Aug 05 2009
Wilderness Doesn’t Need Design – HRV’s Office Needs a New Style!
In the night of July 30th, HRV’s headquarters were attacked because of its part in the destruction of the Icelandic wilderness.
HRV is a company that holds serious responsibility for the destruction of wilderness – not less then the aluminium and energy companies. On its website, the company proudly states that it is “one of the leading project management and consulting engineering companies within the primary aluminium production sector.” HRV has taken part in the construction process of Alcoa’s, Rio Tinto-Alcan’s and Century Aluminum’s smelters here in Iceland, as well as the Kárahnjúkar power plant. The company’s work of engineering and designing has according to itself “added some 700,000 tpy [ton per year] of primary aluminium production capacity to the world market.” Read More