Blog Industry News from Norway October 2017 November 7, 2017 News Industry News October 2017 Construction News Consto will build Vest-lofoten High School Backe Oppland will build Gjøvik city hall Ruta got their first ever contract in Oppegård municipality Consto builds Malmporten Handelspark in Narvik Consto and Magnolia Bostad agree on contract involving the construction of 2000 homes in Sweden worth 2 billion NOK Arkitema and Åf won big school contract in Trondheim Veidekke builds Lysgården Veidekke builds Lysgården Peab have begun construction of the new airport near Trysil WK Entreprenør signed school contract with Undervisningsbygg Peab will build 57 new apartment on Trysil Harstad Maskin got Evenes contract Norconsult won two framework agreements in Hamar Sweco won Norad contract Statens Vegvesen signed two new big Lakseveg contracts worth over 1 billion NOK Consto builds Mælan school in Sør-trøndelag News Lefdal Installasjon won two new contracts BetonmastHaehre and Opsahl Bolig will build Gartnerboligen in Skullerud Amberg got tunnel contract in Rogfast Svevia got record contract in Norway Backe signed Glommasvingen school contract Undervisningsbygg and A Bygg signed 77 million NOK contract to build school in Oslo Backe signed Flesberg school Insenti signed framework agreement with UiO(University in Oslo) BetonmastHaehre with three new contract in Göteborg OPAK won contract for Statsbygg in Bergen Huge contract for Kruse Smith who will build 229 new apartments in Lørenskog Consto will build the Holstneset housing project Risa won one of its biggest contracts ever! Veidekke signed big contract in Tvedestrand to build new high school with a seperate sports facility FINNISH PARTNERS - BYGG REIS DEG 2017 TECHNOLOGY News Statoil has purchased 40% of a solar project in Brazil that will supply power to 160,000 homes Geothermal power plant in Iceland converts CO2 into limestone Cisco buys Broadsoft for 15 billion NOK to strengthen itself in the field of software for interaction Offshore & Maritime News Statoil, Shell and Total will work together on CO2 storage Rolls Royce is going to work with Google for to make autonomous ships New CEO for Wartsila Norway, Hans-Petter Nesse takes over NTS Shipping buys MS Nordkinn Kaefer Energy secure billion NOK contract with Statoil New contract for Brødrene Aa for the delivery of three passenger catamarans Corvus secured new battery contract on OV Ryvingen Westcon rig contract on Transocean Spitsbergen Aker Solutions will be delivering the largest system of control cables (umbilicals) ever Åge Remøy buys Forland Shipping News TTS Group ASA has secured two new contracts with Cosco Shipyard in China Faroe Petroleum and Aker are drilling two new wells at Tambar. Alcoa is buying wind power over a 15 year period from the billion NOK project Nordlicht Gexcon buys Falck Nutec´s training facilities at Sotra Aker BP awarded subsea contract to DeepOcean New catamaran contract for Fitjar Mechanical SAT will deliver its system, Satos, for digital procedures on the Johan Sverdrup field Siem Offshore leases Siem Stingray to Swire Seabed until 2020