Peab receives decontamination contract in Bergen, Norway

Peab has been commissioned to decontaminate the ocean floor in Puddefjorden in Bergen, Norway. The customer is the Environmental Authority of Bergen Municipality and the contract is worth NOK 126 million. 

The project consists of clearing trash from the bottom of the ocean, dredging some areas, removing contaminated soil mass to a landfill as well as covering the ocean floor and preventing erosion.

All in all 450,000 m2 of ocean floor will be cleared and covered by 220,000 m3 of rock.

The work will commence at the end of June 2017 and continue until November 2018. The project is part of Bergen Municipality’s project Cleaner Ports.

The project will be registered in the second quarter of 2017.

For further information please contact:
Ivar Roland, CEO Peab Anlegg AS, cell: +47 958 86 265

Kajsa Jacobsson, Press Officer, cell: +46 725 33 34 84

Peab is one of the leading Nordic construction and civil engineering companies with more than 14,000 employees and net sales of over SEK 49 billion. The Group has strategically located offices in Sweden, Norway and Finland. The Peab’s registered office is located in Förslöv on Cap Bjäre in south of Sweden. The Peab share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.

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