Norway, March 11 -- Veidekke has signed a contract with Lumber AS (Skeie Eiendom/the Eidjord family) to construct a seven-story environmentally certified office building in Vagsbygd outside Kristiansand. The project is a turnkey contract worth just over NOK 160 million excl. VAT. The project has been named Lumber 5 and will be approximately 6,600 m2 spread over seven floors. The building will be certified according to the environmental standard BREEAM-NOR Very Good with energy class A. Emphasis is placed on circular and sustainable use of materials and great flexibility in the floor plans. The supporting structure will be made of glued laminated timber, the facade will be clad with pine heartwood and there will be solar panels on the roof.T...