Veidekke: Building Kvam upper secondary school in Norheimsund
After completing the interaction phase, Veidekke has been awarded the contract to build the new Kvam upper secondary school with a cinema and library in Norheimsund. The contract with Vestland county municipality is a design and build contract valued at close to NOK 380 million, excluding VAT.
The new school will be 8,800 m2 in size and will have around 300 students and 60 employees. The school will have specialisations in general studies, engineering and industrial subjects, electrical and computer technology, health and childhood subjects as well as work and everyday life training. Thanks to good cooperation with Kvam municipality, a cinema, library, administration for the cultural school and adult education will also occupy the building.
“We were very pleased when we won the price and design competition last autumn, and we’re even more pleased now that we have been awarded the construction contract. Together with the county municipality, the municipality, users of the building, the architects in VIS-A-VIS and the advisory group, in the interaction phase we have optimised an excellent project for students, teachers and other users of the school's facilities,” says district manager Thor Småbrekke with Veidekke Bygg Bergen.
Veidekke's concept ‘oRakel’ was chosen because, according to the evaluation, this was the proposal that best utilises the site and which, through location and organisation, achieves good solutions for both interior and exterior areas. The building will be certified in accordance with the BREEAM-NOR Excellent environmental standard .
“The features in ‘oRakel’ have consistently good solutions both as individual rooms and as functional groups. The common area is well adapted for co-use and multi-use, which in its own way facilitates strengthening cooperation and learning across disciplines,” says Jan Tore Rosenlund, Development Manager – Development / Property with Vestland County Municipality.
Construction is scheduled to start in August with a two-stage handover in October 2024 and October 2025, respectively. More information about the school is available at www.kvam.vgs.no
For further information, please contact:
District Manager Thor Småbrekke with Veidekke Bygg Bergen, tel. +47 93 43 06 60, thor.smaabrekke@veidekke.no Communications Manager Helge Dieset, +47 90 55 33 22, helge.dieset@veidekke.no
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Veidekke is one of Scandinavia’s largest contractors. In addition to undertaking all types of building and civil engineering assignments, the group also maintains roads and produces asphalt and aggregates. Veidekke emphasises stakeholder involvement and local experience. Annual turnover is approx. NOK 39 billion, and almost half of its 8,000 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.
