Veidekke ASA: Veidekke wins contract for commercial building in Ski
Veidekke subsidiary Norske Stålbygg AS has signed a contract with Anthon B Nilsen Eiendom AS to build a combined warehouse and office building for Interfrukt in Ski in Akershus. The value of the contract is NOK 208 million excluding VAT.
"This contract is the biggest in Norske Stålbygg's history since the company started in 1968. We are very happy to have been chosen as turnkey contractor. We have worked with the customer and our own architect to develop a very efficient commercial building that is tailored to the customer's needs," says Lars Hjertås, General Manager of Norske Stålbygg.
The building, which will be located in Regnbuen Næringspark in Ski south of Oslo, will be 20.000 m2in total and will include dry stores, cold stores and frozen stores, as well as an office section. Norske Stålbygg will erect the building in collaboration with Veidekke's building and construction operation in Oslo. Building work starts in September and the building will be ready to move into in May 2014.
For more information please contact:
General Manager Lars N. Hjertås of Norske Stålbygg, tel. 92 29 71 92, lars.hjertas@norskestalbygg.no
Yngve R. Iversen of Anthon B Nilsen Eiendom AS, tel. 91 59 31 98, YRI@abne.no
Communications Manager Helge Dieset of Veidekke ASA, tel. + 47 21 05 77 91 / 90 55 33 22, helge.dieset@veidekke.no
Norske Stålbygg AS plans and builds commercial buildings, offices, warehouses, industrial buildings and sports facilities. Since it was founded in 1968, the company has built up unique competence in efficiently-planned commercial buildings and has constructed more than 1,450 buildings all over Norway. Stålbygg has 30 employees, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Veidekke and is located in Skolmar in Sandefjord.
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.