Veidekke ASA: Has won NOK 1 billion contract for Thon in Oslo
Veidekke Entreprenør is to build a major project totalling 60,000 m2 in size at Storo in Oslo, which includes a hotel, a large cineplex, retail premises, 149 apartments and a day care centre. The contract for Thon Storo ANS is a turnkey contract valued at NOK 1 billion excluding VAT.
"We are very satisfied with winning this contract in tough competition, and would like to thank Olav Thon for the confidence he has shown in us by awarding us this important contract. Veidekke has enjoyed close collaboration with Olav Thon Gruppen on a number of projects, and we're looking forward to starting construction at Storo. This is a large and important project, where we, in cooperation with all parties, will ensure close involvement and an optimum building process," says CEO and President Arne Giske of Veidekke.
The contract includes construction of a 325-room hotel, a 14 screen cineplex, two 12-storey residential blocks with 149 apartments, a day care centre, around 6,000 m2 of retail premises, 3,000 m2 of office space, a restaurant pavilion and a parking facility and extensive outdoor facilities. The project will be located next to Storo Storsenter, which is also owned by Thon Storo ANS.
The project will have pile foundations directly on bedrock. The load bearing system will consist of prefabricated concrete elements and steel. The external walls will mainly be brick, with glass, metal and wood details.
The principal has already started demolition work, groundwork is scheduled to commence in April, and the entire project is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2019. The contract is included in Veidekke's order backlog for Q1 2016.
For more information about the project: http://www.thoneiendom.no/Bolig/Vare-boligprosjekter/
For press photos, see www.flickr.com/photos/veidekke, for more information, contact:
Project supervisor Sjur M. Krog Martinsen with Olav Thon Gruppen, tel. +47 23 08 00 00, sjur.martinsen@olavthon.no
Project Manager Odd Arne Lian with Veidekke, tel. +47 41 66 05 56, odd-arne.lian@veidekke.no
Communications Manager Helge Dieset of Veidekke, tel. +47 90 55 33 22, helge.dieset@veidekke.no
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Veidekke is one of Scandinavia's largest construction and property development companies. The company undertakes all types of building and construction contracts, maintains roads and produces asphalt and aggregates. The company's operations are characterised by involvement and local knowledge. Revenue is NOK 24 billion (2014), and half of the 7,000 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.