Keeping it in the family

Tomasz Cudowski, ‘Eurobuild CEE’: How did your family business start? Was it established – as usually happens – by a senior family member? Jacek Korwin-Małaszyński, board member, APP-Projekt:Exactly. Our father, Piotr Korwin-Małaszyński, had previously worked for such international construction corporations as Hochtief and Porr, so he had experience of what project management for the largest investors entails. He also built up from scratch Mercury Engineering, which specialises in sanitary and electrical installations, for an Irish investor. But eventually he decided to go it alone and set up APP-Projekt in 2005. He started out almost as a one-man business, supported by a few specialists. Today our company has 130 employees. And later Piotr brought his sons, Jacek and Michał, into the company. Did it take a long time to persuade you to join him? It basically happened all by itself, gradually. The company started receiving more and more orders. So early