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Ruukki to Provide Steel Frame for House of Travel and Transportation

09/27/2011 - Ruukki has been contracted to manufacture and install the steel frame for the House of Travel and Transportation office premises that will be built at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.

Ruukki has been contracted to manufacture and install the steel frame for the House of Travel and Transportation office premises that is scheduled to be built at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. The seven-story premises are being built for Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company.
 
The aim is to build the premises to energy class A and to qualify for Leed (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification, the second-highest rating. LEED ranks among the world's best-known green building certification systems and aims, among other things, to reduce the lifetime environmental impacts of buildings by cutting energy costs and carbon dioxide emissions. The objectives of sustainable development impose significant requirements both on building technology and on architecture.
 
 "The steel frame will enable the building technology of the premises to be updated. Thanks to the slender structures, there is also more room for building technology. A steel-framed building can also be flexibly expanded if necessary," explained project manager Juho Varelius at SRV Rakennus Oy, the company responsible for the construction project.
 
The new building will have a total floor area of around 70,000 square meters, of which 22,400 square meters will be office space. It has been designed by Helin & Co Architects and the consortium of Malmberg-Ramboll is responsible for the structural design. The new building is scheduled for completion in June 2013.
 
Ruukki's deliveries will begin in October and be completed by the end of April 2012. The steel frame will be manufactured at Ruukki's plant in Peräseinäjoki, Finland. Ruukki's delivery also includes installation, with grouting work, of the concrete elements.
 
Rautaruukki supplies metal-based components, systems and integrated systems to the construction and engineering industries. Rautaruukki has operations in 27 countries and employs 11,700 people. The company reported net sales EUR 2.4 billion in 2010. The corporation uses the marketing name Ruukki.