Saimaa Canal Bridge

Normek supplies the Saimaa Canal with the new steel railway bridge.

The total weight of the Saimaa Canal bridge is about 1100 tonnes and one bridge section weighs between 65 and 100 tonnes. The bridge is delivered to the site on a total of 13 blocks.

Production at our Oulu plant will start in December 2018 and installation work on site will begin in August 2019. The bridge will be completed in summer 2021.

The new railway bridge will be built south of the current track bridge and will be over 200 meters long.

Picture copyright Liikennevirasto
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Rovaniemi Airport extension

Normek supplies 300,000 kilograms of load-bearing steel frame structures and a total of 1,000 square meters of aluminum framed glass facades and doors to Rovaniemi Airport’s expansion.

Deliveries will begin in November 2018 and the contract will be completed for Normek during spring 2019.

Rovaniemi airport passenger terminal will expand from 6000 square meters to approximately 10,500 square meters and the hourly capacity of the airport will increase from the current three planes to five.

The whole expansion of Rovaniemi airport will be completed for Christmas season 2019.

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Saimaa Canal Gates

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New gates manufactured by Normek

The installation work on the Saimaa canal is proceeding in a cheerful frost. In the picture, the new ports of Soskua dam made by our Oulu steel production plant are opened for the first time.

The single Soskua portlet has a width of about eight meters and a height of 15.5 meters.

The original Saimaa canal lower ports have been built in the 1960s and are at their disposal. The new gates manufactured by Normek are more durable and, in particular, have better winter characteristics. Additionally, the maintenance of new gates is easier. All channel locks on the channel are replaced one by one.

The main constructor of the Saimaa Canal renewal project is Graniittirakennus Kallio Oy

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