Veidekke: Building homes for Bovieran in Skien

Veidekke is to build 51 flats with underground parking and a large communal, heated conservatory at Falkum in Skien for Bovieran AS and co-owner Skien Boligbyggelag. The contract is a design and build contract valued at NOK 163 million, excluding VAT.

“We are grateful for the commission and very pleased that we have arrived at solutions that all of the parties are satisfied with, in a demanding market. The earliest flat buyers have had to accept some adjustments in order for the project to be realised. We are grateful for their goodwill and that so many have stood by their purchase,” says District Manager Lars N. Hjertås of Veidekke Building Construction Vestfold og Telemark.

Bovieran’s flat projects have a distinctive social profile aimed at a mature target group (50+). In Sweden, more than 30 such projects have been built so far since they were first introduced in 2009. Veidekke has signed a national framework agreement on developing and building similar projects in Norway with Bovieran. Falkum in Skien is the first one in Norway, although new ones are being planned for Kristiansand, Hønefoss and Kongsvinger.

Bovieran Falkum will be sited in a rural location near Lundedalen in Skien. The flats will range in size from 54m² to 84m², and residents will have access to a range of facilities and services such as lounges/seating groups, a workshop, storage rooms for sports equipment, and premises for hosting arrangements, with a kitchen, as well as the 1,400m² conservatory with its trees, flowerbeds and year-round Mediterranean climate.

Building work will start soon, with a planned construction period of 24 months. The commission is included in Veidekke’s order book for the fourth quarter of 2022.

More information on the project is available at www.falkum.bovieran.no
 

For further information, please contact:
District Manager Lars N. Hjertås, Tel. +47 922 97 192, lars.hjertaas@veidekke.no
Communications Manager Helge Dieset, Tel. +47 905 53 322, helge.dieset@veidekke.no
Manager Jessica Bergström in Bovieran, Tel. +47 907 14 010, jessica@bovieran.no

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Veidekke is one of Scandinavia's largest construction companies. The company undertakes all types of construction and civil engineering contracts, maintains roads, and produces asphalt and aggregates. Veidekke emphasises stakeholder involvement and local experience. Its annual turnover is approximately NOK 38 billion, and half of its 7,800 employees own shares in the company. Veidekke is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has posted a profit every year since its inception in 1936.