INTRODUCTION
KINIK Construction is a family owned business, as the family members are
the key personnel. International operations are conducted exclusively
through EPIK Construction Company where KINIK is a major shareholder
(other shareholders are Mr. Deniz Turkkan and Mr. Vecihi Acun).
The founders of KINIK Group, including EPIK, are members of a team
equipped with a reputable experience gained over years of professional
services in the CIS Countries (especially Central Asia and Russian
Federation), Balkans, the Middle East (especially Saudi Arabia and Iraq),
North Africa, starting from the early years of emergence of the Turkish
contractors in the international construction business.
The leading members of the team have started working together for Ozdemir
Construction in construction projects in Saudi Arabia in 1983, and
continued in many projects for Atilla Dogan, Ere Engineering and finally
Zafer Construction companies.
As founders, major shareholders and key management staff in Zafer
Construction Company, the KINIK Group management has played the key role
in the establishment and progress of the firm.
The purpose of establishing a new company is to repeat our proven success
and further improve our record of professional capacity, in a better
technical, administrative, financial, organizational, and most important
of all, professionally ethical environment.
CAPACITY:
KINIK Group is a multi-disciplinary and powerful organization, capable of
managing any type and size of construction contract, reflected by the
examples of our previous works, as indicated in the attached list of
completed works and resumes of the key personnel.
Because of the company structure, number of permanent staff and
technicians/supervisors is exceptionally high compared to other
construction firms in the country.
The company is financially sound and stable, and has obtained strong
support of several banks in a very short time.
PURPOSE:
It is KINIKs main goal and policy to obtain professional satisfaction and
pride, both for the client and ourselves, and to provide its clients with
the best services, highest quality and most economical solutions.
METHOD:
KINIK team utilizes contemporary construction management techniques,
detailed scheduling, partnering and value engineering methods to produce
best results in construction.
We have proved many times in the past to be capable of preparing
management and technical (as well as cost) proposals better than most
leading international (Europen and US) construction companies. We are now
proving that we can also work accordingly.
KINIK, through EPIK, has currently concentrated its efforts on international projects, in
order to make best use of its experience, expertise and organization,
without neglecting local opportunities. KINIK has chosen to form strategic
alliance partnerships with prominent expert groups who share the same
business policies and quality standards. Such partnerships will also help
KINIK in maintaining the quality of services and to keep the work teams in
close and fresh ties with the company.
EXPERIENCE in GENERAL:
The KINIK Team has successfully completed large-scale projects for NATO,
Turkish Ministry of National Defense, US Department of State, US
Department of Defense, US Army Corps of Engineers, Saudi Arabian Ministry
of Defense, Yesevi University (Turkistan, Kazakstan), Baku Water Authority
(Azerbaijan) Turkish Board of Grains (TMO), Coca Cola Bottlers, Pepsi Cola
Bottlers, Mobil Oil Company, and Nokia, Siemens, Motorola companies in
mobile telephone systems projects.
As a result of this experience, KINIK is extremely familiar with
contemporary international specifications, products, quality standards,
and business and project management policies. KINIK is specialised in
construction and renovation of embassy buildings, hotels, general housing
and office buildings, industrial buildings, offshore structures, and heavy
construction, and also in procurement and logistical support.
The projects accomplished by KINIK Team include;
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General construction and renovation works,
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Steel and Prefabricated Structures,
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Engineering, project management, procurement and consulting,
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Hotels, recreation facilities and landscaping,
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Building furnishing, commercial kitchen and plant installations,
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Infrastructure, pipelines, tanks, cathodic protection,
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Mechanical and electrical installations,
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Telecommunication and power transmission lines,
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Off-shore structures,
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Logistical support and Humanitarian Aid campaigns,
as briefly introduced in the following sections.
KINIK Team's first major accomplishment together was the Trans Caucasus Embassy Renovation
(TCER) Program for US Department of State - Office of Foreign Buildings
Operations (FBO) (now Overseas Buildings Operations -OBO) through US Army Corps of Engineers (COE). The project
consisted of the renovation of the American Embassies in Almaty (Kazakstan),
Baku (Azerbaijan), Tbilisi (Georgia) and Yerevan (Armenia). Our
responsibilities in the project included mobilization; logistical support;
procurement; civil, structural, electrical and mechanical construction and
installation works; and supervision.
The Owner of the work was US Department of State Office of Foreign
Buildings Operations (FBO). The project was tendered, contracted and
managed by US Army Corps of Engineers (COE). The main contractor was Bill Harbert International
Construction, Inc. (BHIC) of Birmingham, Alabama, USA, and Louis Berger and Associates, Inc. (Berger) of East Orange, New Jersey,
USA, was the nominated subcontractor for engineering and design works.
The Main Contractor was responsible for Program Management and
construction and installation of classified works. KINIK Team carried out the
following tasks as the nominated subcontractor for logistical and life
support of the project and all construction works in non-CAA areas.
Mobilization (prefab site offices; house and labor camp rentals and
renovations; office and home equipment and furniture; vehicles, etc.),
Logistical support of American, Turkish and local staff and labor (food,
office and home supplies, maintenance, etc.),
Procurement of mobilization, construction and support materials from
Turkey,
Recruitment of Turkish and local labor,
Civil, structural, electrical and mechanical construction and
installation works in non-CAA areas, (Total renovated area is 16,000 sqm
and total new construction area 2,200 sqm.)
Preparation of shop drawings and construction drawings,
Supervision.
In addition to the TCER Project, we have completed several Embassy
Renovations Projects, such as renovation of US Embassies in Chisinau
(Moldova), and Minsk (Belarus), renovation and security systems of Turkish
Embassies in Moscow, Minsk, Nahichevan, and Vilnius, refurbishment of
Israeli Embassies in baku (Azerbaijan) and in Minsk (Belarus), renovation
and up-grading of Canadian Embassy in Almaty (Kazakhstan). The projects
generally included structural and seismic upgrading, bulletproof/forced
entry doors and windows, and DOS-rated walls, vault rooms, weak current
security systems, total renewal of architectural finishes, furnishing, and
installation of equipment.
The team has been honored as enlisted among the nominated contractors of
the US Secretary of State Foreign Buildings Operations (FBO) in the
Worldwide Design-Build Basic Ordering Agreement and has realized the US
Embassy Construction works project, including mobilization, procurement,
recruitment of work force, and construction, in the civil war-stricken
Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
One of the most memorable and honorable projects we, as KINIK Team, had
fulfilled is The Logistical and Life Support operation for the Iraqi
refugees, NG Organizations and Military staff and personnel in
Southeastern Turkey and Northern Iraq, in Operation Provide Comfort after
the Gulf War. The scope of services conducted by our teams included;
Supply and installation of site facilities
Installation of water tanks of various capacities and water distribution
system,
design and installation of 10,000 latrine facilities
Food storing facilities and food distribution centers,
Setting up of refugee tents,
Transportation campaigns for relevant organizations in the operations,
and the like.
The agencies we had worked for included US Army Corps of Engineers (COE),
Disaster Assistance Relief Teams (DART), US Army Air Force (USAF). Based
on this experience, we are very much interested to participate in the
logistical and life support operations.
KINIK Team has applied for pre-qualification with a fully featured
introduction file and has been listed as the only Turkish company
qualified among 14 US and European construction companies, and eventually
became the second best bidder for 500-unit housing project in Grodno,
Belarus, tendered by US COE for former-Soviet Army Officers returning home
from eastern European countries.
Construction and Renovation of Offshore Structures (including 390-m long
pier on steel pipe piles, jetties, fuel handling mooring dolphins,
rehabilitation of marine structures with epoxy based repair mortar,
deperming stations), and construction and renovation of military
facilities such as ammunition storage facilities, military barracks, Jet
Fuel Storage Tanks, Pipelines, Cathodic Protection for underwater and land
facilities, civil and electrical infrastructure for Turkish Ministry of
Defense NATO Inf. Navy Group, are among the significant projects
accomplished by KINIK Team members.
Kosovo Projects
We have executed many small size contracts for NATO KFOR forces at the
implementation and mobilization stages, followed by the reconstruction
efforts of the European Union and United Nations in which we have
undertaken several highway rehabilitation projects.
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We have successfully completed the project Construction of the
Hardstanding for Heavy Military Vehicles and ISO Container Park for NATO
British Forces in Kosovo, development of 44,000 sqm area, within 35 days
under severe winter conditions in December 1999-January 2000.
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Design and Construction of Parking Lot and Reinforced Concrete Retaining
Wall project for US Office in Pristina,
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The Rehabilitation of Main Road M9 Pristina-Pec, consisting of renewal of
asphalt pavement, rehabilitation of ditches and culverts, signage of 76 km
main highway completed within 100 calendar days for The European Agency
for Reconstruction of Kosovo,
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Roads, culverts and bridge repair works, road construction, parking and
open storage area development works for NATO KFOR, and recently,
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Urgent Road Project, consisting of rehabilitation and renewal of
approximately 200 km main highway in Kosovo, completed within 130 calendar
days for the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure of United
Nations Mission in Kosovo.
We operated a quarry and. a crushed stone plant in Mirash, Ferizaj,
Kosovo, between April 2000 and 2002, for production of selected backfill material,
concrete and asphalt mixtures, meeting NATO KFOR and local market
requirements.
Telecommunications Projects
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EPIK, we have completed a job order contract for Siemens for
design, construction, installation and instrumentation, testing and
commissioning works for GSM 1800 mobile telephone communication network in
Ankara, Konya and Adana regions in Turkey, and completed over 50 base
stations (green-field tower and roof-top) for the starting phase of the
project within 4 months since April 2001 under the sole management of
KINIK Construction teams.
With well educated staff of 10 managing engineers, 15 supervisors, 30
technicians and 110 telecommunications area workers, EPIK is capable of
undertaking Site Acquisition, Technical Site Surveys and Design,
Construction Works, Implementation and Commissioning tasks for
telecommunications networks including GSM telephone networks. EPIK has a
capacity of performing 50 gsm sites per month on air throughout Turkey.
Becet International of Almaty, Kazakhstan, established by Kazakh-Telecom
and Motorola Canada, was among the prominent customers of the KINIK team
for execution of the construction and installation works for the first
mobile telecommunication system in Kazakhstan, starting in Almaty in 1994.
Turkish PTT Ankara CATV project for installation of CATV network for
263,000 subscribers, including preparation of actual land-use plans and
as-is drawings of existing underground telecommunication network
facilities as well, had been executed in 1990-1992.
The Projects in Former-Soviet Countries
KINIK Team has accomplished construction and installation of several soft
drink production and bottling plants in the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan
and Azerbaijan; Almaty Coca Cola, Baku Coca Cola, Ekaterinburg Coca Cola,
Volgograd Coca Cola, Samara Pepsi Cola production and bottling plants. The
building works consisted of cast-in-place or pre-cast reinforced concrete
or steel structures with wall claddings, and generally roofing, made up of
heat insulated galvanized steel sandwich panels. Baku Coca Cola Plant
project, consisting of mainly steel structures, epoxy based floor
covering, panel wall cladding and roofing, covering 12,000 m2 of building
area, has been completed within 5 months, as Greenfield project. Samara
Pepsi Cola plant project, including renovation of 14,000 m2 building and
construction of 4,000 m2 new premises, has been executed under winter
conditions starting in November 1996, and the plant has been inaugurated
for initial production by end of April 1997.
The project for construction of Warehouse Buildings, including all utility
connections, in 9 locations in Baku, Azerbaijan, was almost of the same
nature as the subject project. The project was accomplished for Baku Water
Authority as the client and Brown&Root Civil, UK as the Consultant. The
buildings were of 18 meters wide, 30 meters long and 4.50 meters high and
consisted of storage areas, offices, workshops and ablutions, made up of
galvanized steel structure and galvanized steel sandwich panel wall and
roof coverings, as per BS and ISO standards and specifications.
One of the most significant projects executed by KINIK Team is the Hodja
Ahmet Yesevi Turkish-Kazak International University Turkistan Campus 1st
and 2nd Stage Constructions Project. The project consisted of
construction, furnishing and decoration of student dormitories for 1,400
students, 150-bed hotel and restaurant, presidential guest house, kitchen
and dining facilities, cultural center, roads and whole infrastructure,
water treatment and storage facilities, all together covering 45,000 sq.
m. building construction area. The main facility in the Cultural Center is
the multi-purpose conference hall with 800 seats, fully featured with
simultaneous interpretation in 5 languages, conference and audio-video
facilities, stage lighting, music broadcasting, internal communication,
announcement and security systems. The center also accommodates a 140-seat
conference hall, the main library of the University, exhibition halls,
class rooms and training rooms for fine arts students, workshops, stores,
technical and administrative units. The center is regarded as one of the
best-featured facilities throughout Kazakhstan.
The Saudi Arabian Projects
The KINIK Team had actually started working together first in 1983 in
Isawıyah and Gurayyat Border Guards Projects at Jordanian border of the
northern part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Border Guards Housing
Project, Isawiyah, Saudi Arabia, consisting of 168 villas, schools,
guesthouse, health center, shopping center, mosque, kindergarten, total
40,000 sqm building area and swimming pool and sports facilities, power
plant, sewage treatment plant, garbage incinerator, civil and electrical
infrastructure, was completed within 22 months for USD 60 million.
The KSA Border Guards Gurayyat Headquarters project consisted of
headquarters building, officers club and lodging facilities, dormitories,
mosque, fuel stations, swimming pool and gymnasium, kitchen and dining
hall, ammunition stores, garages, total 35,000 m2 building area and civil
and electrical infrastructure, roads and landscaping completed in 1985
during the same period as Isawiyah project for USD 22 million.
The Hail-Arar Highway project for asphalt pavement and infrastructure
works in 138-km 2-lane state highway in 1982, operation of crushed stone
plants in Yanbu An-Nakhl in 1982-1983, Taif Water and Sewerage Project in
1986 are among the projects provided vast experience for the KINIK Team in
Saudi Arabia and in the international construction business.
The Taif Water and Sewerage project consisted of construction and
installation of sewerage, storm drainage, potable water, non-potable fire
fighting water main trunk lines and distribution network, including
40-2200 mm Ductile Iron, PE, vitrified clay and GRP pipes, pumping
stations and reinstatement of asphalt roads and pavements. The project was
a challenge with regard to the deep hard rock excavations, and blasting,
in the inhabited streets of the city.
Iraq and Afghanistan:
With EPIK, we have completed US Interim Embassy Facilities in Baghdad, and
Security Upgrade of Local Embassy Offices in Kirkuk and Mosul, Iraq, 2004
for the State Department.
Kabul (Afghanistan) Man Camp Project has been completed in 2005 for the US
State Department Regional Procurement Support Office, Framkfurt.
More information is included on EPIK's Internet site
(www.epik.com.tr)
about the completed and ongoing projects.
Some of the Domestic Projects
KINIK Group have designed, developed and realized, with its own sources,
the Harpy Hotel project in Kalkan, Antalya within 12 working months. The
5-star quality hotel has over 100-bed capacity in 22 standard rooms, 10
deluxe rooms, 18 suite rooms with kitchen and dining, swimming pool,
sports and fitness, multi purpose halls and discotheque.
KINIK Team has completed several tourism, recreation and resort facilities, the
most significant of which is the Steigenberger-Falez Hotel Antalya. The
five-star hotel comprises of 350 standard bedrooms, 12 suits and 2
presidential suits, 3 restaurants, 1 multi-purpose hall, several seminar
rooms, fitness center, closed and open swimming pools and a beach
facility.
Steel Grain Silos project for TMO (Turkish Board of Grains) has been
totally managed and executed by KINIK Team, including contract
negotiations, structural, electrical and mechanical design works, site
mobilization, project management, and supervision and execution of the
construction and installation works. The project comprised of construction
and installation of vertical standing steel silos with automatic handling
equipment, including auxiliary buildings, site works and utilities, at 17
locations in Turkey.
The MESSAGE
Many other projects accomplished by the KINIK Team with success are
indicated in the list of completed works. All these reveal that the KINIK
Team has vast experience as a result of the services provided for many
well-known clients in various regions of the World, from Germany to
Tajikistan.
With our sound financial structure, construction teams with the best
craftsmanship, and experience of our technical staff in applications and
solutions under different specifications and standards prevailing around
the world, we are confident that we will be able to provide you the
smoothest service in all kinds of your construction and installation
requirements.
Believing that this will briefly introduce ourselves as to be one of the
best-fit group for the subject operations and prospective projects.
