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ore and more businesses are realizing that food has a key role in the workplace. Having a welcome place to sit with colleagues and enjoy healthy meals could go some way
towards boosting well-being, company culture and even productivity. When PROGRESS, a leading producer of precast
concrete for the construction industry, was designing its new headquarters in Bressanone, Northern Italy, it knew it wanted a meeting place for staff that was different from the average work cafeteria. Te result is a real restaurant that offers a wide range of high-quality dishes in refined yet relaxing surroundings. With 160 covers and 500 meals served daily
in the restaurant and self-service cafeteria, the kitchen is a high-performance and bespoke heavy-cooking suite that combines precise functionality with appealing design. Te product of a partnership between professional catering equipment supplier Ambach and design and build contractor Niederbacher, the kitchen is in keeping with the architectural principles of the PROGRESS headquarters. Ambach and Niederbacher have a long history of collaboration, stretching back 30 years. For
the PROGRESS project, the two companies knew they had to produce a complete solution. Tomas Krismer, senior consultant partner at Niederbacher, explains: “Te requirements for the gastro project were optimal work processes, optimal processes in hygiene, energy- and resource-saving and sustainability. But the major target was to put staff catering on a new level so that the employees could get high-quality food in a feel-good location. “It was a matchless experience for me to be
part of a team that creates a feel-good place for employees instead of a simple canteen. I think employees are the most valuable part of a company, and PROGRESS’s investment was really smart and future-oriented.”
Improving the environment PROGRESS’s HQ has been designed and built utilizing the latest scientific research into workplace environmental studies. Both the shape of the building and the arrangement of the interiors acknowledge such research and have resulted in a high-quality workplace for the employees. Te interiors are arranged so movement flows between individual work zones, meeting rooms and connecting areas. Te walls were tailor-made in PROGRESS’s own recast concrete plant to ensure optimum working
PROGRESS’s HQ has been designed and built utilizing the latest scientific research into workplace environmental studies. Below, left: Thomas Krismer, senior consultant partner, Niederbacher
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