Skonto Būve wins the exposition “Best Building in Latvia of the Year 2015”

31 Mar, 2016

On 17 March the closing of the exposition “Best Building in Latvia of the Year 2015” and the winner award ceremony took place. The limited liability company “Skonto Būve” received 4 awards and one prize of acknowledgment. The client centre of the Road Traffic Safety Directorate in Mezciems was named in the nomination of the year’s best new public construction. This building differs with its dynamically curved multi-edged façade on one side of the building and the greened façade on the other side. Its central interior element is a round-shaped atrium of five stories in height, culminating in an upper light that is created in a special print and combined with a coloured glass tower in a broken lined form that is used as discussion premises. Project manager – Modris Selakovs, construction work manager – Raimonds Breide.

 

Third place in the nomination “New public construction” was won by the extension of the international airport’s “Riga” passenger terminal or the first part of construction of the northern dock.Project manager – Gints Bimanis, construction work manager – Ilgvars Kalvitis.

 

An acknowledgment in the same nomination was received for the new building of a guest house complex at 4 Ikskiles Street, in Jurmala. Project manager – Egils Klebergs, construction work manager – Aleksandrs Bass.

 

Second placein the nomination “New residential building” was awarded to the Multifunctional centre CENTRUS in Riga, a quarter between Blaumana, Terbatas, Dzirnavu and Krisjana Barona streets – the 2nd part. Project manager – Aldis Rerihs, construction work manager – Valdis Kovalskis.

 

The award for the best building of last year in the nomination “Restoration” was given to the renovation and restoration of Riga Castle’s frontal castle and its Eastern extension. Project manager - Egils Klebergs, construction work manager – Edgars Sivickis.

 

The management of Skonto Būve expresses their gratitude to all of its employees that have invested an enormous amount of work and energy in order to provide quality, constructive solutions and aesthetical beauty of our objects, giving them a significant place in the history of construction in Latvia!

 

The exposition “Best Building in Latvia of the Year 2015” is organised by the Latvian Builders’ Association, the Latvian Association of Civil Engineers, the Latvian Construction Contractor Association and 13 large professional organisations of the construction industry.

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