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Stora Enso has been commissioned to supply massive wood products to a residential project in Växjö municipality in southern Sweden.

A total of 6,300 m3 of CLT (Cross Laminated Timber) will be delivered to the Trummens Strand project, making this one of the largest wooden building projects in the Nordic countries to date.

The project includes, among other things, 150 exclusive apartments and a pre-school, which will be erected by construction contractor GBJ Bygg. The tallest residential buildings will be eight storeys high.

The Norwegian company Woodcon will coordinate the delivery and design through its Swedish affiliate Woodconstruction Sweden. Work at Trummens Strand has recently begun and the site is planned to be ready at the turn of 2018/2019.

"Wood is the only fully renewable building material, so from an environmental standpoint there is no better alternative," says Mikael Lindberg, Head of Sales Scandinavia from Stora Enso Division Wood Products.

"The most important thing for me as an architect is to feel that this is a wooden structure. One should feel that it is wood and smell of wood, and when you lean against a massive wooden wall you can feel the quality," says architect Stefan Johansson of FOJAB Architects.

As Anna Tenje, Chairman of the municipal council in Växjö, explained, the Trummens Strand is one of several exciting wooden house projects in the Växjö municipality. The city's administration has developed a wood construction strategy to stimulate the increased use of wood. The goal is that by 2020, at least 50% of new municipal construction will be wood based.