Generation 5000 - Miele

New Project in Norway
Aker Kvaerner
headquarters
with style
Architect Nils Torp
has planned lightfi
lled rooms and
open spaces for
Aker Kvaerner’s
new headquarters.
Employees at Aker Kvaerner can count themselves lucky,
for they will soon be working in one of Norway’s most
modern buildings. Aker Kvaerner, a leading global
provider of engineering and construction services, is currently
building new company headquarters right outside Oslo. Nils
Torp, Norway’s most famous architect and the designer of Oslo
Gardermoen Airport, has created an unusual design for
Aker Kvaerner’s new headquarters. The building will feature
rooms fi lled with light and open spaces. When fi nished
it will house 2,200 employees over an area of 56,000 m 2 .
Miele Norway has been selected to supply 20 refrigeration
appliances and 40 dishwashers to be installed in the kitchens
and community rooms for the convenience and comfort
of employees.
Central sterilization unit in Martina Hansens Hospital refurbished
Safe for patients, comfortable for employees
W
hen employees at the central
sterilisation unit at Martina
Hansens Hospital (Norway)
returned from their sum mer holidays, a
whole new workplace awaited them:
All the rooms had been remodelled,
windows added, sliding doors mounted
and the space divided into sterile/nonsterile
areas. Three new large-cabinet decontamination
units from the professional
programme form the new heart of the
central sterilization unit.
The new machines operate using the
Miele OxiVario and OrthoVario reprocessing
programmes. These offer exceptionally
high sterilisation performance on
critical instruments such as those used in
minimally invasive surgery. This means
that patients are now even better protected
against infection from contaminated
OP instruments. Positive side effect
for the employees in the central sterilisation
unit: The rooms are lighter and more
spacious following remodelling. The new
large-cabinet decontamination units also
work more quietly and save time.
Martina Hansens Hospital is a specialist
clinic for orthopaedic surgery in
Bærum. The clinic was founded in 1936
and numbers among the best in its fi eld
in Norway. The hospital decided in favour
of Miele because they needed the very
best product with the safest reprocessing
procedure. Miele was also able to ensure
comprehensive service for the operation
of the machines around the clock. The
professional service engineers from Miele
Norway were involved in the entire planning
process from the start right up to
installation of the units.
Safe instrument reprocessing
programmes and improved working
conditions for employees are the
clear advantages of the new Miele
large-cabinet decontamination units.
Miele The Magazine // 25
NORWAY