The administrative building complex includes a part of the office building, a part of the Knauf academy, an extended car park and a green area to protect the building from street noise and dust.

The management team of the office construction project – Signe Raupe, head of the Procurement Department, and Kristaps Puļķis, head of research, are smiling happily, even though the tension on the construction site was considerable at times. When asked about the progress of the process, Signe mentions that the construction process has been emotionally intense and for good reason – to build an administrative building in nine months is no small thing, the very beginning and preparation works are particularly difficult.

Signe explains that the implementation of such a smooth construction process has been possible only with this Design & Build approach, because it is a complete transfer of responsibility to the hands of the general contractor both during the design and construction stages, but at the same time it requires the customer’s daily involvement – constantly looking for the optimal solutions. The open book principle ensures that each construction estimate is agreed with the customer, seeing the real costs for each completed work.

This building will be a great reference object for Knauf materials, and I can confidently say that there is no public building in Latvia that has so many Knauf solutions at the same time.

While the greenery is growing near the new building, the builders are in a hurry to complete the final works – the transfer to Knauf as the customer is planned to be done by the 7th of July. Then there will be time to commission the building for the construction board, furnish it and transfer it to the employees as a gift for the 30th anniversary of Knauf.