Veidekke to finish eco-friendly Oslo housing project

“We greatly appreciate the renewed trust and opportunity to continue developing Bjørvika together with OSU. We deeply value a client that sets such high standards for quality and the environment. Our collaboration so far has been excellent, and we are very satisfied with the construction process and production since we broke ground just over a year ago,” says Morten Barreth, Department Manager at Veidekke Bygg Oslo.

When completed in 2027, Mariakvartalet will consist of 246 two, three and four-room apartments across eleven stairwells. All apartments will have a balcony, roof terrace or garden plot, and residents will also have access to shared roof terraces with pavilions and a large urban garden with various social zones. The homes will be eco-certified to BREEAM-NOR’s ‘Very Good’ rating, and greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by at least 20 percent. The construction site is fossil-free with strict requirements for source separation and waste minimization.

Hitting the mark

Interest in the project has been high since the initial sales launch, with 149 of the apartments now sold, over 85 percent of those released. “We seem to have hit the mark with the mix of apartments, architecture and of course the location as well,” says Jostein Ådalen, Project Manager at OSU.

Ådalen is pleased to award Veidekke this important new assignment to build the rest of the quarter. “The collaboration with Veidekke always goes well. They have all the expertise we need to execute projects with very high quality requirements across the board. We now look forward to completing Mariakvartalet together.”

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