“We have patiently waited for all aspects of the project to be clarified, so now we are very excited that we can start the construction. The city hall will provide better services to the municipality, residents, and visitors, and the project will employ more than 70 of our own employees at the busiest times plus many local partners,” says District Manager Lars N. Hjertås of Veidekke Bygg Vestfold and Telemark.
The new city hall will have a central location by the train station and is the first piece in a larger long-term development of the area. The 5,950 m² building over four floors is developed according to the environmental standard BREEAM-NOR Very Good with energy class A. Environmentally friendly and sustainable choices have been made to ensure good use of space, smart energy solutions, and facilitation for reuse so that as little as possible needs to be discarded or replaced if there are changes in the use of the building in the future.
The design work is well underway and construction work is scheduled to start early in March with planned handover in the fall of 2026. The contract is included in Veidekke's order book for the first quarter of 2025.
For further information, please contact:
District Manager Lars Nicolas Hjertås, tel +47 92 29 71 92, lars.hjertas@veidekke.no
Communications Manager Helge Dieset, tel. +47 90 55 33 22, helge.dieset@veidekke.no
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Veidekke is one of Scandinavia’s largest contractors. In addition to undertaking all types of building and civil engineering assignments, the group also maintains roads and produces asphalt and aggregates. Veidekke emphasises stakeholder involvement and local experience. Its annual turnover is approximately NOK 43 billion, and half of its 8,000 employees own shares in the company. Veidekke is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has posted a profit every year since its inception in 1936.
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