SWECO chosen as structural engineer for new Swedbank Arena in Solna

SWECO chosen as structural engineer for new Swedbank Arena in Solna

SWECO has been selected by PEAB to act as structural engineer in construction of
the new Swedbank Arena in Solna. The arena will be the largest in the Nordic
region and will serve as Scandinavia's premier football and entertainment venue.

One of SWECO's greatest challenges is to engineer the steel structures that will
bear up the weight of the retractable roof that extends over the pitch. Each
half of the roof weighs a full 400 tonnes, and the engineers must also include
the considerable extra load arising from snowfall.

“We are one of the structural engineering firms in Sweden with most experience
of complex construction projects, and the arena definitely belong to that
category,” says Sören Hed, Managing Director of SWECO BLOCO. 

SWECO's tasks are to prepare system documents for the entire arena, for the
foundations and for the steel and concrete structures. The assignment is being
performed on behalf of PEAB, which is general consultant to the end-client Ny
Nationalarena i Solna AB. SWECO's contract is worth nearly EUR 750,000. 

“Nothing of this kind had ever been built in Sweden and we have taken part in a
number of study visits arranged by Ny Nationalarena i Solna to broaden our
expertise. We have particularly studied Amsterdam Arena, Allianz Arena in
Munich, Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen and Wembley Stadium in London,” says
Thomas Nordh, Assignment Manager at SWECO. 

Swedbank Arena is scheduled for completion in 2012, at which time it will
accommodate 50,000 spectators during football matches and 65,000 at concerts. 


For further information please contact:
Thomas Nordh, Assignment Manager, SWECO, +46 (0)8-692 55 07,
thomas.norh@sweco.se
Sören Hed, Managing Director of SWECO BLOCO, +46 (0)8-692 55 38,
soren.hed@sweco.se

SWECO is the Nordic region's leading provider of consulting services with
combined expertise in engineering, environmental technology and architecture.
SWECO has around 5,300 employees in ten countries and recorded annual sales of
around SEK 4.6 billion in 2007. The company has projects currently underway in
some 80 countries worldwide. The SWECO share is quoted on the Stockholm Stock
Exchange. SWECO is a member of OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm.

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