Bigger proves better

According to the CEO of Tebodin SAP-Projekt, Rafał Twarowski, the new firm is benefiting from the recent boom in the construction industry. The company wants to boost its turnover by 50 percent to reach zł.92 million this year. It is forecasting that this year's contracts will be worth zł.88 million, in comparison with zł.82 million, which was the combined value of the two companies' contracts last year, and zł.39 million in 2004.

"A lot depends on the market situation, which is very good now; we hope that the boom will last two or three more years, perhaps four," says Twarowski. Tebodin SAP-Projekt is planning to widen the range of services offered, increase employment from 352 to more than 370, and start more regional operations. "This is a merger of experience, engineering and organizational know-how, due to which we will be able to offer more complex services," says Krzysztof Kałuża, the firm's business development director.

The company has worked on a number of landmark Polish investments, particularly in Warsaw, including the Metropolitan office building, the Hotel Courtyard by Mariott, the M-1 shopping center in Marki and Złote Tarasy in the very heart of the city.

Tebodin SAP-Projekt is a daughter company of the Dutch firm Tebodin Consultants & Engineers, which operates in 20 countries.