Oslo S Utvikling (OSU) has commissioned Veidekke to complete the Mariakvartalet
project in Bjørvika with 246 environmentally certified apartments. The value of
the contract is NOK 644 million excluding VAT. Veidekke has already completed
the foundation and groundworks and built the basement floors in the project.
"We are pleased with the renewed confidence shown in us and that we can continue
to develop Bjørvika in partnership with OSU. We greatly appreciate a customer
who places such high demands on both quality and the environment. We have had an
excellent partnership so far, and are very pleased with the construction process
and production from the moment the project started up just over a year ago,"
says department manager Morten Barreth of Veidekke Bygg Oslo.
When the building is completed in 2027, Mariakvartalet will consist of 246 two,
three and four room apartments in eleven rises. All apartments will have a
balcony, roof terrace or garden plot on the roof, and the residents also have
access to common roof terraces with gazebos as well as a large city garden with
different social zones. The housing shall be environmentally certified to Very
Good according to the BREEAM-NOR manual, and in addition, greenhouse gas
emissions will be reduced by a minimum of 20 per cent. The construction site is
fossil-free with strict requirements for separation at source and waste
reduction.
Interest in the project has been great from the time sales started, and now 149
of the apartments have been sold. That's more than 85% of those that have been
put up for sale. "We appear to have succeeded with both the apartment mix, the
architecture and of course the location," says Jostein Ådalen, project director
with OSU.
Now Ådalen is pleased to award Veidekke another important new commission to
build the rest of the quarter. "Collaboration with Veidekke is always good. They
have all the expertise we need to carry out such projects, which have very high
quality requirements in all areas. Now we're looking forward to completing
Mariakvartalet together," Ådalen concludes.
The commission is included in Veidekke's order book for Q3. The contract between
Veidekke and OSU for the entire Mariakvartalet was concluded in January 2023
with an overall limit of NOK1.037 billion excluding VAT.
Read more about the project here (https://osu.no/prosjekter/mariakvartalet).
For further information, please contact:
Head of department Morten Barreth of Veidekke Bygg Oslo, tel. +47 93 88 37 16,
morten.barreth@veidekke.no
Communications Manager Helge Dieset, Veidekke, tel. +47 90 55 33 22,
helge.dieset@veidekke.no
Project director Jostein Ådalen of OSU, tel. +47 950 48489, ja@osu.no
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Veidekke (http://www.veidekke.no) is one of Scandinavia's largest contractors.
In addition to undertaking all types of building and civil engineering
assignments, the group also maintains roads and produces asphalt and aggregates.
Veidekke emphasises stakeholder involvement and local experience. Annual
turnover is approx. NOK 43 billion, and almost half of its 8,000 employees own
shares in the company. Veidekke is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has
posted a profit every year since its inception in 1936.