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SPECIAL PROMOTION
INVEST IN ICELAND
SPECIAL PROMOTION
INCREASED INTEREST
IN TOURIST AND
INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT
Mannvit’s services are split into the three
core areas of energy, industry and in-
frastructure. Tryggvi Jónsson, Mannvit’s
Director of Infrastructure, tells us more
about what his department is up to.
GROWING OPERATIONS
Recently we have been emphasizing the
development of our own projects here in
Iceland, as well as providing a consistent-
ly good and economical service to our
customers. We are experiencing strong
growth in the tourism industry in Iceland,
which brings with it various projects; espe-
cially in the construction of hotels and proj-
ects linked to various tourist attractions.
To increase our market, we have been
chasing projects in Norway since 2012, as
there has been a lot of growth there thanks
to the economic upturn in the country. We
now have, for example, a contract with
the Norwegian Roads Administration for
the redesign of 21 road tunnels, and we
are designing 11 bridges for the E18 mo-
torway from Oslo down to the Swedish
border, which is one of the busiest roads
in Norway. Mannvit also has projects un-
derway for Gardemoen Airport, the City of
Oslo and other municipalities in Norway.
Mannvit recently opened offices in
Nuuk, Greenland and already has several
projects, including the design of airports,
project management at Nuuk harbor and
servicing oil and energy companies.
DATA CENTERS AND TRANSPORT
Mannvit provides a comprehensive and
wide-ranging set of services for the con-
struction of all sorts of infrastructure proj-
ects. Our client base is very wide and we
therefore need to define precisely which
services are best-suited to each and every
client individually. Some want us to take
charge of all project components, while
others have very strong ideas about how
their projects should be run. This makes it
essential to approach every project differ-
ently, depending on the client.
Mannvit has been involved with the de-
velopment of Verne Global, Iceland’s larg-
est data center, since the very beginning.
We have also been involved in the im-
provements made to Keflavík International
Airport, as well as consulting on new road
and air travel developments for the City of
Reykjavík.
Engineering and inno-
vation consultancy
company Mannvit is
one of Iceland’s larg-
est and has 18 offices
in seven countries:
Iceland, Germany,
Hungary, Norway,
the UK, Chile and
Greenland.
MARRIOTT EDITION CONSTRUCTION
One of the most exciting things we are do-
ing in Iceland right now is the new five-star
Marriott EDITION Hotel being built next
to the Harpa Concert and Conference
Center in the heart of Reykjavík. It will be
one of Iceland’s best hotels and will be
around 16,000 m2 (172,200 ft2) in size with
a similar size development of apartments
and retail units alongside. Mannvit is work-
ing with Tark Architects on all aspects of
development, design, procurement and
construction management for this EUR
100 million project.
mannvit.com

“In the Hotel EDITION
project we developed
the project from the
start, including negotia-
tions with operator and
financing, as well as
doing the design,
procurement,
construction
management
and
supervision.”
Tryggvi Jónsson, Mannvit’s Director of Infrastructure.