Finnish steelmaker Ruukki has signed contracts for two major projects in Norway; the company has been chosen as the steel structure contractor for the new head office of financial services group DnB NOR and for construction projects for a new concert hall in Stavanger. The contracts are worth a total of around €8 million.
According to a company statement, DnB NOR's new head office to be built in the center of the Norwegian capital of Oslo will have an exceptional honeycombed, multi-portal structure. Ruukki received the order from Oslos S Utvikling AS together with Spenncon, which will provide the prefabricated concrete elements. The frame structure of the entire building will be optimized by Ruukki in close cooperation with Spenncon. In addition, large diameter RD drilled piles - developed by Ruukki and installed by drilling - will be utilized for the first time in Norway in the project.
The steel frame structures will be manufactured at Ruukki's units in Peräseinäjoki and Ylivieska in Finland and in Balabanovo in Russia. Deliveries will start in May 2010 and the new head office is scheduled for completion in 2012.
In the Stavanger concert hall project, Ruukki is responsible for the manufacturing, fabrication design, installation and fire protection of the steel frame. Ruukki's customer in the frame structure contract for the concert hall is the Nytt konserthus i Stavanger (New Concert Hall in Stavanger) consortium established by the City of Stavanger and the county of Rogaland. The frame structures will be manufactured at Ruukki's unit in Peräseinäjoki, Finland and deliveries will begin in April 2010.