The contract with European Spallation Source (ESS) will be carried out by Skanska Sweden (75%) in cooperation with Skanska UK (25%).
ESS is a pan-European facility that will be used in a number of research areas such as the environment, medicine, food and materials. The plant is a neutron source where researchers from all over the world will be able to study materials to understand how they work and function.
Skanska and ESS signed a cooperation agreement during 2014 for the entire construction project and a design contract for the first stage which included ground works, an accelerator tunnel and a number of adjoining buildings (link opens in new tab).
The second stage, agreed in 2015, concerned installations in a number of buildings, substations and transformers, ground works including piling, landscaping and concrete works to the target building and experimental halls. With the third stage, all parts have been awarded.
The third stage includes the target building, experimental halls, laboratories, a number of adjoining buildings and installations in several buildings.
Construction work is expected to be completed during 2020, with the facility opening to researchers during 2023.
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