Metropolis strengthens cooperation with the CASE-IN Championship

On May 29, 2024, the final of the direction "Architecture, design, construction and housing and communal services" was held.

CASE-IN is an international competition system for solving engineering cases. This year, Metropolis acted as a strategic partner of the Championship, consolidating the successful results of last season's debut.

In 2023, at the initiative of Metropolis, a Special league "Architecture, Design and Construction" was organized for the first time as part of the CASE-IN championship. In the new season of the championship, Metropolis expanded its boundaries: Architecture, Design, Construction and Housing and Communal Services was developed as an independent direction of the Student League of the championship and was supported by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation.

In his welcoming speech to the finalists, Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing of the Russian Federation Sergey Muzychenko noted that the geography of the competition has grown significantly relative to the debut season.: "Last year, a new field of Architecture, Design, Construction and Housing and Communal Services was launched for students as part of the Championship. According to the results, the strongest participants have not only completed internships, but are already working in companies. Based on the successful experience, this year the idea was implemented to scale this area of the Championship to the entire student league. In 2024, 360 students from 25 universities, representing 85 student teams from 19 cities of Russia and the Republic of Belarus, took part in the Championship."

In turn, the Minister of Construction of the Russian Federation Irek Fayzullin noted the merits of Metropolis with a letter of thanks.

The participants designed a universal multifunctional complex that can be built in any locality in Russia with minimal changes. In the IFC with an area of no more than 10,000 sq. m. it was necessary to provide various public spaces: offices, a food court, a cafe, a fitness center, a SPA, a kids' club, a bank, etc. When designing, students took into account the principles of lean manufacturing, applied modern architectural and construction design technologies and used artificial intelligence services.

According to the results of the 7 qualifying stages, 11 teams from 8 universities reached the finals. More than 30 experts from the Metropolis company were involved in all stages, including members of the expert commission for the final of the competition, which included:

• Alexander Vorozhbitov, General Director;
• Mohamed Nasser, Co-founder and Commercial Director;
• Alexander Pronin, Head of the Architectural Department;
• Alexey Kushchenko, Head of the Design Department;
• Sergey Bryuzgin, Head of the OViCV Department.

The team became the winner of the Student League in the field of Architecture, Design, Construction and Housing and Communal Services zames de betono from the St. Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II.

The 3 prizes were distributed as follows:

• 1st place — zames de betono, St. Petersburg Mining University
• 2nd place — INSIGHT, St. Petersburg Mining University
• 3rd place — BIM-Spirit, Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering

In addition to the prizes in the main program, the teams were awarded in 2 nominations, where the participants themselves determined the winners by electronic voting.

A breakthrough solution:

• INSIGHT, St. Petersburg Mining University 

The best video business card:

• zames de betono, St. Petersburg Mining University
• Archistroy — Astrakhan State Technical University

Metropolis has traditionally offered internships and further employment opportunities to the winners and finalists at its offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov and Sevastopol. As in the previous year, the winning teams received cash prizes ranging from 100,000 to 300,000 rubles.

"Working on this project is not only an opportunity for students to gain practical skills, but also great opportunities for our company. As part of the championship, we develop our own competencies of administration, management, delegation and communication. I am sure that the students have also gained not only new experiences, but also vivid impressions and new friends! I would like to believe that some of the participants of the CASE-IN will be able to become our colleagues in the future.", — noted Alexander Vorozhbitov, CEO of Metropolis.

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