FACTORY CONSTRUCTION PLANNING OFFICE OF THE METALLURGICAL AND ELECTROTECHNICAL INDUSTRY (PROZAMET) GLIWICE

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• Publication Date: October 30, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Factory Construction Planning DATE DISTR. ~ ~ ACT
Office of the Metallurgical and
Electrotechnical Industry : (Prazamet) in NO. PAGES 1.
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report containing information
uninn~g Office of the- Metallur cal
and Electrotechnical Industry i.n Gliwice (Glei~ritz).
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"C~XhYTRYt Poland
$UBJPJCTs Factory Conatrugtion Planning Oflioe of the
M'tallurgis+al and Elabtroteehnioal ?xuiustry
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1. The Factory"Cvnstru~ttvn P1ann3Ytg_~~Pice'.~..the_~i~etai~rgical and Elect~o-
technical Industry ($iuro Pro,~ektowania zakladow Przemgslu I~talowego i
Elektrotechnicznego -- "Prozamet") in 4i13wice Nas orgapized ~n 197 as a
branch office of the central office of the name dame ih Warsaw. Other
branches were located i=i(idansk and Wroclap. "Pto~ame~" was controlled in
1955 and 1956 by the Ministry oP Induatriel Conetruetion. It was responsible
for the preparation of .plans and P~oJeots for new factories and plants whic#
had to be built for the metalh}rgical and eleotrotechnical i~ldustry. It wad
also responsible for the expansion and modernization o#' existing factories,
and it worked out apartment dousing projects for employees isi metallurgical
and eleotroteehnical fi-otories. The branch office in 411wic~d received all'
orders concerning the preparation of ~ro~ects and plans t"rom its headquarters
in Nlusax.
2. In 1956 the Gliwice office employed about 200 people, 20 percent of whom
xere women. During 1957 and 195$ it underwent many personnel changes, .and there
were plans to give the branch office more independence. In x,958 the off~,oe
xas moved to afoot-storied buildir:g on I~imiersa Street whloh had forrdglrlg
been used by the army; its old office buildinga#'2 Marchlewskiego Street
was converted into apa~ementa for employees.
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3. Since May 1958 the director of the "Prozamet" branch office in Gliwice
was EAgineer .3waboda ~~~.},~-he-~s--a~e~r#e~eei-`~"gi~eF.'. $~i'n~ee~`'SsAets ~'fi~) .
Directly subordinate to the chief director were the Following: Personnel
section with three employees; P'inatu3e and bookkeeping section with Pive
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employees; Administrative section with four employees; Secret Documents
office with two employees; Archives; Information and Studies section wi1~3
five employees; and a Processing Photostat section with three employees.
4. The chief engineer was responsible for the production and preparation
all designs and proJecta. Directly subordinate to him were:
a. Organization and Production section (dzial Organizac,~i Produko~i).
This aeotiop had aiz emplq esa and was divided into the following
sub-seotion~: planning a reporting, agreements, norms and standards,
and work pxiogreaa records.
b. Six Qenera], Designers (4exteralni Pro~ektanci).
These deaiHnera were experienced engineers and each was responsible
for the implementation of several pro,~eots. They supervised the
preparation of designs and plans in the designing offices as well
as their implementation nthefi_ ld. one
of the general designers Dipl. Engineer Kazimierz Juazczyk.
o. Technical control section ~dzial Kontroli Teehniczne~).
This section, under Dipl. ~gineer Kozlowski (fnu), checked the
implementation of individual pro~ecta and designs. It also noted
ae a secretariat for the branch office's Technical Council (Bads
Techniczna) which approved all small projects and designs. The
deai~na for larger buildi and constructions were submitted for
approval to the Technicaleuncil of the~head office in Warsaw.
The initial pro~eote of neK factories and the plans for expansion
and modernization of old ~}etoriea always had to be approved by the
Commission for Bvaluation pf Investments Pro~ecta (KOPI) of the
Ministry of Conatructio~a ~ cooperation with the central adminis-
tration involved.
d. Economic section (dzial fficgnomiczny).
This section had three em~~oyeea and was under Dipl. Engineer
Kazimierz Szwabowiez, who vas also chief planner for the construction
of new factories. .Hie was mainly responsible for general construction oalou-
lations and evaluat~ot:8 of their prof?.itability, including the planning
of necessary equipeient, machinery, installations, and raw material
supply and production processes.
s. Seven Designing Offices as follows:
(1)
Civil Air Defense Designing Office (Pracownia Terenowa Obrona
Przeeiwlotnioza -- TOPL).
This office was under Dipl. Engineer Buga~aki vlith three
employees. It prepared initial plena of civil air defense f~
all new pro~eota of the branch office. It oleo prepared civil
air defense plans for other factories of the tgetallurgical and
eleotroteohnical industries as ordered by the head office in
Warsaw. The verification of TOPL projects was conducted at this
time by a technician, Hak (fnu), who was only a part-time employee.
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(2) Blectrioal Designing Office (Praoownia Elektryczna).
This offioe, with about 15 employees, prepared puns and design
for lighting and neoeasary electrical equipment, and for con-
structicm of electric power sub-stations and distribution statippa.
(3) Building Construction Designing Office (Pracownia Hudowlana).
This offioe, with about 10 employees, worked on ~ro,~ecta and
designs for various factory and 1}ousing building.
(~) Construction and Assembly Designing Office (Pracownia Kon-
strukc~i Budowlane,)).
This offioe, under Dipl. Engineer Kaminski (fnu) with about 15
__.employses, prepared plan8 and designs far steel factory con-
structions. It also calculated the strepgth and load capacity
of their .structures, such as ceilings and prefabricated elements.
(5)
Installation Designing Office (Pracownia Instalacy~na).
This office, with about 15 employees, prepared designs and plans
for water supply, sewerage, central heating, sanitary, and
ventilation installations.
(6) Survey Designing Office (Praeownia Pomiarowa).
This offioe, with five .employees, prepared general plans and
made surveyor qP various building.,, highway, and railroad siding sites.
(7) Mechanical Designing Office (Praeownia Mechaniezna).
.This office, with about 15 employees, made designs of cranes,
boilers, compressors, lifts, and other machinery for various
projects.
Production
Among the construction plans azui designs which were prepared
a. High Pressure Fittings and Mains Factory (Fabruka grmatur i Przewodow
Wysoko-Cienieniowych) in Kielce. This factory was to employ about
2,500 workers. The initial o t was based on documentation supplied
Prom the tk~3R. some of the factory departments, such
as the forging, foundry, rolling, and tooling departments had alrsady
started production in 1957. It was classified by TOPL as a Category I
plant, and in wartime was to be converted into an armament plant.
b. Machine Tool Plant (Fabryka Obrabiarek) in Poreba near Paxi*rcie
(N 50-30, E 19-~6). Classified b TOPL as a Cate o I lant was
to employ about 3000 workers. the
plant was under construction in
e. Cable Factory (Fabryka Kabli i Przewodow) in Bydgos~ez. This was fig-
ea~~.oy about 2,000 workers and was classified by TOPL as a Category I
plant. Construction-was started at the end of 1956.
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d. Industrial. Plant (Zaklady Przemyelowe) in Raciborz (N 50-04, $ 1$-12).
Classifi b TOPL as a Cate o I plant, it was to employ about 2it'~0
workers. the production halls and variou+~
buildings and installations of this plant were to be expanded and
modernizedl.
e. Induatria~ Plant (Zaklady Przemyslowe) in Chocianow (N 51-25, E 15-54).
This was an old German plant which had produoed guns and other armament
equipment during World War II-and which had to be completely recon-
structed. It was classified by TOPL as Category I plant and was to
employ about 2,000 workers.
f. Refri$era ion Fittipgs and Equipment Plant (Zaklady Armatury i
Aparatury in Tarnowskie Gory. It was classified by TOPL as a Category II
plant and was 1io employ about 1,800 workers. Its production was to
include agme unknaNn military equipment.
g. Technical Appliance Plant (Zaklady Urzadzen Techniaznych). The branch
is (iliwic~ palled "Stara Huts" was to be expanded. It was olassified by
TOPL as a Category II plant With an employment of about 1,600 workers,
it was t~ produce pumps for the ship building industry.
h. Boiler Fadtory (Fabryka Kotlow) in Chorzow. This wss classified by TOPL as a
Category ~ plant. An initial prv,~ect for its modernization had been
prepared ~y 1956.
i. Steel Cangtructiona Plant (Zaklady Konstruke~i Stalowe~) in Chorzow.
This plant had to be expanded and modernized. It was classified by
TOPL sa a Category I plant.
The plana`and~desigga for new factories were prepared in st es and sometimes
required two or three years for eompletio~. the branch
in Gliwice implemented its production plans on se u e comparison
with other branches of "Prozamet" was first in the speed and the quality
of its designs.
?~'Proz~t" in Gliwice worked on about 60 ordefis.
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7. all the executives and senior staff employees of "Prozamet"
were experienced, capable designers. Because the Polytechnical Institute and
a number of other planning offices, particularly those of the chemical
industry, were also located in Gliwice it was quite easy to find such
experienced designers. Relations among employees were good. In 1956 abop,t
10 percent of the employees belonged to the PZPR and the Polish Youth Org~n-
ization (ZMP). A11 employees belonged to the Trade Union of Metal Worker.
Securit~r
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by a 3anitor. All employees had identity cards ~}xl index numbers. Outside
visitors were normally not permitted to enter the working offices; they eQuld
go only as far as the reception room. However, i$ exceptional cases they were
allowed to enter these working offices if they obl+ained individual passes
issued by the chief director.
n e ec ? main entrance of the builclx~ was always locked and guarded
very strict security measures wire
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9. The complete outlines of initial pro,~ects for factories and plants, as well
as all TOPL projects, were classified as secret and were kept in a special
room with barred windows and door. Written permission had to be obtained
for the use of sscret doouments and plans. All seoret materials had to be
returned to the. $~tar~t Documents Offias- aaer~r. night.,._ ..2DPL.. 25X1
seoret materials, such as secret instructions iaeued y e n atry of
National Defense, in a separate room in a safe which was sealed-at the end
of office hours every day. A double keyr to this safe was deposited with
other double keys at the National Bank Branch in Qliwiee. All seoret plant
designs sent outside "Prozamet," ware either carried by a special courier,
who was usually one of the employees, or they were sent by a secret mail
service which had its office on the second floor of the militia headquarters
at 2 Plac Inwalidow Wo~ennych in Gliwice.
10. The names of faotories and plants for which "Prozamet" prepared plans and
designs were coded by number instead of Hams. These numbers were used in
outside correspondence a~ well as in the offices.
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