28 October, The State Hermitage hosted a meeting devoted to
the realization of the first stage of the FC-11 (w) project
entitled Reconstruction and Restoration of the Eastern
Wing of the Former General Staff Building.
The chairman of the meeting was Andrey Busygin, the Vice
Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation.
The participants of the meeting included: Mikhail Piotrovsky,
Director of the State Hermitage, V.V. Panov, First Vice Director
General of the St Petersburg Foundation of Investment Projects,
V.G. Smirnov, Director General of Intarsia LLC, D.K.
Sokolov, Vice Director General of Intarsia LLC, Nina
Poddubnaya, Head of the Department of Federal Service for
Surveillance over the Observance of Legislation in the Field
of Cultural Heritage Protection in the North-Western Federal
District, S.K. Dzhuisky, Head of the General Staff
project of Intarsia LLC, A.N. Dydykin, Head of the
General Staff Department of the State Hermitage, Georgy
Vilinbakhov, vice Director of the State Hermitage, Oleg Yavein,
Project Leader from Architectural Workshop Studio 44
LLC , A.V. Chevychelov, project consulting engineer from CJSC
Geninzhconsult, S.M. Shulgin, Vice Director of General
Staff project, head of project works from Intarsia
LLC.
The participants of the meeting accepted the necessity of
increasing the scope of the research works providing a continuous
geodesic monitoring of the Eastern Wing of the former General Staff building, as well as drilling special bores with the
purpose of carrying out geophysical control over the foundation
underneath the buildings and the sections of the adjacent
territory.
A quote from the minutes of the meeting on the realization
of the first stage of the FC-11 (w) project entitled Reconstruction
and Restoration of the Eastern Wing of the Former General
Staff Building:
"With respect to the results of the analysis of the
world museum operation practice carried out by the specialists
of the State Hermitage and Architectural Workshop Studio 44
Limited Liability Company, the following shall be declare
as necessary: an introduction of changes into the design solutions
of the ventilation and conditioning systems, providing for
an emergency system responsible for maintaining the parameters
of temperature and humidity in the exhibition halls. The estimated
additional costs, according to the data provided by Intarsia
LLC, shall equal 23,846,000 RUR.
Taking into account the supporting materials regarding the
reinforcement of the foundation of the Eastern Wing of
the former General Staff Building within the scope of
the second stage, provided by the St Petersburg Foundation
of Investment Projects (letter as of October 2, 2009, No.
423Ä), the State Customer, namely the Ministry of Culture
of the Russian Federation, shall make a decision on the necessity
of carrying out the afore-mentioned works. The estimated additional
costs, according to the data provided by Intarsia LLC,
shall equal 293,544,000 RUR, including design and exploration
works".
