Earthwork in Reykjanesbæ

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16. January 2005

Earthwork in Reykjanesbæ

Stefán Friðfinnsson, President & CEO of IPC, and Árni Sigússon, the Mayor of Reykjanesbæ, signed a contract on 14th March. This contract covered the blasting and removal of rock on an area of land near Helguvík harbour on which it is planned to erect a steel pipe manufacturing company. IPC was the lowest bidder.

The area of land is to be lowered around 15 to 20 meters with blasting and ripping. The fill and rocks will be transported to the sea front between Keflavík and Njarðvik and used for harbour walls and landfill.

About 20 IPC employees have commenced work. The Project Manager is Guðgeir Sigurjónsson and the Foreman is Ágúst Ólafsson. The project is scheduled to be completed on 1st June, 2004.

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24. June 2021

Construction in Keflavík is in full swing

The design phase in Keflavik which began in the middle of September 2020 has now been completed. The permission to commence is expected within the next few weeks. ÍAV received early permission to carry out the earthworks of the apron to ensure that the concrete paving could commence as early in the summer as possible. ÍAV has dug and removed 120.000 cubic metres of soil and rock and imported 100.000 cubic metres of crushed aggregates since March 9th, 2021.

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Project status on Burfell Power Plant expansion.

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