Destia
Encyclopedia
Destia is a Finnish
contractor
of road maintenance, roadworks
, railways and other infrastructure
construction. It is a government enterprise created in 2008 by privatization
of the former Tieliikelaitos (a commercial government agency). This corporation, in turn, was a separated in 2001 from Tielaitos, state agency for road maintenance.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
contractor
Contractor
Contractor may refer to:* General contractor, organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual for the construction of a building, road or other facility...
of road maintenance, roadworks
Roadworks
Roadworks occur when part of the road, or in rare cases, the entire road, has to be occupied for work relating to the road, most often in the case of road surface repairs...
, railways and other infrastructure
Infrastructure
Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function...
construction. It is a government enterprise created in 2008 by privatization
Privatization
Privatization is the incidence or process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency or public service from the public sector to the private sector or to private non-profit organizations...
of the former Tieliikelaitos (a commercial government agency). This corporation, in turn, was a separated in 2001 from Tielaitos, state agency for road maintenance.