“SZENT ÁGOSTON” ROMAN CATHOLIC DAY-CARE CENTER
About the project
In response to the growing number of children in Mereşti, the local parish and the municipality jointly launched a kindergarten development project. The building consists of four independent group units — each with its own "house," covered terrace, and courtyard — connected by an observation tower, arranged in an orchard-like layout.
The building, adapted to the site's terrain, has a two-level configuration: the basement appears in the terrain as a stone-wall-like mass, while the ground floor houses the four independent group units — four small houses — each with covered terraces and its own courtyard. The existing residential building accommodates the administrative functions and connects to the new section of the building via an observation tower. The entire plot is laid out in an orchard-like arrangement, reminiscent of a fruit garden.
Current project status
The project is currently awaiting the release of funding — a well-known and common difficulty for this type of investment, which serves a smaller community.
BILT's roles on this project
Project management BILT is acting as project manager on this project — construction contracts and material procurement were signed with the general contractor. BILT's responsibilities include scheduling, quality control, subcontractor coordination, and meeting deadlines.
Challenges
Custom architectural solutions at public-building scale: Constructing the observation tower's structure, coordinating the articulated building mass, and executing custom interior design solutions — all managed from a project management role, where quality assurance is ensured not through direct contractor control, but through regular on-site inspections and documentation.
Works completed
- Reinforced concrete structure
- Waterproofing and drainage
- Observation tower structural work
- Basic building services installation
- Base concrete flooring (screed)
- Plastering
- Basic electrical installation
- Exterior doors and windows
How we worked
Owner-level control Project oversight happens at the owner level, not delegated. Quality and technical decisions are made exactly where and when they're needed. Large general contractors rarely reach this level of involvement — for us, it's the baseline.
Annual-level risk schedule at project kickoff From the very start, we thought through the entire construction process in advance: identifying critical work phases, potential delay points, and subcontractor capacity risks. This allowed us to secure, in advance, materials with long lead times and specialist teams with limited capacity — before any problems actually arose.
Weekly operational scheduling The annual plan alone isn't enough — we tracked actual progress on a weekly basis and stepped in immediately whenever a work phase started to slip. This ensured that the materials and teams secured in advance arrived exactly when they were needed.
Weekly, documented on-site quality control Even in the project management role, we upheld BILT's quality standards — through regular, documented on-site inspections. Quality was never sacrificed to schedule pressure.