In Pardubice, a demolition company tore down the abandoned building Telegrafia

Pardubice – A demolition company has torn down the abandoned building Telegrafia in Pardubice, where telephones and telegraphs were manufactured. The demolition itself took about a week. Thousands of tons of construction debris remain from the building, which now needs to be sorted and gradually removed. The removal of the basements will also follow. Jan Rudolf, the managing director of Demstav Group, told ČTK. The University of Pardubice intends to build a new Faculty of Health Studies on the site.

The University of Pardubice will pay nearly 4.71 million crowns for the demolition of the building. The construction company is expected to complete the work in about seven months from the signing of the contract. According to Rudolf, it will likely be sooner.

"The demolition itself took about a week, the demolition of the basements is expected to take about another three weeks, and the removal of debris another three weeks to a month. I believe it could be cleared and finished by mid-September," said Rudolf.

Preparatory work before the actual demolition took nearly two months. The building needed to be cleared, and among other things, cabling and other equipment had to be removed. Parked cars near the building presented a problem during the demolition. For safety reasons, people had to move their cars, said Rudolf.

Telegrafia was founded in 1919 as a manufacturer of telephone, radio, and later radar technology. After nationalization, the company became part of Tesla and during socialism was one of the significant electrical engineering plants in Czechoslovakia. After 1989, production ceased, and the premises began to deteriorate.

Recently, a developer transformed its surroundings into the residential quarter Nova Cihelna. Telegrafia remained on the edge of the area near the railway track. Nearby is the Pardubice hospital and the medical rescue service, which suits the university due to the internships of health science students. Therefore, it wants to build a new building for the Faculty of Health Studies, which is currently located on Průmyslová Street in Pardubičky.