Veidekke to build 114 new homes in Lund

Veidekke Entreprenad AB region Skåne has been awarded the contract by HSB Produktion HB to build 114 flats in central Lund in southern Sweden. The value of the contract is SEK 160 million excluding VAT.

The new contract is a part of the "Sockertoppen" project that is currently under construction at the former sugar factory in Lund. The flats will have from one to five rooms and a kitchen, and the entire building will have five to seven storeys in addition to a cellar with technical installations and a garage facility.

Construction work starts immediately, and the flats will be ready for use during the course of the autumn of 2012.
  
For more information please contact:
Works manager Bengt Gustavsson, Veidekke Entreprenad AB, tel. +46 46 19 94 25, bengt.gustavsson@veidekke.se
Project manager Jan Ekblad, HSB Projektpartner, tel. +46 70 276 20 10
Communications Manager Helge Dieset, tel. +47 21 05 77 91 / +47 90 55 33 22, helge.dieset@veidekke.no

Veidekke is one of Scandinavia's largest contractors with 6,000 employees and a turnover of NOK 16 billion. Activities include building and construction projects, residential developments, asphalt plants, gravel and aggregates, road maintenance and recycling. 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 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.