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Where do you start when the task is to move and design an entire city? Krister Lindstedt, lead architect for the new Kiruna, tells Spirit how people, not buildings, were...
Excavator operator Martin Oja has been working on the city transformation project in Kiruna for almost ten years. Heβs looking forward to the day the city is completed. A...
Why the town of Kiruna is being moved and what makes it one of the most ambitious urban planning projects in the world. 1,3 billion euros The sum, in euros, the mining co...
Working in Kiruna, a Swedish mining town above the Arctic circle, puts special requirements on a technician. One day, Anton Laitamaa is a thousand meters underground and...
The Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) has selected Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG β the German tunnelling specialist of Royal BAM Group nv β in joint v...
Swedenβs northernmost city of Kiruna was founded next to an iron mine in 1900, and the two prospered together for more than 100 years. Now, the same mineβs expansion is f...
The latest episode of βThe Megaproject Listingβ takes viewers to the northernmost city in Sweden, Kiruna β where the city is on the move. Kiruna is relocating three kilom...
The Committee for European Construction Equipment (CECE) recently met the experts at Volvo CE to discuss how technology and environmental change are shaping the future of...
STRABAG Sverige AB, a subsidiary of STRABAG SE, has been awarded a β¬45 million contract from the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) to build the Akalla Motor...
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan LΓΆfven and French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Volvo Group headquarters where they saw some of the companyβs latest innovations β i...
The first Hitachi ZX350LC-6 with clamshell telescopic arm (CTA) in Europe has made a huge impact on a high-profile project in Gothenburg. In May, it was used to excavate...
The tech company Edeva from Sweden has developed a dynamic speed bump, called the Actibump, that has proven its efficiency through years of use in Sweden. The Actibump pr...
Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Penta, and Volvo Trucks β are joining forces to show that they provide an all-round offer for forestry customers, at Elmia Wood intern...
The world’s largest forestry trade fair, Elmia Wood will open its doors from 7 to 10 June 2017. Every four years, the demo fair attracts guests from all over the wo...
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