Atrium 1 cornerstone laid

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POLAND The cornerstone ceremony has today taken place for Skanska’s Atrium 1 office building on al. Jana Pawła II in central Warsaw.
The building, which will have 15 above-ground storeys and four underground levels, will offer a leasable area of 18,000 sqm. Characterised by the developer as “deep green”, it will feature energy consumption 50 pct lower than standard buildings meeting Polish norms. Geothermal cooling and heating reaching 200m below the ground is to be employed for the first time in a project in Poland, together with a cooling system based on chilled beams and the usage of recycled and storm water, among oth
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schedule 20 October 2026
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schedule 20 October 2026
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schedule 20 October 2026
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schedule 20 October 2026
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schedule 20 October 2026
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schedule 20 October 2026
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schedule 23 June 2026

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Budimex has been awarded a PLN 146 mln contract to construct the foundations of the passenger terminal of the new airport that forms part of the massive Port of Poland (or CPK) transport hub, which is being developed between Warsaw and Łódź.

schedule 19 June 2026

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A significant stage in the assembly of the new main building of the Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station has been completed.

schedule 12 June 2026

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schedule 14 April 2026

Poland underestimates Building site crime

According to the latest BauWatch crime report only 56 pct of building site managers across the EU believe crime to be rising, but in Poland this figure is much lower at only 36 pct.

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