- The Strachocina – State Border gas pipeline has been technically connected with the gas pipeline on the Slovak side by a guaranteed weld. The welding works were carried out by Budimex on the border of Polish and Slovak countries.
- At the moment, preparations are already underway for the acceptance procedure of the gas pipeline implemented by Budimex since 2019.
On the third of August 2021. Budimex – the general contractor of the 61 km long Strachocina – Polish Border gas pipeline has connected the Polish section of the new gas pipeline with its extension on the Slovak side through the so-called “Strachocina – Polish Border” gas pipeline. “golden weld” .
The construction of the new gas pipeline has been underway since July 2019. At the moment, preparations are already being made for the gas pipeline acceptance procedure. Nearly 100 subcontractors and about 1000 employees have worked on the construction site so far – says Artur Popko – President of the Management Board of Budimex SA
The aim of the project is to build a new cross-border gas pipeline that will connect the natural gas transmission systems of Poland and Slovakia. The parties to the project are GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. and Eustream a.s. – the Polish and Slovak transmission system operators.
As part of this task, we used 27 thousand tons of steel – the equivalent of the weight of eight Eiffel Towers. We covered 20 trenchless sections, m.in. under rivers and roads. We also made 390 km of micropiles to strengthen the area through which the gas pipeline passes – adds Artur Popko. We also moved 6,300 m3 of land that would fit in a freight train with a total length of 213 km – sums up the President of Budimex.
The investment includes the construction of a 61 km high-pressure gas pipeline with a diameter of DN 1000 and an operating pressure of 8.4 MPa. During the implementation, trenchless technologies such as HDD (horizontal directional drilling) or microtunneling were used.
The route of the gas pipeline runs through the municipalities of Sanok, Bukowsko and Komańcza in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship. The investment is an important element of Gaz-System’s investment strategy due to its strategic importance – the interconnection of the Polish and Slovak natural gas transmission systems. Since 2020, Budimex has also been constructing another key section of the new gas pipeline: the 122-kilometre Goleniów-Ciecierzyce gas pipeline.
