STONE SCULPTURE SHOW

This year's edition of Stone fair will include a stone sculpture show during which works made at the…

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The 5th edition of the International Maritime Congress was held on 8–9 June in Szczecin. The congress serves…

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SCHOOL FOR STONEMASONS-TO-BE

The new school will be set up at the Border Protection Corps School Complex in Szydłowiec. This new…

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STUDENTS RESTORED THE 17TH-CENTURY GRAVESTONE

Restoration of an old gravestone was a part of the internship organised by the State Construction Schools in…

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Swiat Kamienia no. 3(82) 2013

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Swiat Kamienia nr 3 (82) 2013

A MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF POLISH STATE RAILWAYS
Polskie Koleje Państwowe SA (PKP, Polish State Railways) is currently doing the biggest programme of modernization of railway stations. The programme includes railway buildings in all regions of Poland. Many works, of course, could not be done without stone industry specialists and natural stone will add functionality to a number of buildings.
In the last three years 45 buildings, including, among others, Warszawa Centralna, Warszawa Wschodnia, Wrocław Główny, Poznań Główny, Gdynia, Malbork and Przemyśl, have been rebuilt or built from the scratch as a part of the programme of PKP railway stations modernisation.
– This year we have already opened for our passengers modernised railway stations in Koło and in Swarzędz – says Tomasz Kowalski from the press office of Polskie Koleje Państwowe SA.
– Right now, 19 railway stations are being modernised, for example in Głogów, Legnica, Sieradz, Kłodzko and Opole. At 19 other stations, including, for example, Rumia, Kościan, Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Toruń, Olsztyn and Inowrocław the works are going to start soon. The contractors have already been chosen or we are getting ready to choose them. The necessary documentation which enables modernisation of more buildings, for example in Szczecin Główny, Bydgoszcz Główna, Gliwice, Piła, Środa Wielkopolska, Kielce, Ciechanów, has already been prepared.

Swiat kamienia no. 2 (81) 2013

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Swiat Kamienia nr 2(81) 2013

THE BRIDGE OF JAN STACH

Stone after stone. The most famous and the biggest structures are results of collective effort. If there is method in madness, we can most probably find it in the history of the creation of a stone bridge in the village of Znamirowice in Nowy Sącz county. In that place tens of years ago most probably the biggest hydraulic structure ever built by a single man was erected.

Pyramids used to be built collectively. Slavery to a great extent and for a long time was a flywheel of hydraulic structures. The architecture of the Roman Empire is admired by builders of all ages. Roman roads were also for many centuries the main arteries of the European transport. Ancient engineering left behind some models for modern constructors. Before, that is 3,000 years ago, the Phoenicians discovered a material which hardens even under water. They used to mix mortar with volcanic rock. In the 3rd century BC the ancient knowledge and skills reached the area of the Roman Empire. Then the Roman concrete was born, which revolutionised the following civilisations. Cement mixed with crushed rock and sand is a basis for products of civilisation even today.

Swiat kamienia no. 1 (80) 2013

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Świat Kamienia nr 1(80) 2013

Kamień-Stone 2013

Last year the fair was visited by more than 8,000 visitors. This year slightly more than 6,000 visitors had a chance to meet the offer of nearly 250 exhibitors. It is a pity, because many interesting novelties, events and important discussions were waiting for the visitors of the largest event for manufacturers and distributors of natural stone in Central-East Europe.

From the very beginning of the event (7-10 November in Poznan) we could notice a kind of rationalism at many stands. This year many stands were simply smaller, so the exhibitors took just two pavilions (pavilion 5 and 9 of the International Poznan Fair). We could also see the lack of some important representatives of domestic branch, and the producers and distributors in most cases presented far fewer machines and devices than during previous editions of Kamień-Stone. We could not, however, complain about the number of exhibitors from abroad. Poznan was visited by the representatives of stone branch from Italy, Germany, India, Turkey, Spain, Czech Republic, France, Finland, China and even from Africa. The organiser took professional care of a good contact with potential buyers of stone. It is enough to say that long before the event media had been talking about a 30-tonne… bag or slightly smaller 20-tonne Christmas tree ornament. These works, made by the designer Ewa Solima, were shown in front of the main entrance to the International Poznan Fair premises. They surely contributed to the promotion of the values of stone and the potential of the branch.