Build a student housing for half a billion

Veidekke today signed a contract with Student Assembly in Ås (SiÅs) for the construction of eight blocks with a total of 795 student furniture, according to a stock announcement.

According to the company, it is probably the largest student housing project in the world of solid wood, and the choice of material offers a significant environmental benefit in terms of reducing CO2 emissions.

The contract is estimated at 497 million NOK excluding VAT.

The need for new furniture for students is due to the fact that the Veterinary Institute and the Veterinary College of the Norwegian University of Biological Sciences and the Environment (NMBU) will move to the Ås campus.

– Be ready by 2020

These will be ready to welcome new students early in the studies in the fall of 2020.

"Although the funding is dependent on funding from the ministry, we have chosen to sign contracts now to ensure the project's progress and implementation, and we hope to have the funding necessary for Veidekke to begin construction work in the future. spring, "said Einride Berg, CEO of SiÅs.

The eight buildings will have a total of 795 apartments (number of people) divided into family apartments, apartments, collections of books of all sizes and "simple" where everything is in one room.

The blocks have from three to seven floors. In addition, several of them will have a basement or a lower floor with stands, bike parking, technical rooms and areas of operation for SiÅs.

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