Latvian and Dutch architects won the Old Harbour bridge

Port of Tallinn Ltd. launched an architectural competition for the Old Harbour bridge. The winning work Under keyword „New Balance 100“ came from SIA „WITTEVEEN + BOS LATVIA“.  The competition work was submitted by SIA Witteveen+Bos Latvia. The architect is Robbert-Jan van der Veen from Plein06. Novarc Group AS is involved as local consultant. The … Read more

Jüri Rass has been appointed Deputy Secretary General

Jüri Rass has been appointed Deputy Secretary General for construction in the MInistry of Econom ic Affairs and Communications of the Republic of Estonia Upon proposal of the committee for selection of top management civil servants, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Urve Palo has appointed Jüri Rass the Deputy Secretary General for construction. He … Read more

The new ERM building won first place in a prestigious architectural competition

The architects responsible for the new building of the Estonian National Museum (Eesti Rahva Muuseum) won the main prize in a prestigious AFEX architectural competition by gaining unanimous approval from the judges.  AFEX is an organization that supports architects who work outside of France and they have held an architectural competition to acknowledge the best … Read more

Estonia will start developing e-construction

Estonian construction entrepreneurs and representatives of the country have gathered into a digital construction cluster in order to start developing e-construction. In the next three years, 600 000 euros will be invested in this field. Merylin Rüütli, who is one of the initiators of the cluster and the Head of the Architectural and Engineering bureau … Read more

EPL: First design then ignore

Margit Mutso A so-called superministry building will be erected in Tallinn, Suur-Ameerika St. The process ignores the results of the architectural competition and focuses only on on price factor. For more read: Õhtuleht in Estonian

Ehitusuudised: Tondiraba Ice Arena won the competition for the best concrete building of the year

Today the Estonian Concrete Association announced the winners of the best concrete building of the year Client’s prize – Tallinna Spordi- ja Noorsooamet; Structural engineer – Civen OÜ, Novarc Group AS; construction and concrete works – Merko Ehitus Eesti AS; concrete works – E-Betoonelement AS, Rudus AS, HC Betoon AS; formwork – Peri AS. Read … Read more