NCC Roads AB
NCC Roads is a business area in the NCC Group - one of the leading construction and property-development companies in the Nordic Region. More information could be found at http://www.ncc.se. NCC Roads' core operations are aggregates, asphalt, paving and road maintenance. Sales in 2003 totalled SEK 7.9 billion (850 MEURO) and operating profit of SEK 44 M (5 MEURO at 1 EURO = 9,3 SEK). NCC Roads is active mainly in the Nordic region but also in Poland, the Baltic countries as well as in the St Petersburg area of Russia. Some aggregate products are exported, primarily from Norway and Sweden to countries bordering the Baltic Sea.
Typical customers are construction companies and central or local government authorities, which contract NCC for the paving of public highway networks. A growing market is maintenance, reconstruction and improvement of existing roads. During 2003, construction of 2+1 roads with median cable barriers generated considerable business for NCC Roads. The two-lane sections improve the flow of traffic, while the cable barriers reduce the risk of accidents. Existing roads are being remodelled to increase capacity, which means that the customer, in this case Sweden's state-operated National Road Administration, need not to invest in completely new sections of road.
The NCC Roads environmental goals include the support of the construction of a healthy, human friendly environment. One measure to achieve this is promoting development of "Quiet pavements", which is clearly expressed in the strategy documents.
Email: nils.ulmgren@ncc.se