"UkrGiproTyazhMash" was created in 1928 and for 75 years it is considered to be the leading institute in Ukraine for designing enterprises of heavy, power and transport engineering. The institute has a strategic significance for Ukraine's economy and national security. Upto 1992 the institute used to be the leading designing institute for carriage-making works of the Soviet Union.
By the institute design projects a number of worldwide works were constructed:
- "Serp i Molot" Works, Malyshev Works, "Turboatom" R&P Enterprise (city of Kharkiv);
- "Novokramatorsk Machine-Building Works" CJSC, (Kramatorsk, Ukraine);
- "EnergoMashSpezStal" OJSC, (Kramatorsk, Ukraine);
- "AzovMash" OJSC, "AzovObsheMash" OJSC (Mariupol, Ukraine);
- Boiler-Making Works in Taganrog and Belgorod (Russian Federation);
- Production complex for manufacturing carriages for electric trains (Moscow oblast, Russian Federation);
- "Stakhanov MAchine-Building Works" OJSC, (Stakhanov)
By the Institute design projects a number of works were reconstructed and extended:
- "Korukovka Carriage-Building Works" OJSC;
- "Riga Carriage-Building Works" R&PC (Lithuenia);
- "Altaysky Carriage-Building Works" OJSC (Russian Federation);
- "Egorov Carriage-Building Works" OJSC (St.Petersburg, Russian Federation);
- "Carriage-Building Works" OJSC (Tver, Russian Federation);
- "Locomotive Building Works" R&PC (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) and etc.
Possessing up-to-date computing facilities, normative information-technical base and highly qualified specialists, the Institute provides quality of the developed projects in:
- complex designing of engineering companies;
- acting as the general contractor;
- engineering part of main and auxiliary facilities of engineering, transport and power-engineering complex;
- general plan and transport;
- architectural-construction part of industrial and public buildings and constructions;
- industrial pipelines, heating pipelines, gas supplying and water systems, sewage systems;
- power supply, power facilities, automatics, lighting;
- environment protection;
- labour protection.