Veidekke: To build student apartments in Gjøvik

24 Mar 2023 14:32 CET

Sit has awarded Veidekke the commission to build 98 student apartments in
Kallerud student village in Gjøvik. The building will have high environmental
qualities with extensive use of wood and will also include common areas for the
entire student village, an operations centre and a parking facility. The
commission is a design and build contract valued at almost NOK 140 million,
excluding VAT.

"We're proud to have won the competition for the commission and would like to
thank Sit for their confidence in us. Customers who want innovation and
sustainable buildings with significant CO\2\ reductions are those we prefer to
build for. This autumn we have had a close and good interaction phase with Sit
and the users of the building where we have developed the project in
partnership, so now we're looking forward to starting the actual construction
work," says District Manager Geirmund Østvold of Veidekke Bygg Indre Østland.

The building will be 4,200 m[2] in size over three and six storeys respectively
above a basement floor with common areas. The use of wood in the outer walls and
solid wood in the load bearing structures ensure that the building will have
CO\2 \emissions almost 40% below the TEK 17 building requirements. Social
sustainability is also emphasised in the building, where the extensive common
areas will facilitate both planned and ad-hoc social activities for the entire
student village.

"This is the first project to start after the Government expanded the cost
framework for the construction of student housing. The new cost framework
finally makes it possible to restart student housing construction following a
difficult period where several projects had to be put on hold due to the sharp
increase in prices in the construction industry," says project manager Arve Lyng
with Sit.

Start of construction is planned for April and completion is scheduled for
August 2024.

For further information, please contact:
District Manager Geirmund Østvold, tel. +47 95 13 66 36,
geirmund.ostvold@veidekke.no
Communications Manager Helge Dieset, tel. +47 90 55 33 22,
helge.dieset@veidekke.no
Project manager Arve Lyng with Sit, tel. +47 92 40 31 91, arve.lyng@sit.no

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