NATRIUM. The preparatory groundwork and planning for the blast began two years ago and in February 2019, the first blast was carried out. What was then a rock hilltop is now instead a pit.
After a lengthy period of removing rocks from the site things are starting to be added as the construction work now enters a new phase.
Those who have windows facing the construction site have for a few months now been able to follow the casting, a work that will tentatively be ready by Christmas this year. Natrium consists of two house bodies with an atrium in between. When the casting is completed, the work of lifting walls and ceilings takes place on site, floor by floor.
“When the facade and roof are in place, a fairly long period of work follows on the inside. A work that is usually perceived as less disruptive than the blasting and unloading of rocks that we have been doing until now”, says Henrik Lindström who is production manager for Natrium at Skanska.
“The blasting has been very stressful for the employees near the site and today also we are happy to have left that period behind. Before the blasting team leaves the construction site, they will carry out reinforcement work so that no stones come loose from the remaining rock walls.
The construction project is proceeding according to the time plan, which means that the Faculty of Science moves in 2023.
TEXT AND PHOTO: HELEN EASTERLING
