Veidekke (Hoffmann) to build for the University of Copenhagen
Veidekke's subsidiary Hoffmann A/S has been awarded the contract for a building for the Universitets- og Bygningsstyrelsen in Copenhagen. The value of the contract is DKK 95 million excluding VAT.
The contract comprises renovation and construction of two new floors on an existing three-storey building. The total area will be 37,712 m2 in addition to a 6,286 m2 basement.
The user will be the University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Humanities. The building will house the faculty administration, a number of learning functions, a student café and several departments:
- The Department of Arts and Cultural Studies - IKK - Musicology
- The Department of Media, Cognition and Communication
- The Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
- The Department of archaeology, ethnology, history, Greek and Latin
Work has already commenced, and the building is to be handed over in October 2011.
For more information please contact:
Torben Bjørk Nielsen, CEO of Hoffmann A/S, tel. +45 43 29 90 00, mobile +45 60 12 93 00, tbn@hoffmann.dk
Communications Manager Helge Dieset, tel. +47 21 05 77 91 / +47 90 55 33 22, helge.dieset@veidekke.no
Veidekke is one of Scandinavia's largest contractors with 6,000 employees and a turnover of NOK 16 billion. Activities include building and construction projects, residential developments, asphalt plants, gravel and aggregates, road maintenance and recycling. Our values are professional, honest, enthusiastic and pioneering. Our goals for health, safety and the environment, HSE, are as important to us as our financial goals. Veidekke is characterised by a decentralised organisational model with a strong corporate culture and a high degree of employee involvement. Over half the employees are co-owners, holding 20% of Veidekke's shares between them. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has never declared a loss since it was founded in 1936.