Polbau wins a double

Opole-based Polbau has recently launched two construction projects in Kraków. As the leader of a consortium with Kraków-based Elektrimont and ZIS, it has won the tender to complete another stage of the extension to the John Paul II International Airport in Balice. The project, worth zł.30 million, includes the construction of a multi-functional complex including several halls and an office building with a total space of 10,600 sqm. All works must be completed by the end of the first half of next year.

Polbau has been cooperating with the airport for a couple of years. "We took part in the completion of the arrivals and departures hall, constructed as part of the modernization of the border crossing which required adaption to the Schengen Treaty regulations," says Andrzej Duda, the founder and owner of Polbau. "The airport management will soon announce a competition for the architectural concept of another terminal and a hotel. We are considering taking part in it," he adds.

Polbau is involved in another project in Kraków. Gdańsk-based developer WP Investment has chosen Polbau as the general contractor for the Solvay Park shopping center on ul. Zakopiańska. The construction work will be worth zł.9 million, and the 23,400-sqm shopping mall is scheduled for opening in the spring of 2007.

The current contract includes only construction work, but Andrzej Ostachowski, director of the Kraków division of Polbau, is hoping for a further contract. "Right now we are conducting talks with the investor about the finishing works, which would definitely extend our presence on the building site," says Ostachowski.