Eltel is delivering indoor mobile coverage through the installation of 350 antennas in the 103,000 m² office project. Located in the heart of Oslo’s innovation district of Hovinbyen, Construction City will provide workplaces for around 4,500 people when complete.
“This is a prestige project for the entire construction sector in Norway,” says Lars Olav Seim, Team Manager for Indoor Coverage at Eltel Norway. “As soon as we mention to other players that we are involved, they are impressed.”
Sustainability and safety in focus
The customer is Construction City Eiendom, owned by OBOS, which is the largest cooperative housing developer in Norway. Eltel has enjoyed very good collaboration with the customer and other project partners, particularly on sustainability and safety, which are focus areas for the project.
“What made Construction City special was probably the very stringent sustainability, safety and compliance requirements imposed on us,” continues Seim. “It has been more of a partnership than a client-customer relationship, which I think is the key to us getting the contract in the first place.”
“Eltel’s competence and flexibility is unique in an industry otherwise characterized by rather rigid hierarchies,” Stian Ruud, Project Manager at OBOS. “We have really appreciated the dialog, willingness to cooperate and responsiveness of Eltel. This will probably not be the last time we work together.”
The first companies will move into Construction City in July 2025.
