NEW CONTRACTS VALUED 155 NOK MILLION FOR VEIDEKKE IN BERGEN
Fish meat factories
Veidekke is building two fish meat factories for Seagraind, one situated in Horsøy near Askøy and the other in Måløy. Each factory has a floor area of 1,000 m2 and is 33 m high. A couple of storehouses will also be built. Veidekke's contract partner is a Dutch company Wijnveen Ebe b.v. The contract price is NOK 70 million. Construction will start immediately and will be completed by November 2002.
2nd floor, Bergen City Car Park
In a joint venture with Selmer Skanska, Veidekke is building an additional 20,000 m2 parking area in a new 2nd floor in Bygarasjen (City Car Park), Bergen. The developer is A/S Nygårdstangen. Veidekke's share of the contract is NOK 33 million. Construction has started, and the work will be completed by June 2002.
Supermarket
Veidekke will build a new RIMI supermarket in Husnes. The developer is Hakon Eiendom. The contract includes 1,300 m2 shopping area, parking area and a footpath. Construction will start in the next few weeks and will be finished after a construction period of seven months. The contract price is NOK 12 million.
Central warehouse for Hakongruppen
Preparation work has started on the building site for a new central warehouse for Hakongruppen on the Lønningen Industrial Area. The contract includes blasting of 90,000 m3 and excavation of 80,000 m3. The work will be completed in November of this year. The contract price is NOK 13.5 million.
Smolt plant in Florø
Construction work on a smolt plant for Fjordbase AS in Florø will start in the immediate future. The new plant will have a total floor area of 1,000 m2, and will be completed by the end of January 2002. The contract is a turn-key contract of NOK 6 million.
Other contracts
"We have also signed several smaller contracts with private and public developers for a total of NOK 20 million." "These contracts are for concrete work, masonry and carpentry and will be executed by our own professionals, says Mr. Folkedal.
A number of major contracts will also be decided in the course of the next few months. "These are negotiated contracts as well as ordinary tenders," Mr. Folkedal says " We have therefore every reason to expect our total order portfolio to increase this autumn," he adds.