Monthly Archives: June 2019

We are pleased to announce that during yesterday’s final gala of the Construction of the Year 2018 competition, the President of the Board of DORACO, Karol Zduńczyk, received the highest, first-degree awards for the projects of Marszałkowska Centre and CEDET. This is another award, after the Builder’s awards for these buildings.

The Construction of the Year competition is organized by the Polish Association of Construction Engineers and Technicians in cooperation with the Ministry of Infrastructure, the Ministry of Investment and Development and the Central Office of Construction Supervision. The submitted sites are verified in three stages by specialists – Judges of the Competition Jury. The assessment covers, among others, the quality of construction, its organization and work safety, as well as technological solutions. Verification of documentation concerning both of the sites and local inspections carried out by the judges proved that the projects were carried out by DORACO at the highest level, in every aspect assessed by the jury.

It was the 29th edition of the competition. It is worth recalling that in the previous years the title Construction of the Year was awarded to such DORACO projects as: Hotel Gdańsk, T2 Passenger Terminal of Gdansk Airport or the building of the ETI Faculty of Gdansk University of Technology.

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On Saturday, 15 June in the headquarters of DORACO a chess event took place participated by employees with their families. During the meeting, chess experts from Korona Gdansk club familiarized all those willing to learn the rules of the game, so that the participants could check their knowledge during the game.

The youngest children could marvel at the unique XL-sized chess, while the older and more experienced participants had at their disposal professional chess equipment. Chess master Garri Kasparov said: Chess is a tool that improves children’s ability to acquire knowledge. The Saturday’s meeting showed that the youngest can be chess players too, therefore we encourage everyone to explore the secrets of this game.

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Practical classes are the most effective form of learning. DORACO Construction Corporation, the patron of the Interdepartmental Faculty of Marine and Coastal Engineering at the Gdansk University of Technology, invited students to participate in selected hydrotechnical investment projects currently being carried out by the company.
Training visits of students of Marine and Coastal Engineering at hydrotechnical construction sites are an important element of cooperation between DORACO and the Gdansk University of Technology in this field – says Piotr Siemaszko, Director of the Hydrotechnical Department in DORACO. – DORACO engineers, experts in the field of hydrotechnics, willingly share their practical knowledge related to the executed contracts, while students have the opportunity to learn the specificity of hydrotechnical works, depending on the degree of advancement and size of a given project.

On Friday, 14 June this year, students of Marine and Coastal Engineering visited the Obrońcy Poczty Polskiej and Mewy Quays in the Port of Gdansk, where advanced reinforced concrete works are underway, the surface of the quay is being constructed and the construction of the quay plate is in process in the Mewy section. Next, the group moved to the BON quay, where ramming works have already been completed – the combi-wall buried and CFA piles laid. Wave dampers are currently in construction there, whose purpose will be to dissipate wave energy and eliminate the phenomenon of bumper wave.

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Another point in the itinerary was the construction of the passenger terminal in the Port of Gdynia. This is currently the key project of the port; its implementation will enable the reception of ferry vessels of 245 meters in size. The works connected with the execution of piling for the terminal building as well as works preparing for the expansion and modernization of the quay are in progress here.

– The possibility of direct observation of works on hydrotechnical construction sites is a unique opportunity for students of our faculty to confront theoretical knowledge with practice. During such visits, students can see what work on construction sites actually looks like. They can also discuss their doubts on an ongoing basis with experienced employees – said Jacek Frost from the Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Shipbuilding of the Gdansk University of Technology, supervisor of the group, at the end of the meeting.

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