{"id":14044,"date":"2019-11-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/verkefnin-morg-og-arstidabundin\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:02:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:02:24","slug":"the-projects-of-tomorrow-and-the-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/verkefnin-morg-og-arstidabundin\/","title":{"rendered":"Many tasks, seasonal"},"content":{"rendered":"

One could say that the master of horticulture, Bj\u00f6rn B\u00f6geskov Hilmarsson, wears his surname well, as it is the Danish version of the word for beech forest. Bj\u00f6rn, or B\u00f6ddi as he is known, who has worked for the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur for almost 30 years, is the manager of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Service Centre at Nor\u00f0urhellu. Nineteen people work there on average, and the list of tasks is long and seasonal. A Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur resident paid a visit. <\/a><\/p>\n

Bj\u00f6rn started working for the town on a contract in 1990 after studying horticulture, and succeeded Kristj\u00e1n Ingi Gunnarsson, the town's head gardener, four years later. \u201eIt was then called the tool shed and around 50 people worked here. The service was originally at Flatahraun, then moved to Hringh\u00e6ll in 2001 and to Nor\u00f0urh\u00e6ll in 2008. Today, the planning and building department, the utilities, the environment and operations department, and the property company, which manages all the town's properties, are all based here in one location. As a result, the service to residents is improved.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n

Start the day with morning meetings<\/h4>\n

The staff of the Service Centre handle a variety of tasks relating to the service of the town's residents and institutions, such as maintenance and operational projects, new developments, and the supervision of all aspects of the road network, footpaths, open spaces, public playgrounds and the town's hinterland. \u201eMost of the jobs are seasonal. Since we moved to the Helluhverfi\u00f0 area, we always start the day with a 15-20 minute morning meeting with the foremen, about the day's tasks, where we review what was completed the day before and plan the day. At the moment, the weather forecast is reviewed, along with the potential de-icing measures, salting and gritting. The Christmas decorations are also going up now, mainly in the town centre, but also Christmas lights on pine trees throughout the town. We're also getting the Christmas houses ready for the Christmas Village,\u201c<\/em> says Bj\u00f6rn.<\/p>\n

Two people are responsible for all the rubbish bins and bus shelters.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, there are nearly 70 play and football pitches that need to be maintained, and we assist play and primary schools, as well as the town's institutions, with various tasks, such as moving furniture and equipment between buildings, etc. \u201eWe also handle road maintenance, such as broken kerbs, filling potholes and tidying up after utility works. Two men look after all the rubbish bins in town; emptying and cleaning them, as well as the bus shelters. Then we have 2-3 in the horticulture department, which is a very wide-ranging job. In the summer, we also have close to 1000 young people in the work experience scheme. If the winters are harsh, then more or less the entire workforce, along with additional contractors, is deployed to keep the main roads, streets and footpaths clear. The ideal would be 22-23 full-time equivalent permanent staff at the service centre, but it's very good to be able to call on specialised contractors and professionals to solve the various projects that need to be carried out. It's never a dull moment here, the atmosphere is great, the projects never end, they just bring new ones, and I look forward to every day.\u201c<\/em> says Bj\u00f6rn and smiles. <\/p>\n

This article was first published in Hafnfir\u00f0inginn on 21 November.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00dea\u00f0 m\u00e6tti segja a\u00f0 skr\u00fa\u00f0gar\u00f0yrkjumeistarinn Bj\u00f6rn B\u00f6geskov Hilmarsson beri \u00e6ttarnafn me\u00f0 rentu, \u00fev\u00ed \u00fea\u00f0 er danska \u00fatg\u00e1fan af or\u00f0inu er beykisk\u00f3gur. Bj\u00f6rn, e\u00f0a B\u00f6ddi eins og hann er kalla\u00f0ur, sem hefur starfa\u00f0 hj\u00e1 Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6 \u00ed t\u00e6p 30 \u00e1r, er forst\u00f6\u00f0uma\u00f0ur \u00fej\u00f3nustumi\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0var Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar vi\u00f0 Nor\u00f0urhellu. \u00dear starfa 19 manns a\u00f0 jafna\u00f0i og verkefnalistinn er langur og […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14044"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}