The project of the International Clinical Research Center is one of the most important Czech scientific projects, thanks to the cooperation of the University Hospital of St. Anna and Mayo Clinic has established a unique research facility in Brno. The construction of the building itself was carried out under the full operation of the campus of the University Hospital at St. Anne and in a very limited area.
The International Centre for Clinical Research (ICRC) of the FN at St. Anna in Brno was built in two stages, the first was completed in 2012 and the second in 2015.
K4 provided Project management for the client with Project management, Technical supervision of the client, Cost control, Document control and OSH Coordination.
Construction of a production hall, a development center and an office part for LIFOCOLOR, which is engaged in the production of color concentrates and additives for thermoplastics.
The LIFOCOLOR production facility was built in the Černovická terasa industrial zone in Brno. The built-up area is about 4,200 m². The reason for the construction was to expand the production of LIFOCOLOR, when the existing production capacities were no longer enough to cover the planned sales.
The entire complex consists of a three-story administrative building, a development center with a glass facade and a hall with a height of 12.5 meters, which serves as a production and warehouse.
K4 a.s. was the general designer and at the same time managed the construction itself.
New construction and renovation of existing industrial buildings at the factory for the production of coolers for the automotive industry in the city of Hluk. Construction took place in 3 stages and consisted of the construction of a new production hall and subsequent building modifications in the existing operation. Our company prepared and managed construction and assembly works with technology in Project Management mode and performed technical supervision of the investor.
Reconstruction of a classicist chateau and new construction of a covered transport playground in the Riviéra sports complex in Brno.
The playground itself is made up of a network of roads with parameters for cycling. In this space it is possible to induce a number of desired traffic situations. For this purpose, there is also a system of mechanically replaceable vertical traffic signs, which guarantees the variability and universality of the course, and a central control for controlling the light signalling and traffic control.
Electronic test boards are deployed in the areas inside the playground bringing another form of education. The facilities are located in the newly renovated building of the former gym. It consists of an entrance area, a changing room with lockers, social facilities with a department for staff, a storage room for hundreds of bicycles including tools for their possible repair.
The Riviera transport playground is complemented by residential areas with space reserved for the installation of additional trainers and simulators — a simulator for getting out of an overturned vehicle, a crash simulator, a drunk track and other furniture. The building is connected to the building by an outdoor transport playground, which is connected to the indoor playground by raking walls made of tarpaulin during summer operation. In terms of size, it is the largest transport playground in the Czech Republic.
The operation of the building is now used as a space for the theoretical part of the educational programs of transport education and at the same time as an administrative part of the transport education campus.
The symmetrical classicist building with a generous three-arm staircase also contains a multifunctional hall, which in its possibilities of use exceeds the program content of the Transport Education Complex. It also includes organizing social and cultural events. Classrooms, changing rooms and social facilities for visitors and staff follow the main foyer with reception. In the attic we find offices and changing rooms of the municipal police personnel. In the basement there are technical premises and warehouses.
Construction of the CEITEC (Central European Institute of Technology) center in Brno Pod Palackého vrchem.
The complex consists of four pavilion buildings, divided according to individual fields of applied research, requiring mainly specialized workplaces, laboratories and specialized premises, into four basic sections. Solved area with a total area of 32 thousand m², total built-up area of buildings 6.2 thousand m², total floor area of buildings 16.7 thousand m².
Representation of the investor in preparation and construction, performance of complex investor-engineering activities — supervision of project works, technical supervision of the client and coordinator of OSH.
Reconstruction of the listed building, functionalist villa Stiassni. Villa Stiassni was built in 1930 to a design by architect Ernst Wiesner. The so-called Government Villa was renovated between 2012 and 2014.
A separate part of this project was the new building of the National Methodological Center for the Restoration of Monuments of Architecture of the 20th Century (COPA), focusing on the 1920s to the 1940s. K4 a.s. participated in this realization by performing technical supervision of the builder and coordination of OSH.
Interactive centre for the popularisation, promotion and dissemination of science and research, located in the premises of Pavilion D in the Brno Exhibition Centre. The pavilion was completed in 1973 (arch. Zdeněk Denk) with the main entrance oriented to the exhibition grounds as part of the urban structure of pavilions, gradually built along Křížkovský street. The original block of the entrance hall from the exhibition centre side was transformed into a part of the exhibition — Science Theatre and a new entrance — amoeba, which is also a characteristic element of the new use of the building, was created on the opposite side.
Together with the shelter at the bus stop, the entrance amoeba is expressively contrasted with the original austere expression of the pavilion and forms a landmark for the new entrance to VIDA! Science Centers. Their organic form consists of a steel structure with metal stencils on the inner shell and classic plumbing treatment from the outside. The pavilion itself, on the other hand, was reconstructed with respect for the original character of all structures (spatial truss roof on 8 massive columns), including a completely new curtain wall, fitted to the original steel structure of the shell.
On an area of almost 5000 m², there are over 150 interactive exhibits (e.g. ocean in a bottle, a bicycle on a rope, a rotating room, an earthquake plate, a life-size heart model). The permanent exhibition is divided into 4 basic areas — Planet, Civilization, Man and Microworld. In each of these areas there are so called vidators — lecturers, guides who are in charge of scientific experiments and help in the operation of the exhibits. The accompanying program includes performances with scientific experiments and special programs for schools and the public.
The website of the VIDA center itself can be found at this link https://vida.cz/
Makro Cash & Carry ČR and METRO Cash & Carry SR are subsidiaries of METRO Group, operating in more than 30 countries, engaged in wholesale sales of food and consumer goods to registered entrepreneurs. The Makro hypermarkets in the Czech Republic and Metro in Slovakia began to be built in the first decade of the 21st century. They soon became popular especially for entrepreneurs in gastronomy and in services.
Our company participated in the design and construction or reconstruction of most of the sales, storage and administrative buildings of the Makro ČR and Metro SK groups. In 1998-2014, we worked successively in Brno, České Budějovice, Hradec Králové, Liberec, Olomouc, Pilsen, Prague, Ústí nad Labem, Zlín, Bratislava, Nitra, Žilina, Košice, Zvolen and others.
Reconstruction of the existing seven-story building from the beginning of the 20th century and its adaptation to the needs of the Motel One hotel chain in the form of construction management. The hotel is structurally connected by an arcade with the administrative center Florentinum. The hotel has 140 rooms for up to 250 people. Construction work was carried out in the immediate vicinity of the Na Poříčí thoroughfare.
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The company K4 a.s. worked as the general designer on the Pod Hády district project since 2019.
Initially, they focused on the optimization of a study for the 1st phase of construction, followed by subsequent stages of project documentation (DSP and OPS) for this phase. Additionally, in the years 2021 and 2022, they also prepared the EIA for further phases of this extensive project (phases 2 and 3).
The collaboration with K4 proceeded essentially without issues, despite relatively extensive changes in the assignment during its course. The project documentation was processed properly and in accordance with the signed contract. We particularly appreciate the good coordination of the various stages of such a comprehensive project in our collaboration with K4.
The company K4 a.s. served as the general designer on the PONAVA CITY project since 2016.
Initially, they worked on a study in collaboration with the project architects, followed by subsequent stages of project documentation (EIA, DSP, DVZ, and OPS). Simultaneously, they also provided author's supervision during the construction.
Collaboration with K4 proceeded without major issues, despite relatively extensive changes in the assignment during its course.
