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
On 25 November, a second Lidl store will open in Riihimäki, which will also be the first wood-structured Lidl store in Finland. The abundant use of wood gives the interior a peaceful and spacious feel, and the carbon footprint was reduced by a quarter. Naturalness and climate resilience are also reflected in the design of the yard area. 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
Sweco, in alliance with Nordic industrial partners ABB and Fineweld, are to deliver production units to battery industry disruptor Northvolt. Read more
The City Rail Link of Espoo is a joint project of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, the City of Espoo and the City of Kauniainen. The project is also included in the Helsinki region MAL agreement. Read more
