Clarion Hotel Sign is the largest hotel in Central Stockholm and won awards for transporting construction materials by train instead of conventional road transport.

Project Introduction
The 4-star Clarion Hotel Sign in Central Stockholm opened in February 2008 and is the largest hotel in the city with 558 bedrooms and extensive conference facilities. The hotel is located approximately 500m from Stockholm’s central train station and is part of the mixed use Norra Bantorget redevelopment. Clarion Sign has an architecturally innovative design intended to reflect the modern nature of Stockholm.

Skanska Sweden won the US$ 67 million contract to construct the Clarion Hotel Sign between 2006 and 2008 for Choice Hotels. The ten-storey hotel has a total floor area of 29,000 m2 and includes a 650-seat restaurant banquet hall, Aquavit Restaurant and conference facilities, which occupy the open planned ground floor. The 8 conference rooms of varying size are equipped with the latest audio visual tools and can accommodate up to 1,220 conference guests. The western side of the building is entirely made of black granite, according to city planning regulations, due to the close proximity of railway lines. A glass curtain-wall faces the Norra Bantorget Square on the eastern facade.

Skanska overcame the logistical challenges posed by the urban and restricted nature of the site by transporting the frame of the building by rail instead of conventional road transport. The project received the Green Cargo transport company’s environmental certificate and was approved by the Swedish Nature Protection Association’s environmental scheme, which required a reduction in the total energy consumption during the project and the use of renewable energy sources for rail transportation.

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