Scandiaconsult enters into agreement for the Ådalsbanan rail link

Scandiaconsult enters into agreement for the Ådalsbanan rail link Scandiaconsult has entered into an agreement with the Central Region of the National Swedish Rail Administration regarding linear transects and geotechnical surveys for the Ådalsbanan rail link project. The assignment also includes an option of drawing up the railway plan. The contract volume amounts to about SEK 12 million. The Ådalsbanan will be a rail link between the Botniabanan and Ostkustbanan railways in the north of Sweden. The project comprises a new section between Härnösand and Veda. The section totals about 21 km, including a 900 metre bridge over the Älandsfjärden bay, as well as several tunnels totalling about 10 km. If the Swedish government approves the Rail Administration's application for permission, construction can be started in 2005 and finished in 2008. For more information, please contact Sveneric Asplund, the regional manager, telephone +46 (0)920-20 01 00, mobile: +46 (0)703-20 30 70 or Torbjörn Torell, managing director and CEO of Scandiaconsult, telephone +46 (0)8-615 60 00, mobile: +46 (0)70-577 40 40. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/04/09/20030409BIT00330/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/04/09/20030409BIT00330/wkr0002.pdf