Reconstruction and Restoration of the East Wing of the Former General Staff Building (the State Hermitage) as of August 25th, 2009.

1.

Construction, Installation and Restoration Works.

From the beginning of contract works the following works have been practically finished:

-		reinforcement of new openings in brick walls;
-		installation of monolithic reinforced concrete structures of skylights;
-		installation of temporary gas supply;
-		construction units РТП-1 and ТП-2; rooms are handed over to Joint Stock Company St Petersburg electrical networks for mounting of electrical equipment ;
-		ТП-5235 equipment disconnection and dismantling have been done with transferring the unit to the temporary power supply diagram;

In process of implementation:

-		dismantling works;
-		deepening of basement, damp-proofing, installation of bored piles;
-		einforcement of brickwork, including the use of injection method;
-		foundations reinforcement;
-		installation of monolithic reinforced concrete floors;
-		mounting of the roofing frame (metal constructions of transparent covers of the 4th courtyard are manufactured and installed, 40 tones of metal structures of floor beams are manufactured and installed);
-		manufacturing and mounting of monolithic reinforced concrete structures of skylights;
-		preparatory works on decoration and restoration of rooms (plastering of brick vaults and walls in rooms), preparation of window fillings and restoration works in workshops outside the construction site (doors, fireplaces, interior elements);
-		preparatory works on installation and utilities arrangement systems (heating, ventilation and conditioning, power supply, communication and security systems, gas boiler house - construction readiness);
-		measures of environmental protection and reduction of adverse impact on the environment;
-		monitoring of structures and parts of the building during execution of works.

Over a period of January to June, 2009 general contractor conducted works of the first stage of the project Reconstruction and Restoration of the East Wing of the Former General Staff Building (the State Hermitage) to the amount of 1 266 252. 727 rubles.

Payment over the specified period amounts to 1 161 214. 977 rubles counting in set-off of 105 137.750 rubles from the advance payment transferred earlier in accordance with the terms of the contract.

2.

During the period from May to August, 2009 manufacturing and testing of prototypes of constructions of courtyard transparent cover (glass beam) are conducted for further standardisation and certification of the construction.
In the course of the glass beam testing at the Central Scientific Research Institute for Building Structures named after V.A. Koucherenko the necessity to specify design decisions on the construction and to supplement the test programme was found. In this connection the preparation of suggestions on introducing appropriate changes to the schedule of works for the year 2009 is going on.

3.

Specialists and experts of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) conducted integrated assessment of the quality and results of work conducted by the general contractor on implementation of the first stage of the Contract FC-11(w). On the basis of the results of this assessment IBRD reconciled continuation of full-scale works of Limited Liability Company Intarsia on the Contract FC-11(w). The corresponding additional agreement #1 to the Contract FC-11(w) was signed on June 29th, 2009.

4.

Questions of the building foundations reinforcement within the construction site of the second stage of the project have been considered by specialists of Foundation for Investment Projects (FISP), of the State Hermitage and of building and design organisations taking part in implementation of works concerning the first stage of reconstruction and restoration of the site.