THE POSISTA CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MILITARY AIRFIELDS

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• Publication Date: November 19, 1951
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COUNTRY Czechoslowlkia
SUBJECT The Posista Construction Enterprise and the
Construction of Military Airfields
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1. In 1950v a number of firms belonging to the Czechoslovak construction
Corporation, including Posista, Eanstruktiva, Amastav, Ebravostav., and
Stavoindustria Yore dissociated from the Corporation and yore assigned to
handle special projects, particularly those of a military natuze.(1) Thus,
the Posista firm has been responsible for the conctruction of all military
airfields since 195O The firm is divided into four branches; Branch
N6.1 is in charge of the airfield construction, a project yhich accounts
for about 75 percent of the firmto entire nork. Branch NO. 2 does civilian
architectural building and accounts for about 15 percent of all the york0
while another 10 percent of the nork is done try Branch No. 30 yhiah handles
the construction of asphalt and concrete roads. Branch NO. 4.neintains
the firmts equipment and motor pool.
2. Branch No. 1 is located in Prague /I, Revolucni 214The folloying is a
partial list of personnel norking in this branch:
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Operations Engine=
Contractor
Chief Architect and
Chief of Employnont
Chief of Planning
Deputy Chief of
Planning
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Security Officer ::(11m1:2 forner f2rooin oith the
thit fLrn and a dangerous Col-our:lot.
Cadre Officer : Cajka, a dangerous Communist.
Political Off oor Antonin Horan
Chairman, ASC Hrodh
Finance Officer Fejt1
Boon:mist Dr. Xubat
3. Usch airfield to be built is on a cover designotior unr-or ? hich it is
then filed oFith "osista. The tcvnr letter aluays beg tue 4th K, to w,ich
a Roman numeral Is affixed. Tho X X airfield at Line near Dobrany (N50/P93)
was begun in 1951. (3) Ing. IkcnOr Mucus and ..?no. ii12k -re the constriction
manflgors. The -rchitoctural aisistant io Jan Tmlauf. oxflut 1,200 vorkere.
sone of then civilians nnd oome ooldiors, are onparTIci at tqe rlolao A
security officer is stationed at all of the fielis to provont oabotcgo mod
espionage.
Tho runaay of tho X X airfiold io 1a5 - 2 km. long. In Sentonher 1)51 the
vork of laying the concrete for the runvay had juut boouna First a
30.50 an. layer of sand waespreaa on a well-rolled and hareoued
surface. This layer vas to =rye as Protection against moisture, a:nee
tho fiold is built on loaly ground. On top of the sad a 15 an. thick
layer of gravel vas coread? and that vas covered by 22 col, of concreto.
four hundred kilogTsns of cement are used for one cubic neter of concrete.
.InetnU tions at the f:jeld ,nc3u.lo four borracl-s, each with 1,000 square meters
of floor c-ace on- one boo-viol-a of no care dioonsions for soliiors lernsrently
stationed at elo field. There is an Aix 3aso 3uilding (sic) uith crupre
rotors of floor space, One hangar with 2,600 square metors floor space,
oijacont to tho hangar wfth 1,3'0 square :eters of floor sorce, which houses
v-riouo ty-oc of equipment such no Lorenz radio nroorat.te, gonionetor, c:lergoncy
-larrs, etc. The control tower ani garages for tho emorgenay squads are tam in
this building. One ground room with 400 squnre meters of floor space and a
central switchboard and transmitting office complete the installations.
Although it X was to have been completed by the end of 1951. the .:inistry of
National Defence allegedly lost interest in the project and work lagoed,
so that it is doubtful if the field will be cempletod before 1952.
7. The construction of X XI at ffradcany near Dokoy rti51/F4) began in 1049 under
the nanagerent of Intr. Veverka, (4). His deputy is Koblenc, an architect..
Foremen working on the field include Josef Lepic, Josef Vitek, St.rosinv Sinecek
and Antonin Makovicka. The project emoloys about 600 men, half of vhom are
politically unreliable soldiers, or Class C recruits (not fit for military service),
8, The runway of K XI is 24,500 in. long and 80 n. wide. The taxi strip is 250 ma
from the runway and is 16 r. wide. (5) The total concrete nrateovers 260,000
aquare meters. About 11,600 square metore is reserved for parking aircraft.
The runway was rale by soreading a 15 cm. layer of gravel on a rolled surface
an covering the gravel wIth a 22 am. layer of concrete.
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9. Tho sirflold wao to have boon oomplotod by the firot half of 1152. By the
end of 1951 the following inotallotiont will have been col.oloto01 taoi
strip, M7W7a7, parking crea, barraets, air bozo office, kitchen, hangar
and adjacont building. 'Aochnical equipsent which was to be installed thio
year sill probably not be in working order for sono tine hocaoso of the
&I-Moult./ in obtaining weak current oets. Tho control tower and elerooncy
squad garagos Should be finished by the soring of 1952. Deoonding on the
diffiaulty in purchasino and obtoining do/ivory on telophone and rodio
oquirx.lonts the svitchboord and rodio room should be roodyfor Iwo tr the
spring of 1952.
10. Work on the K XXairfiold near Pardubice (0531179) vas to have bun on
1 Octobor 1951. ins. Zdonok Vevorka vac to have been transferred them
from IT to crroct operations.
11. She K XXX fiold xi7:.'Lno!,1 (501/L52) vas boom in 1949 j000f :1"0-iyak,
formerly with tho Silst firm, is in chargo of the project. k6) A total of
SO mon are omployod at the field. The rummy of the aeld io 2,500 m.
long and 30 m. vide -and vas complatod In the autumn of 1950. The taxi
Strip IS about 250 1. from the runway and is 16 m. vide. Four parting
areas are still under construction. Equipment used for the construction
of the fold vas supplied by the KonstruIctiva Enterpriao.
12. In /949 reconstruction of the old airfield ot Plana Homole (049/05) near Ceske
3udejovice (049/496) was begun. This field was given the designation K
Hood of the oroject is Frantisok Radl--(7) Foremen include josaf Kroh, age 28,
ond Josef lejsek, ape 35.. A total of 1,200 nen are working on the field. Half
of this number is Composed of politidally unrelioble soldiers and recruits who
wore- classified nen. .
13. Tho runway or K XXI is 2,500 m, long and 30 m. vide. The taxi strip is
250 m. from the runway and is 16 m. oldo. The following instollations
are under construction: building for technical equipment such as
gonionotor? Lorenz transmittor-roceivor and transceiver, emergoncy akrns,
etc..; a control switchboard office, control tower, oaraso for ootergoncy
squads and two fuol storage tanks? each with a capacity of 250,000 liters.
The field viii probably not bo comPletod until the first half of 1952.
Ldditional oquipsont for all airfields -Jill be supnliod as it becoloo
available. By the end of 1952 ton fuel storage tanks are to be built at
theca fields in addWon to those already instolled.
15. The offices of Branch Uo. 2 of the Posista Entarnrioo are located in
ProsuooStrosovice? Hladkov? Italska 27, in the ferior off icon of the Gregr-
Honelka firm. Director of Branch No. 2 is Ina. Jiri 01adecok? foroor
dooaty to Ing. DUrian at the Siist firm. He also was in charoo of
conntrontion work for the Skoda7orks? Piloon. Sladecok io a sommunist,
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