Prof. Jan Biliszczuk from Wrocław University of Technology has been distinguished by the jury of the “Polish Roads 21” competition. In this way, the jury honoured his professional achievements that contribute to the extolling of the Polish bridge engineering.
The “Polish Roads 21” prize is awarded to people, companies, and institutions that are successful in the road engineering industry and play significant part in the development of road infrastructure in Poland. The prize is awarded jointly by the “Polskie Drogi” monthly magazine, the Research Institute for Roads and Bridges, and the Polish Economic Chamber of Road Engineering. This year saw the 14th edition of the contest.
The award ceremony takes place each year at the opening of the International Fair of Road Construction Industry “AUTOSTRADA-POLSKA” in Kielce, as the wroclaw.gazeta.pl website informs. Laureates receive statuettes of the so-called “Konin road pole”. Its prototype – a stone road pole from the 12th century stands at half of the route from Kruszwica to Kalisz, and is considered the oldest road sign in Poland.
Prof. Jan Biliszczuk has been working for Wrocław University of Technology since 1972. Currently, he holds the post of Full Professor at the Bridge Division of the Institute of Civil Engineering (Faculty of Civil Engineering). He also worked for the “Transprojekt” company in Warsaw, and the Szczecin Enterprise for Industrial Constructions. He is also a co-owner of the Research and Design Team “Mosty-Wrocław”.
Since 1984, Prof. Biliszczuk has been a member of the Section of Concrete Structures at the Committee on Civil Engineering and Hydroengineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), while in the years 1994-1996 he was a member of its Team of Wooden Structures. In 2002 he took up the function of National Screener for Professional Liability at the Polish Chamber of Civil Engineers.
He is the chief designer of the longest ferroconcrete suspension bridge in Poland, the Rędziński Bridge in Wrocław, constructed in 2011.
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