Landspitali University Hospital

One of Iceland’s largest and most complex building projects ever is also our highest value project to date.

The new treatment centre of the Landspítali University Hospital in Reykjavik is the biggest single building of Iceland’s largest and most important medical facility. It features five separate building sections and measures around 70,000 m². According to Ólafur Hersisson, an architect at Corpus 3, it is “the largest and most complex project in Iceland to date.” The treatment centre will be used as an emergency and university hospital.

We signed the contract for this building’s 30,000 m² façade in 2022, and at €47 million, it is our largest ever. Now, the team is making strong progress through the production and installation phases. The project features three different façade systems along with glass roofs, doors, rainscreens, and ceilings.

In design and production, we have had to factor in Iceland’s unpredictable climate and seismic activity. We have successfully tested the elements using both standard CWCT testing and tests for the seismic conditions according to the American AAMA standard. This is the first time we have conducted such testing for one of our façades. The units are also designed for wind loads of -5.89/+3.53 kN/m².

With a target date of January 2025 to complete the façade, five production lines are working in our production facility. Façade elements are then transported by ship to Iceland, where we have up to 70 installers working on-site at peak times. We have a minimum of two teams working on any given day, and this increases to five teams at peak times. One team installs 13-15 elements per day on average.

The New National University Hospital is a landmark project for us: our largest in contract value and our first project in Iceland. It proves that we have the expertise, experience, and capacity to carry out such a large and complex project while building on our extensive experience working on hospital projects in Scandinavia.