NCC to construct arena in Kalmar for SEK 230 million

NCC to construct arena in Kalmar for SEK 230 million 

NCC Construction Sweden has been commissioned to construct a state-of-the art
soccer and events arena in Kalmar, with a capacity for 11,800 spectators. The
client is the Kalmar FF soccer club and the order is worth more than SEK 230
million.

Just outside Kalmar, in the Hansa City retail center, NCC is to construct the
new arena on behalf of Kalmar FF, a soccer team in Sweden's premier league. The
arena will provide seats for 11,800 spectators, all under cover.

Since, in addition to soccer, the arena will be used for various types of
events, it will be modified to be able to withstand the extra strain caused by,
for example, major concerts.

Among other considerations, construction of the arena will require a certain
amount of piling. “A layer of clay at a depth of up to eight meters will require
that the foundations of the arena be reinforced by means of piling and lime
stabilization,” says Jonas Kristiansson, Business Manager at NCC in Kalmar.
 
The soccer pitch will have a natural grass surface, which will require sowing as
early as spring 2010 in order to be playable in time for the spring 2011.

The project will commence immediately and the arena will have to be ready for
springtime 2011. Construction will employ an average of about 40 skilled
workers.

The order will be registered in the fourth quarter of 2009.

For further information, please contact:
Ulf Thorné, Press Relations Manager, NCC Group, +46 (0)8 585 523 46, +46 (0)70
214 77 27




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NCC is one of the leading construction and property development companies in the
Nordic region. NCC had in 2008 sales of fully SEK 57 billion, with 20,000
employees. NCC Construction Sweden constructs residential and office properties,
roads, civil-engineering structures and other infrastructure in Sweden.