YIT has signed a project management contract with Sirius Capital Partners to renovate the properties at Korkeavuorenkatu 32-34 in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area of Finland.
This project will bring together two old office buildings in Helsinki’s city centre into one new business centre.
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These buildings will be raised partly by two and some by three new storeys.
Besides engineering work, the contract also covers undertaking work on technical building systems.
The total floor area of the project is around 10,000 gross square metres. Of this, extension work is around 2,000 gross square metres.
The project, for which work has been started with a preliminary contract in September 2021, is expected to be completed in March 2023.
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By GlobalDataSirius Capital Partners managing director Patrick Gylling said: “We are very pleased to have found a contractor with the skills to deliver such a high-quality project. YIT has proven to be a solution-oriented and flexible partner.”
YIT construction manager Oscar Grönholm said: “The project is very challenging for both its location and technical solutions. Nevertheless, we have great preconditions to succeed, thanks to an amazing team of construction site workers, trustworthy subcontractors, skilled designers, developers and client’s representatives.
“Even if the schedule is rather tight and the amount of work is extensive, both parties have clear and coherent objectives, and also ways to achieve them. Despite the tight schedules, the cooperation has gone well and YIT hopes that the well-started cooperation between both parties, will continue also in possible future projects.”
Following completion, the project will seek LEED Platinum environmental certification.
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YIT Korkeavuorenkatu 32-34. Credit: YIT Corporation.
