Vahanen Group
Vahanen Group is a large Finnish owned technical consulting organization in the construction and property branch. Mikko Vahanen established a structural engineering firm bearing his own name in 1955 and with the lead of son Risto Vahanen, it has further developed into Vahanen Group, an international consulting organization with over 450 employees. Vahanen offers a wide scope of services in architecture, geotechnics, building services and structural engineering, refurbishment and property management, and expert services in building physics together with environmental consulting. The corporation’s main development investments are targeted at developing ecologically balanced built environment. The company network extends from Finland to Russia, the Baltics, Romania, India and United Arab Emirates. In 2010 and 2011, Vahanen Group was chosen as one of the best places to work in Finland in the Great Place to Work competition.
Products and services
Vahanen Group offers services for a property’s entire life cycle both in the fields of new building and renovation.
- Structural and geotechnical engineering: new building, renovation, geotechnics
- Architecture: Commercial buildings and shopping centres, educational and public buildings, renovation sites.
- Specialist Services: Humidity and indoor climate, Research services, Quality assessment, Condition surveys, Laboratory services
- HVAC Engineering
- Property Management: Commissioning construction, Supervision, Project management, Project development, Strategic services, Cost estimation
- Housing Services: Replumbing, Facades, Maintenance, Condition surveys
- Environmental Services: Environmental permitting, Contaminated areas and EDD, Waste management, landfills and mining activities, Certification, Energy and life cycle services, Environmental management
Awards
- RAKEVA-award for developing new renovation techniques in 2007
- Verkatehdas – Glass Structure of the Year 2008 and Steel Structure of the Year 2007
- Real Estate Act of the Year, Honorable mention 2008
- Building Information Modelling Award 2009 for the Helsinki Music Centre
- The Most Education-Supporting Work Community of the Year 2010
- Quality Innovation of the Year 2010
- One of the best places to work in Finland in the Great Place to Work –competition in 2010 and 2011
- RIL –award 2011 for the Helsinki Music Centre
External links
fi:Vahanen-yhtiöt