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Seppo Toivonen from the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency shares his views on the evolving toolbox for large-scale road projects.

The alliances of Tampere Tramway and the Lapland Central Hospital expansion have created numerous innovations. In addition, a true team spirit prevails in the projects, also outside of working hours.

YIT Site Manager Jari Paajanen (32) had a hunger for adventure, mulled over the decision for quite a while and, finally, left for Stockholm to build the Henriksdal wastewater treatment plant expansion under the E2 tunnel project.

YIT’s target is to halve emissions from its own operations and self-developed projects in the next 10 years.

Recently, there have been articles on how the infrastructure sector, which is deemed to be conservative, has also become excited over digitalisation. It is a great thing to talk about the opportunities opened up by new technology in the sector, but occasionally it might be forgotten that the digitalisation of infrastructure actually began decades ago.

Functional and enjoyable working environments are comprised of several elements, and indoor climate is one of the most important of these from the point of view of user health and safety. The elements that affect indoor climate are also numerous.

We are launching a residential apartment building project in Koskela, Helsinki. The project will be one of the largest tender-based residential construction contracts in Finland. What is it like to start a construction site in these coronavirus times? How does it differ from normal?

When completed, Jokeri Light Rail will relieve crosstown traffic in the Helsinki metropolitan area and reduce traffic emissions. The extensive construction project is divided into sections. In section 3, Site Engineer Arttu Äikäs, 28, acts as the right-hand man of the Section Manager and orchestrates the project’s schedule and costs.