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Chairman & CEO Note

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Chairman’s and Chief Executive’s Note

with Antoni F. Reczek OBE and Paweł Siwecki

 

A Year To Remember

The year that’s about to end has been a year of surprises. As we entered 2016, few believed that Britain would vote for Brexit, or that Americans would vote for Donald Trump as president. Yet both happened.

Real Estate & Construction

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Why Poland must get ready to build in BIM

By Paweł Pudłowski MP, chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Digitisation, Innovation and New Technology

 

Many of the pathologies at the heart of the construction project in Poland are caused by poor planning, project management and budgeting, as well as a lack of trust that manifests itself in an adversarial attitude between investor and contractor.

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Interview

Managing projects professionally: how to take Poland forward

Michael Dembinski talks to Amec Foster Wheeler’s Gavin Dobbing about what the BPCC and its members can do to assist the Polish government in raising the standards of project management in the delivery of public-sector projects.

Real Estate & Construction

Warsaw’s filters – the British connection

By Hanna Kurlanda-Witek, consultant, Mott MacDonald

 

Few tourists are aware that a notable example of Victorian-era British architecture lies in the centre of Warsaw.

Real Estate & Construction

Next great urban design challenge: Creating truly public spaces in vertical cities

As cities become denser and buildings much taller, high-rise developments will need to offer more collective spaces, for the good of society and our own sanity.

Real Estate & Construction

Krakow’s office market in comparison with other Polish cities

By Krzysztof Misiak, partner, head of regional cities, Cushman & Wakefield

 

Krakow, a leading European city on the outsourcing market, is an attractive investment destination.

Real Estate & Construction

Blockchain: redefining the future of real estate?

By Ian Church, AECOM

 

While the acquisition of property  using virtual currency such as  Bitcoin still seems like a far-fetched concept, commercial real estate  could be on the verge of adopting peer-to-peer cryptographic technology in the form of blockchain.

Real Estate & Construction

Wellness and efficiency – key factors in modern workplace solutions

By Joanna Mroczek, senior director, head of Research & Marketing, CBRE Poland


The evolution of the office workplace in Poland has been significantly different than in the more advanced western European countries.

Real Estate & Construction

Offices follow employees

By Adam Targowski, Sustainability Manager at Skanska Property Poland


The concept of the Activity Based Workplace has been developing throughout the world over the last 20 years.

Real Estate & Construction

Why every business needs a workplace ‘formula’

By Aleksandra Janusz, senior leasing manager, HB Reavis Poland

 

A recent survey by Leesman, a London-based workplace research firm, conducted among more than 155,000 employees worldwide, revealed that almost half believe their office environment prevents them from working effectively.

Real Estate & Construction

Work embassy of the future

 

The place that makes a creative community. Work as a creative process supported by innovative space.

Real Estate & Construction

Getting your business in the right shape for the Future of Work

By Anna Bartoszewicz-Wnuk, head of Workplace Advisory, JLL

 

This article is about workplace strategy works – how it works for us, how it can work for you.

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Trends in the office sector in Poland

By Agata Holak, consultant, research department, Knight Frank

 

The office market in Poland is in a permanent state of change.

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Skills-based volunteering – a win-win

By Caroline Hartline, Habitat for Humanity Poland


Habitat for Humanity Poland recently needed complex legal advice for a new and innovative project that would offer a non-profit housing solution for families with a poor credit rating.

Real Estate & Construction

Using BIM in designing large industrial plants

By Szymon Dorna, BIM Manager, PM Group

 

Progress and development have been with mankind since the beginning of human evolution.

Real Estate & Construction

Another strong year for Polish real estate investment

By Piotr Mirowski, partner at Colliers International, director of Investment Services, Colliers International

 

There’s a reasonable chance that 2016 will be at least comparable to 2015 for Poland in terms of investment volumes.

Trade & News

Tensar opens sales and design office in Gdansk, Poland

Tensar is delighted to announce that it has established TENSAR POLSKA Sp z.o.o. to serve the Polish market.

Trade & News

Recruiting tempts for the UK labour market – before and after Brexit

By Aneta Janik - Barciś, president of the board, Macro-Work

 

Macro-Work sp. z o.o. is a Polish temporary employment agency with exclusively Polish capital.

Trade & News

BPCC Trade helps Triumph get traction on the Polish market

November was the month Polish motorcycle fans have been waiting for!

Trade & News

Promoting British lamb in Poland – a rewarding job!

 

BPCC Trade team is still working very hard on promoting British lamb on the Polish market!

Real Estate & Construction

An Englishman in Kraków: Post-Brexit referendum reflections on Kraków real estate investment

By Ian Daniels, Business Development Manager, Hamilton May Kraków

 

What’s changed in the aftermath of the vote in relation to property investment in Kraków?

Real Estate & Construction

An office adjusted to the IT sector's needs

By Nina Bocheńska, marketing specialist, Nowy Styl Group

 

The significant growth of the modern business services sector has been a salient feature in Poland’s most recent economic history.

Real Estate & Construction

Optimising construction processes

 

Tender manager Piotr Duda describes the process of optimisation at CFE Polska.

Events coverage

Winning public tenders in Poland

The BPCC, the Trade and Investment Promotion Section of the Polish Embassy in London, law firm Domański Zakrzewski Palinka, Profitia and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply held a seminar about public procurement in Poland on 17 November 2016.

Real Estate & Construction

Ecology in the service of office workers

By Adam Pietrzyk, CEO, Mix Biura

 

Modern technology can help firms meet international environmental requirements, raise the standard of office operations and bring benefits to people, cities and nature.

Real Estate & Construction

Student housing: new investment opportunity in Poland

By Wioleta Wojtczak, head of research and consultancy at Savills Poland

 

As yield compression of mainstream assets continues, investors look for new opportunities.

Real Estate & Construction

New law on restructuring developers brings greater chance to avoid bankruptcy

By Anna Michalska, restructuring adviser, and Marta Łużyńska, lawyer, FILIPIAKBABICZ Law Firm

 

The new Restructuring Law of 15 May 2015 came into force on 1 January 2016.

Events coverage

Managing water – future challenges for Poland

Climate researchers forecast that Poland will have shorter winters, with less snow; longer vegetative periods; drier, hotter summers punctuated with intense rainstorms.

Events coverage

Real Estate Forum in Wrocław

On 16th November 2016, was held yet another edition of the Real Estate Forum in  Wrocław’s Ibis Hotel.

Events coverage

Professionalisation of services – key to a mature real estate market

The conference, organised by the BPCC’s Kraków branch on 20 October 2016, is the annual event that summarises the development of region’s real estate market.

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