Client NLSH (the New National Hospital of Iceland) has entrusted Staticus to deliver the façade for the laboratory building of the Landspitali Hospital. We have been working on the hospital’s new treatment centre since 2022, and are now close to completion. The contract for the laboratory building is our largest ever continuation project, and demonstrates the confidence we have established with the client.
Iceland’s largest hospital complex
Landspitali Hospital is Iceland’s largest hospital complex. It is also one of the country’s largest and most complex construction projects to date.
In 2022, we signed the contract for the vast 30,000 m2 façade for Landspitali’s treatment centre. Along with its scale, this project presented significant technical challenges in terms of wind load and seismic activity, with our façade completing CWCT testing and American AAMA standard seismic testing. We were able to successfully complete building enclosure in late 2024, ensuring interior works could begin on time, and are now finalising this project.
Record continuation project for Staticus
On the back of our effective, high quality work for the Landspitali treatment centre, we have secured the contract to provide the façade for Landspitali’s laboratory.
This building will house all of the hospital’s laboratories and its blood bank. As Iceland’s national hospital, these laboratories will be handling tests from other health facilities, and will also be used for scientific research. The laboratory building will be connected to the main hospital via a connecting bridge. A pneumatic tube system for sending samples to and from the laboratories will also be included.
We are designing, manufacturing and installing the close to 6,500 m2 façade for this building. It will comprise 5,600 m2 of unitised façade, plus 400 m2 of ventilated façade and 400 m2 of additional façade types.
Using our successfully-deployed façade system
As with our previous Landspitali project, mock up testing will be a critical milestone given the stringent seismic and climate requirements. We will be delivering visual mock ups that are put through rigorous performance testing. The units are designed for wind loads of -3.93/+3.25 kN/m², and must withstand the seismic activity experienced in Iceland. This project is due to be finalised by Q3, 2026
Once all PMU testing is completed, production will begin, with a late September 2025 start date targeted. We then plan to be on site for preparation work in later 2025, with installation due to begin in early 2026.
Client confidence
Client-centricity is fundamental to the way we work at Staticus. For example, we recently introduced a new, portfolio-based organisational structure that allows us to be even more responsive to client needs.
In 2022, when we signed the €47 million contract for Landspitali Treatment centre (our largest ever contract), our focus was on ensuring we delivered the quality at scale that NLSH needed. It makes us proud to see that, having completed most of this project, our client is satisfied with our work and ready to entrust us with more. Securing our largest ever continuation project is a proud moment as it is concrete proof that our client-centric approach works.
