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Environmental & Social Information • Aug 28, 2020

Veidekke ASA: To construct green buildings on behalf of BIR in Bergen

Veidekke ASA: To construct green buildings on behalf of BIR in Bergen

Today, Veidekke and BIR AS (the inter-municipal waste management company

covering the Bergen region) entered into a contract for the construction of a

new terminal for the underground waste system and new headquarters at

Nygårdstangen in Bergen. The contract is a turnkey contract with a value of NOK

183.6 million, excluding VAT.

As part of the development of the underground waste system in Bergen city

centre, BIR will establish a waste collection terminal at Nygårdstangen. The

terminal will be situated on the first three floors of a new building with a

total of seven floors, of which the remaining floors will house the new

headquarters of BIR. The office part of the building will be certified in

accordance with the BREEAM-NOR Excellent environmental standard.

"In Veidekke we are extremely pleased that BIR, which is a customer with a high

focus on sustainability, has once again put its faith in us to work with it to

identify innovative solutions for the future. The project will be our sixth

ongoing environmentally certified project in Bergen and will help us further

develop our environmental expertise," says Erlend Bygnes, District Manager of

Veidekke Bygg Bergen.

"Over the last ten years, we have established an underground waste system in the

centre of Bergen and we have carried out work in many different streets. We will

now embark upon the construction of the actual heart of the underground waste

system in the city centre," says Aslak Sverdrup, Chairman of the Board of

Directors of BIR AS. "We received a number of excellent tender submissions

during the procurement process, in which price, quality and the environment were

all key criteria and, as of today, we are happy to expand our team to include

Veidekke as a construction partner. As the region's foremost green company we

have to lead the way and we have set high environmental ambitions for the

project for the purpose of facilitating sustainable design and development

throughout the project. With Veidekke as part of the team, we will proudly

construct a building with clear environmental qualities."

Start of construction is scheduled for October 2020, with completion scheduled

for November 2022.

For more information please contact:

Veidekke: District Manager Erlend Bygnes, tel. +47 97 09 53 33,

erlend.bygnes@veidekke.no

Veidekke: Communications Manager Helge Dieset, tel. +47 90 55 33 22,

helge.dieset@veidekke.no

BIR: Chairman Aslak Sverdrup, +47 932 31 79, aslak@akvariet.no

BIR Nett: Managing Director Terje Strøm, +47 957 26 290, terje.strom@bir.no

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Veidekke is one of Scandinavia's largest construction and property development

companies. The company undertakes all types of building construction and civil

engineering contracts, develops residential projects, maintains roads, and

produces asphalt and aggregates. The company is known for its engagement and

local knowledge. Annual turnover is approximately NOK 39 billion and around half

of its 8600 employees own shares in the company. Veidekke is listed on the Oslo

Stock Exchange and has always posted a profit since it was founded in 1936.