Veidekke ASA: Building new emergency room in Arendal
Arendal Eiendom KF has awarded Veidekke the contract to erect a new building for emergency room, municipal emergency help and triage facilities in connection with Sørlandet Hospital in Arendal. The contract is a design and build contract valued at NOK 150 million excluding VAT.
The new building of around 5,500 m2 in size on five floors will accommodate a new inter-municipal emergency room with an emergency centre and response centre, a section for municipal emergency help and a triage department with 11 short-term places. In addition there will be changing room and toilet facilities, several meeting rooms, storage, technical rooms and underground parking for ambulances and police. The building will be linked to Arendal Hospital by an underground culvert.
“This is a project that is important to many people in our region, and we greatly appreciate the contract. We currently have an excellent partnership with Arendal Eiendom at Fløybyen and are grateful for their renewed confidence in us. Modern health care facilities are complex building projects, and we have vi good experience with these. Through partnership and involvement, we are confident that we will achieve a result to the satisfaction and benefit of patients, relatives and employees,” says district manager Atle Monan of Veidekke Bygg Agder.
Construction work will start towards the end of March with completion expected before Christmas in 2022. More information on the project is available hear: https://www.aekf.no/portfolio/nytt-bygg-til-kommunal-oyeblikkelig-hjelp-koh/
For more information please contact:
District Manager Atle Monan, tel. +47 95 14 27 40, atle.monan@veidekke.no
Communications Manager Helge Dieset, tel. +47 90 55 33 22, helge.dieset@veidekke.no
General manager Øystein Sangvik of Arendal Eiendom KF, tel. +47 90 67 65 71, oystein.sangvik@arendal.kommune.no
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Veidekke is one of Scandinavia's largest construction and property development companies. The company undertakes all types of building construction and civil engineering contracts, develops residential projects, maintains roads, and produces asphalt and aggregates. Veidekke emphasises stakeholder involvement and local experience. Annual turnover is approximately NOK 38 billion and around half of its 8,100 employees own shares in the company. Veidekke is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has always posted a profit since it was founded in 1936.
