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YIT Corporation Press release June 14, 2019 at 2:30 p.m.
YIT and the City of Lapua have signed a contract on the construction of a primary school building in Lapua. The new building, which has a floor area of 3,800 square metres, will replace the old school building, already demolished. The value of this turnkey contract is close to EUR 8 million. Construction work will begin in September 2019 and the new school will be completed by the end of 2020.
The new school in Liuhtari will have 180 primary school students, 30 preschool students and 34 special school students. The number of staff will be 50. The building will also house sports facilities open to the public in the evenings.
YIT has previously built a sports and event venue – the Patruuna Arena – in the centre of Lapua. It was opened in 2011.
For further information, please contact:
Mikael Snellman, Regional Director, YIT, tel. +358 40 7215 835, mikael.snellman@yit.fi
Johanna Savolainen, Communication Manager, tel. +358 44 305 4594, johanna.savolainen@yit.fi
YIT is the largest Finnish and significant North European construction company. We develop and build apartments and living services, business premises and entire areas. We are also specialised in demanding infrastructure construction and paving. Together with our customers, our nearly 10,000 professionals are creating more functional, attractive and sustainable cities and environments. We work in 11 countries: Finland, Russia, Scandinavia, the Baltic Countries, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. The new YIT was born when the over-100-year-old YIT Corporation and Lemminkäinen Corporation merged on February 1, 2018. Our pro forma revenue for 2018 was approximately EUR 3.8 billion. YIT Corporation's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Oy. www.yitgroup.com
