Take a peek to our site
You can peek into our work sites through peepholes. Next to the openings are descriptions of what the peeper can see (in Finnish). On this page you can find the same texts in English.
Signs in the Laakso Hospital area
What does it looks like on the construction site?
This gigantic spidery-looking contraption is a concrete pump. The pump is mounted on a truck with telescopic support legs. Can you see a concrete pump on site today?
The feet stand on outrigger pads to spread the weight of the vehicle and to provide stability.
There is a box at the back of the vehicle, into which ready-mixed concrete is deposited by cement mixers. The boom is used to feed concrete to wherever it is needed – such as on the floors, ceiling, and walls of the tunnel under the riding arena. The guy in the top right corner of the picture is spraying water into the box to prevent the concrete from setting in the box.
The boom on Finland’s biggest concrete pump is 62 meters long. To put that into perspective, the height of the tower of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium is 72 meters.
Illustrations: Salla Savolainen
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What is going on here?
This is the future location of the new main building of Laakso Hospital. It will be big – around five times the size of the Helsinki Central Library Oodi. The deadline for completing the entire project is not until 2030, but the hospital is due to open to patients and customers in 2028.
Take a look behind you: These two buildings are part of the old hospital and protected under a historic designation. They were originally built – almost one hundred years ago – to house tuberculosis patients. The plan is to restore the buildings to their former glory over the coming years.
The cartoon shows a crew working on the foundations of a building. The red-and-green cement mixer carries ready-mixed concrete to the yellow-and-white truck-mounted concrete pump. The concrete is pumped into a hose operated by the casting crew.
The character in the white hard hat is the foreman, whose job it is to ensure everyone’s safety and the smooth running of the project.
“Was this supposed to be plugged in somewhere,” wonders a worker next to a portable power distribution unit.
Illustrations: Salla Savolainen
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Sign at the entrance to the Synapsia and Vega buildings
Sneak a peek at the construction site!
This is the future location of the new main building of Laakso Hospital. There is also a lot going on down below: The crew is busy excavating tunnels to provide vehicular access from Auroranportti to the hospital’s new underground parking and maintenance facilities.
A huge volume of rock – enough to fill the Finnish Parliament House five times over – is being extracted from the riding arena and the Laakso Hospital area. It takes more than a shovel to move that amount of rock!
Take a look around and see if you can spot any diggers. Our crew uses diggers to load the extracted rock onto trucks that then transport it to other construction sites, such as Jätkäsaari and Kruunuvuorenranta.
The lights, beacons and indicators on construction vehicles are important safety features that must be used whenever a vehicle is moving. That is why the driver in the cartoon is cleaning the headlights on his truck.
There is apparently a fox that likes to visit the site from time to time. He probably lives in Central Park, which is just a stone’s throw away.
Illustrations: Salla Savolainen
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Sign along the dirt road between the riding arena and the Laakso Hospital area
Take a look inside!
Are you familiar with the concept of public utilities? Public utilities are all those pipes that run underground to provide heating, electricity, and internet access as well as to carry water and sewage. The pipes are color-coded to tell them apart.
There are pipes running under your feet right now: New public utilities were recently laid under this very spot where you stand.
What the crew is doing now is something completely different, however. The workers are digging a tunnel that will ultimately provide vehicular access to Laakso Hospital.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) must be worn on construction sites at all times. Typical PPE includes at least a helmet, goggles, high-visibility clothing, safety shoes, and gloves. This guy therefore must be having his lunch somewhere off site!
“Oops,” says the site manager looking down into a pipe.
Illustrations: Salla Savolainen
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Find out more about the construction project and the new hospital.