News
08/23/07: Opening of a convention center in the Lenzen Castle
Brandenburg’s environment secretary Dietmar Woidke (SPD) inaugurated on 19th May 2007 the opening of the redeveloped Lenzen Castle in Prignitz as a Nature Conservation Center. The costs of the castle’s extension into a modern convention center as well as the conversion of the nearby school for the sake of a guest house (a total of over 2.8 Mio euro) were covered by the ministry of the environment and the EU structural funds.
The building accommodates also a Meadow Ecology Research Center as well as an Information Center for the Biosphere Reserve of River Elbe’s Fluvial Topography. The chief tenant is the association Trägerverbund Burg Lenzen, whose members are among others the city of Lenzen and further sections of BUND (German Society for the Protection of Nature).
BTE Tourismusmanagement, Regionalentwicklung (member of plan 4 21) has supported the project conceptionally from its very beginning. It started with a feasibility study (1997), which served as a basis for the successful grant application by DBU for conversion of the castle (subsidy amount ca. 3 Mio euro). The current financial aid from the local government of Brandenburg bases upon the profitability study from 2003 (updated 2005).
08/08/07: Seminar – Multi-personal executive boards in private limited companies
Carsten Laschet from Graf von Westphalen (in cooperation with plan 4 21) will be a speaker in the seminar “Multi-personal executive boards in private limited companies”.
Topics:
- One for all? All for one? Policies and riscs of multi-personal executive boards in private limited companies
- What are my duties? What is my responsibility? Allocation of duties and distribution of departments
- Problem area of corporate groups
- Discharge from liability
- Conflict prevention and management
Dates and location: 8th & 9th October 2007 in Berlin, 21st & 22nd November 2007 in Cologne
Registration: www.euroforum.com
Conract: carsten.laschet@grafvonwestphalen.com
07/25/07: First German-Russian joint venture in the range of audit
The leading international professional services firm of German origin Rödl & Partner (member of plan 4 21) and the Russian Energy Consulting group of companies in Moscow founded together the first German-Russian auditing joint venture – Energy Consulting Rödl Moscow.
The joint venture will provide services in the main areas of audit and consulting for Russian companies heading for the international market.
The goal of the cooperation between Energy Consulting and Rödl & Partner is to create an integrated consulting offer for Russian companies, mostly in the range of audit and insurance, based on wide experience of both companies on the European and Russian market.
07/16/07: 8+ - speculative research
Eight storeys or more made of wood – the “acht plus” (“8+”) project conducted by schluder architektur in Vienna (member of plan 4 21) has the goal to proove, if and how this vision can be implemented into structural engineering.
This highly complex issue will be dealt with in form of a feasibility study, in order to point out new perspectives and assume their technical implementation potentials within structural engineering. It is a highly challenging task, requiring a cooperation in a highly qualified research team, consisting of structural engineering experts, as well as professionals sensitive for the financial and ecological aspects of the project.
As a result of the 8+ project a recapitulatory evaluation of chances for structural engineering by buildings over eight storeys will be presented to the public on the basis of a concrete example. The latter will be introduced as a showcase solution in a media report.
Further information (in German) you will find hier:
06/28/07: New office in Almaty / Kazakhstan
Planungsgruppe 4 (member of plan 4 21) will within the next few days open an office in Almaty / Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is one of the most beautiful and exciting countries in central Asia. The economic and cultural development of this country is impressing. Fascinating projects have lately been developed, especially in the area of real estate development. Planungsgruppe 4 is at the moment working on several different projects in cooperation with Kazakh offices. Next to the development of a master plan for a new city district, the design of an entertainment park is part of the orders in hand. Common for all the projects is the attempt to develop a unique and locally realisable design, as well as a respectful approach towards the Kazakh culture.