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Budimex has completed the construction of the Łagiewnicka Route, one of the most important investments of the city of Krakow in recent years. Under a contract worth around PLN 680 million, Poland’s largest general contractor has handed over the 3.5-kilometre-long route. Construction works started in July 2018 and lasted until June 2022.

On 19 August 2022, two months ahead of the contractual deadline, Budimex completed the Smolajny bypass on national road No. 51. The contract for this task with the Olsztyn branch of the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways was signed on 17 December 2020, and work began in April 2021. This is the first completed bypass under the government’s Programme for the Construction of 100 Bypasses for 2020–2030.

On August 10, 2022, Budimex commissioned the P1 Switching District for use as part of the contract ‘Improving railway access to the Gdynia Sea Port’. The completed works have significantly improved access to the port quays (Dutch, Swedish, Silesian and French quays), which is crucial for improving rail transport in the Port of Gdynia. The recommended deadline for completion of the contract including certifications and acceptance is 31 August 2023. The investor is PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe SA.

Work is progressing on the second stage of the construction of the waterway linking the Vistula Lagoon with the Gdańsk Bay. The contract between the investor, the Maritime Office in Gdynia, and the contractor, Budimex SA, was signed in April last year. The value of the contract is more than PLN 574 million and the completion time is 24 months.

On 9 August 2022, Budimex signed a contract with the Ziębice Commune for the construction of a sports and entertainment hall in Ziębice. The investment is to enable sports competitions in such disciplines as volleyball, basketball and handball. In addition, the hall will be used for training purposes, as well as the organisation of concerts and other artistic events.

4 August 2022. Budimex has signed a contract with the Ministry of Finance IT Centre for the expansion of the Ministry of Finance IT Centre facility in Radom. The project is intended to secure the possibility of developing and building further business services supported by IT tools, as well as further centralisation and consolidation of departmental systems.

From as early as 2024, students will be able to use the modern Maritime University Sports Centre in Gdynia. On 2 August, the contract for the construction of the Maritime University Sports Centre in Gdynia was signed. The event was attended by His Magnificence Rector of the Maritime University of Gdynia, PhD, DSc EE, master mariner Adam Weintrit, and representatives of Budimex - Mariusz Hurylski, Director of the Northern Branch, and Radosław Slesar, Director of Region 1 in the Northern Branch of the DBO.

The second 'House from the Heart' is now complete! Tuesday 26 July 2022 saw the grand finale of the campaign, which saw the turnkey completion of a house for the 8-person family of Iwona and Krzysztof and their six children. The second edition of the programme again involved partner companies, and their representatives met in Antoniewo near Brus in the Pomeranian Voivodeship to jointly hand over the keys to the family's dream home.

Budimex and EDF Renewables announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on an equal share basis (50/50) for joint commitment to carry out developments in offshore wind farms as part of the second phase of offshore development in Poland.

Budimex Group ended 1H 2022 with good financial results - despite the difficult market situation.

In the opinion of construction subcontractors, Budimex has been recognised as a company that offers the best conditions. This is according to a study published in June, which was conducted in the first quarter of this year by ASM Centrum Badań Analiz i Rynku.

On 8 July 2022, Slovakia's Národná diaľničná spoločnosť, a. s. z, the national roads administrator in Slovakia, selected Budimex S.A.'s tender as the most favourable in the tender procedure for: the construction of the 16.8 km long D1 Bratislava-Triblavina motorway under the design-and-build formula.

On 6 July 2022, a press meeting was held dedicated to the CSR action - “House from the Heart 2”, initiated once again by Budimex. It is a special project in which a house is being built for a family of 8 people in need from Brusy in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. The second edition of the programme once again involved friendly companies whose representatives met in Brusy to sum up the progress of the construction of the dream house of Iwona, Krzysztof and their six children.

DCT Gdansk, the operator of the largest container terminal on the Baltic Sea, has signed a contract with the consortium of Budimex S.A. and Dredging International NV for the construction of the third deep-water quay – known as T3. Construction work is expected to start in early September – after the end of the holiday season.

On 5 July 2022, the topping-out ceremony and the completion of the first stage of work on the construction of the Polfa SA Oncology Drug Development and Production Centre in Tarchomin took place. This is a unique project on a national and European scale and, at the same time, the largest investment of Tarchomińskie Zakłady Farmaceutyczne Polfa SA.

Budimex is the contractor for the 105 km wall on the Polish-Belarusian border in accordance with the provisions of the agreement with the Polish Border Guard. The wall forms part of the eastern border of the European Union and NATO. The work had been in progress since January this year and was completed on time.

In consortium with Strabag, Budimex created a 12-kilometre section of the S14 expressway, constituting the southern section of the Łódź ring road. The investor was the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways in Łódź.

An agreement on the possibility of cooperation between Bouygues Travaux Publics and Budimex S.A. in the construction of a nuclear power plant was signed on 22 June 2022.