Most northern shopping centre in Finland

‘With its nearly 3,000 square metres, the K-Rajamarket will be one of the largest wooden shopping centres in Finland and a landmark that will attract tourists and shoppers to Nuorgam,’ says shopping centre manager Jari Suomenrinne. ‘We wanted to use wood as the building material because of its ecological sustainability and aesthetic value,’ he continues.

‘Finnforest’s Kerto-Ripa panels are suitable roofing material for commercial buildings of all sizes,’ explains Petri Silvonen, Head of Projects at Finnforest. ‘They offer a particularly competitive roofing solution when combined with a glulam frame, because fast installation of durable and lightweight elements brings savings to the builder in terms of both time and money. The construction time in this project was less than five months,’ he says.

This new construction was a joint project of Finnforest and Honka, who supplied the façade and the towers on the front side of the building. The main contractor on the site was Construction Company Rekonen, from Ivalo.

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