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History

History Project institute №1 - the country's history

1954

The “Heating and Ventilation at Industrial Enterprises Handbook” was issued, establishing the principles of designing such utilities. The handbook was highly sought-after not only among design companies in the USSR, but was also translated into foreign languages and applied abroad. Its materials remained relevant until the 1980s. 

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Projects

More than 5,000 facilities in 20 countries

Katoka mining society

The first Project Development Institute No. 1 project implemented entirely using computer programs. Katoka mining-and-concentration plant is the first mining company in Angola’s history to initiate the large-scale development of the biggest diamond deposit in Lunda Sul province. The Russian company Alrosa is one of its shareholders. 

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The Institute’s outstanding personalities

Рафаил Аронович Гершанок

Raphael Gershanok

Chief Designer 1973-1994

Was hired by Project Development Institute No. 1 in 1956, and soon became a member of the Department of Special Construction, which was working on creating innovative construction parts and units. Designed a series of girder trusses, approved for mass production by the USSR Committee for Construction. Has 55 patents. Author of the books: “Ferrous Concrete Girder Trusses for Roofs of Industrial Buildings (Leningrad, Stroyizdat, 1971), and “New Directions for Improving Construction Solutions for Manufacturing, Public and Residential Buildings and Structures” (St. Petersburg, Glavpechat, 2011).

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