10. Mar 2005 19:22 9. Oct 2006 13:33

NCC Construction is the choice for Phase 2

NCC Construction AS in Norway has signed a contract with Helsebygg Midt-Norge  for the second phase of St. Olav’s Hospital in Trondheim. The assignment will be conducted as a cooperative model and has an order value in excess of 100 million Euro. 

The hospital construction project in Trondheim is the largest construction project in the Nordic region to date to be conducted using a cooperative model.

“The contract with Helsebygg Midt-Norge is the ultimate evidence that partnering* has achieved acceptance in public construction. Although the hospital project is Scandinavia’s largest partnering project, this is only the beginning for the construction industry’s future work method,” says Sven Christian Ulvatne, President of NCC Construction in Norway.

NCC and Helsebygg Midt-Norge will develop the final framework for construction of the 85,000 sq. meter hospital by January 1, 2006. This work includes an agreement on a contracted target price for the hospital project. NCC is offering an organization comprising nine persons for the initial planning phase, after which the actual construction will commence and continue for five years until 2011.

The first stage includes a more precise agreement on the exact rules of the cooperative venture.

*NCC's Partnering concept involves all parties in a construction project working with open reporting of their costs and with a common incentive to reduce construction costs and share profits.