Omsorgsbygg Oslo KF has appointed AF Gruppen as contractor for the Furuset
Hageby project. The project comprises building a garden city for people with
dementia with 112 nursing home places and an usable area of 13,400 m2. 

The nursing home will be designed as a garden city with smaller units of
residential groups and a common lounge. The building will create a natural
framework that provides easy access to pleasant outdoor areas while also
creating a natural boundary for a safe area to move around in. Innovative and
relevant welfare and smart home technology will be employed. 

The project is a FutureBuilt project with very high environmental ambitions.
This applies both to reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficient
measures in the actual building shell, the use of renewable energy and
appropriate material use. The construction site will be fossil fuel free, and
the building will be BREEAM-certified. 

The contract is a design and build contract with collaboration at an early stage
for the design and construction of Furuset Hageby. The value of the contract is
NOK 484 million excluding VAT. The collaboration phase starts in February 2020,
and start of construction is scheduled for January 2021. Furuset Hageby is
scheduled to be ready for trial operation in June 2023.

“We are proud to have been appointed to implement Furuset Hageby as a
collaborative project with Omsorgsbygg. The nursing home is referred to as a
role model project for the City of Oslo, and the construction of the home will
lead to better lives for many elderly people. The client has imposed tough
environmental requirements, and in combination with the advanced use of welfare
technology and smart home technology, this makes the project very interesting
for AF Gruppen. We are looking forward to implementing Furuset Hageby in close
collaboration with Omsorgsbygg,” says Geir Flåta, EVP for Building with AF
Gruppen. 

For further information: 
EVP Building: Geir Flåta, tel. +47 994 01 510
CEO: Morten Grongstad, Tel. +47 991 53 905