Vector-Bul Ltd. was established in 2002 based in Sofia, Bulgaria as a limited liability company, represented by partners Margarit Jiponov, Svetla Jiponova and Mario Tsvetkov. The highly qualified design team of the company is made up of engineers – professionals in railway and road construction, engineers in transport facilities, engineer-geologists and hydrogeologists, geodesists, specialists in catenary, programmers. All engineers are members of the Chamber of Engineers in the Investment Design, Regional branch Sofia.
The company also has the necessary equipment for geodetic measurements and design tasks – computers, software, total stations, GPS / GNSS receivers, levels, plotters, printers, scanners, cars. Margarit Jiponov has developed and owns copyright software for transport infrastructure design JCAD-VB 2018, as well as a design analysis program JCAD-VB FEM. Vector-Bul holds a certificate of quality ISO 9001:2015, licenses for the execution of design contracts with the National Railway Infrastructure Company and a certificate of competence from the Cadastre Agency.
Significant projects and contracts awarded and executed by Vector-Bul Ltd.
- Project: RECONSTRUCTION AND ELECTRICIZATION OF THE RAILWAY PLOVDIV-SVILENGRAD – TURKEY / GREECE BORDER AND OPTIMIZATION OF THE ROAD FOR SPEED 160 km/h(200 km/h).
Employer: NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY (NRIC), Bulgaria
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd. as part of the Orient Express consortium
Deadline for implementation: 2003 year
Project Status (Completed, Approved): Approved and organized construction tenders. - Project: “KRUMOVO – PARVOMAI, km 164+575.00 – km 202+300.00” from the first railway line under the project “ELECTRICIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY PLOVDIV – SVILENGRAD, CORRIDORS IV AND IX”.
Employer: TERNA
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd. – subcontractor
Deadline for implementation: 2006 year – 2010 year
Project Status (Completed, Approved): Approved, completed and completed construction with Act 16. - Project: “ELECTRIFICATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY PLOVDIV – SVILENGRAD, CORRIDORS IV AND IX” PARVOMAI – SVILENGRAD, km 202+300.00 – km 298+800.00 PHASE 2 in the section from 202+300 до 231+560 from the first railway line.
Employer: ASTALDI
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd. – subcontractor
Deadline for implementation: 2007 year – 2011 year
Project status (completed, approved): Approved, completed and completed construction with Act 16. - Project: RECONSTRUCTION AND ELECTRICIZATION OF THE RAILWAY PLOVDIV-SVILENGRAD – TURKEY / GREECE BORDER AND OPTIMIZATION OF THE TRACE FOR SPEED 160 km/h(200km/h).
Employer: OHL ZS a.s.
Contractor company (Consultant): VECTOR-BUL LTD
Deadline for implementation: 2009 year – 2012 year
Project status (completed, approved): Approved, completed and completed construction with Act 16. - Project: Development of preliminary and working design for “INTERMODAL TERMINAL – SOFIA”
Employer: Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications
Contractor (Consultant): Participant in the consortium AECOM – Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 2007 year – 2012 year
Project Status (Completed, Approved): Approved, completed and completed coordination procedures with all operating companies. - Project: “Technical Assistance for Rehabilitation of the Railway Infrastructure on Mezdra – Gorna Oryahovitsa Railway Stations in Bulgaria”
Employer: Ministry of Transport
Contractor (Consultant): Participant in a consortium between three foreign and two Bulgarian companies – Vector-Bul Ltd., TRANS EL Engineering SP, SUDOP PRAHA a.s., GETINSA, SYSTRA.
Deadline for implementation: 2007 year – 2011 year
Project status (completed, approved): Approved and completed. - Project: Technical assistance for the modernization of the Radomir-Gyueshevo railway line.
Employer: Ministry of Transport
Contractor (Consultant): Mott-Vector-Gamma Consortium
Deadline for implementation: 2009 year – 2010 year
Project status (completed, approved): Approved and completed. - Project: “Updating of preliminary design and preparation for construction of the Vidin-Medkovets railway section under the project “Design of construction of the Vidin-Sofia railway line: updating of the project and preparation of the Vidin-Medkovets railway section”, Lot 1: Updating and optimization of conceptual design for the railway sections Medkovets – Ruska Byala and Ruska Byala – Stolnik” with a total length of 147 km.
Employer: NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY (NRIC), Bulgaria
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 02.2015 – 01.2016
Project status (completed, approved): Approved and completed. - Project: “Preliminary studies and preliminary design of a railway track and geodesy for the modernization of the Dragoman railway section – border with the Republic of Serbia”.
Employer: NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY (NRIC), Bulgaria
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 2019 year
Project status (completed, approved): Approved, agreed, completed. - Project: Preparation of preliminary and technical design of the site “Breakthrough at the Water Palace – a two-level transport junction for the intersection of “Tsar Boris III – United” Blvd. and “Maritza Yug” Blvd.
Employer: Plovdiv Municipality
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 12.2012 – 09.2013
Project status (completed, approved): Completed with building permit issued, construction completed with act 16 for both sub-projects. - Project: Preparation of market valuation for the acquisition of real estate for construction of “Luda Yana” dam and “Neykovtsi” dam
Employer: Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 2012 year
Project Status (Completed, Approved): Approved and completed with completed market appraisal procedures for affected properties. - Project: Rehabilitation of Sofia Central Station
Employer: NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY (NRIC), Bulgaria
Contractor (Consultant): “GBS – Sofia Central Station”; Vector-Bul Ltd. – part railway and part constructive
Deadline for implementation: 02.2014 – 06.2014
Project Status (completed, approved): Approved, completed and completed construction with the issued act 16. - Project: “Rehabilitation of the Plovdiv-Burgas railway line, Phase 2”, position: “Rehabilitation of the railway section Skutare – Orizovo”, part “Facilities” 811 – Belozem-Orizovo section – from km 32+879 to km 43+030
Employer: INFRASTRUCTURAL CONSTRUCTION AD
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd. – part facilities
Deadline for implementation: 2017
Project status (completed, approved): Completed, approved, completed construction. - Project: Reconstruction and electrification of the Plovdiv – Svilengrad railway along corridors IV and IX
Object: Design, construction and commissioning of the Krumovo sub-area with railway connection to the Krumovo station and pipeline network in the area of the Krumovo station
Employer: Start Engineering AD
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd. in the parts “Geodesy”, “Road” and “Railway”
Deadline for implementation: 02.2015 – 05.2015
Project Status (Completed, Approved): Approved, completed with ACT 16. - Project: Replacing joints for a bridge of the Trakia highway at km 37+390 and hydraulic reinforcement of the bridge.
Employer: HIGHWAYS EAD
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 2018 year
Project status (completed, approved): Completed, approved, completed construction. - Project: “Preliminary investment project for construction of a coal wagon landing on the territory of Rousse District Heating Company”.
Employer: District Heating Company Ruse EAD
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 2019 year
Project status (completed, approved): Approved, completed. - Project: Conceptual design for congested Chumerna station and division of land.
Employer: MIN INVEST LTD
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 2018 year
Project status (completed, approved): Completed, approved, completed construction. - Project: Disaster recovery after derailment at the even throat of Dupnitsa Station.
Employer: Railway Consortium DZZD 2012-2016
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 10.2016
Project status (completed, approved): Completed, approved, completed construction. - Project: “Mechanical renewal of the railway from km 74+584 to km 77+156 with a length of 2572 m in the Delyan-Dyakovo interchange along the 5th railway line”.
Employer: Railway Consortium DZZD 2012-2016
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 09.2016
Project status (completed, approved): Completed, approved, completed construction - Project: “Work project for railway tracks in a future industrial branch of a company Persenk Invest Ltd. in Kurtovo Konare
Employer: Persenk Invest Ltd. – Plovdiv
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 09.2015 – 11.2015
Project status (completed, approved): Completed, approved, completed construction - Project: Rehabilitation of the railway from Zaharna Fabrika station to Gorna Banya station. Along the 5th railway line with a total length of 4.4 km.
Employer: NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY (NRIC), Bulgaria
Company contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.; builder TSV Sofia
Deadline for implementation: 08.2014 – 12.2015
Project status (completed, approved): Completed with Act 16 issued. - Project: “Execution of exploration – design works and construction (engineering) of the site “Maritza River Bridge at km 0+525 on road III-809 Lyubimets – Golyamata zvezda”
Employer: Consortium ORS Infrastructure and AB Haskovo AD
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 10.2013 – 01.2014
Status of the project (completed, approved): Approved and completed preliminary, technical design and detailed design and completed construction with act 16. - Project: “Execution of exploration – design works and construction (engineering) of the site “Republic Road III-401 “Izvorche – Lovech – Petko Slaveikov” – reinforced concrete bridge over the Osam River at km 26+840″
Employer: ORS Infrastructure
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 08.2013 – 10.2013
Status of the project (completed, approved): Approved and completed work design and completed construction with act 16. - Project: Second and Fourth Railway Emergency Repair Projects:
km 331+522 Asenovo station – drainage system and dikes at km 339+800 to km 340+100 (Asenovo – Slavyanovo). Reinforcement of landslide.
Km 341+150 – drainage system and landslide reinforcement.
Km 359+300 – Svetlen village – drainage system, 3D model making and railway reconstruction bridge.
Popovo – Reconstruction of railway station bridge.
km 141+500 – Debelets-Sokolovo: drainage system and landslide reinforcement.
km 153+050 – Ganchovets village: drainage system.
km 158+000 – Dryanovo station: drainage system and landslide reinforcement.
from km 162+000 to km 165+000: drainage system and landslide reinforcement.
km 166+000 – Tsareva Livada station: drainage system.
Employer: NATIONAL RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY (NRIC), Bulgaria
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 2006 year – 2007 year
Project Status (Completed, Approved): Approved - Project: Preparation of a working project for loading and unloading tracks of an enterprise for production of “YTONG” in Dobrich city.
Employer: YTONG
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 2005 year – 2006 year
Project Status (Completed, Approved): Approved - Project: “Rehabilitation of Highways on the Radnevo – Stara Zagora Direction” Road-50 041 from km 3+000.00 to km 14+680.00; Road-57 008 from km 3+900.00 to km 9+258.13; Road-57 012 from km 0+000.00 to km 3+188.88; Street in the village of Znamenosets from km 0+000.00 to km 0+399.98; Road-57 014 from km 0+000.00 to km 1+981.54; Street in Radnevo from km 0+000.00 to km 0+556.03; Road-57 004 from km 0+000.00 to km 7+363.67;
Employer: Municipality of Radnevo
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 2004 year – 2005 year
Project status (completed, approved): Completed, completed construction - Project: Extension of Sofia subway to II metro diameter – Substation No. 9
Employer: TAISEI
Contractor Company (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd. Subcontractor – part geodesy
Deadline for implementation: 2006 year
Project Status (Completed, Approved): Construction approved and completed. - Project: SILISTRA – CALARASH FERRY TERMINAL – construction of a ferry nest.
Employer: MINERAL IN EAD
Contractor Company (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd. – part geodesy and part constructive
Deadline for implementation: 2005 year
Project Status (Completed, Approved): Construction approved and completed. - Project: „INDUSTRIAL RAILWAY BRANCH OF KAOLIN AD –
S. KRUM – DIMITROVGRAD”.
Employer: Kaolin AD
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 2006 year
Status of the project (completed, approved): Approved, completed, agreed with the completed construction. - Project: Railway ramp track in the cement plant – Zlatna Panega.
Employer: Transstroy 99 Ltd.
Contractor (Consultant): Vector-Bul Ltd.
Deadline for implementation: 2006 year
Project status (completed, approved): Approved, completed and completed construction.