Thursday, August 25, 2016
Scandinavia celebrated its first building awarded with PEFC project certification as Mäihä, a wooden apartment block, was unveiled at the Seinäjoki Housing Fair in Finland this July.
Lakea Oy, the company responsible for the construction of the building, received their PEFC certificate at a special ceremony before the start of the Housing Fair.
The certificate was issued by DNV GL, an independent certification body responsible for verifying the origin of the materials throughout the construction project, from the start to the finish.
Interesting and Challenging
“With it being the first PEFC-certified property in the Nordic countries, this building project has been both interesting and challenging,” said Pia Tilli, DNV GL’s Sales and Marketing Manager, during the certificate giving ceremony at Seinäjoki.
“The origin of wood in both the structure and the small wooden features has been cleared and secured,” Ms. Tilli continued.
The high quality and their refusal to compromise is clear to see in the beautiful finishing and final output. And despite the tight schedule, this PEFC project was completed as planned”.
Nearly a thousand cubic meters of timber
Mäihä was built with modules made of PEFC-certified cross laminated timber (CLT) provided by Stora Enso. The modules were prefabricated in Hartola mill, ready for assembly in the construction site. The prefabricated elements include windows, doors and kitchen units.
In all, 990 m³ of timber was used for the building structure, exterior cladding, other structures, fixtures and decor.
High Quality Finish
Development Director for the Finnish Housing Cooperative Heikki Vuorenpää congratulated the completion of Mäihä:
“That the end result is of high quality is an important issue for the Housing Fair. The sustainable origin of the wood is the quality factor, which supports the Housing Fair as a whole.”
Tags: celebrates, Finland, first building award, July, Maiha, Nordic countries, pefc project certification, PEFC-certified property, Scandinavia, Seinäjoki Housing Fair
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