Vestia's construction services – your partner from needs assessment to warranty inspections

Photo: Vestia. Lapeco acquired the hall construction services from Vestia.

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Vestia Oy offers expert comprehensive construction services to other municipal waste companies. Vestia handles everything from start to finish, from planning to project management and warranty inspections.

A new waste transfer and reception hall is being built in Kittilä, and is scheduled to be put into use in November.

The 1200 square meter steel-framed hall is being built through a new type of cooperation. Lapeco acquires the entire hall construction service From Vestia Oy.

Vestia carries out the construction from start to finish and acts as both a consultant and project manager.

“It means that in practice we offer every service related to the construction of public projects,” describes the developer at Vestia Oy. Jarkko Saaranen.

Vestia takes care of project management, design guidance, tendering and necessary assistance in the decision-making process.

"During construction, we are responsible for project management and organize the construction right up to acceptance and warranty inspections. It is in the client's interest that all the wires remain in the same hands from start to finish, and there are no data outages," Saaranen continues.

“Straightforward and flexible”

Lapeco is familiar with construction. Since its establishment, the municipal association has built a functioning waste management infrastructure in its area from the very beginning.

"Collaboration with Vestia has been straightforward, flexible and of a high standard. You don't have to try to solve all your problems with a small organization, but there is strong expertise available. Our expectation was that Vestia's construction service would lighten the burden on our own organization in construction and implementing the investment, and we have received great help in that regard," Lapeco's Operations Manager Janne Vuolli describes.

A sorting yard brings many advantages

Vestia is a familiar partner, as it has implemented the renovation of the ecoASEMA in Salla for Lapeco.

The remotely monitored and self-service ecoASEMA has brought cost savings to Lapeco and garnered positive feedback from residents about the good customer service and extended opening hours. In addition, thanks to the improved sorting, waste materials are now better able to be recycled than before.

The sorting yard concept is expanding in the Lapeco area. Vestia will also implement ecoSTATIONS with the Sorting Yard concept in Ivalo, Kemijärvi, Kittiilä and Sodankylä in the coming years. In addition to Salla, Vestia will take care of the remote monitoring of all self-service ecoSTATIONS.

Vuolli is grateful that Vestia has been able to take into account Lapeco's characteristics in its construction services.

"The entire service is completely tailored to our needs. Vestia has thought about the operations and services of our stations holistically," says Vuolli.

Photo: Lapeco. Vestia has completed the renovation of the ecoASEMA in Salla for Lapeco. The remotely monitored and self-service concept is expanding in the Lapeco area.

Construction service expanded

Vestia has already implemented 16 sorting yards based on self-service and remote monitoring in its own area. The first site was implemented in 2020. The concept and content of the service have been developed based on collected data and user experiences.

The implementation of sorting yards and other waste management development projects have given Vestia solid expertise and helped create operating models for providing construction services.

Expert construction services can also be obtained for other waste management construction sites. The Kittilä transfer loading hall is a major step forward for Vestia in expanding its construction services.

"As a waste company, we know the requirements of both the field and construction and waste legislation very well. We are able to adapt the service and solutions we offer to the needs of each waste company. The expertise of our personnel enables us to build practically all public projects, both in terms of housing and infrastructure construction," says Saaranen.