On Friday, 1 February 2019, Budimex handed over a ten-kilometre section of the Olsztyn bypass on the S51 road from the Jaroty junction to the Olsztyn East junction to the General Directorate for Roads and Motorways for use. The works were completed before the contract deadline planned for 29.04.2019. Work is underway on the remaining five-kilometre section from the Jaroty junction to the west. It will be put into service by July
2019. After the completion of works on this section, the entire 24 km long Olsztyn bypass will be passable.
As part of the investment, three road junctions were created – Jaroty, Pieczewo and Olsztyn East. The investor of the bypass is the Olsztyn Branch of the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways. The project is co-financed by the Cohesion Fund. The total value of the contract is over PLN 1 billion gross. Works related to the construction of the Olsztyn bypass began in July 2016.
Momentum and modernity of construction
The numbers accompanying the contact are impressive. During the earthworks and preparation of the sites, Budimex removed approx. 400 thousandm3 of humus, i.e. a layer of plant soil, made over 2 millionm3 of excavations and laid a total of approx. 500,000m2 (350,000 tonnes) of bituminous pavement. In order to stabilise the marshy and boggy area where the bypass was built, 7 million tonnes of soil had to be fertilised in this place – this is the equivalent of the volume of 5 National Stadiums in Warsaw – says Dariusz Blocher, President of Budimex. There were also approx. 7 thousand m2 of acoustic screens. During the bridge works, 3.5 thousand tons of steel structure, 5.7 thousand tons of reinforcing steel and 51 thousand m3 of structural concrete were made. The biggest engineering challenge was the bridge over the Łyna River, which is a single-span steel structure with a reinforced concrete structure. ” This bridge, 138 m long, was built on a boggy area, so it required great precision in planning and executing construction activities ,” says Dariusz Blocher. In the investment, Budimex also used modern construction solutions, e.g. composite reinforcement, which, as more resistant to negative environmental factors, does not require costly repairs, related to, for example, corrosion of the structure. In turn, drones were used for geodetic measurements.
The work is still ongoing, m.in. due to subsidence of the ground, which is very unstable in the vicinity of Bartąg. We have replaced over 1 million m3 of organic soil on the entire bypass as a reinforcement of the road structure, but in this one place we have to
wait until the overload embankment stops settling
The surface will settle completely and the necessary work can be completed. I am convinced that drivers will appreciate the investment, which will make traveling in this region of Polish much easier. It is also an extremely important undertaking from the city’s point of view, as it will allow to move transit traffic out of Olsztyn and reduce the burden on internal streets. This long-awaited road will certainly play a strategic communication role,” says Dariusz Taraszkiewicz, Director of the Budimex Region for the Province of Budimex. Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
Scope of work on the S51
In addition to the main route, the works carried out by Budimex also include the construction of three road junctions – Olsztyn Jaroty, Olsztyn Pieczewo and Olsztyn East, service roads and the renovation of sections of selected local roads.
The project assumed the creation of two roadways with two lanes in each direction with a bituminous surface and 23 bridge structures: 12 viaducts over the expressway, 3 viaducts along the expressway, 2 bridges, 2 animal crossings, 1 railway viaduct, 1 footbridge. The contract also included the construction of road body drainage facilities, road ditches, rainwater drainage, retention reservoirs, lighting, power grids, and teletechnical equipment. Budimex was also responsible for the creation of the Traffic Management System.
The Olsztyn bypass is not the only investment of Budimex in the province of Olsztyn. Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. The company is also building ul. Towarowa in Olsztyn worth PLN 103 million, it is also building a viaduct over the railway line in Ostróda and rebuilding national road No. 53 in Szczytno.
BUDIMEX SA is a company with a fifty-year tradition, which has a significant share in the economic development of Polish. With our work, we improve the quality of life of millions of Poles. During the 50 years of the company’s existence, we have completed thousands of modern infrastructural, cubature and industrial investments. A culture of innovation, improvement and following the principles of sustainable development have allowed us to become the leader of the Polish construction market. We are present not only on the Polish market, but also abroad. We are gradually increasing our involvement in the facility management sector and waste management. Since 1995, our company has been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, and since 2011 it has been included in the RESPECT index – the most responsible listed companies. Its strategic investor is a Spanish company with a global reach – Ferrovial. The group includes: Budimex Nieruchomości and Mostostal Kraków. We are one of the signatories of the Agreement for Safety in Construction – an initiative established in 2010, associating the largest general contractors in Poland in order to increase the level of occupational safety in the construction industry.
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