Vantaa, Finland, 2016-07-06 07:30 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

Ramirent Plc Press release 6 July 2016 at 8:30 a.m.

YIT and Ramirent have entered into a multi-year partnership agreement for YIT’s Tripla construction site in Pasila, Helsinki. The agreement covers a broad range of services, including equipment rental and other construction site services produced by Ramirent, such as logistics planning and directing transport and chemicals management on the site, in order to meet the needs of YIT as well as the other subcontractors on the site.

With the Tripla project, Pasila will be transformed into a new, vibrant hub in Helsinki at the beginning of the next decade. Tripla is the largest construction project in the country-a three-block complex including a shopping centre, apartments, offices and a parking facility. Pasila station will be a part of Tripla.

Tripla is a challenging project, as the giant construction site is located in a very high-traffic area. This places very tight safety requirements and quality criteria on all parties involved.

YIT’s Pekka Luukkonen, Construction Director of Tripla, had the following to say about the new agreement: “Tripla is the largest construction site in Finland, the size of around fifty football fields with the total capacity of ten Finnish Parliament Houses. In terms of traffic, the location of the construction site is very challenging, as over 900 trains travel through the Pasila train station each day. Thanks to its high quality and production abilities, Ramirent is an ideal partner for carrying out such a project. The project presents many challenges for transport and logistics arrangements, among other things, and with this partnership we wish to ensure that we can take on these challenges together.”

“For Ramirent, this partnership with Tripla will provide an excellent opportunity to offer nearly all of our services on a single site. Our service offering includes equipment rental, equipment control systems, logistics planning and management, transport planning and control, scaffolding and weather covers from planning to installation, planning and implementation of cleanliness and dust management, chemicals management and training services. The management of occupational safety will be developed and implemented in collaboration with YIT,” says Mikael Kämpe, Executive Vice President of Ramirent Finland Oy.

Ramirent’s chemicals management service, Rami EcoOnline, is one of the new services that Ramirent will provide for the Tripla site. The service has been constructed as a cloud-based service that is always available for the customer irrespective of time and place.

“We have developed a new service for chemicals management – Rami EcoOnline. We also use the service in-house, and the service won the EcoOnline Award in Sweden. Using the service, Ramirent has managed to decrease its own use of chemicals by 46% compared to the amount used in 2012. We have now commercialised the service and will offer it to our customers in the future,” says Veikko Lehtola, Director, Sales and Marketing at Ramirent Finland Oy.

The contract parties will not disclose the value of the agreement.

MORE INFORMATION:
Mikael Kämpe, Executive Vice President, tel. +358 (0)20 750 200, Ramirent Finland Oy
Veikko Lehtola, Director, Sales and Marketing, tel. +358 (0)20 750 200, Ramirent Finland Oy
Pekka Luukkonen, Construction Director, tel. +358 (0)20 433 111, YIT Corporation

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YIT creates sustainable cities and a better living environment by building apartments, business premises, infrastructure and entire areas. We focus on providing a first-class customer experience, high quality and the continuous development of our diverse expertise. Our operating area covers Finland, Russia, the Baltic countries, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. In 2015, our revenue amounted to nearly EUR 1.7 billion and we currently have around 5,300 employees. Our share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

Ramirent is a leading equipment rental group combining the best equipment, services and know-how into rental solutions that simplify customer’s business. Ramirent serves a broad range of customer sectors including construction, industry, services, the public sector and households. Ramirent has operations in the Nordic countries and in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2015, Ramirent Group sales totalled EUR 636 million. The Group has 2,654 employees in 288 customer centres in 10 countries. Ramirent is listed on the NASDAQ Helsinki (RMR1V).Ramirent – More than machines®.