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Ktw I: the final stretch before opening

Office & mixed-use development
POLAND The .Ktw I office building which is under construction in Katowice has reached its lockup stage.
The building will be ready in four months. “Installation work in the engine room, which we started in October last year, is nearing completion. Furthermore, we install substructures for the expanded metal mesh and architectural concrete at +14 level. The roof of the technical roof will be made of them. We use mountaineering techniques while working on the top floors. Some of the work is carried out from an external platform, the location of which can be adjusted depending on the needs of the working team,” says Wojciech Adam, building site manager at Strabag which is the general contractor of the facility. In addition to the activities carried out outside the office building, internal installation and finishing work are more and more advanced. All lifts have already been installed in the building and the acceptance of the Technical Inspection Office is currently in progress. The execution of wall claddings and floors in lift foyers is to begin in the next few days. All the barriers were fixed in the staircases. Painting work is underway and resin floors will soon be implemented. Wooden cladding emerged in the main hall. Cladding made of corrugated architectural concrete is installed on the wall behind the reception desk. “Winter weather conditions do not affect the course of the work. The opening of the office building, which is planned for the 1st of June this year, is unthreatened,” assures us Marian Garczarczyk, project director at TDJ Estate, which is the investor of the project. .Ktw I is located at al. W. Roździeńskiego 1 in Katowice, it has 14 floors (13 floors and the ground floor) and it is 66 meters tall. The area of ​​a single floor will amount to 1,480 sqm.

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