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Ruukki Signs Contracts for Two Landmark Projects in Norway

04/01/2010 - Ruukki has been chosen as the steel structure contractor for the new head office of financial services group DnB NOR in Oslo and for construction projects for a new concert hall in Stavanger.

Ruukki has been chosen as the steel structure contractor for the new head office of financial services group DnB NOR in Oslo and for construction projects for a new concert hall in Stavanger. The contracts are worth a total of around EUR 8 million.
 
DnB NOR's new head office will have a honeycombed, multiportal structure. "Compatibility of the steel frame and other structures in this architecturally ambitious 17-story building places special demands on the design of the steel frame structures. We have every confidence in Ruukki's ability to manage such demanding projects," said Project Director Øystein O. Ylvisåker from Oslos S Utvikling AS.
 
Ruukki received the order from Oslos S Utvikling AS together with Spenncon, which will provide the prefabricated concrete elements. The building’s frame structure will be optimized by Ruukki in cooperation with Spenncon. Ruukki is responsible for the design, manufacture, installation, and fire protection of the steel frame.
 
The project will also use large-diameter RD drilled piles developed by Ruukki. The pile casing serves as a drilling pipe during installation and as part of the load-bearing pile structure in the finished project.
 
Ruukki's other customers in the project are Kynningsrud Fundamentering AS and Hallingdal Bergboring AS in pile deliveries.
 
The steel frame structures will be manufactured at Ruukki's units in Peräseinäjoki and Ylivieska, Finland, and in Balabanovo, Russia. Deliveries are scheduled to start in May 2010, and the new head office is planned to be completed in 2012.
 
In the Stavanger concert hall project, Ruukki is responsible for the manufacturing, fabrication design, installation, and fire protection of the steel frame. Its customer 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. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in April 2010.
 
Rautaruukki supplies metal-based components, systems and integrated systems to the construction and engineering industries. With operations in 27 countries and around 11,700 employees, the company generated net sales of approximately EUR 2.0 billion in 2009. The corporation uses the marketing name Ruukki.