Quantum leap in technology and organisation in the construction industry

I can sum up the last quarter of a century as a success in terms of the development of the construction sector in Poland. The transition from a crude and ineffective system to a modern and competitive construction industry has not been easy. However, Poland’s accession to the EU made foreign firms bolder in terms of investing, thus generating a demand for high quality services and a growth in competitiveness among companies on the construction market. The special economic zones were set up, where investors could operate on preferential terms. Technologically advanced industrial and logistics facilities have since been built in these zones, the construction of which is our company’s speciality.

The growing requirements that have been set for the construction sector have led to us adopting the BIM building information modelling method. The first software that made it possible to create partial digital models of buildings was created in 1990s. The construction market was not ready for such a transformation at the time, due to the fact that the CAD solution was being popularised around then and not all the players in the construction process had it yet. Since that time BIM has evolved, thanks to the substantial development of the applications that support design, construction and building management, as well as the rapid change of trends on the market – including the construction market. The revolution in IT technology in a way has led the industry to come up with a new product – the intelligent building. The transformation period in the Polish construction industry has lasted almost 25 years, but it seems like an age in terms of technology and work organisation. Not only has the technology changed, but also the time of project construction has become considerably shorter, the quality has clearly improved, the industry information flow is broader, and planning is done with much more precision these days than before. Furthermore, these changes have now become trends that shape today’s construction industry and related sectors, such as real estate, facility management and environmental protection.