Herøya Industripark AS has invested around 50 million NOKs in modernisations over the past five years, benefitting Equinor, Yara, Hydro, Inovyn, NOAH, Bilfinger, Project Invest and now Ranold who recently moved into brand new premises on the 5th floor.
«Win-Win»
The Ranold team, successful in calculating the optimal process flow, located at Herøya Research Park since 2015, enjoys the positive change.
"We are very satisfied with the acoustics in the offices and cost-effective premises, it is a nice touch, says Jon Gunnerød, COO in Ranold.
"This is almost a win-win for both of us", comments Trygve Rinde, general manager of Ranold. "Ranold got new premises, and the building owner was able to modernize an entire floor here in the research park".
Tove Kilen, Principal Engineer Facilities at Herøya Industripark AS, nods in agreement.
The 5th floor is the first full office floor, about 1000 m2, which has been converted into state-of-the-art premises and is now being used.
Gather activities and open up
Tove Kilen, following closely up on upgrade projects in the research park, talks about companies' new needs to gather activities and at the same time open up.
"We place great emphasis on building efficient work environments and common areas that open up for informal meeting places. The Research Park is being upgraded, room by room and floor by floor. We use the opportunities, among other things, when companies in the research park want to relocate activity and when new companies are added", she says.
"About 5000 m2 of offices, laboratories, pilot facilities and technical rooms have been modernized in recent years", Kilen states.
New spaces for SINTEF soon ready
Kilen is currently in the process, together with Bilfinger and others, to complete 1000 m2 of offices on the floor below. Sintef TelTek will move into the entire 4th floor during October. "We are rolling out our office concept adapted for Sintef and with the same social zone as on the floor above", Kilen says.
03. September 2020
