News Skanska wins €48m hospital expansion job in Gothenburg Skanska has won a €48.75m contract from the Västra Götaland region to renovate and expand the Eastern Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. The project includes remodelling on two levels in the…
News Samsung set to install modular reactors in southern Sweden Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction and Swedish energy company Kärnfull Next have signed a preliminary agreement to develop small modular reactor (SMR) projects in Sweden. The two signed a memorandum…
News Aecom team win contract on Sweden’s North Bothnia Line American engineer Aecom and Swedish consultant Rejlers have won a contract on the 270km North Bothnia rail line The team will work on the development of railways and public…
News European firms plan to build rice-straw houses in Nigeria Companies from Sweden and Czechia have teamed up with the Nigerian government to offer houses built partly from rice straw. Sweden’s Our Ecolution and Czech firm Ekopanely both make boards…
News Firms hatch plan to use data-centre heat to grow food in Scandinavia Two Swedish companies, financial services provider Vinga Group and circular industry specialist WA3RM, have joined forces to develop three commercial greenhouses in Scandinavia, two heated by data centres and one…
News Sweco to design hospital for Swedish city shuffling 3km to the east Consulting engineer Sweco is helping Sweden’s most northerly city move 3km to the east to make more room for its iron ore mine. The Stockholm-based firm will act as lead…
News Sweden rejects 30GW of offshore wind projects near Kaliningrad Sweden has vetoed the construction of 13 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, saying they could impede military operations. The rejected farms together would have had around 30GW of…
News Sweden gets go ahead for $11bn nuclear waste plan A court in Sweden yesterday approved plans to excavate a repository for nuclear waste, the Barron’s news site reports. The decision clears the way for a construction project that will…
News Swedish study explores why construction suicides happen without warning Swedish research on the suicide rate among construction workers finds that deaths tend to come as a shock to colleagues who were unable to detect any warning signs. It was…
News Sweco wins €35m contract to plan major Stockholm rail upgrade Stockholm-headquartered consultant Sweco has won a €35m contract from the Swedish Transport Administration to plan a major rail-capacity upgrade on the busy East Coast Line between Uppsala and Stockholm. Over…
News Growing Gothenburg is getting a new Grand Central station Swedish contractor Peab has got the green light on a €76m contract to construct a new entrance building for the Central railway station in Sweden’s second city, Gothenburg. Designed by…
News Peab begins €44m Swedish prison Swedish builder Peab has been commissioned to build a €44m prison in the Swedish city of Borås. It’s part of a new judicial complex comprising a new police station and…
News Production problems may prompt review of Northvolt’s €12.6bn gigafactories Northvolt, the Swedish company that was shaping up to be Europe’s champion in the lithium-ion battery sector, is reconsidering its expansion plans following production problems at its factory in the…
News Peab to rebuild town hall in Sweden Swedish contractor Peab has won a €21m contract to rebuild and enlarge the town hall in Sweden’s Strängnäs municipality. The customer is Strängnäs Fastighets AB, the municipality’s property management business.…
News Developer plans 3GW offshore wind farm in northern Sweden The Swedish arm of German offshore wind company Skyborn Renewables has submitted an application to the Swedish government to build a giant wind farm off Sweden’s northeastern coast. The 3GW…
News 10 construction companies join forces to reduce carbon emissions Ten companies in the construction sector have formed an alliance to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint. The Community of Sustainable Equipment Players, or the Communauté des Acteurs du Matériel…
News Swedish university develops of textile-reinforced concrete Researchers from Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology are working on a method of using textile-reinforced concrete for the creation of vaulted structures. The team’s work builds on existing work in…
Innovation European firms unveil concrete-timber hybrid walls Swedish concrete-element maker Heidelberg Materials Precast Contiga and Finnish company Metsä Wood have developed a wall panel made from layers of concrete, insulation, and load-bearing laminated veneer lumber. They say…