FOR ARCH 2001 Final Report
Allow me to balance the 12th International Construction Trade Fair FOR ARCH 2001, the trade fair with longest tradition in the field of building industry in the Czech Republic. This year the FOR ARCH confirmed unambiguously that it is an important international meeting, a prestigious event which has been maintaining its solid position in the system of trade fairs organized in this country.
More than 1,200 exhibitors, more than one hundred thousand visitors, over one hundred foreign exhibitors from 15 countries of Europe, Asia and Africa - all these are the facts which mean that the FOR ARCH is far the biggest fair in Prague, and the second or third one in comparison to all trade fairs organized in the Czech Republic.
Special and social accompanying events - meetings, workshops and competitions, of which the 9th CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE YEAR was again an excellent show of the best projects implemented by Czech firms - are a natural part of the trade fair.
This year the FOR ARCH was again held in the Prague Exhibition Centre at Praha - Letňany, which had passed through the first stage of its reconstruction during the summer months. Perfect concrete floors in stationary halls, new asphalt roads, substantial increase in the number of sanitary facilities are the examples of adaptations the exhibitors and visitors could appreciate this year. What is more, we prepare another important changes - heat insulation and overall improvement of the Hall 1, completion of reconstruction of Hall 7, new stationary catering facilities, additional stationary sanitary facilities. We have also been considering the construction of the new Hall 3. In close proximity of the area the construction of fly-over crossing of the city circle road and the Prosecká/Beranových street, which will lead the transport to the entrance gate of the Exhibition Centre, should begin early in 2002.
For the next FOR ARCH, we will accentuate a new topic: Engineering Infrastructure, Intelligent Building; we would like to consolidate both the technical aspect and social function of the trade fair. The trade fair will again bring a new quality for presentation of the building industry in this country.
Based on the results of the last trade fair, allow me to invite you heartily for the FOR ARCH 2002.
Miloslava Veselá
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of ABF, a.s.
FOR ARCH 2001 BALANCE
Number of exhibitors: 1,212
Number of visitors: 105,768
Number of visitors who had booked the ticket via Internet: 2,929
Motor-coach tours of the members of ČKAIT and ČSSI from Karlovy Vary, České Budějovice, Pardubice, Hradec Králové, Zlín and Liberec to the trade fair.
Number of foreign firms: 102
Number of countries: 16
( Germany, Great Britain, France, Turkey, Netherlands, the Republic of South Africa, Slovakia, Poland, Slovenia, Sweden, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic )
Results of FOR ARCH 2001 Competitions
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF 2001
9th year of public non-anonymous competition
Jointly organized by ABF, ECONOMIA, a.s., Ministry of Industry and Trade, and Czech Association of Developers.
The awards were handed over by the vice-premier and minister of industry and trade Miroslav Grégr at the Gala Night held in the Smetana's Hall of the Obecní dům (Municipal Building)
The awards Construction Project of 2001
Commercial and Administrative Centre Zlatý Anděl in Prague
Author: Jean Nouvel - AJN, Design: Atelier 8000, s.r.o.České Budějovice
Contractor: PSJ holding, a.s. Jihlava
Investor: ING Real Estate Central
State Scientific Library and Jewish Cultural Centre in Liberec
Author: Radim Kousal, Design: SIAL architekti a inženýři, s.r.o. Liberec
Contractor: Stavební podnik Ralsko, a.s.
Investor: State Scientific Library in Liberec
Corso Karlín in Prague
Authors: Ricardo Bofill, J.P. Carniaux, José Maria Rocias, Taller de Arquitectura
Design: Consortium of ateliers Atrea + Quatra, Prague
Contractor: Metrostav, a.s., Prague
Investor: Real Estate Karlín, a.s.
Moravian Library in Brno
Author: ONEX, s.r.o., Petr Benedikt, Tomáš Adámek
Contractor: UNISTAV, a.s. Brno
Investor: Moravian Library in Brno
Nursing Home in Prague 6
Author: AR Němec Žilka architekti
Contractor: Consortium "DPS Praha 6" of Podzimek a synové, s.r.o. Jihlava, and Zakládání staveb, Třešť
Investor: City District Praha 6
The Price of the Stavitel Journal for Architectural Detail
Commercial and Administrative Centre Zlatý Anděl in Prague
State Scientific Library and Jewish Cultural Centre in Liberec
Completion and Reconstruction of Production Premises of DISA v.o.s. in Brno
Author: RUDIŠ - RUDIŠ architect office Brno
Contractor: KALÁB - building firm Brno, Investor: DISA v.o.s.
The Award of the Czech Association of Developers for Housing Project
Stará celnice, Prague
Author: Ateliér 8000 Jiří Střítecký, Martin Krupauer
Contractor: VSB divize 8, s.r.o. Praha
Investor: BALDER, s.r.o. Praha
Extraordinary Award of the Jury
Construction of Housing Units Hvězdárna in Jindřichův Hradec
Author: Jindřichohradecká projekční společnost, s.r.o., Milan Špulák
Contractor: Českobudějovické pozemní stavby, s.r.o.
Investor: MU, Jindřichův Hradec
The Award of the Mayor of Prague
Reconstruction of the house U Vejvodů at Jilská street in Prague
Author: A+R SYSTÉM, s.r.o., Petr Dufek
Contractor: Pozemstav Prostějov, a.s., Investor: Jilská s.r.o.
GRAND PRIX FOR ARCH 2001
GRAND PRIX
INVESTCONSULT Brno, s.r.o.
ING JAN TOPOL, Církvice
EVVA, spol. s r.o. Praha
ATREA, s.r.o. Jablonec n. Nisou
COMING Plus, a.s., Praha
Certificates of Merit
ENVI-PUR, s.r.o., Tábor
HOCO Bauelemente, s.r.o., Děčín
Drdlík Josef, building-trade, Hlinsko
WIENERBERGER Cihlářský průmysl, a.s. České Budějovice
K3 ULTRA - CAD SOFTWARE, Jedovnice
ABB s.r.o., Elektro-Praga, Jablonec n. Nisou
SIMA - stavební izolační materiály, Praha
Chlumčanské keramické závody, a.s.
MAPEI s.r.o., Olomouc
TOP ARCH for the Best Exhibition
Chlumčanské keramické závody, a.s. a Keramika Horní Bříza, a.s.
Certificates of Merit TOP ARCH
RANNILA Velvary s.r.o.
GOLDEN SEAL for the best and best sold specialized publication
Golden Seal FOR ARCH
J.E.Svoboda, J. Noll, E. Havlová, Praha 1919 - 1940. Chapters on interwar architecture, Libri
P. Velfel and coll. Building and Equipping Family House, Paradise studio
Certificates of Merit
P. Pelčák, Česká architektura 1999-2000, PROSTOR
R. Švácha, J. Malý, Broken, Angular and Arched Shapes, Czech Cubist Architecture 1911 - 1923, Gallery Ten Centuries of Architecture, Prague Castle Administration
J. Blaich, Building Failures, JAGA Group
E. Neufert, Building Design, Consultinvest
P. Mc Hoy, Garden Planning, REBO
Other Competitions
The 8th annual competition focused on creative application of the BohemiaGres and Keramika HOB tiling systems, Lasselsberger, s.r.o.
Competition of the best row house built of the POROTHERM brick system, WIENERBERGER, Cihlářský průmysl, a.s.
Building CAD design, AB studio, ABF, …………….
SUSO
International finals of the 5th annual competition of building apprentices
Regional competitions took place at FOR SYSTEM exhibitions in Hradec Králové, Ostrava, České Budějovice, Plzeň, Karlovy Vary, Prague /FOR HABITAT/, and at IBF in Brno. Slovak competition was held at FOR ARCH Slovakia in Banská Bystrica.
Winners
Category MASON
Petr Svoboda, Radek Břeň, Private Apprentice Training Centre and Building School, Lázeňská street, Pardubice
Category MASON - TILE LAYER
Michal Judl, Jiří Maxa, Apprentice Training Centre, Nemanická street, České Budějovice
Category JOINER
Petr Kesjár, Zdeněk Kollner, Apprentice Training Centre, Uhelná street, Znojmo
Category FITTER OF DRY PROCESSES
Václav Matějka, Jan Zahradník, Secondary School and Apprentice Training Centre, Vocelova street, Hradec Králové
Category STONE MASON - STONE DRESSER
Jan Masaryk, Apprentice Training Centre Lipnice nad Sázavou
OPINIONS OF EXHIBITORS AND VISITORS
From the results of official survey carried out by the Agency for Research of Effectiveness of Trade Fairs and Exhibitions AMASIA EXPO
EXHIBITORS /answers from 714 firms/
Size of exhibitions
the same as in 2000 - 69 %
larger 20 %
smaller 11 %
86 % expect further trade negotiations after the fair
The biggest satisfaction with
- results of sales talks
- interest of visitors in the exhibition
- trade fair concept
81 % exhibitors have had excellent or good impressions
for 89 % FOR ARCH has a solid position in the structure of trade fairs in the Czech Republic
Fulfilment of exhibitor's goals
full - 13 %
mostly - 43 %
partly - 20 %
not able to evaluate in the meantime - 19 %
very little - 3 %
not at all - 2 %
Participation in 2002
yes - 66 %
rather yes - 26 %
rather no - 6 %
no - 2 %
VISITORS /sample of 1,000 respondents/
men - 66 %
women 34 %
University and high school education - 83 %
age to 29 - 33 %
30-44 - 31 %
45-59 - 28 %
from Prague and Central Bohemia - 49 %
FOR ARCH visited regularly by - 77 %
86 % of visitors spent more than 3 hours /28% more than 5 hours/ at the trade fair
Most satisfied with:
- the number of exhibitors
- trade fair concept
- attractiveness of exhibitions
Fulfilment of visitor's goals
found everything all almost everything - 83 %
partly - 14 %
very little or not at all - 3 %
72 % of visitors expressed their willingness to come to visit the trade fair in 2002 as well. Only every 20th respondent /mostly laic/ gave a negative evaluation.
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS RECOVERY
accentuated topic of 2001
118 exhibitors registered. Their exhibitions were identified by the logo of the topic. In addition, they were given a chance to present themselves in the Central Exhibition of Recovery in Hall 3, where also two big advisory centres worked:
Building Consulting Centre of ABF, ČKAIT, Building Faculty of Czech Institute of Technology (FS ČVUT) and Municipality of Prague
Consulting Centre of the Czech Society for Technical Equipment.
Within the accentuated topic also 3 all-day workshops were held with participation of 412 experts.
Technical Events of FOR ARCH 2001
10.9.Workshop Affordable Energy Saving Housing /ABF, ČMSS/, ABF Building
11.9.Testing engineering on EU admission - Uniform European market and practical use of construction products /ABF……./, Prague Exhibition Centre
12.9. Workshop Residential Buildings Recovery /ČSTZ, ABF, AMF/, Prague Exhibition Centre
Engineering Day of ČSSI and ČKAIT, hotel President
13.9. Workshop Energy Savings in Buildings, EPC Method /ČSTZ, ABF, AMF/, Prague Exhibition Centre
Round Table Power Engineering in Building Industry /AEM, ABF/, ABF Building
Construction Forum of Municipalities and Communities /TRIADA, ABF/, Community Centre EDEN
14.9. Meeting with exhibitors of FOR HABITAT fair, ABF Building, Prague Exhibition Centre
AEM International Conference, Liechtenstein Palace
Discussion forum Prague Day - Restoration of Historical Monuments /Municipality of Prague, ABF/, Prague Exhibition Centre
Services of eStav.cz website for building industry, offers of jobs.cz website for building industry, banking services for building industry - eBanka, Prague Exhibition Centre
EXHIBITIONS
CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF 2001, Hall 3
Prague Conservation Area, Hall 3
Competition of the best row house built of the POROTHERM brick system, Hall 6
GRAND PRIX of the Czech Architects Community, Hall 6
1st biennial of Technical Monuments and Conversion of Industrial Architecture Buildings, Hall 6
Building CAD Design, Hall 7
EXPERT exhibition of special literature and periodical titles, Entrance Hall I
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