The Fehmarnbelt tunnel is not just the largest construction project in Danish history. It is also a regional integration project to bring Southern Denmark and Northern Germany closer together. The network organization FB-Suppliers is already starting this work. It makes sense businesswise, to also take an interest in the work that takes place on the German side of the belt.
24 German SMEs
FB-Suppliers collaborates, among other things, with the German business partnership Baltic Facility Solutions, which consists of 24, primarily small and medium-sized, German companies within all branches of the construction industry, says Henriette Fjord Klement, contract manager for FB-Suppliers:
– We have collaborated with Baltic FS for several years to help our members find German business partners, she says.
After the work has really started on both sides of the belt, FB-Suppliers has also started to reach out more actively to the German participants in the project. For example Deutsche Bahn:
Webinar with Deutsche Bahn
We participated in a webinar with DB. For us, it’s about gaining more knowledge about what is actually happening on the German side. There is great potential for FB-Supplier’s member companies. It can, for example, deliver tools, modular buildings and entire camps, says Henriette Fjord Klement.
Pointing to the future
Chairman of the board Lars Stuckert from FB-Suppliers points out that the work to integrate Northern Germany and Southern Denmark as a region is not only relevant in connection with the construction of the tunnel:
– It is something we work strategically with on the board. The regional cooperation also points to the future after 2029, when the tunnel is finished, he says.
Denmark ahead
FB-Suppliers emphasizes that the Danish suppliers and sub-suppliers for the Fehmarn project can easily establish themselves in Germany. Either alone or in partnership with German partners. In fact, the Danish companies have an advantage because the work is further advanced and the project is more extensive on Lolland than on Fehmarn.
Employee camps in Germany
This means that Danish companies already have experience with, for example, establishing camps for employees and know how the task should be approached:
There are certainly jobs to be had in Germany with building camps. A module is a module, says Henriette Fjord Klement.
Open office every Thursday
FB-suppliers encourages both Danish and German companies to contact them if they would like to get in touch with a partner from “the other side”. A few German companies have already taken up that call:
We have “open office” every Thursday, and it is a good idea to drop by. On Thursday (6 October 2022), for example, one of our German members has already announced his arrival, says Henriette Fjord Klement.
