iSTERN Civil Engineering Projects Management

iSTERN (formerly known as Waxman-Govrin-Stern) is active in the management, coordination and supervision of the planning and execution of civil engineering projects, and is currently one of Israel’s largest and most prominent companies in this field.

iSTERN was founded in 1999 by Yigal Govrin, Itzik Stern, and the late Dan Waxman. iSTERN employs a highly-trained team of 150 professionals, who manage projects throughout Israel, and over the past year overseas as well.

The company’s offices are located in Haifa in northern Israel, in Petach Tikva and Jerusalem in central Israel, and Omer in the south of Israel.

Clients

Government Ministries and Companies
National Roads Company, Israel Railways, Cross-Israel Highway, Arim Ltd., Ayalon Highways, NTA, Israel Ports, Israel Lands Authority, The Ministry of Finance, The Ministry of Housing, The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, The Ministry of Defense, The Ministry of Religions, Haifa Port, Yeffe Nof Ltd., Mekorot Ltd., Moria, The Economic Company of the Local Authorities’ Federation, municipalities, local authorities and municipal corporations.

Public Companies
Africa Israel, Shikun&Binui Real Estate, Big Commercial Centers, Gazit Globe Israel, Azrieli Group, Shapir, Melisron Group, Bronfman Group, Ikea Israel, The Caesarea Development Company, etc.

Private Developers
Numerous development companies, associations and purchasing groups. The company has longstanding experience that is expressed in hundreds of completed projects. We are partners in our customers’ success, and we take pride in the projects that we’ve been managing in our diverse fields of expertise.

iStern’s Operations and Services

Since its establishment, iSTERN successfully led and participated in hundreds of large-scale projects, continuously evolving throughout the years. iSTERN’s success stems from its longstanding experience in managing, planning and supervising the execution of diverse projects, and its professional customer service from a team of passionate experts, experienced and accomplished managers along-side teams of young and motivated professionals. The company operates through two divisions - Infrastructures and Construction.

The Infrastructures Division

Managing, Planning and Supervising the construction of bridges and interchanges, road paving, and the development of infrastructures for residential neighborhoods, industrial zones, railroads and rail stations. The company also conducts the management and supervision of road maintenance throughout Israel’s southern region.

The Construction Division

Residential Construction - Managing of the planning and construction of numerous residential neighborhoods, with hundreds of successfully completed projects, totaling to over tens of thousands of completed residential units.

Commerce, Industry, Offices and Public Buildings Construction - management, planning and construction of various commerce buildings, including renovations and expansions of existing commerce buildings, shopping centers, office towers, industrial facilities, and showrooms, as well as the execution of interior adjustments.

Comprehensive Services

iSTERN provides its customers with an extensive array of specialized services as a one-stop-shop, ranging from initial planning, selection and appointment of planners and experts, planning stages, management of the permits process as required by all the relevant entities including matters pertaining to appropriations etc., managing public tenders including negotiations and contractual alignment of expectations vis-à-vis contractors, managing and supervising the execution stage, extensive quality control, management of the delivery process, up to completion and including post-execution support.

Vision

We work daily to realize the vision that we formulated together: “iSTERN aspires to be a leading team and to leave its mark of quality on the engineering-project-management field throughout Israel”.

Quality, Expertise, and Integrity as the Core of Operations

Quality control and assurance serve as a significant pillar in the company’s projects. The company is ISO 9001:2015 certified. iSTERN owns several advanced IT quality control systems. Furthermore, the company employs controllers who execute quality checks in every site with the most advanced tools in order to verify that the projects are executed at the highest level and within schedule with attention and respectful dialogue with our clients.