Bærum municipality and Veidekke have signed a contract to build Oksenøya centre
at Fornebulandet. The centre will have a very strong environmental profile and
will include a large elementary school, a kindergarten, a sports facility and an
assisted living and care centre. The contract, which was won in a price and
design competition, is valued at more than NOK 1.1 billion excluding VAT.
"We are extremely pleased we and our partners won the competition to build
Oksenøya centre and are grateful for the confidence shown in us. This will be a
very special community centre where Bærum municipality will combine several
functions for the young and elderly at the same site for unique interaction
between the various buildings. At the same time, the project has very high
ambitions in terms of sustainability and the environment, and this is something
we really appreciate," says Erik Økland, head of department for public projects
with Veidekke Bygg Oslo.
The elementary school will accommodate 1,050 pupils, the kindergarten 300
children and the assisted living and care centre will have 150 spaces. The
sports facility will have a multi-purpose hall the size of a handball court and
a separate section for gymnastics, a community facility with a size 9 artificial
turf field and two sensory gardens for the elderly in the living and care
centre.
The project will be implemented as an ideal environmental project (FutureBuilt),
and aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% in transport, energy
and material use. The project will be certified in accordance with the BREEAM
-NOR Outstanding class, which is the highest level that only a handful of
projects have achieved in Norway.
Now the project will undergo detailed planning in the pre-project phase in close
cooperation with Bærum municipality and their user groups. Construction work
will start at the 2019/2020 turn of the year, and completion is estimated to be
the spring of 2022 for the school and kindergarten, while the living and care
centre will be completed in December 2022.
More information on the project is available here:
https://www.baerum.kommune.no/politikk-og-samfunn/barum-2035/smart
-kommune/oksenoya-senter/
For more information, contact:
Head of department Erik Økland, tel. +47 950 51 365, erik.okland@veidekke.no
Communications Manager Helge Dieset, tel. +47 905 53 322,
helge.dieset@veidekke.no
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