Sjøgata in Bodø is to become Northern Norway’s first emission-free construction site. When the assignment was put out to tender, the municipality received four offers ranging from NOK 80 to around NOK 130 million. The winner was Veinor AS. They can do the job for NOK 81 million, but what appealed most to the municipality was the company’s environmental score of 9 out of 10. – This tender shows that providers who go the extra mile for the environment do not necessarily price themselves higher. That’s what Håkon Møller says. He is the leader of the planning and environment committee in Bodø municipality. – This is the final nail in the coffin for claims that climate requirements are automatically expensive. That is not the case, says Møller and points out that Veinor came up with the second cheapest offer. Want to remove scheme NOK 6 million is financed through the support scheme Klimasats, The scheme was established by the Solberg government in 2016 and was initially supposed to last until 2020. It has then been extended for a further two years. In the government’s proposed state budget for 2023, however, the scheme is not a priority. Håkon Møller (MDG), head of the Planning and Environment Committee in Bodø municipality. Photo: Lars-Bjørn Martinsen / news – Klimasats is important to trigger a number of investments in green measures that would otherwise be too expensive, says Møller. He is clear that the scheme has been important for triggering investments in greener local communities. Disappointed with the government The scheme has helped the municipality to choose environmentally friendly solutions. – Construction is a major source of emissions. We have chosen to put in some funds from the climate rate scheme that you would not otherwise have had the opportunity to, says Møller. He is very disappointed that the government now wants to discontinue the scheme. – We have gone ahead and meet the requirements as best we can, but in a transition phase it costs a little extra to be first in the queue. The climate tax has come in, says Møller and adds: – There are large sums involved for the municipality, and that it will be felt if the scheme is removed for good. This excavator is 100 percent electric. Conversion to fossil-free plant operation is underway. Photo: Per Willy Larsen / news Eco-friendly becomes standard – Some things cost more money. Today, electric construction machines are more expensive than diesel-powered ones. We compensate for this with subsidies, but the prices of the machines will also decrease as they are serially produced. That’s what Espen Kringlen says. He is an adviser to the planning and community office in Bodø. Kringlen says climate- and environmentally friendly solutions are becoming more and more standard, which means that they will not receive the same support as before. Espen Kringlen, advisor for planning and the community office in Bodø. Photo: Per Willy Larsen / news Veinor won the tender and, according to Kringlen, was competitive on price and delivered an extremely good offer on climate and the environment. It was important for the municipality. – Bodø municipality has a number of political ambitions where stricter and stricter requirements will be set. For us, it is extremely important that we build up so that contractors can not only compete on price, but also environmentally friendly solutions. The municipality is also planning for several projects with a focus on climate. – The wish and the plan is to place increasingly strict climate requirements on more projects in the future. The environment inside the cab of the electric excavator will be significantly less noisy for the operator. Photo: Per Willy Larsen / news Stig Brunes is general manager of Veinor AS. Among other things, the company is working to make the machine park electric. He believes, for example, that electric excavators will be positive in several areas. – I think, among other things, that machine operators will greatly appreciate sitting in an excavator that is essentially silent, says Brunes.
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Veinor AS was the most environmentally friendly and won the tender in Bodø – news Nordland
