Insight – Page 20 – Sweco Finland

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Sweco’s virtual information model solutions bolster Honkajoki Oy’s project export

20/11/2019News

Sweco has a long history of cooperation with Honkajoki Oy, which specialises in circular economy plants. Now, the collaboration has reached new heights with the addition of Sweco’s Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) process and the SmartDrawings and VirtualSite VR solutions which the customer can use in all life cycle phases of the project. At the moment, Honkajoki is utilising the solutions for export promotion. Read more

Congratulations to the Helsinki Olympic Stadium – innovative steel structure awarded as best of the year

18/11/2019News

The renovation of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium is nearing the finish line, and the spectacular functionalist building will be reopened in late summer 2020. Now, we are celebrating the remodelled stadium as the winner of the Steel Structure of the Year 2019 award. Sweco’s designers handled the massive renovation undertaking of the culturally and historically significant sports venue, including structural renovation engineering and structural design. Read more

Ranua’s LEED-certified wellness centre promotes health in a natural way

14/11/2019News

For almost a year, residents of Ranua have been enjoying the healthy and safe premises of their new wellness centre. Sweco’s designers handled the HVAC, electrical, telecommunication and safety design of the site that has been granted the LEED Gold environmental certificate. Read more

Largest wooden school in Finland implemented sustainability with a life cycle model

12/11/2019News

The new wooden Mansikkala School in Imatra will be built in the middle of the school campus by the Vuoksi River. The project will be carried out by YIT using a life cycle model, and the components for the wooden frame will be supplied by Oiva Wood Solutions. Sweco handled the preliminary design, element design and main structural design of the structures for the largest wooden school building in Finland. Read more

International Sweco team to take part in completely drawing-free bridge project in Norway

03/11/2019News

Sweco’s BIM experts from Finland, Norway, Denmark and Poland will handle the modelling of a unique concrete bridge across the Randselva river in Norway. The parametric 3D model will be used as the only official documentation for the international infrastructure project. Read more

Urban Insight: energy-storage-as-a-service key to cutting carbon emissions

29/10/2019News

Energy storage can help mitigate climate change, but it is still on low levels and needs to triple by 2050 to keep global warming below 2°C. To do this we need to look at innovative ways of speeding up the process. Could energy-storage-as-a-service be one of the solutions? Read more

City of Helsinki analysed the costs and carbon footprint of renovation and new constuction

21/10/2019News

Many Finnish cities are working to increase the efficiency of land use and condense the urban structure by means of complementary construction, tearing down old buildings and constructing new ones. The City of Helsinki wanted to determine the construction costs and emissions of two different methods: renovation and heightening versus dismantling and construction. Sweco conducted the cost analysis and carbon footprint calculation for two residential blocks of flats. Read more

Expansion of Santa’s very own airport in Rovaniemi to be completed for the winter season

24/09/2019News

The expansion ofthe Rovaniemi Airport terminal facilities is part of Finavia’s programme focused on developing airports in Lapland. The number of air passengers in the airports of Lapland is estimated to increase from 1.3 million to 2 million over the coming decade. Sweco is responsible for the structural and electrical design of the Rovaniemi air terminal. Read more

Wärtsilä’s new flagship is a forerunner in responsible energy and marine industry

16/09/2019News

The construction of Wärtsilä’s new research, product development and production centre in the Vaskiluoto district of Vaasa began in August. Smart Technology Hub is an historically sizeable venture for the entire project organisation, and Sweco is responsible for the primary architectural design and project management duties. Read more

Project implementation using the EPCM model lightens the industrial investor’s work load

29/08/2019News

Project execution according to the EPCM model is best suited to situations where the builder of an industrial facility has a clear vision of what needs to be done and at what price. The only thing missing is the time needed for the implementation, the requisite competence and the expert organisation. Read more