Technical Research Centre of Finland

Brief profile

VTT produces new applied technology in co-operation with domestic and foreign partners. The research centre employs about 3,000 people of which more than 60% have an university degree. The main office is in Espoo (Finland) close to the country's capital Helsinki. Departments and branch offices are in the towns of  Tampere, Oulu,  Jyväskylä, Outokumpu and Lappeenranta. VTT's annual turnover is about 200 million € (Euro). VTT has 12 units (thereof 8 research units/institutes) plus one for studies and one for internal services.

VTT Building Technology, the unit which originally participated in the LOLEIF project was combined with  VTT Communities and Infrastructure. The newly created research institute named VTT Building and Transport commenced operations on 1.1.2001. The institute is the biggest of VTT’s research institutes and has a staff of 540 experts and a forecast turnover for next year of approximately 14 million €. VTT Building and Transport is an impartial and multidisciplinary expert organisation which conducts research, development and testing services in the field of construction, communities and physical infrastructures, Building Physics, Building Services and Fire Technology, Materials and Products, Wood Technology, Transport and Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Environment. the unit offers research and testing services, consulting and training.
 

Involvement in and contributions to the LOLEIF project

VTT led Task 4 - Development of Ice Force Prediction Models and Subtask 4.2 - Dynamic Ice - Structure Interaction Model and contributed to Subtask 2.2 - Ridge Mechanical Properties, Subtask 4.1 - Investigations on Special Ice Mechanics Problems Related to Numerical Modelling,  Subtask 4.3 - Ridge Load Model and Subtask 4.5 - Probability Approach as well as to Task 5 - Recommendation of Ice Forces on Coastal Structures.
 

Contacts
 

Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT Building and Transport P.O. Box 1805 (Kemistintie 3, Espoo)  FIN - 02044 VTT Finland    Tel.: +358 9 4 56 - 1 Fax.: +358 9 4 56 - 7003 WWW: http://www.vtt.fi/rte

For information regarding  VTT's participation in  the LOLEIF project:  Dr. Tuomo Kärnä Chief Research Scientist VTT Building and Transport Building Materials and Products, Wood Technology   Tel.: +358 9 4 56 - 69 45 Fax: +358 9 4 56 - 70 03 E-mail: tuomo.karna@vtt.fi

© VTT, 2000  - all rights reserved in compliance with applicable terms and conditions for
     European Commission Research and Development Projects and agreements within the LOLEIF Project Consortium.
 
 

Last update: 2001-10-29