The contract involves developing and designing a new cultural quarter, demolishing existing buildings and erecting a new culture building. The culture building has an expected gross area of 8000 m2 shared between culture and office spaces. The estimated value of the contract is NOK 248 million excluding VAT. Start-up for the contract is July 2019, and completion is scheduled for the 2021/2022 turn of the year.

“We are very pleased with being awarded a very interesting collaboration project. Our construction business in Østfold has worked systematically on establishing greater activity in the Follo region. Vestby cultural quarter is an important contract as a part of this strategy. In partnership with the client we are looking forward to realizing a future-oriented building,” says Geir Flåta, EVP Building at AF Gruppen.