Veidekke wins contract for Hardanger bridge
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration Region West has awarded Veidekke Entreprenør AS the Construction Project BRU 01 Concrete Work contract in connection with the construction of Hardanger bridge. The amount of the contract is approximately
NOK 331 million, excluding VAT.
The project includes building two 200-metre high bridge towers, viaducts between tower and approach tunnels, tunnel portals, plus concrete work in anchorage and splay chambers for the stress cables on both sides of the Hardanger fjord.
The work will commence during the summer of 2009 and is scheduled for completion in April 2013. The contract will provide work for approximately 40 of Veidekke's own skilled workers in addition to administration and subcontractors.
For more information please contact:
Project Manager Halvard Leren, Veidekke Entreprenør AS, phone +47 93 40 86 30
Chief Engineer Asbjørn Valen, Norwegian Public Roads Administration Region West,
phone +47 90 87 99 69
Veidekke ASA is a leading Scandinavian building contractor and property developer with 6,500 employees and turnover of BNOK 19.3 (2007). 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.