HISTORY AND PROFILE

Abnieh Noandish (CENTRA) Consulting Engineers Group started its activities by designing and execution of Tehran Dormitory for the Blind in 1873. It was an initiation which has continued to this date by the bliss of the energy and heartfelt appreciation of the blinds group of the capital city and the grace of God. The projects that have been already handled in the first period of activities to 1988 were mostly on the execution and plan (EPC) templates, including the Airbus Hangar Project (and the infra-structure installations) in Mehrabad Airport of Tehran with cooperation of MERO Company in Germany, Thompson and Gates Radio transmission stations in Kianshahr Port, Persepolis Chemical Industries Complex and Ahmad bin Mousa Large Sports, Cultural and Tourism Complex in Shiraz City are among these activities. Principally, the experiencing design and execution (EPC) in prior years of the Islamic Revolution and a little after that were all successful experiences in which, the speed and quality of project execution on one hand, and the design and execution experiences on the other hand were considered as significant achievements for the engineers and experts in promoting their capabilities. Design and execution of multi-purpose complexes (tourism, sports, cultural…) in many parts of the country by this company in 1974-1978 were considered as clearly successful EPC examples of that time and presently, this company benefits from this method in private sector with the participation of the investors of this sector, of course, there are some weaknesses such as some underestimation of the role of consultant by the investors and their lack of appreciation in that regards, the removing which requires control organizations.
In 1982, during the imposed war, and due to the priority and acceleration needed in military projects and the necessity to focus on those projects in the engineering entities engaged in the holy defense, this engineering group; too, joined this field and during eight years, it gained the honor of designing military installations (air, land and marine).
In the beginning of 2008, the necessity of separating the executive department and the design department of company, as demanded in the current by-laws of Management and Planning Organization and the conditions of the project was felt, and after the imposed war, the executive department continued its activities by the name L.CENTRA and the design group as Abnieh Noandish Company, independently. It should be mentioned that both companies keep exchanging their experiences without working on joint projects to this date. Of these cooperation programs, one may note the development of a process anemogram of the process of performing a high level project planning from the initial stage to the end, operated in 88 stages. The management of the Company hole that this anemogram could be used in completing the unfinished cycles of planning and executing the development projects and/or, investment in the useful private sectors by relevant organizations. Among the successful experiences of the management of the company, one is the possibility of practicing federative methods in managing pending projects since 1974 and ultimately, the plan became materialized as pilot federation of consultation and executive services in West and East Azarbaijan, managed by Mr. Eng. Fakhreddin Safari, the pilot federative of engineering services in Semnan province, managed by Mr. Eng. Majid Haghighat and the EPC service federation in Fars, Mazandaran and Tehran provinces, managed by Mr. Eng. Esmaeil Rezaei; giving greatly successful results. And definitely, if there was no design and execution division in the complex in 1989, perhaps the federative experience in providing consultancy engineering could become overall and by removing some minor defects, it could become one of the successful methods of consultants engineering management.
It should be mentioned here that the experience of cooperation among seven companies in 1980 and 1981 by the encouragement of the honorable energy minister and consequently, formation of HEG Company with the representation and management of the seven companies mentioned above, introduced the plan as a successful experience that achieved in designing and executing 400 KW substation lines in the absence of important European companies such as Philips, Cojedes and similar companies. This consortium and EEG Company, developed by the innovation of its experienced manager (Mr.Eng.Fahimi) showed that the plan could be a suitable alternative in the crisis conditions, sanctions and threats.
In 2006, the company received Qualification Certificate in Class One category for handling projects of any kinds of buildings with different applications, and by increasing few other cores such as historical monuments and buildings restoration and repairs, the inactive defense conditions, and reinforcement. The new certificate was a revised certificate. In addition, the Project Management Qualification Certificate of the Company was approved accordingly.
In 2008, the board of directors of the Company unanimously approved the necessity of issuance of consultancy engineering services by the Company that has been providing services to this date in Belorussia, Armenian Republic, Iraq and South Africa countries. There have been already many projects executed and carried out in those countries and the subject states have issued certificate of branch registration for those countries and the necessary branches have already been equipped and implemented.
In 2012, the company lodged the request for revision in qualification range of the company by appending a repetition rank in the ranks and classes (one), as it had been issued in 2006. This application is presently in its final stage of issuance process.
In conclusion, this consultant engineers prays for the acceptance of its small services as carried out by the company and its effortful colleagues to achieve the satisfaction and needs of martyred warriors and the veterans such as martyr Gholamhossein Afshordi, the martyr Mohammad Jahanara…who worked hard without any claims or expectations and sacrificed their lives for saving people from any insults or suffering and in that path, gave away their lives for the satisfaction of God, the kind and compassionate creator of the world. God bless their souls.