Peab has been commissioned to build a new elementary school in Meistervik i Balsfjord in Norway. The customer is Balsfjord Municipality and the contract is worth NOK 139 million. The new school will hold grades 1 to 10 and is located in lovely natural surroundings.

The school will have three floors with a basement and a tech room in the attic. It will contain both an activity hall and a complete outdoors area. The gross area is around 3,000 m2.

The building will be compact and use heat pumps for heating which reduces energy consumption by around 40% compared to other school buildings. The project is a turnkey contract. Construction will start in September 2022 and is expected to be completed in March 2024.

The project will be order registered in the third quarter 2022.