Veidekke ASA: Wins major contract for health building in Sweden
At Huddinge Hospital south of Stockholm, Veidekke has been awarded the contract by TKV Fastighet AB to build a teaching building and laboratory with a floor area of 20,000 m2. This is a turnkey contract valued at SEK 317 million, excluding VAT.
A challenge in the project is to create as little disturbance as possible for ongoing hospital operations, and an innovative logistics solution has been used to reduce traffic loads. Both Veidekke Entreprenad and subsidiary Arcona will make use of their extensive experience in building customized training facilities in this project. The Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) work methodology will be used in the project with 3D models to ease interaction and involvement between all parties and to ensure short and efficient decision processes.
"We have chosen Arcona and Veidekke as partners because they presented the best plan for how this complex project could be built in parallel with ongoing hospital operations. They could also offer a coordinated organization with good conditions for the transfer of experience from previously completed projects," says project supervisor Håkan Karlsson of TKV.
The project is called "Technology for Health - Medicinaren 5." The main tenant will be Kungliga Tekniske Högskolan (KTH), but the Red Cross's nurse training will also have premises in the new building. Construction starts in June and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2016.
For more information please contact:
Pawel Missuna, work manager with Veidekke Bygg Stockholm, +46 733 55 95 12, pawel.missuna@veidekke.se
Arne Svensson, business manager with Arcona, +46 8 601 21 16, arne.svensson@arcona.se
Helge Dieset, Communications Manager of Veidekke ASA, tel. +47 90 55 33 22, helge.dieset@veidekke.no
Veidekke is one of Scandinavia's largest contractors and property developers. The company undertakes all types of building and construction contracts, maintains roads and produces asphalt, crushed stone and gravel. The company is characterized by involvement and local knowledge. Turnover is NOK 21 billion (2013), and half of the 6,300 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.