headquarters solna stockholm sweden key people ceo peter w gstr m products residential commercial and infrastructure developments revenue 58 billion sek 2013 number of employees 18 500 2013 website www.ncc.se en the turning torso malmo ncc ab is a swedish construction company the second largest in the nordic region with annual revenues 2013 of 58 billion swedish krona and about 18 500 employees . contents 1 history 2 about ncc 3 business areas 3.1 ncc construction 3.2 ncc housing 3.3 ncc roads 3.4 ncc property development 4 well known projects 4.1 turning torso 4.2 the vasa museum 4.3 kista science tower 4.4 the resund link 5 references 6 external links history edit the origins of ncc construction go back to 1890 when axel johnson a swedish businessman established nordstjernan the north star . later this company became one of the leading nordic shipping companies . in late 1987 nordstjernan ab began acquiring shares in the listed construction company armerad betong v gf rb ttringar abv . at the time nordstjernan had its own construction company called johnson construction company jcc . in spring 1988 nordstjernan increased its shareholding in the company and by may 21 1988 abv was considered a nordstjernan subsidiary . at the company s annual general meeting on june 8 then president of jcc torsten eriksson was also appointed president of abv . on june 9 1988 the president sent a letter containing information about the merger and upcoming integration to the company s 20 000 employees and to 30 000 business contacts . work on the new organization was largely completed by september 8 when 475 managers were appointed and a group structure was established . company president torsten eriksson settled the question concerning the location of the head office of nordic construction company ncc as the joint company was to be called when he selected abv s head office on vallgatan in solna . four days later nordstjernan was listed on the stock exchange . on september 20 1988 nordstjernan acquired all of the shares in ncc from jcc upon which the construction operations of jcc and abv were transferred to ncc . following the acquisition jcc became a subsidiary of ncc and changed its name to ncc bygg ab . although the ncc group was legally formed on january 1 1989 jcc and abv have been assembled under a single roof and a shared logo since october 15 1988 when a joint graphic profile was launched . about ncc edit ncc develops and builds residential and commercial properties industrial facilities and public buildings roads civil engineering structures and other types of infrastructure . ncc also offers input materials used in construction such as aggregates and asphalt and conducts paving and road services . ncc primarily conducts operations in the nordic region . in the baltic region ncc mainly builds housing on a proprietary basis and in germany single family housing . business areas edit ncc construction edit ncc s construction units construct residential and office properties other buildings industrial facilities roads civil engineering structures and other types of infrastructure . the core business is conducted in the nordic region the baltic countries and germany . ncc housing edit ncc housing develops and sells housing in selected markets in the nordic region the baltic countries and germany . the business area became operational on january 1 2009 . up to the end of 2008 these operations were included in ncc s construction units . ncc roads edit ncc roads supplies products and services used in and around roads . the business area s range of operations extends across the entire value chain from the production of aggregates and asphalt products to paving work and road service . the products and methods used by ncc roads are developed with the aim of increasingly reducing the environmental impact from operations . new energy saving paving technologies recycling of asphalt and alternative fuels are a few examples of these efforts . through various initiatives ncc roads aims to contribute to more sustainable urban development . 1 ncc roads produces six million tons of asphalt and 25 million tons of stone materials and aggregates each year . this makes us the nordic region s largest player in the asphalt and aggregates industry . the main market for ncc roads is the nordic region where sweden constitutes the single largest market . ncc roads also has operations in st. petersburg . in addition aggregate products are exported to countries around the north sea and the baltic sea . ncc property development edit ncc property development develops and sells commercial properties in defined growth markets in the nordic countries and the baltic region . well known projects edit turning torso edit turning torso is located by the sea within walking distance from the beach and the heart of downtown malm . when it opened its doors for occupancy in the spring of 2005 the spectacular building stood at a height of 190 meters with a total of 54 stories . the building comprises about 15 000 square meters of floor space and contains 147 rental apartments . it also houses 4 200 square meters of office space . other facilities include overnight rooms saunas and exercise facilities an observation gallery party facilities a wine cellar and office modules . the property is equipped with district heating and cooling featuring individual consumption measurement . 2 the vasa museum edit four years after the building start and 362 years after the vasa ship sank the vasa museum was inaugurated on the june 15 1990 . the vasa museum is today scandinavia s most visited museum . surrounding the ship are several permanent exhibitions cinemas a shop and a restaurant . the museum was designed by m nsson dahlb ck arkitektkontor and built by ncc.more about the project kista science tower edit kista science tower in kista stockholm is the second tallest building in sweden at a height of 117.2 metres 385 ft . kista science tower was completed in 2003 . the resund link edit the resund link which is 16 kilometers long is one of scandinavia s most important infrastructural achievements to date . it consists of three sections a tunnel a bridge and a manmade island that links together the tunnel and the bridge in the middle of the resund strait . the bridge starts in sweden and the tunnel in denmark . ncc led the resund tunnel contractors the international consortium that built the 3.7 kilometer long resund tunnel . more about the project references edit carlsson ulf . e4 hudiksvall nr 7 december 2009 v gverket swedish transport administration 2006 fib adwards for outstanding concrete structures winners special mentions and nominees . the international federation for structural concrete fib f d ration internationale du b ton 2006 p. 7 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ncc company & oldid 742943585 categories construction and civil engineering companies of 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