Peikko delivers the composite frame to a large laboratory building in Helsinki

Peikko Group’s Finnish subsidiary Peikko Finland Oy delivers the composite frame for the new HUSLAB building in the center of Helsinki, Finland. The new building houses a laboratory and offices for clinical analytics of the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa. The total gross area of the new building comprises 22 000 m2 and it will be attached to the current laboratory building. It is developed by Helsingin Yliopistokiinteistöt Oy. SRV is responsible for the construction which will be finalized in summer 2015. 

Peikko’s deliveries consist of 3.3 kilometres of Deltabeams and over 300 tons of other steel structures, mainly composite columns. Peikko is also responsible for the assembly of the steel frame and the precast elements. The precast elements are supplied by Laatta-Betset Oy, Laukaan Betoni Oy and Parma Oy. Peikko’s deliveries are scheduled for late 2013 and the frame assembly will be finished in September 2014. 

”We are proud that our composite structure solution was chosen to the HUSLAB new building. Peikko’s flexible and tailored delivery comprised in this project not only of Deltabeams and composite columns and other steel structures, but also of the composite frame and precast element assembly. When needed we can offer our customers a complete solution including assembly. In this case this was the most effective and suitable solution for the needs of the constructor” states Esa Rusila, Managing Director of Peikko Finland Oy. 

 

Further information:
Esa Rusila, Managing Director, Peikko Finland Oy, Mobile +358 500 844 063,
Email: [email protected] 

Matti Vartiainen, Business Manager, Composite Structures, Peikko Finland Oy,
Mobile +358 40 7765 127, Email: [email protected] 

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Peikko Group in brief: 
Peikko Group Corporation is a leading global supplier of concrete connections and composite structures. Peikko’s innovative solutions make the customers’ building process faster, easier and more reliable. Peikko has subsidiaries in 30 countries in Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, with manufacturing operations in 9 countries. Peikko’s net sales in 2012 amounted to EUR 113 million. Peikko is a family-owned and run company with over 900 professionals. Peikko was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in Lahti, Finland. Further information: www.peikko.com.