Multiconsult to deliver consultancy services in a significant contract for E6 between Ranheim and Værnes

Nye Veier has chosen Acciona Construccion S.A, Leonard Nilsen & Sønner, Acciona Mantenimiento de infrastructuras S.A. and Multiconsult for the EPC contract of approximately NOK 4 billion, developing and constructing the E6 between Ranheim and Værnes. The project is loacated in the municipalities Trondheim, Malvik and Stjørdal in Norway, and Multiconsult is to deliver all engineering services. The contract value for Multiconsult is significant, but still under negotiation.

The contract is now in the clarification phase and will be signed in the end of September 2018. After approximately one year of optimisation and time allowance for new approvals to parts of the zoning plans the construction phase is planned to begin by mid-2019 and to be finalised in 2024. Multiconsult is the only engineering consultant and will deliver new zoning plans as well as detailed design throughout the construction phase.
 
“We are very proud to reach the top in a competition where expertise and performance is heavily emphasized. Projects of this kind and size are of great importance for Multiconsult and we are excited to get started and work closely with Acciona and Nye Veier to optimise and execute this project for years to come”, says Christian Nørgaard Madsen, CEO of Multiconsult.
 
E6 Ranheim-Værnes will be built as a traffic-safe four-lane highway, including four new tunnels as well as upgrade of existing three tunnels. The route is planned with a 110 km/h allowed speed limit.
 
The choice of preferred bidder is subject to standstill period, which expires on 9 August 2018.

For further information, please contact:

Investor relations:
   Mirza Koristovic, Head of Investor Relations
   Phone: +47 93 87 05 25
   E-mail: ir@multiconsult.no

Media:
   Gaute Christensen, VP Communications
   Phone: +47 911 70 188
   E-mail: gaute.christensen@multiconsult.no
 
 

ABOUT MULTICONSULT
Multiconsult is a leading Norwegian multidisciplinary engineering consulting company, with more than 2 800 employees and 45 offices in Norway and abroad. The Company focuses on seven business areas: Buildings & Properties, Transportation, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas, Industry, Water & Environment, and Cities & Society. The Company has an operating history that spans more than a century, with the inception of Norsk Vandbygningskontor in 1908.