Veidekke ASA : Veidekke to build tallest building in Helsingborg
Veidekke Entreprenad has won a contract from the municipal property company AB Helsingborgshem to build a 22 storey block of 121 flats. The building will be called 'Höjdpunkten' and at 66 metres it will be the tallest in Helsingborg. The value of the contract is NOK 110 million excluding VAT.
As well as being Helsingborg's tallest, it will be the tallest building Veidekke has built in Sweden. "We have chosen a prefabricated concrete structure for a number of reasons. Partly to ensure an efficient construction process, which will enable us to satisfy the strict requirements concerning a tight and energy friendly building, and partly to make the building site safer," says Works Manager Stefan Wegner of Veidekke Bygg Syd.
Helsingborg's new landmark will be located in the district of Närlunda. 102 two and three room flats will be built, while the remaining 19 will be student flats located in their own annex. An underground garage facility will also be built, as well as three shop premises and a health clinic at ground level. The project will be completed in early 2014.
For more information about the project please visit: www.hojdpunkten.veidekkebloggar.se/
For more information please contact:
Works Manager Stefan Wegner, Veidekke Entreprenad, tel. (+46) 768 32 91 22, stefan.wegner@veidekke.se
Communications Manager Helge Dieset, Veidekke ASA, tel. (+47) 21 05 77 91 / (+47) 90 55 33 22, helge.dieset@veidekke.no
Veidekke is one of Scandinavia's largest contractors with 6,100 employees and a turnover of NOK 18 billion (2011). Activities include building and construction projects, residential developments, asphalt plants, gravel and aggregates, and road maintenance. Our values are professional, honest, enthusiastic and pioneering. Our goals for health, safety and the environment, HSE, have equal status with our financial goals. Veidekke is characterized by a decentralized organizational model with a strong corporate culture and a high degree of employee involvement. Over half the employees are co-owners, holding slightly more than 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.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.