Firm breaks ground for building addition in Elkview
Aker Kvaerner broke ground Monday for an addition to its office building at 5000 Elk River Road South in Elkview.

Company spokeswoman Vanessa Walker said the company's Plant Services Group currently occupies a 17,000-square-foot building at Elkview but the business has expanded to the point some employees are working in office trailers.

Walker said the 14,000-square-foot addition, scheduled to open next September, will provide space for all of the current employees and will provide room for future growth.

The Plant Services Group provides engineering and design-related services for projects in the chemical, polymer and hydrocarbon industries. Walker said the group has chemical company customers up and down the Kanawha and Ohio River valleys.

Nearly 125 people currently work out of the Elkview office and a total of almost 200 work in the region, Walker said. The Plant Services Group also has an office in Louisville, Ky.

Aker ASA, one of the largest industrial groups in Norway, controls Aker Kvaerner. The company is a global provider of engineering and construction services and technology products.