The goal of the competition is to promote individuals and companies associated with the infrastructure and construction sector with outstanding achievements in terms of implementation and economic efficiency. The Diamonds show the added value that infrastructure and construction investments bring to the development of the Polish economy. Participation in the competition is an opportunity to present the achievements and activities of the company and exhibit the brand among the most important representatives of the industry.
The winners will be announced on 18 March 2025 as part of the 16th edition of the “Polish Infrastructure & Construction” conference. Traditionally, the industry’s most prominent representatives will be honored at the Evening Awards Gala.
CATEGORIES
The implementation is characterized by modern technological solutions, high quality workmanship and significantly stands out from the competition.
The prize is awarded in fields of:
- Cubature Construction
- Road Infrastructure
An entity offering advanced technological solutions related to improved performance and quality of work performed, conducting development research in the field of construction and associated activities.
The entity conducting investments in accordance with the highest environmental and social standards, implementing its action based on balanced development goals.
An entity distinguished by the highest standards of advisory or legal services, specialized in cooperation with the infrastructure and construction sector.
An entity that stands out for its exemplary cooperation in the field of investment financing in the area of infrastructure and construction.
An entity distinguished by high activity in the railway sector in the area of revenue growth, raising the quality of services, as well as the expansion of rail connections.
An entity that stands out for its high level of activity in the area of revenue growth, execution of key investments, expansion into new markets, and use of innovative technological solutions.
The prize is awarded in fields of:
- Cubature Construction
- Infrastructure Construction
Award for proficiency in business practices, above-average quality of company management and making decisions contributing to the increase in revenues, as well as the value of the managed company.
At the same time, it is an award for consistent and effective work in developing the potential of both one’s own organization and the sector as a whole, serving as an inspiration to others in the industry.
Finalists OF THE PREVIOUS EDITION
Realization of the Year: Cubature Construction
Winner:
Realization of the Year: Road Infrastructure
Winner:
Technical Advisor of the Year
Winner: Distinction:
Green Construction Leader
Winners:
Advisor of the Year
Winner:
Leader of Financial Services for Construction
Winner:
Railway Company of the Year
Winner: Distinction:
Construction Company of the Year – Cubature Construction
Winner:
Construction Company of the Year – Infrastructure Construction
Winner:
Personality of the Year:
Artur Popko
President of the Management Board,
Budimex
Graduate of the Faculty of Construction and Environmental Engineering at the Bialystok University of Technology with a specialization in Transport Construction. Between 2002 and 2004 he managed the implementation of one of the largest infrastructure projects – the construction of the A2 freeway on behalf of NCC Poland. Since mid-2004 he has been associated with Budimex Dromex, where he served as site manager and then contract manager. In 2009 he was promoted to the position of District Director. Since 2011, he has been Director of Transport Construction. In 2014, he assumed the position of Director of Infrastructural Construction of Budimex SA. Since 2019, Vice President of the company and Chief Operating Officer. Since 2021, he has been the CEO of Budimex Group SA. He also sits on the Supervisory Boards of BXF Energia and Mostostal Kraków (subsidiaries of Budimex SA).
jury
Prof. dr hab. Michał Kleiber
Chairman of the Executive Club Council, Chairman of the Polish Committee for UNESCO, Knight of the Order of the White Eagle
Jest specjalistą w zakresie zastosowań nowoczesnych technik komputerowych w badaniach naukowych, technice i medycynie. Zajmuje się także problematyką prorozwojowej polityki państwa, a w szczególności strategią rozwoju edukacji, nauki i innowacyjności gospodarki. Jest autorem bądź współautorem ponad 240 prac naukowych oraz 7 książek opublikowanych w wydawnictwach o światowej renomie.
Dr inż. Wioleta Barcewicz
Member of the Council of the Polish Chamber of Steelwork, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Warsaw Universityof Technology
Nicolas Dépret
President of the Managment Board,
Vinci Construction Poland
WARBUD & EUROVIA Poland
Nicolas Dépret been involved with Eurovia Group since 1997. He is a graduate of Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics, du Bâtiment et de l’Industrie in Paris. Mr Dépret started his professional career in Germany where he managed road construction projects for 3 years. Since 2000 he encouraged the development of Eurovia’s operations in Poland by managing the technical department, acting as chief operating officer and a member of the management board. In the years 2014-2017 he was in charge of Eurovia’s branches in Romania, Croatia and the Baltic States. In 2013 he took charge of the Group’s security area in Central and Southern Europe. He was appointed the Chairman of the Board of Eurovia in Poland in 2017 and has performed this function since then. Actively involved in the work of nationwide road organizations such as the Polish Chamber of Commerce of Road Construction Industry, Polish Association of Construction Industry Employers, Polish Association of Asphalt Paving Contractors and Road Congress, by taking part in activities carried out to develop the road industry in Poland.
Mariusz Dobrzeniecki
Chairman of Polish Chamber of Civil Engineers
An engineer and a manager with over 20 years of experience in the construction industry. He graduated from Civil Engineering at University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, as well as from MBA program. For almost 20 years he has been successfully managing the PEKUM company in Olsztyn, previously gaining professional experience in Mostostal Warszawa, where he had gone through almost the entire corporate career path. For two terms, he was the chairman of the Warmia and Mazury District Chamber of Civil Engineers. His passions are long mountain hikes, motorcycle trips and music - he plays the dulcimer. He is happily married and the father of three daughters.
Barbara Dzieciuchowicz
President of the Managment Board, The Polish Chamber of Commerce for Roads
Wojciech Homik
CEO, Layher Polska
Rafał Kaszubowski
President of the Managment Board,
EIB SA
Prof. dr hab. inż. Eugeniusz Koda
Director of the Institute of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Dean of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at SGGW. Manager and contractor in several national and international research projects as well as several hundred projects and development studies. Expert in the field of geotechnics. Chairman of the District Qualification Commission at MOIIB. Building expert of PIIB and NOT. Author and co-author of over 200 publications, including over 30 works in the Web of Science database.
Zbigniew Kotlarek
President, Polish Road Congress Association
Mr Zbigniew Kotlarek was born in 1949 in the town of Czluchow in the Pomerania Region of Poland. In 1972 he graduated the civil engineering department of the Warsaw University of Technology, specialist in roads and airports construction. Between 1972 and 1991 worked in various regional branches of roads administration, most recently as a head of Public Roads Administration in the town of Lebork. Then he turned to business, was a partner in the steel construction company AMG and a manager of the Transprojekt Gdanski roads and bridges design company. In 2002 he returned to road administration and was appointed a deputy director of the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways. From 2005 to January 2008 he served as a General Director of that government body. Now he is CEO of MSF Polska company, a part of Portuguese MSF Group. In 2004 he initiated establishing Polish Road Congress and three times was elected the President of the Board, most recently in 2015.
Dr inż. Jerzy Lejk
President of the Managment Board,
General Director,
Metro Warszawskie
Doctor of Technical Sciences, Member of the Committee on Transport of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He defended his doctoral dissertation at the Poznań University of Technology in the discipline of transport. He graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology where he was awarded the title of Master of Civil Engineering. He completed a post-graduate course “MBA for Engineers” at the Koźmiński University. He started his career at the Development Planning Department of the City of Warsaw, after which he expanded his knowledge and experience at the Warsaw Province Governor's Office, Municipal Roads Authority and in Budimex S.A. He was Deputy Mayor of Warsaw between 1994 and 1999. He has been working at Metro Warszawskie since 2002, first as Deputy Director, and further as Management Board Member at Metro Warszawskie Sp. z o.o. As Management Board Member, he was responsible for Metro extension and operations. He has served as the President of the Management Board since January 2006. He is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Warsaw University of Technology. He conducts teaching and research activities at the Department of Geotechnics, Bridges and Underground Structures. He took part in numerous specialised professional training courses in construction and environmental protection from the perspective of European Union laws, in public procurement and management of investment processes. For three terms, between 2013-2019, he represented Poland at the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) as Policy Board Member.
Anna Oleksiewicz
President of the Managment Board, Związek Ogólnopolski Projektantów i Inżynierów
Wiktor Piwkowski
Chairman,
Polish Association of Construction Engineers and Technicians Foundation
Wiktor Pawłowski is an outstanding figure of construction with nearly 50 years of experience in positions from construction manager to the director of the enterprise. After graduating from Warsaw University of Technology (1962), he worked on the construction sites of Zagłębie Siarki in Tarnobrzeg and in the rescue and renovation of the Old Town in Sandomierz. A particularly important period is work in the Ministry of Building and Construction Materials Industry (1983-87), where he was the director of investment, science and technology departments. From 1990, he was associated with PERI Polska, which has made revolutionary transformations in the implementation of monolithic construction in Poland. The creator of this company from scratch, and then for 20 years its director. Wiktor Pawłowski has great achievements in social activities. Between 2005-2012 he was the Chairman of the Polish Association of Construction Engineers and Technicians, currently Secretary General. During two terms of office he contributed to the consolidation of the Association and establishing its public position. In 2010, he initiated the "Agreement for work safety in construction", which resulted in a 50% reduction in fatal accidents. Currently, he is the creator of BIM technology implementation in construction. Polish Association of Construction Industry Employers, as one of two people, gave him the title "Primus inter optimos" for a special contribution to the development of construction in the last 25 years.
Remigiusz Pyszka
Country Leader,
MTWO Construction Cloud, SoftwareOne
Graduate of MBA, CIM, Project Management as well as Automation and Control and Measurement Instrumentation. Enthusiast and promoter of new technologies, including digital transformation with more than twenty (20) years of experience in managing the development of the specialized products market. He currently assists companies in the topics of digital transformation, cloud solutions, data management and change management.
Beata Radomska
CEO,
Executive Club
A graduate of the Faculty of Humanities of the Catholic University of Lublin and the University of Insurance and Banking (later Academy of Finance). Also a graduate of the MBA studies at the Kozminski University in Warsaw. In 1995-1996 she worked as a German translator at Hit Centrala Usługowa (later Tesco), in 1996-1998 at the Austrian brokerage company Allfinanz (a financial institution associated with the insurance and pension funds industry). From 1998 to 2002, he was a Sales Manager at Skarbiec Emerytura and Skarbiec Serwis Finansowy. From 2003 to 2005, Development Director in the HRC Group. From 2005, President of the Executive Club.
Prof. dr hab. inż. Leszek Rafalski
Honorary Chairman of the Main Council of Research Institutes
Professor of technical sciences. General Director of the Road and Bridge Research Institute. Author of tens of research works and expert’s reports as well as over 130 scientific publications in the field of transport infrastructure. Co-author of 10 patents in the field of geotechnical structures. The president of the Main Council of Research Institutes and the president of the Academy of Engineering in Poland.
Maciej Runkiewicz
President of the Managment Board,
Kajima Poland
Maciej Runkiewicz was born in 1972. He graduated the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology. He is Msc of civil engineering. He is also MBA after completing the study organized by Warsaw University of Technology. He has several years experience related to the management of construction processes covering project management, design and construction. As a board member of Kajima Poland Sp. z z o.o. he is fully responsible for the overall company activity in Poland. He is formally licensed structural engineer (according to Polish law) for the construction management and design. He is the member of the PIIB (Polish Chamber of Civil Engineers) and PZITB (Polish Society of Civil Engineers and Technicians).
Agnieszka Strzemińska
Council Member, Polish Green Building Council PLGBC
Jan Styliński
President of the Board of the Polish Federation of Construction Employers
Lawyer, partner at the law firm. He specializes in the investment process, the construction market, PPP and concessions.
Prof. dr hab. inż. Elżbieta Szmigiera
Professor, Institute of Construction Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology
Director of the Institute of Building Engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology. Earlier - head of the Concrete Structure Department at this Faculty and between 2002-2008- vice-dean for student affairs at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology. Her area of professional interests is related to concrete constructions, combined steel and concrete structures as well as use of the FRP reinforcement in concrete constructions. Member of the Section of Concrete Structures and Metal Structures Section of the Civil Engineering Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
ContaCt
Competition:
Angelika Pius
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tel: +48 570-105-450
Partnership:
Aleksandra Łysiak
aleksandra.lysiak@executiveclub.pl
tel: +48 504-296-185
Mirosław Witkowski
miroslaw.witkowski@executiveclub.pl
tel: +48 510-105-474
Joanna Wakulińska
joanna.wakulinska@executiveclub.pl
tel: +48 570-105-421
Karla Głodek
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