More residential units for disabled people
Hafnarfjörður Municipality, on behalf of Heimilin Housing Association Ltd., and HBH Byggir ehf. signed a construction contract last weekend for the development of a residential unit for people with disabilities at 45 Öldugata. Construction is expected to begin this summer, with the flats due for completion in February 2021.
Hafnarfjörður Municipality,
On behalf of Heimilin Housing Association Ltd., and HBH Byggir Ltd. signed last weekend.
to a contract for the construction of a residential unit for disabled people at Öldugata
45. Construction is expected to begin this summer and that the flats
to be delivered in February 2021.

Here are Mayor of Hafnarfjörður, Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir, and Dagmar Þorsteinsdóttir, Managing Director of HBH Byggir ehf, at the signing of the contract. Behind them stands the group who have been involved in the project on behalf of the City of Hafnarfjörður, HBH Byggir ehf, the engineering firm Orbicon, and the engineering firm VSB.
HBH Byggir ehf. submitted the lowest bid for the construction of a residential block.
at 45 Oldenburg Street in Hafnarfjörður, but at the same time the proposal received the best review
of the assessment committee. „We continue to increase
homes for disabled people in Hafnarfjörður as our wishes and plans dictate
advice. At the end of 2018, we signed a contract with the Executive Association
Arnarhvol ehf. on the development of a residential cluster at Arnarhrauni 50, so that we
We are working hard to increase the number of specially designed homes for disabled people.
people who can and want to live in their own home. It is extremely pleasing to see
These developments will become a reality and I look forward to seeing the residents move in.
in a new home“ says Rósa Guðbjartsdóttir, Mayor of the Borough of Hafnarfjörður, at
Signing of a contract with HBH Byggir ehf.
This is a public tender and the contract sum amounts to just over
152.6 million króna. HBH Byggir ehf. will design, build and complete the premises.
along with the plot of land, and to hand it over ready for use. Architect
Sturla Þór Jónsson and Orbicon are handling the engineering design. The project involves six detached houses which
each is about 50 m2 in size, along with 23 m2 staff facilities
and about 20 m2 common areas. The size of the plot is 1,904.3 m².2.
All the detached houses are designed according to the concept of universal design, but in this
Consists of designing good solutions with equality and the well-being of all people as a priority.