Södra’s CLT is set for delivery in Q1 2025. Credit: Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter för Jernhusen.

The construction of Gothenburg Grand Central, a new station building, has started in Gothenburg, Sweden, with an emphasis on sustainability.

The station will serve as the main gateway to the Centralstaden district in the city.

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Hybridge, an independent structural contractor, responsible for the building’s frame, will utilise renewable, locally produced cross-laminated timber (CLT) supplied by Södra, a forest-owner association, for the construction.

The Gothenburg Grand Central building spans nearly 120m in length and rises more than 20m in height.

Its design incorporates ‘visible’ wood, recycled bricks and steel, and climate-improved concrete.

Södra’s integrated production of CLT involves its pulp mill and sawmill in Värö, outside Varberg.

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Södra Building Systems business area manager Andreas Berge said, “Using wood as a building material with low climate impact significantly reduces the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the building.

“Additionally, the wood continues to store carbon dioxide throughout the building’s lifetime. Wood as a natural material also provides a pleasant environment to be in.”

Hybridge has been working with Södra since the early bidding phase.

Hybridge CEO and business manager Mårten Holmberg said: “Our good cooperation in the early phase combined with Södra’s capacity and the product’s low climate impact in terms of carbon dioxide emissions is what made the choice fall on Södra when it comes to deliveries of CLT in the project.”

The ground-breaking of the building occurred in September 2024, with Södra’s CLT delivery set for the first quarter (Q1) of 2025.

The completion of Gothenburg Grand Central is expected in December 2026, with the upper floors following in early 2027.

Norway-based Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter is the architect behind the project.

Meanwhile, construction and civil engineering company Peab, which won the contract to build Gothenburg’s new station in July 2024, is the general contractor.

Jernhusen owns and will manage the building upon completion.