News Denmark’s parliament to be redesigned A Danish team of Arcgency, Cobe Architects, Drachmann Architects and Sweco Denmark has been chosen to design a restoration and extension of the country’s parliament and its surrounding buildings. The…
News Jacobs opens innovation hub in Denmark US engineer Jacobs has opened a research centre in Denmark to help meet demand for specialised construction skills in the life sciences, advanced manufacturing and infrastructure sectors. Jacobs plans to…
News Lundgaard & Tranberg wins prestigious Viking ship museum in Denmark Danish architect Lundgaard & Tranberg has won a competition to design the $30m refurbishment of a Viking ship museum in Roskilde, eastern Denmark. The firm beat a starry field of…
News Germany starts laying track on its side of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) has begun work on railways leading to the €3.5bn undersea Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link connecting Hamburg and Copenhagen. It will install 88km of track to…
News Anti-obesity drug maker to spend $6bn on new factories Anti-obesity drug maker Novo Nordisk says it will invest $6bn on expanding its production facilities in the Danish town of Kalundborg.
News Danish investors propose $1.3bn offshore wind farm for Bangladesh Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, an investment company specialising in wind power ventures, has joined with consultant Copenhagen Offshore Partners to propose a $1.3bn project to the government of Bangladesh. According to…
News Esbjerg Port gets €940m to become green powerhouse Pension fund PensionDanmark has agreed to invest €940m in the Danish port of Esbjerg to expand its renewable energy capacity, including €780m to build fabrication works for wind turbines over…
News Danish government mulls using platforms for its “energy island” The government of Denmark last week suspended plans to build an “energy island” in the North Sea and is investigating the possibility of replacing it with platforms. The idea had…
News Cowi lands design contract for Denmark’s largest hydrogen plant Zurich-headquartered H2 Energy has awarded Denmark’s Cowi the front-end engineering design contract (FEED) for a 1GW hydrogen plant in Esbjerg, Denmark, ahead of H2’s final investment decision on the plant…
News Cowi and Arup picked for Copenhagen’s new low-carbon metro line Copenhagen’s metro operator Metroselskabet has appointed a joint venture of Cowi and Arup to provide design, environmental impact assessment and utility relocations for the planned new M5 low-carbon metro line.…
News Cowi targets Iceland with Mannvit acquisition Danish international consultant Cowi today acquired Icelandic engineer Mannvit, a 280-person firm specialising in hydropower and geothermal. Cowi believes Iceland will be a green energy hub for various industries thanks…
News Besix and MT Højgaard break ground on Copenhagen’s new Nordhavn tunnel Belgium’s Besix and Denmark’s MT Højgaard broke ground last week on a €346m contract to extend the Nordhavn Tunnel in Copenhagen for the Danish Road Directorate (Vejdirektoratet). The joint venture…
News Copenhagen Airport plans biggest-ever expansion Copenhagen Airport will spend €670m remodelling Terminal 3, its busiest. The largest expansion ever at the airport is intended to improve the flow of travellers by adding 60,000 sq m…
News JET announces plans to build 10 hydrogen filling stations in northern Europe JET H2 Energy has announced plans to open 10 hydrogen filling stations in Germany and Denmark, news site Hydrogen Central reports. The filling stations will supply cars as well as…
News Circular maritime centre designed by Snøhetta and Werk opens for business “The Lantern”, a circular clubhouse for sports enthusiasts, has opened near the port of Esbjerg in Denmark. The centre was designed by Norwegian architect Snøhetta and Copenhagen-based Werk Arkitekter. It…
News Meta abandons work on Danish data centres as it pivots to AI US tech company Meta Platforms has ended work on two data centres in Odense, Denmark, and will instead focus on a new type of data centre used for AI, Reuters…
News Zaha Hadid Architects-led team wins Aarhus Stadium in Denmark A team comprising the UK’s Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), Swedish consulting engineer Sweco and Danish landscape architect Tredje Natur has won a design competition to rebuild Aarhus football stadium in…
News Refugee Museum opens at site of Denmark’s biggest WWII camp Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has inaugurated the new Refugee Museum of Denmark, known as Flugt, in Oksbøl, at the site of the biggest refugee camp in the country during World War II.