The green hydrogen production plant planned in Harjavalta is a major opening in the emergence of the Finnish hydrogen market as the first industrial scale production plant. Construction of the plant is scheduled to begin next fall, expected to complete in 2024. Read more
The Tramway Alliance in charge of constructing Tampere Tramway will start building Stage 2B of the tramway from Santalahti to Lentävänniemi in spring 2022, now that the artificial island planned along the route has received a building permit. Read more
Last month, Lassi Matikainen, Senior Technical Specialist at Sweco’s Infra & Rail department, received a significant lifetime achievement award at the annual Signal+Draht congress of the railway signalling industry of German-speaking counties. The congress was held in Fulda, Germany. The award was granted for the fifth time now, and Matikainen is its first Finnish recipient. Read more
Hycamite TCD Technologies has selected Sweco to engineer its pilot plant for industrial hydrogen production. The plant will be built in Kokkola Industrial Park (KIP), Finland, which is the largest concentration of the inorganic chemical industry in Northern Europe. At the pilot plant, Hycamite will perfect its new carbon-neutral hydrogen production technology based on methane decomposition. Read more
Sweco wins a group of rail assignments associated with the “One Hour Train” project, including detailed engineering design and electrical design of the new Kupittaa-Turku double track, the redevelopment of Turku Central Railway Station's passenger and freight rail yard terminals, as well as the planning of the new Espoo-Salo direct rail line. The combined value of the assignments is approximately EUR 9.6 million. Read more
Sweco is part of the alliance group that will construct the new Crown Bridges tramway in Helsinki, Finland. It will become Finland’s longest bridge. Work is expected to start this autumn. Read more
Vantaan Energia, Sweco and Fira have concluded a project alliance contract regarding the development of a waste treatment plant for non-recyclable waste. The contract covers the development phase of the alliance. The implementation phase is expected to begin in early 2022. Read more
Sweco, Terveystalo and Taloustutkimus commissioned a joint study on people’s remote work experiences. More than half of the respondents felt that pandemic-induced remote work has both improved their efficiency and increased their opportunities to engage in recreational activities. At the same time, investment in communality is essential to maintaining well-being at work. Sweco is developing a hybrid work model based on the study results. Read more
Sweco has signed an agreement of Front-end Engineering Design of green hydrogen plant with a Finnish company P2X Solutions. P2X Solutions aims to a 20-megawatt industrial-scale entity. Read more
Sweco has signed an agreement to acquire Linja Arkkitehdit Oy, specialised in design of educational and business premises as well as residential buildings. With the acquisition Sweco becomes one of the largest architecture companies in Finland. Read more