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  • New company Merko Kodud to handle apartment sales in Estonia

    On 1 January 2024, Merko Ehitus Eesti will split its operating activities between two separate companies within group. Real estate development and apartment sales will be handled by OÜ Merko Kodud while construction service will be offered by AS Merko Ehitus Eesti. A similar structure, aligned according to the nature of the line of business, …

  • Pelgulinna State Gymnasium and Uus-Veerenni Park receive awards

    On Friday, 8 December, architecture prizes for the year were awarded to Estonia’s best achievements and practitioners in the field. The architecture prize handed out by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia went to the Tallinn Pelgulinna State Gymnasium, built by Merko. The building is an example of the use of wood to encourage an environment …

  • Estonia’s best intern is Kiara Rumask

    The Estonian Employers’ Confederation competition Best Intern 2023 selected Kiara Rumask as the best higher education level intern. She completed her internship at Merko’s Lahekalda construction site. Kiara completed her internship as a second-year student in the building design and construction management speciality in the engineering faculty of TalTech’s Tartu College. Kiara’s resolve set a …

  • Merko Ehitus recognised as the most competitive construction company in Estonia for the seventeenth time

    For the seventeenth time, AS Merko Ehitus has been declared the most competitive company in Estonia in the category of construction companies. The aim of the Estonian Companies’ Competitiveness Ranking is to facilitate the improvement of competitiveness of Estonian companies and thereby promote faster development of the Estonian economy. The ranking highlights the most successful …

  • Pelgulinna State gymnasium is the Best Wooden Building of the Year 2023

    The Merko-built Tallinn Pelgulinna State gymnasium has won the main award and the popular favourite title at the best wooden building 2023 competition organized by the Estonian Forest and Wood Industries Association. According to Kaja Pae, member of the jury panel and head of the Ministry of Climate’s construction and living environment department, this is the biggest …

  • Innovative nursery school opens in Uus-Veerenni

    A new branch of Kalli-kalli nursery school opened in the Uus-Veerenni neighbourhood developed and built by Merko. The long-awaited new addition to the city centre early childhood education landscape has nine classes and serves about 150 children. Meant mainly for Uus-Veerenni residents but with limited availability for others, the nursery school is on Tiiu Street …

  • Merko is the most preferred employer for technology students

    Instar employer branding agency conducts its survey once a year to determine what university and vocational school students are expecting from an employer and which ones in Estonia are perceived as the most appealing. We are Estonia’s most attractive employer among technology students. This year was the 14th year that Instar has announced its most attractive …