History
By 2009 BPBK S.A. will have operated for 58 years, including 18 years as an employee-owned company.During that period, BPBK has executed projects in the following sectors:
- urban development projects and civil engineering studies
- communication
- bridges
- waste water treatment plants
- water supply and drainage
- water treatment and water intakes
- heat engineering
- architecture
- structures
- electric engineering and lighting
- greenery
- export of know-how in the aforementioned sectors
BPBK has implemented projects all over Poland, in neighbouring countries, and Libya.
The road department, in cooperation with the Gdańsk Communication Institute, has designed the control devices for traffic lights, including preparation of the “green wave” design for the Gdańsk - Gdynia traffic route.
BPBK S.A. has been awarded many prizes and distinctions, including those from:
- Ministry of Public Utilities Management
- Committee of Construction, Urban Planning and Architecture
- Ministry of Construction and Building Materials
- Science and Technology Committee
- Ministry of Administration, Local Management and the Environment
- NOT (Polish Federation of Engineering Associations)
- IPB (the Chamber of Construction Designing)
From 1960 to 1990, BPBK held a range of patents, certificates of registration and modernity certificates:
Patents:
- Pedestrian footbridge with variable clearance
- Movable scaffolding for bridges and overpasses
- Waste water pneumatic conveyor
- Combined mechanical and biological sewage treatment plants
Certificates of registration and modernity certificates:
- Prestressed reinforced concrete beam
- Mould for prefabricated U-shaped beam
Selected projects which were awarded prizes:
Road and bridge construction:
- Kwiatkowskiego Street, Gdynia - MAGTiOS special prize
- Bridge through Elblaska Street, Elbląg - KBUA prize
- Teatralny Bridge, Bydgoszcz - KBUA prize
- Błędnik Overpass, Gdansk
- Dlugi Bridge, Szczecin
- Road overpass, Olsztyn
- Steel railway overpass, Szczecin
- Brama Oliwska Junction, Gdansk
- Development study on public transport and the Gdansk agglomeration
- Guiding ideas for the development of the Gdansk agglomeration - bridge crossing over the Martwa Wisła River in Gdansk
Water supply systems, sewage systems, and waste water treatment plants:
- Sewage system for the city of Gdansk - collective and transfer system Motława-Morena-Radunia
- Water intake in Straszyn
- “Dębogórze” waste water treatment plant
- “Żuławski” main water pipeline
- Brda River surface water intake for the city of Bydgoszcz
- Water intake for the city of Koszalin
- Water intake for the city of Toruń
- Water intake for the city of Częstochowa
- “Straszyn” water intake for the city of Gdansk
- Mechanical and biological waste water treatment plants for Gdansk Zaspa and the city of Tychy
Heat engineering:
- “Czerwony Most” thermal power station in Gdansk
- “Suchostrzygi” thermal power station in Tczew
- Heating main for the city of Gdansk and Gdynia
Architecture and greenery:
- Climatic zones in the Żuławy area
- Ecumenical Centre in Gdansk Oliwa