The AINS Group story
Timeline of AINS Group
2024
2024: ONE Architects
AW2 Architects, B&M Architects and Konkret are now ONE Architects.
Element designer of the year 2024:
Jan-Erik Kivinen
Young RIL Member of the Year 2024: :
Joonas Lehtovaara
EFCA Future Leader, Digital & New Technologies, 2024:
Matias Hirvikoski
2023
2023: B&M Architects
B&M Architects has joined AINS Group and is combining forces with architecture studios AW2 Architects and Konkret. Together, the three design studios will form a new top team of Finnish architecture.
2023: J. Sund
AINS Group is strengthening its structural engineering services in the capital region by acquiring engineering company J. Sund. The company specialises in diverse structural and element engineering.
2023 Konkret
The merger brings together the architectural designers of Konkret and AW2 Architects, reinforcing the AINS group’s design services particularly in the areas of residential construction, renovations, change of use, and city planning.
2023: Frontago
AINS Group acquired the shares of Frontago, a company specialising in renovation engineering. The merger strengthens AINS Group’s renovation services for housing companies in the capital region.
Young Consultant of the Year 2023:
Sonja Laasonen
The Wood Award 2023:
Monio, Tuusula
EFCA Future Leaders' Competition 2023, Honorary mention:
Elli Kinnunen
Bridge of the Year 2023:
Rokkiporkkana BridgeTekla BIM Awards 2023, Honorary mention:
Monio upper secondary school and cultural centre, Tuusula
NCSC Awards 2023:
Ratina shopping center, TampereThe Best Construction act in Northern Finland:
Oulun oikeustalo
The Good Construction Award in Tampere:
Tampere University Central Hospital's (TAYS) Adult Psychiatry Ward
Viksu Kuopio Award:
Savilahti sports and event center, Luola
2022
2022 Ponvia
AINS Group has strengthened its infrastructure engineering service portfolio through the acquisition of all the shares of Ponvia Oy, an Oulu-based company specialising in bridge, water and port engineering.
2022 GHS Group
The merger of AINS Group and GHS Group strengthens our building technology services especially in Southern Finland.
2022 Plaana
AINS Group is strengthening its civil engineering, transport planning, municipal engineering, landscape design and environmental planning, project management and R&D by acquiring the Plaana Ltd.
2022 Airlon and Silvea
AINS Group is strengthening its building technology services by acquiring the HVAC and electrical engineering companies Airlon and Silvea. The companies will form a new building services division within AINS Group.
Consultant of the Year, 2022:
Jyrki Keinänen
The best cooperation project in Eastern Finland 2022:
Riistavesi school and service center
The 2022 Wood Award:
The ceiling of Helsinki Airport's entrance hall, Vantaa
2021
2021 AW2 Architects
The merger of AINS Group and AW2 Architects will bring high-quality architectural design, technical design, project management and life cycle and cost management under the same roof.
2021 AX Consulting
AX Consulting strengthens our building technology services and brings in industrial process engineering as a new service group. The merger was a part of AINS Group’s strategic expansion towards a comprehensive construction provider, offering the full value chain of the real estate industry.
2021 LiCon-AT
Founded in 2003, the consultant agency Licon-AT, specialized in outdoor and sports facility lighting, has complemented AINS Group’s current district, traffic, road, street, tunnel and bridge planning services. The merger offers infrastructure engineering comprehensive, durable planning and design solutions through one specialized agency.
2021 NL-Rakennuslaskenta
The merger of AINS Group and NL-Rakennuslaskenta has created a major force for cost planning and life cycle management of construction projects throughout Finland.
2021 JM-Rakenne
The merger between JM-Rakenne and AINS Group has offered developers, construction companies and home package suppliers in South Ostrobothnia a new engineering and design partner with extensive expertise.
2021 Buildnet
As a result of the merger with Buildnet, AINS Group is able to offer comprehensive renovation packages to housing cooperatives in the capital region, ranging from project design to realisation and housing.
2020
Construction management consultant of the year, 2020:
Mikko MäläskäYoung Consultant of the Year, 2020:
Matias HirvikoskiTekla Global BIM Awards 2020:
The Bridge Hospital, Helsinki
The best cooperation project in Eastern Finland:
renovation of the Kuopio Museum
2019
Celebration of 60 years
RIL Prize, awarded by the Finnish Association of Civil Engineers, 2019:
Lighthouse, JoensuuConstruction Site of the Year, 2019:
Kuopio University Hospital’s New Heart project
Wood Award 2019:
Lighthouse, Joensuu
Bridge of the Year, 2019:
Matinkartano Bridge, EspooGood Construction Award, 2019:
Syvälahti multipurpose building, Turku
Best housing construction, funded by the Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland in 2019:
Puukuokka 1-3, Jyväskylä
2018
2018 Joensuun Juva
Joensuun Juva and AINS Group complement each other regarding the know-how, the market space and the customers.
World’s Best Project (IPMA) 2018:
Tampere TunnelTekla BIM Awards 2018:
Luminary, Tampere
Construction Site of the Year, 2018:
Tripla
Renovation Site of the Year, 2018:
Olympic Stadium, Helsinki
2017
2017 Prodeco
The merger of Prodeco and AINS Group has established even stronger expertise services of construction and construction finance in Northern Finland, specialising in challenging construction and renovation projects.
Young Consultant of the Year, 2017:
Ville Laine
Success in Slush, 2017:
Cityfier winner of the Smart City Bizhack India
Project of the Year, 2017:
Tampere Tunnel
Good Construction Award, 2017:
Kuninkaankatu 22, Tampere
2016
RIL Prize, awarded by the Finnish Association of Civil Engineers, 2016:
Tampere Tunnel
Construction Site of the Year, 2016:
Naantali power plant
Tekla BIM Awards 2016:
Järvenpää Social and Healthcare Centre (JUST)
Renovation Site of the Year, 2016:
KOY Jämeränjälki
2015
Young Consultant of the Year, 2015:
Unto Hartikainen
Construction Site of the Year, 2015:
The Lauttasaari metro station
Tekla BIM Awards 2015:
Isoisänsilta, Helsinki
Rose Building Award, 2015:
Meripaviljonki, Helsinki
Concrete Facade of the Year, 2015:
Kangasala House
2014
2014 Saanio & Riekkola
The fusion of Saanio & Riekkola strengthened AINS Group’s know-how of nuclear waste management and rock and environment engineering.
Young Consultant of the Year, 2014:
Jussi Vaiste
2011
2011 Porin Juva
With the Porin Juva merger AINS Group expanded its services to the Western province of Finland, Satakunta. Porin Juva has especially specialised in commercial and office building design, along with industrial project consulting.
2008
2008 Turun Juva
The merger with Turun Juva complemented AINS Group’s national services with, for example, measure and cost estimates, and demanding industrial project consulting.
1986
Expansion to the capital of Finland
1982
Company name is changed to AINS Group
1964
Company name is changed due to stakeholder transition to Ahonen-Ilveskoski
After the early years graduate engineer Reino Ilveskoski joined Kalevi Ahonen as a new stakeholder. The engineering office started using the handy abbreviation AI, which stuck as a lasting part of the identity.
1959
Engineering office Ahonen-Palenus is founded
Graduate engineers Kalevi Ahonen and Pentti Palenius from Tampere want to design better apartments for people and advance prefabricated construction. Innovations and the construction boom of migration to cities accompany the engineering office Ahonen-Palenius to its path of growth.
