Veidekke: Expanding a living and care centre in Skien
Today, Veidekke has entered into an agreement with Skien municipality to expand the Lyngbakken living and care centre. This is a design and build contract, valued at NOK 270 million, excluding VAT.
“It is very pleasing that we together through the development phase have arrived on functionality, solutions and qualities that enables Skien municipality to conclude a contract with us and thus start construction. All parties involved have made important contributions here, and we are now looking forward to extending the good partnership from the development phase into the construction phase,” says district manager Lars N. Hjertås at Veidekke Bygg Vestfold and Telemark.
The Lyngbakken living and care centre will double the number of resident rooms after the development from 64 to 128. The new building will comprise around 6,500 m2 and be built on two floors with basements under parts of the building. The development will take place next to the existing living and care centre, which will be in full operation during the construction period.
This will be a sustainable project in which a support system in class A ultra-low carbon concrete, energy-efficient technical installations and a local wood chip heating plant as energy source, together result in at least a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to a reference building. The building will be delivered as energy class A and the construction works will be carried out fossil-free.
“The concrete and timber work in the project will be carried out by Veidekke’s own skilled workers and apprentices, which is important for employment and skills development. We will start up almost immediately, and completion is scheduled for December 2025,” Hjertås concludes.
Read more about the project here.
For further information, please contact:
District Manager Lars Nicolas Hjertås, tel. +47 92 29 71 92, lars.hjertas@veidekke.no
Communications Manager Helge Dieset, tel. +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 43 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.
