One major project - two ski jumping hills - three innovations
After 65 days of on site construction at Granasen Skisenter in Trondheim, we officially completed our biggest project last Friday! It started two years ago when we were assigned for the entire steel construction as well as the construction of the inrun track and cooling systems for the ski jumping facility in Trondheim. It ended this Friday with a total of 44 tons of steel used and a successful handover.
Hi-Tec and energy efficiency also determine the future in our sector, and the careful use of the resources is becoming more and more important. The primary goal of the project was to further increase the efficiency of the newly built ski jumping facility in Trondheim in order to reduce energy consumption as much as possible. Initially, we invested a lot of money and time to constantly innovate. The result is three innovations and the most modern and economically efficient inrun track and cooling system in the world!
Innovation 1: Over the years we have built up a great source of know-how in control technology and bring even more high-tech into the system. We are talking about the world's first remote maintenance system. We can access the cooling system from anywhere in the world, read various parameters, change them and intervene if the technology doesn't work as planned. This significantly increases efficiency and profitability, an absolute must in times of the climate crisis.
Innovation 2: We have further optimized the cooling technology and the control panel system. A new refrigerant works more efficient with less energy consumption. When the outside temperatures are correspondingly low, the system regulates itself to a fifth of the maximum energy consumption. The energy is only used when it is needed - efficiency increases.
Innovation 3: At the same time, the ice milling machine was revised and equipped with a so-called "Forerunner". The Forerunner describes a brush system that can be used to sweep out the track independently of the use of the milling machine. In both summer and winter, the work of the ski jump operators and coaches gets easier, they no longer have to pick up the broom by themself.
All this makes the system in Trondheim the most modern and economically effective inrun track and cooling system in the world!
I would like to thank everyone involved for the great cooperation and trust! The biggest thanks go to my team, my client NCC and the Trondheim Municipality, without which none of this would have been possible.
