Veidekke to build school and day care centre in Oslo
Veidekke Entreprenør AS has signed a contract with Undervisningsbygg Oslo KF (Municipal Undertaking for Educational Buildings and Property) to build a new school for 890 pupils along with a day care centre in Fyrstikkalleen at Helsfyr. The value of the contract is NOK 171 million excluding VAT.
The school will accommodate 890 pupils in years 8 to 13, while the day care centre will have four departments for 150 children in all. In addition, the buildings will house the speech therapy service, afterschool clubs and an underground multi-purpose hall.
The contract is a general contract for construction work and represents considerable employment for Veidekke's own people skilled in the concrete, carpentry and masonry trades.
Construction will start immediately and continue until August 2010.
For more information about the school:
For more information please contact:
Veidekke Project Manager Birte Almeland,
tel. +47 950 77 031, birte.almeland@veidekke.no
Undervisningsbygg Project Manager Steen Blach Sørensen,
tel. +47 93 44 14 97, steen.blach.sorensen@ubf.oslo.kommune.no
Veidekke ASA is a leading Scandinavian building contractor and property developer with 6,500 employees and turnover of BNOK 19.3 (2007). The group is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has a dispersed ownership structure with the employees owning 18% of the stock. The business spans a wide spectrum of building and construction projects, developing housing and commercial buildings for private and public sector clients, asphalt plants and road maintenance as well as collecting and recycling waste.