural daylight- over 75% of the building space has access to the daylight. Automatic lighting control system adjusts the lights according to the intensity of outside light resulting into lower energy consumption;
• containers for segregated waste;
•  solar panels- located on the roof of the building, used for domestic hot water;
• electrical plug- in for cars

Estimated benefits:

•  Lower utility bills- 50% less water consumed
• A healthier, more productive workplace-  30% more fresh air in the office
• More efficient lighting- 32% less energy consumed

OCTAGON’s staff involved in the construction of buildings A & B: 160 people.

Skanska secures first tenant in building B of Green Court Bucharest complex, built by OCTAGON

Green Court Bucharest- building B 2

Skanska announced the leasing of the first office space in the second building under construction near the intersection of Barbu Văcărescu-Pipera Road, Capital writes. OCTAGON is the constructor of the building and is currently performing concrete and metal structure works.

Sanofi, one of the biggest medicine producers in the world, that owns Zentiva factory in Bucharest, has rented a space of around 2,200 sqm. The company will move into the new headquarters in June 2015.

Green Court Bucharest- building B 3

„We are currently performing structure works on building B and we will soon begin façade works.” said Marcin Łapiński, the president of Skanska Property Romania.

So far, Skanska has rented approximately 19,000 sqm of the whole Green Court Bucharest Complex. The first building, with a 19,500 sqm area, has been 88% rented by Orange România and Schneider Electric. Building B will have a 18,000 sqm leasable area.

Green Court Bucharest- building B

Building B is the second on the three buildings of the complex. OCTAGON has also delivered building A, where the company performed infrastructure works (diaphragm walls D 600; crown beams; anchors), concrete structure works and superstructure works. Building A has 15 floors. OCTAGON contract for this building has been supplemented with exterior works: construction of access stairs, access ramps for people with disabilities and protection fences.

Green Court Bucharest will have a total leasable area of 52,000 sqm. The complex, developed by Sweedish company Skanska will be LEED Gold certified.

OCTAGON construction works have reached the 10th floor of Green Court Bucharest- building B

Green Court Bucharest - building B

Construction works to building B of the office complex Green Court Bucharest (2-4 Gara Herastrau St.) have reached the 10^th floor of the total 13 floors. OCTAGON team have worked at a very fast pace and

Green Court Bucharest - building B

have managed to build the 10 floors of the superstructure in only 4 months.

Right now OCTAGON is performing concrete structure works: encasing, concrete reinforcement and metal structure works. “Concrete structure works have reached the 10^th floor and metal structure works have reached the 6^th floor.”  said Mihaela Moraru- CTCC engineer.

Green Court Bucharest - building B

Building B is the second on the three buildings of the complex. OCTAGON has also delivered building A, where the company performed infrastructure works (diaphragm walls D 600; crown beams; anchors), concrete structure works and superstructure works.

Building A has 15 floors.

Green Court Bucharest - building B

OCTAGON contract for this building has been supplemented with exterior works: construction of access stairs, access ramps for people with disabilities and protection fences.

Green Court Bucharest - building B

Green Court Bucharest will have a total leasable area of 52,000 sqm. The complex, developed by Sweedish company Skanska will be LEED Gold certified.