Ramirent Undertakes Four Year ‘Total Solutions’ Project in Stockholm

Europe’s Ramirent has signed an agreement with property company Vasakronan AB to provide a Total Solution covering equipment rental and related services during the transformation of the Sergelbuset building complex in the center of Stockholm, Sweden. The project will run until 2020. The value of the order is €30 million (about U.S. $35.7) for deliveries to Vasakronan as well as other cooperation partners.

The project includes the transformation of three buildings, three streets as well as the Sergels Torg marketplace.

Ramirent’s delivery includes a dedicated team working onsite with planning, needs analysis and execution. Over the course of the project, Ramirent will provide safety and working environment solutions, optimize logistics and the handling of electricity and heating in the project. Ramirent’s undertaking also includes training onsite personnel, the efficient supply of machines and fall-protection solutions.

“We are very pleased that Vasakronan has chosen Ramirent as partner for this project where experience from similar projects is of value,” said Jonas Söderkvist, Ramirent’s executive vice president of segments Sweden and Denmark. “With our approach the customer can concentrate on its core business and Ramirent ensure that ‘the temporary factory’ where the construction project will be executed efficiently and in a reasonable manner.”

Ramirent, active in 10 countries with 298 branches, is based in Vantaa, Finland.