Veidekke to build double tracks and motorway in Sweden
Veidekke Entreprenad AB has been awarded the contract by Banverket to build a double railway track and a motorway on a stretch of the development of Vänerbanan and the E45 motorway between Trollhättan and Gothenburg. The value of the contract is SEK 255 million.
The contract comprises the development of 1.3 kilometres of double track on Vänerbanan, 800 metres of motorway on the E45 between Agnesberg and Marieholm, two major railway bridges across the Lärjeån River, as well as extensive cabling.
The works will commence in December 2009 and planned completion is in May 2012.
"This assignment is of great importance to employment and fits well with our focus on infrastructure projects," says Department Manager Mats Ek, Veidekke Entreprenad, Region West.
For further information please contact:
Mats Ek, Department manager, Veidekke Entreprenad AB Region West, tel. +46 31 50 56 54
Per-Åke Asplund, Project manager, Veidekke Entreprenad AB Region West, tel. +46 31 50 56 56
Veidekke Entreprenad AB is a subsidiary of Veidekke ASA, which is a leading Scandinavian building contractor and property developer with 6,250 employees and turnover of NOK 19.4 billion (2008). The group is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has a dispersed ownership structure with the employees owning 18% of the stock. The business spans a wide spectrum of building and construction projects, developing housing and commercial buildings for private and public sector clients, asphalt plants and road maintenance as well as collecting and recycling waste.