World-class ambitions.
Construction of Tåsenhjemmet began in January 2022 and is scheduled for completion in November 2023. The completed four-storey care home will house 130 resident rooms and a day care center with a total gross area of 14,615 sqm. In addition, there is a high focus on the environment and sustainability, including:
It has become the new normal for sustainability to be an integral part of a construction project. BREAAM environmental certification is the most widespread in Norway and has different levels, from the lowest "pass" to the highest "Excellent" and "Outstanding". Tåsenhjemmet is aiming for the top.
"It really plays into the whole project. The building must have low energy consumption, and when we buy materials we have to take transport distances into account. For Tåsenhjemmet, we've purchased solid wood from a factory in Åmot, and opted out of suppliers from Austria, for example. We probably wouldn't have given such things as much thought in a project without these requirements. Price and ability to deliver would probably have played a stronger role, so we're forced to rethink and be more environmentally conscious in the choices we make."
"In relation to the BREEAM standard, we rely on a tool like Interaxo for documentation and quality assurance.
The local environment must also be taken into account when Tåsenhjemmet is built.
Meeting the challenge with Interaxo as a project tool
There is no doubt that Tåsenhjemmet is thinking big when it comes to building for the future. Such ambitions also place high demands on project management and, not least, documentation to ensure that all requirements are met. Interaxo has been chosen as the project tool and will help to ensure stable progress in the project.
"In my experience, planning and process requirements mean that everything has to be documented to a much greater extent than before. We use Interaxo Field in connection with SHA and RUH to quality-assure the work that PEAB performs," says Augestad and continues,
"Our project hotel is Interaxo Project, which is a clear improvement compared to the project hotels I've been involved with before - because we can communicate there. I've been used to working with project hotels that have a "stupid" folder structure, but here we can use the project hotel to replace a lot of confusing mailing. Now everything is where it should be, linked to the case, document, drawing or whatever."
Augestad is clearly engaged as he talks, and reveals that he himself is an environmental activist who has been picking up plastic since the 1970s.
"It's good to be able to contribute at a professional level to a more sustainable world," he concludes.