Digital Building of the Year 2017 is Telekom office building
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications awarded at the 2017 construction projects competition the Digital Building of the Year Award to the Telekom Office in Mustamäe, Tallinn. The building was designed and constructed by AS Merko Ehitus Eesti, the architectural solution was created by PIN Arhitektid. Jüri Rass, Deputy Secretary General for Construction at ...
Merko awards brand-new Toyota Hilux to its best cooperation partner
Some 180 companies took part in the Estonian part of a partner recognition campaign held by Merko Ehitus in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The grand prize, a two-year lease on a brand-new Toyota Hilux, was awarded to AS SA.MET, a company that performs construction on technical utility systems within buildings. Merko’s design development teams selected ...
T1 Mall of Tallinn reaches maximum height
New-generation shopping and entertainment centre T1 Mall of Tallinn and its main contractor AS Merko Ehitus Eesti held a topping-out ceremony to celebrate reaching the building’s maximum height. The centre will open to public in October 2018. “Under Merko’s skilful conductorship, the construction of T1 Mall of Tallinn shopping and entertainment centre is well on ...
600 conscripts begin service at Tapa barracks, established by Merko Group
The construction work on the Tapa barracks established by AS Merko Ehitus Eesti and Tallinna Teede AS were delivered to the national Centre for Defence Investments in late September and conscripts have begun their military service in the buildings. These are the Defence Forces’ newest barracks, and provide the draftees with optimum conditions for housing ...
Merko Ehitus once again named Estonia’s most competitive construction company
At the gala evening for the entrepreneurship awards on 05 October 2017, the AS Merko Ehitus Group was awarded the title of the most competitive construction company. It is the 11th time Merko has claimed the title. The purpose of the competitiveness rankings is to help Estonian companies become more competitive and spur faster economic development. ...
Merko Ehitus continues sponsoring Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture energy performance professorship
The Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture opened an energy performance professorship in the autumn in cooperation with Merko Ehitus. This academic year will see the cooperation continue, with Austrian architect and top energy performance expert Bernhard Sommer and energy design lecturer Galo Moncayo teaching in the Architecture and Urban Design Department during the ...
Merko is Estonia’s best real estate developer and Latvia’s best residential real estate developer
In its latest 2017 Real Estate Survey, the business and investment magazine Euromoney picked Merko as Estonia’s best real estate developer, with the company taking the top spot in the overall rankings as well as the residential and multifunctional use real estate categories. In addition, Merko´s daughter company Merks was once again also named Latvia’s ...
Merko completes residential project at Tartu mnt 52 in Tallinn; over 400 apartments under construction and several major projects in development
Merko has completed the residential quarter at the Tallinn address Tartu mnt 52, consisting of five residential buildings, an interior courtyard between them and an underground parking lot connecting them. Over 80% of the 185 apartments have found a buyer, and most have been delivered to the new homeowners. Merko currently has over 400 apartments ...
Tallinn Airport accessible by tram starting in early September
In early September, the city of Tallinn’s public transport company launched regular tram service to Tallinn Lennart Meri International Airport. The general contractors for the construction are AS Merko Ehitus Eesti and KMG Inseneriehituse AS. The finishing work in the vicinity of the new airport tram line will continue until November. Work on extending tram ...
Topping-out event held at Maakri Kvartal high-rise building
The full 30-storey height of the Maakri Kvartal high-rise building has been reached – 110 metres from the ground level. On 30 June, the owner of the Maakri Kvartal, Olav Miil, braved stormy weather to saw through a symbolic wreath that had towered over the city, following which participants gathered on the 24th floor for ...