Selmer Skanska and Veidekke have won from Statoil a NOK200 million contract to build a 2.3 km undersea road tunnel between Hammerfest and Melkí¸ya as part of the Sní¸hvit offshore gas project development in the Barents Sea in Finnmark County. Visit www.selmer.skanska.no 07/02.Norwegian oil company Statoil reported the breakthrough on 18th February by AF VS Gruppen, a JV of Veidekke and Selmer Skanska, of a 2.3 km undersea tunnel between Hammerfest and Melkí¸ya in the Barents Sea, a tunnel necessary for the Sní¸hvit offshore gas deposit development project in Finnmark county. To bore this 8.5 m-wide tunnel, the contractors utilised the drill/blast method using two Atlas Copco drill rigs from two drives. Mucking-out was made by dumpers. Visit www.atlascopco.com and www.statoil.com/statoilcom/snohvit/svg02699.nsf?opendatabase&lang=en 16/03.

Award to Aas-Jakobsen AS for NOK4.9 million of the detailed planning for road 150 Store Ringvei between Ulvensplitten to Sinsenkrysset, parts of road 163 í˜stre Aker vei as well as a local road in the Sinsen-í˜kern area. Includes a double-tube tunnel, with lengths of 940 and 700 m. Variable cross section, 74.41 sq m on the three-lane portion, 53.53 sq m on the two-lane portion and 37.23 sq m within the single-lane ramps. Hard rock sections to be bored using the drill/blast method in sedimentary rocks, mainly clay stone and shales. Support with rockbolts, shotcrete and possibly some cast in place concrete lining. Soft soil sections in cut-and-cover will mainly consists of soft to medium strength clay with some areas with quick clays. Bids for construction at spring 2004. Work start planned for May, 2005 with end in May, 2007. Tunnelling estimated at NOK540 million in 1999. Financing by the Norwegian state (45%) and toll revenues (55%). Visit www.aas-jakobsen.no 07/02.Norconsult has been awarded a NOK18 million contract for development plan, tender documents, work drawings as well as assistance in the construction period for road 150 Store Ringvei between Ulvensplitten to Sinsenkrysset, parts of road 163 í˜stre Aker vei as well as a local road in the Sinsen-í˜kern area. The third ring road includes a double-tube tunnel, lengths of 940 and 700 m. Visit www.norconsult.no 25/03.Open call for tenders, deadline 1st December, 2005 for construction of the third ring road between Ulven and Sinsen in Oslo, including the Loren and Okern tunnels. The Loren tunnel is a combination of rock tunnel and concrete construction. The rock tunnel comprises of two separate tubes with three lanes, each 900 m long and 12.5 m wide, and two 7 m-wide 550 m-long tubes (ramps) with a single lane. Concrete tunnels, with total length of 210 m, connect each end of the main rock tunnel. Other concrete tunnels, 520 m in length, connect the ramps. The Okern tunnel is a concrete construction for two lanes, length 320 m. Pre-injection of the rock is anticipated at a large extent, with bolts to secure the rock. Expected date for contract award is February 2006, for work start soon after. Scheduled finish in mid 2012. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=182101-2005, OJ S 184, or contact Statens vegvesen, Oslo, fax +47 22885951. E-mail torfinn.svendsen@vegvesen.no 40/05.Veidekke is the low bidder for the third orbital road between Ulven and Sinsen in Oslo, including the Loren and í˜kern tunnels, with an offer of NOK40.8 million. The two other bids have been presented by Skanska (NOK43.5 million) and PA Entreprení¸r (NOK53.7 million). Click no/46 for more details. 04/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 23rd May, 2008 for construction of the 2,905 m-long 12.5 m-wide Lí¸ren tunnel on Oslo's third ring road between í˜kern and Sinsen as well as the portal at Sinsen and parts of the portal at í˜kern. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=65460-2008, OJ S 47, or contact Statens vegvesen Region east, Lillehammer, tel. +47 22885959 or 90947695. E-mail nilsro@vegvesen.no 11/08.Veidekke signed a NOK622 million contract for the construction of the Lí¸ren tunnel on Oslo's third ring road. The Lí¸ren tunnel will stretch from í˜kern to Sinsen and consists of a 2.9 km twin tunnel, of which 900 metres of rock tunnel as well as concrete portions at each end. Construction is expected to commence in September 2008 and to last for five years. When the Lí¸ren tunnel is completed in 2013, the existing stretch of the third ring road between í˜kern and Sinsen will be converted to a local road. Visit www.veidekke.no 34-35/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 09.02.2009, for construction of classified road 150 Ring 3 Ulven-Sinsen, E22 Okern including new concrete tunnel on Ostre Aker road and construction of concrete portal for Okern end of Loren tunnel. Proposed start 25.05.2009 for completion 27.01.2014. Contact Torfinn Svendsen, tel +47 2288 5952, e-mail torfinn.svendsen@vegvesen.no Tender docs will be available at https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/ulven-sinsen/E22?public or http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=291141-2008 46/08.Oslo-based contractor Veidekke Entreprenor AS has been awarded the EUR25 million contract for alterations to the Okern underground station together with revision and upgrading of adjacent main roads, two roundabouts, local roads and footpaths. Details from rolf.jacobsen@vegvesen.no, tel +47 2288 5967 or visit www.veidekke.no/norge/in. For the construction history of Oslo Ring 3 tunnels visit tunnelbuilder archive, no/46. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=2130-2009 02/09.

The company Veidekke Entreprení¸r AS, Postboks 504 Skí¸yen, N-0214 Oslo secured the EUR59 million contract for construction of classified road 150 Ring 3 Ulven-Sinsen, E22 Okern, including a new concrete tunnel on Ostre Aker road and construction of a concrete portal for the Okern end of Loren tunnel. Visit www.veidekke.no and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=273209-2009 41/09.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 29.06.2015, for a complete renovation of 2.2 km-long bitube Granfoss tunnel on Ring 3 in Oslo and Baerum. Range value of contract: EUR65.40-89.18 million, duration 07.09.2015 to 29.09.2017. Contact Statens vegvesen Eastern Region, Lillehammer, tel +47 91502030, e-mail firmapost-ost@vegvesen.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=162593-2015. Ref.n. 2015/042394. 21/15.

Skanska has signed a contract with the Norwegian Road Administration (Statens vegvesen) to renovate the of 2.2 km-long twin tube Granfoss tunnel on ringroad 3 in Oslo and Baerum, Norway. The contract is worth EUR60.59 million. The project also includes construction of a concrete cover over an open area to reduce noise and establish new land for housing. Work is expected to begin in mid-October 2015 and will be completed in September 2017. Visit http://group.skanska.com/media/140113/Skanska-renovates-tunnel-in-Oslo-Norway-for-NOK-580-M-about-SEK-620-M. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=459714-2015 40/15.

  Periodic information notice published by BKK for the construction and equipment of the Nygard power plant. Civil works include a mountain facility located some 330 metres into the mountain as well as a 2.5 km tunnel, 25 sq m. Deadline for expressions of interest 16th January, 2002. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 2, document 1817-2002 or e-mail espen.wanvik@bkk.no. 03/02.   Sandvik Tamrock AS is delivering a two-boom + basket Tamrock Axera T08 with Tamrock Computer Aided Drilling (TCAD) instrumentation to Mika AS end-February, 2003 for the Nygí¥rd Pumpekraftverk hydro-electrical powerplant in Modalen. Visit www.sandviktamrock.com 07/03.

Preinformation for the planning, design and preliminary engineering of a 10 km light rail system between the city centre and Nesttun. Includes four double-track tunnels totalling 2.1 km, 7.9 m-wide x 6.9 m-high, namely Wergeland-Sletten centre (400 m), Sletten-Fantoft (300), Fantoft-Paradis (1,100), and Paradis-Hop (300). No support, only rockbolts in weak areas. One underground station at the regional hospital, 30 m-deep x 60 m-long x 15 m-wide. Tenders for engineering design end-2003. Geological studies by Multiconsult and Noteby. Cost of €150 million. Financing by toll revenue plus funds from the County of Hordaland and the city. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int, document S 229-157825 or contact City of Bergen, fax +47 55565881. Also visit www.bergen.kommune.no. To get a tunnel profile view in Powerpoint format, e-mail thierry@tunnelbuilder.com.51/01.Restricted procedure, deadline 8th April, 2002 for the planning and engineering design of the 10 km light rail between Kaigarten, in the city centre, to Nesttun with a possible 2.5 km extension to Rí¥dal. Four lots, 2.1 km of tunnel. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 45, document 35495-2002 or contact City of Bergen, fax +47 55565881. E-mail hakon.rasmussen@bergen.kommune.no 11/02.Negotiated procedure, deadline 22nd September, 2005 for complete design and construction plans for the infrastructure of the Bergen light rail project, from the city centre to Nesttun. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=167537-2005, OJ S 168, or contact City of Bergen, Bergen, fax +47 55569575. E-mail ingrid.haukeland@bergen.kommune.no. Also visit www.bybane.no 37/05.Negotiated procedure, deadline 29th March, 2006 for ground investigation during detail design and construction of the Bergen light rail. The line comprises approximately 10 km of double track (5.4 km in existing road areas, 1.4 km on new rail alignment and 3.2 km in tunnels or culverts). See details in E-News Weekly 7/2006. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=039483-2006, OJ S 36, or contact Bergen kommune, Bergen, fax +47 55569360. E-mail ole.mortensen@bergen.kommune.no. Also visit www.bergen.kommune.no/bybane_/ekstern/english.html 09/06.Negotiated procedure, 11th April, 2007 for construction of the Wergeland-Fantoft stretch of the Bergen light rail. The works include two tunnels in rock and the tunnel portals. The lengths of the tunnels including portals are approximately 640 metres and 400 metres. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=57032-2007, OJ S 46, or contact City of Bergen, Bergen, fax +47 55569575. E-mail gunnar.gjaeringen@bergen.kommune.no 11/07.Negotiated procedure, 11th April, 2007 for construction of the Fantoft-Nesttun stretch of the Bergen light rail. The works include two tunnels in rock and the tunnel portals. The lengths of the tunnels including portals are approximately 1,280 metres and 450 metres. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=57033-2007, OJ S 46, or contact City of Bergen, Bergen, fax +47 55569575. E-mail gunnar.gjaeringen@bergen.kommune.no 11/07.The City of Bergen has commissioned Veidekke to build the 2.4 km section of the light rail line from Wergeland to Fantoft. The contract price is NOK292.7 million. The contract includes the construction of two tunnels, 640 m and 400 m long, and three stations. Work will start at the end of January 2008 and will be completed by 17th January, 2010. Visit www.veidekke.no and www.bybane.no/english.html 04/08.NCC Construction has been commissioned by the City of Bergen to build the Fantoft-Nesttun section of the new light rail. The order value amounts to NOK373.4 million. The contract relates to 3.2 km of double-track light rail. A part of this section will run above ground and another will run through two tunnels, 1,280 m and 450 m long. Work on this section will begin in January 2008 and is scheduled for completion in January 2010. Visit www.ncc.info and www.bybane.no/english.html 04/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 15.03.2010, for prefabrication of eleven PLA-300 concrete elements to be inserted as a concrete bridge into Nesttun tunnel during summer, 2010 prior to work on the Bergen City Line Nesttunbrekka tunnel. Further information, specs and docs from Jannicke Daae Tonjum at Firstventura AS in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 98232156, fax +47 55134479, e-mail jannicket@firstventura.com to whom tenders or requests to participate should be sent. Time limit for accessing documents, 12.03.2010. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=057738-2010. 08/10.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 15.04.2010, for consultative engineering and construction services to provide framework agreements for construction management covering Stage 2 of light rail construction between Nesttun and Radal in 2010. Further information, specs and docs from Jannicke Daae Tonjum at Firstventura AS in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 98232156, fax +47 55134479, e-mail jannicket@firstventura.com to whom tenders or requests to participate should be sent. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=063992-2010. 09/10.

Prior information notice for construction stage 2 of Bergen City Line, comprising 3.6 km of twin track, two tunnels of total length 850 m, two bridges, a 50 m-long concrete culvert, and associated works. Contract will commence in summer, 2010 for completion in February, 2013. More information from Bybanen, tel +47 55569130, fax +47 55322201, e-mail bybanen@post.hfk.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=092529-2010. 13/10.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure for ground works for B20202 Fanavegen section of construction stage 2 of Bergen City Line, which includes construction of 450 m-long Nesttunbrekka tunnel and 400 m-long Maerdals tunnel, and associated works. A single contractor will be appointed. Work includes blasting, and is in a densely populated area with high voltage cables. Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate, 29.04.2010. More information from Jannicke Daae Toenjum at Firstventura AS, tel +47 98232156, fax +47 55134479, e-mail bybanen@post.hfk.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=094558-2010. 14/10.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 25.05.2010, for the first contract of construction stage 2 of Bergen City Line, comprising 3.6 km of twin track, two tunnels of total length 850 m, two bridges, a 50 m-long concrete culvert, and associated works. This contract is for ground works for the part known as B20204 Raedal. Contact Hilde Bjí¸rkmann, Firstventura AS in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 91842962, Fax +47 55134479, e-mail hildeb@firstventura.com to whom tenders or requests to participate should be sent. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=116784-2010. 17/10.

Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 22.06.2010, for installation of 3.4 km of contact line system with rectifier stations and ancillary equipment for new line, stations and tunnels between Nesttun and Raedal. More information, specs and docs from Ole Mortensen at Hordaland Fylkeskommune in Bergen, e-mail ole.mortensen@post.hfk.no, website address www.bybanen.no. Tenders or requests to participate should be sent to Hilde Bjorkmann at FirstVentura in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 91842962, fax +47 55134479, e-mail hildeb@firstventura.com. Contractors who qualify and are invited to bid will receive tender documents and full specifications. For history of this project over the last eight years go to tunnelbuilder archive no/44. For this bid, visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=146932-2010. 20/10.

Award of contract lot B20202 Fanavegen, including construction of 450 m-long Nesttunbrekka tunnel with portals and 400 m-long Mardals tunnel with portals, to Mesta Entreprenor AS of Radal, tel +47 41532029, e-mail pjohns@mesta.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=057366-2011. 08/11.

Prior information notice of start of award procedures on 14.03.2011 for contract for detailed design of 7.1 km-long stage 3 Radal-Flesland twin-track section of Bybanen light railway including six tunnels total length 2.85 km, three railway bridges total length 260 m, seven stops, public transit terminal, depot and workshop area, and associated works. Construction start scheduled 2013. Further information from Bybanen in Bergen, tel +47 90865402, e-mail ceciliet@firstventura.com. View development plan at www.bybanen-utbygging.no. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=224605. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=071196-2011. 09/11.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 10.05.2011, for detailed design of 7.1 km-long stage 3 Radal-Flesland twin-track section of Bybanen light railway including six tunnels total length 2.85 km, eight tunnel portals, three railway bridges total length 260 m, seven stops, public transit terminal, depot and workshop area, and associated works. Construction start scheduled 2013. Further information, specs and docs from Cecilie Thiis at Bybanen in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 90865402, e-mail ceciliet@firstventura.com to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. View development plan at www.bybanen-utbygging.no. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=225675. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=094663-2011. 12/11.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 30.05.2011, for ground investigation for Bybanen in Bergen construction stage 3. The 7.1 km-long double-track route from Radal to Bergen airport includes 2.8 km in tunnel and 1 km in culvert. Contract start scheduled 29.08.2011 for completion 12.12.2011. Further information, specs and docs from Rune Angeltveit at Bybanen in Bergen, tel +47 40007400, e-mail Rune.Angeltveit@post.hfk.no. Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to Leila Santana at Bybanen in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 55134480, e-mail LeilaS@firstventura.com. View development plan at www.bybanen-utbygging.no. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=229246. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=138338-2011. 18/11.

Contract award to Multiconsult of Nesttun for ground investigation for Bybanen construction stage 3. The 7.1 km-long double-track route from Radal to Bergen airport includes 2.8 km in tunnel and 1 km in culvert. Further information from Rune Angeltveit at Bybanen in Bergen, tel +47 40007400, e-mail Rune.Angeltveit@post.hfk.no. View development plan at www.bybanen-utbygging.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=302358-2011. 39/11.

Award of contract C01 to Mott MacDonald Ireland Ltd of Dublin for detailed design of 7.1 km-long stage 3 Radal-Flesland twin-track section of Bybanen light railway including six tunnels total length 2.85 km, eight tunnel portals, three railway bridges total length 260 m, seven stops, public transit terminal, depot and workshop area, and associated works. Construction start scheduled 2013. Further information from Ivar Ovretvedt at Bybanen in Bergen, tel +47 40007400. View development plan at www.bybanen-utbygging.no. Visit  http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=016943-2012. 03/12.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 11.06.2012, for blasting and associated rock removal work at Flesland airport to facilitate Central terminal construction with underground rail station approached by tunnel. Mass haulage 1 million cu m. Further information, specs and docs from Tom Quarsten at Sweco in Flesland, tel +47 552750-30, fax –01, e-mail tom.quarsten@sweco.no, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=257400. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=150995-2012. 20/12.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 30.11.2012, for Bergen Light Rail contract C11 Rastolen, Lagunen-Rastolen section of Bybanen, 2.7 km Lagunen-Sandslivegen, including simultaneous construction of 700 m-long Follsdals, 570 m-long Steinsvik, and 600 m-long Solheit tunnels with portals, and associated structures. Contract commences August, 2013 for completion October, 2015. Further information, specs and docs from Tom Ivan Kittelsen at Inventura in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 551344-80, fax –79, e-mail TomIvan.Kittelsen@inventura.no, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Invitations to tender will be dispatched on 17.12.2012. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=271637. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=348009-2012. 44/12.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 08.01.2013, for groundworks for Bergen Light Rail contract C12 Sandsli, which is a 1.7 km part of the 7.1 km-long Radal-Flesland section. Further information, specs and docs from Sturla Alvheim at Inventura in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 92489670, e-mail sturla.alvheim@inventura.no, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Invitations to tender will be dispatched on 23.01.2013. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=274124. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=377642-2012. 48/12.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 08.01.2013, for groundworks for Bergen Light Rail contract C13 Kokstad, which is a 1.7 km part of the 7.1 km-long Radal-Flesland section. Further information, specs and docs from Hilde Bjorkmann at Inventura in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 551344-80, fax -79, e-mail hilde.bjorkmann@inventura.no, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Invitations to tender will be dispatched on 18.02.2013. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=273385. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=377646-2012. 48/12.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 08.01.2013, for construction of bridges, road, culverts, tunnel and platforms for stage 3 for Bergen Light Rail contract C12 Sandsli, which is a 1.7 km part of the 7.1 km-long Radal-Flesland section. Further information, specs and docs from Sturla Alvheim at Inventura in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 92489670, e-mail sturla.alvheim@inventura.no, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Time limit for accessing documents 08.01.2013. Invitations to tender will be dispatched on 23.01.2013. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=275262. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=389142-2012. 49/12.

The awarding procedure for groundworks for Bergen Light Rail contract C13 Kokstad, which is a 1.7 km part of the 7.1 km-long Radal-Flesland section, has been discontinued.

Contact Hordaland fylkeskommune, Radal, tel +47 40007400. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=084088-2013. 11/13.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 05.06.2013, for construction and equipping of 540 m-long Flesland tunnel for Bergen Light Rail contract C14 Flesland, together with portals, retaining walls, waterproofing, frostproofing, technical control room and associated works. Further information, specs and docs from Bybanen Utbygging, tel +47 40007400, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=290452. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=120542-2013. 16/13.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 25.06.2013, for C44 heavy current electrical works for stage 3 for Bergen Light Rail, part of the 7.1 km-long Radal-Flesland section. Further information, specs and docs from Erik Forde at Inventura in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 55134480, e-mail erik.forde@inventura.no, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Time limit for accessing documents 25.06.2013. Invitations to tender will be dispatched on 15.08.2013. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=294854. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=171708-2013. 22/13.

Award of contract C11 Rastolen to Veidekke Entreprenor AS of Oslo for construction of 2.7 km-long Lagunen-Sandslivegen section of Bergen Light Rail, including simultaneous construction of 700 m-long Follsdals, 570 m-long Steinsvik, and 600 m-long Solheit tunnels with portals, and associated structures. Contract commences August, 2013 for completion October, 2015. Further information from Bybanen Utbygging in Bergen, tel +47 40007400. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=237044-2013. 29/13.

Award of contract C12 Sandsli to Skanska Norge AS of Bergen for construction of bridges, road, culverts, tunnel and platforms for stage 3 for Bergen Light Rail, which is a 1.7 km part of the 7.1 km-long Radal-Flesland section. Further information from Bybanen Utbygging in Radal, tel +47 40007400. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=320007-2013. 39/13.

The company M Thunestvedt AS of Arnatveit, Bergen secured the C44 heavy current electrical works for stage 3 for Bergen Light Rail, part of the 7.1 km-long Radal-Flesland section. Contact Bybanen Utbygging, Hordaland Fylkeskommune, Radal, tel +47 40007400. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=433845-2013. 52/13.

Periodic indicative notice without call for competition for an invitation to a market meeting in Bergen for tunnel contracts D12 and D15 (Lovstakk tunnel) on the Light Rail, construction Phase 4. Date: 02.02.2018 from 11:00 to 15:00. The location will be given upon registration. Registration should be sent to Rune Jenssen, email rune.jenssen@hfk.no by 29.01.2018. Contact Hordaland fylkeskommune, Bergen, email bybanen@hfk.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=010595-2018. Ref.n. D12 and D15. 02/18.

Vassbakk & Stol ASat Morvik secured the preparatory contract on a cutting for the Løvestakk tunnel in Fyllinsgsdale. The contract includes the alteration of the infrastructure, sheet piling, blasting and mass transportation as well as road alteration works. Contact Hordaland fylkeskommune, Bergen, attn Ole W. Mortensen, email bybanen@hfk.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=084278-2018.

Ref.n. 2017-588345. 09/18.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 20.04.2018, for the construction of the 3 km long Lovestakk tunnel, from Kristianborg to Fyllingsdalen, this is for the Bergen Light Rail with its corresponding 3 km foot / cycle tunnel. For bid documents and where tenders or requests to participate have to be submitted electronically https://anskaffingar.hfk.no/Avantra/Customer/Hordaland/Modules/Purchase/Published/.

Contact Hordaland fylkeskommune, Bergen, email bybanen@hfk.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=112036-2018.

Ref.n. D15. 11/18.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 03.06.2019, for the Electrical Low Voltage Installations for the Bergen Light Rail Construction Stage 4. The contract will include delivery and installation of:-

• lighting for roads, cycle paths and footpaths along the entirety of construction Phase 4;
• a snow melting system and area lighting at Bybanen stops [the Urban Rail stops];
• snow melting system and area lighting at public transport terminals in Fyllingsdalen;
• lighting and technical installations in railway tunnels; 
• ventilation, lighting and technical installations for pedestrian and cycle tunnels,
• infrastructure for mobile and emergency networks in tunnels;
• street signal installations, earthing installations.

The duration of the contract is from 02/01/2020 to 01/09/2022. For bid documents https://tendsign.no/public/list_public_publications.aspx?FromPublic=true&OrganizationID=500160756.

Offers to be sent to https://tendsign.no/doc.aspx?UniqueId=afrycyfppi&GoTo=Tender. Contact Bybanen Utbygging, attn Christine Sletten Larsen, Bergen, email Christine.Sletten.Larsen@hfk.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214399-20189.

Ref.n. D45. 19/19.

Periodic indicative notice without call for competition for an invitation to a market meeting in Bergen for the Building Engineering contracts D13 Haukeland stop, D23 Shelters, D31 Carriage Hall and D34 technical installations at Haukeland on the Bybanen/the Light Rail, construction Phase 4. Date: 23.5.2019 from 12:00 to 15:00. The location will be given upon registration. Registration should be sent to Rune Jenssen, email rune.jenssen@hfk.no  by the 20.05.2019. Contact Hordaland fylkeskommune, Bergen, email bybanen@hfk.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214398-2019.

Ref.n. D13, D23, D31 and D34. 19/19.

Postponed from 03.06.2019 to 13.06.2019 the deadline for the invitation to tender using a negotiated procedure, for the Electrical Low Voltage Installations for the Bergen Light Rail Construction Stage 4.

The contract will include delivery and installation of:

•             lighting for roads, cycle paths and footpaths along the entirety of construction Phase 4;

•             a snow melting system and area lighting at Bybanen stops [the Urban Rail stops];

•             snow melting system and area lighting at public transport terminals in Fyllingsdalen;

•             lighting and technical installations in railway tunnels;

•             ventilation, lighting and technical installations for pedestrian and cycle tunnels,

•             infrastructure for mobile and emergency networks in tunnels;

•             street signal installations, earthing installations.

The duration of the contract is from 02/01/2020 to 01/09/2022. For bid documents https://tendsign.no/public/list_public_publications.aspx?FromPublic=true&OrganizationID=500160756.

Offers to be sent to

https://tendsign.no/doc.aspx?UniqueId=afrycyfppi&GoTo=Tender. Contact Bybanen Utbygging, attn Christine Sletten Larsen, Bergen, email Christine.Sletten.Larsen@hfk.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=226041-20189.

Ref.n. D45. 20/19

Bybanen Utbygging has signed with Skanska Norge AS the EUR100.29 million (NOK 980 million) contract for the construction of the 3.1km Fløen - Kronstad section of Bergen Light Rail in Bergen, Norway. The contract is the second major contract for the development of the rail network from Bybanen to Fyllingsdalen and involves the construction of a 1 200 m long tunnel, a station hall, a new infrastructure surrounding the tram, deconstruction work and the production of several huge concrete foundations. Visit https://www.hordaland.no and  https://group.skanska.com/. 25/19.

https://www.hordaland.no/nb-NO/bybanen-utbygging/artikkelarkiv/kontraktinngaelse3/

https://group.skanska.com/media/233532/Skanska-builds-a-subsection-of-Bergen-Light-Rail-in-Norway%2C-for-about-NOK-982-M%2C-about-SEK-1-billion

Marti Tunnelbau AG from Moosseedorf  secured the contract for the construction of the 3 km long Lovestakk tunnel, from Kristianborg to Fyllingsdalen, with its corresponding 3 km foot / cycle tunnel for the Bergen Light Rail. Contact Hordaland fylkeskommune, attn Ole W. Mortensen Bergen, email bybanen@hfk.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=542689-2018.

Ref.n. D15. 50/18.

Multiconsult Norge AS from Tromso secured the contract for a consultant for the engineering design of the new bicycle tunnel from Floen to Kronstad, part of the Bergen Light Rail project. Contact Bybanen Utbygging, attn Tine Saebo, Bergen, email tine.saebo@inventura.no. For tender information please click here . Ref.n. D73. 12/20.

LOS Elektro AS from Bremnes secured the contract for the Electrical Low Voltage Installations for the Bergen Light Rail Construction Stage 4.

Contact Bybanen Utbygging, attn Christine Sletten Larsen, Bergen, email Christine.Sletten.Larsen@hfk.no. For tender information please click here. Ref.n. D45. 16/20.

Prior information notice to provide information on a planned project in Bergen for the development of a light rail, road, and cycle path from the centre of Bergen to Asane/Vagsbotn. This is an invitation to a market meeting to be held in Bergen on the 10/03/2022 from 11:00-16:00 for the Light Rail, construction stage 5. The location will be given upon registration, by sending an email to Trude Paulsen  trude.paulsen@vlfk.no by 01/03/2022.  

Norconsult AS from Sandvika has been awarded a EUR 14.92 million (NOK150 million) E01 contract on a framework agreement for design assignments for Bybanen Utbygging. 

The framework agreement, with a duration of up to 8 years, includes major engineering design services for preparatory contracts and projects for Bergen’s Light Rail, construction stage 5 and also assignments for construction of stage 4.  

The fourth construction stage will run from the city centre via Haukeland Hospital and Kronstad to Mindemyren and then through Løvstakken in a tunnel towards Oasen. 

The fifth construction stage runs from the city centre through Asane to Vagsbotn, together with a continual cycle route and an extension of the Fløyfjell tunnel to Eidsvåg. Contact Bybanen Utbygging, attn Christine Sletten Larsen, Bergen, email  Christine.Sletten.Larsen@vlfk.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=078305-2022 and https://www.hordaland.no/. Ref. BU/21/7. 06/22. 

Cowi AS from Oslo have secured the contract for the engineering design for the Light Rail, Construction stage 5, from the Bergen centre through Åsane to Vågsbotn. Stage 5 involves a 12.8 km section with 14 stops, a continual cycle route and a 2.5km extension of the Fløyfjell tunnel to Eidsvåg. The total length of the tunnel will be 5.3km. Contact Bybanen Utbygging, att Cecilie Thiis, Bergen, email johanne.cecilie.thiis@vlfk.no. Visit  http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=344280-2023.  Ref. E03. 24/23. 

  Three tenders invited for the doubling of the Sandvika-Asker railway, deadline 31st October. Contract JA1 is to build 3,225 m of double-track tunnels from Solstad to Hí¸nsveien, a 320 m access tunnel and option for a 400 m tunnel from Asker centre. Contract JA2 is for 2,715 m of double-track tunnels from Jong to í…stad, a 120 m access tunnel and option for a 200 m tunnel from Solstad to Asker. Contract JA3 is JA1 + JA2 contracts. Support with rockbolts, shotcrete and steel arches. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, documents S 197-135100, S 196-134351 and S 196-134352. Contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, fax +47 22 455860, e-mail utbygging@jbv.no or visit www.jernbaneverket.no 43/01. Cross section of 111 sq m. Hard rock TBM and drill/blast through Silurian sedimentary rock, mainly limestone. Norconsult involved as consulting engineers. JA3 tunnelling to cost US$100 million, of which US$55 million for JA2, to be 100% financed by Norwegian State. Bidders will be known early December, 2001. Contract awards for end-January, 2002. JA1 tunnelling to start in mid-summer, 2002. JA2 tunnelling to start early-February, 2002. Completion scheduled for mid-summer, 2004. Visit www.norconsult.no 44/01. Award to Veidekke of the Sandvika-Asker railway dualling requiring a 490 m 96 sq m double-track tunnel and two 480 m 56 sq m single-track tunnels. All cut-and-cover. Moraine (40%), clay (57.5%) and rock (2.5%). Double-track tunnel to cost €7 million and single-track tubes €3.2 million with time frame May 2002-March 2003 and March 2002-January 2003 respectively. Visit www.veidekke.no 05/02. Sandvik Tamrock has been awarded the contract to supply two computerized full data Axera tunnelling jumbos to be used by contractor Mika AS to excavate the tunnel from Asker to Jong, which is part of a double-track railway between Oslo and Asker. The equipment contract, valued at over NOK20 million, also covers the supply of drill steels as well as service for two years. Delivery will start in March, 2002. Visit www.sandviktamrock.com and www.sandvik.com 07/02.Sandvik Tamrock AS is delivering a third full-data tunnelling jumbo to Mika AS. The Tamrock Axera T11 DATA three-boom fully computerized jumbo with basket boom will start up a third face in May, 2003. Visit www.sandviktamrock.com 05/03.Negotiated procedure, deadline 17th October, 2003 for design and installation of contact lines, low voltage and remote control equipment on the new Sandvika-Asker double-track line, section Sandvika-Jong-Asker. Work to be done in the Jong-Solstad tunnel (3,485 m) and in the Solstad-Asker tunnel (3,790 m) and at grade between the tunnels (540 m). Contact line installations, ventilation fans (smoke and frost), emergency lighting installations, and high voltage and low voltage installations must be installed in the tunnels. Includes also works at Sandvika and Asker stations. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=172405-2003, OJ S 191, or contact Jernbaneverket, Sandvika, fax +47 22455860. E-mail hsg@jbv.no 42/03.Negotiated procedure, deadline 1st June, 2004 for detailed plans for a 5.5 km double-track rock tunnel between Lysaker and Sandvika on the Skoyen-Asker section. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=071793-2004, OJ S 84, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, fax +4722455800. E-mail anne.kathrine.kalager@jbv.no 19/04.Multiconsult won a contract for the detailed and construction plans for a 5.5 km double-track rock tunnel between Lysaker and Sandvika on the Skoyen-Asker section. Asplan Viak won another contract for development plans. Visit www.multiconsult.no and www.asplanviak.no 46/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 8th January, 2007 for construction of a 1.2 km railway tunnel, including securing, pre-injection, waterproofing and frost protection, etc. and approx. 800 metres of railway at ground level. Read E-News Weekly 19/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=205551-2006, OJ S 193, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, fax +47 22455800. E-mail kkn@jbv.no 42/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 29th January, 2007 for contracts LS-02 and LS-03 of the Lysaker-Sandvika double-track railway tunnel. Contract LS-02 Skallum comprises the tunnel works between Lysaker west and Fossveien. Contract LS-03 Fossveien comprises the tunnel works between Skallum and Sandvika east. Both railway tunnels are approx. 1,800 m long with a cross section of approx. 110 sq m. The construction of the tunnel has been divided into four contracts, one of which has been previously tendered. The final contract will be announced in the near future. Read E-News Weekly 19/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=223334-2006, OJ S 209, or contact Jernbaneverket Infrastruktur Utbygging, Oslo, fax +47 22455800. 46/06.Negotiated procedure, deadline 3rd January, 2007 for hire of an engineering design manager for the tunnel and open air zone for the Lysaker-Sandvika railway dualling. The project is divided up into four main contracts. The primary assignments for the engineering design manager are to assist the project manager/construction managers in following up the consultants for the tunnel and open air zone works as well as following up the development of work drawings and management, operations and maintenance documentation. Also included is coordination of the engineering design works for all trades in the project. Read E-News Weekly 19/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=238703-2006, OJ S 222, or contact Jernbaneverket Infrastruktur Utbygging, Oslo, fax +47 22455800. E-mail aie@jbv.no 48/06.Negotiated procedure, deadline 15th January, 2007 for construction management for the Lysaker-Sandvika railway dualling. Read E-News Weekly 46/2006 & 19/2006. Click no/43. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=249745-2006, OJ S 233, or contact Jernbaneverket Infrastruktur Utbygging, Oslo, fax +47 22455800. E-mail aie@jbv.no 51-52/06.Accelerated negotiated procedure, deadline 5th January, 2007 for vibration measurements as part of the construction of the new double track railway between Sandvika and Lysaker, including approx. 5.5 km of tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 46/2006 & 19/2006. Click no/43. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=255921-2006, OJ S 239, or contact Jernbaneverket Infrastruktur Utbygging, Oslo, fax +47 22455800. E-mail tvevid@jbv.no 51-52/06.Jernbaneverket, the Norwegian National Rail Administration, contracted Skanska to build a new railway section. The contract amount is NOK498.4 million. The contract involves the new construction of a 2.8 km section of double track between Skí¸yen and Asker, west of Oslo. The project is one of four sections of the new railway line between Lysaker and Sandvika. Skanska’s assignment includes all work except track laying. The section includes a 1.2 km railway tunnel, including securing, pre-injection, waterproofing and frost protection, etc. and approx. 800 metres of railway at ground level. Construction begins in March and is scheduled for completion in July 2011. Visit www.skanska.no 10/07.Veidekke has signed a contract with Jernbaneverket, the national rail administration, for the Skallum substructure (contract LS-02), which is part of the new double-track railway line between Skí¸yen and Asker. The contract price is NOK365 million. The contract involves tunnelling from an access tunnel at Skallum in Bí¦rum. Veidekke will establish the approximately 420 m-long access tunnel down to the main tunnel for the double-track line. It will drive approximately 800 metres of tunnel in the direction of Lysaker and 800 metres in the direction of Sandvika. Both tunnels will be driven to connect up with neighbouring contracts. The work includes rock blasting, securing and other structural work inside the tunnel. The work will commence on 11th April and be completed by 1st August, 2010. Visit www.veidekke.no 12/07.Negotiated procedure, deadline 16th April, 2007 for contracting of five control engineers for the Lysaker-Sandvika line, for assistance to the construction manager with quality control. Click no/43. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=69506-2007, OJ S 56, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, fax +47 22455800. E-mail aie@jbv.no 14/07.NCC Construction signed on 10th April an agreement worth approximately NOK372.7 million with Jernbaneverket, the railway infrastructure developer, for contract LS-03 Fossveien, which is part of the new double-track railway on the route between Skí¸yen and Asker on the Lysaker to Sandvika line, west of Oslo. A 240 m-long tunnel is to be constructed down by the main line for double-track railway services at Fossveien in Bí¦rum. Subsequently, a 1,050 m-long tunnel will be constructed towards Lysaker and a 750 m-long tunnel towards Sandvika. These two tunnels will connect with other tunnel contracts. Work will commence on 2nd May and is scheduled for completion on 1st August, 2010. The works include blasting, securing and other interior construction work in the tunnel. Visit www.ncc.info 16/07.SBV Consult pocketed a NOK6.3 million contract to undertake vibration measurements as part of the construction of the new double track railway between Sandvika and Lysaker, including approx. 5.5 km of tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 16/2007, 46/2006 & 19/2006. Click no/43. Visit www.sbv-consult.no 27-28/07.Negotiated procedure, deadline 13th December, 2007 for quality control and follow-up of works on the Lysaker-Sandvika railway dualling. Click no/43 to know details about the tunnels involved. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=268468-2007, OJ S 220, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, tel. +47 22455992. E-mail aie@jbv.no 47/07.Tunnel and GeoConsult, and independent consulting engineers Sigmund Bakk and Lise Backer have been contracted by the Norwegian National Rail Administration for quality control assistance to the construction manager for the Lysaker-Sandvika line. Read E-News Weekly 16/2007, 46/2006 & 19/2006. Visit www.tunnelandgeoconsult.com 48/07.Negotiated procedure, deadline 8th May, 2008 for electrical installations (high and low voltage systems) for the new 6.5 km double track railway between Lysaker and Sandvika, 5.5 km of which is in tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=71126-2008, OJ S 52, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, tel. +47 91656257. Visit solgei@jbv.no 13/08.Negotiated procedure, deadline 8th May, 2008 for telecom installations for the new 6.5 km double track railway between Lysaker and Sandvika, with approximately 5.5 km of tunnel. The installations include tunnel radio, emergency telephones and fibre installations. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=71125-2008, OJ S 52, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, tel. +47 91656318. Visit jto@jbv.no 13/08.Contract for telecommunications installations for 6.5 km section of new double railway track in Baerum municipality for Lysaker-Sandvika, of which 5.5 km in tunnel, awarded by Jernbaneverket to T Connect AS of Manglerud, Oslo. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=292852-2008 More from Olaf Bjerknes, tel +47 9943 4144, e-mail olbj@jbv.no 46/08.Contract for high and low voltage electrical installations on 6.5 km section of Lysaker-Sandvika line through Baerum municipality, of which 5.5 km is in tunnel, awarded to YIT Building Systems of Etterstad, Oslo, value EUR12 million. Jernbaneverket contact is Jarle Tommervik, tel +47 9165 6318, e-mail jto@jbv.no. Visit archive file no/43 for a full history of the contracts for dualling of the Sandvika-Asker line. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=4562-2009 02/09

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 18.03.2011, to qualify as consultant for preparation of construction plan for fire protection measures in Oslo tunnel on Etterstad-Lysaker line. Further information, specs and docs from Bard Hjelman at Jernbaneverket in Oslo, tel +47 05280, fax +47 22455499, website www.jernbaneverket.no to where tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Contract details at www.doffin.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=056673-2011. 08/11.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 20.02.2012, for installation of fire water and smoke ventilation measures in Oslo tunnel on Etterstad-Lysaker line. Contract duration 12.04.2012 to 23.12.2013. 4 km of fire water lines required with outlets at 100 m intervals. 2.1 MW installed power required, with 49 smoke ventilation fans. Register interest and obtain additional information at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=247975. Further information, specs and docs from Utbyggingsdivisjonen at Jernbaneverket in Oslo, tel +47 05280, fax +47 22455499, website www.jernbaneverket.no to where tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=024200-2012. 04/12.

      Selmer Skanska to build Tyin hydro plant on í˜vre í…rdal river for Norsk Hydro. Contract value NOK512 million (SEK628 million) includes a subterranean power station, pumping facilities, shafts and 19 km of tunnels. Preparatory work has commenced. Completion October, 2004. Visit www.selmer.skanska.no 41/01.  1.54 km-long access tunnel completed June, 2002 and powerhouse excavation underway in granite. 2.7 km-long x 46 sq m tailrace under development for breakthrough June, 2003 using Atlas Copco Rocket Boomer WL3 C to drill 90 holes/round at 5.2 m-long x 48 mm-diameter under 1.5 km rock cover. 12-15 resin anchored bolts/round, 2.4 or 4.0 m-long, with shotcrete. Bi-directional drives underway from 350 m-long access tunnel at mid-point of headrace, using Atlas Copco 353 S drillrigs and Cat 963B loaders with Gjerstad side tipping buckets stationed at each face, with single crew alternating. Granite towards powerstation, phyllite towards lake. Surge shaft chamber complete, and Skanska Raise Boring mobilizing refurbished Robbins 97 RLC to bore 463 m-deep x 4.04 m-diameter shaft. 2.4 km-long draw off tunnel between Lakes Tyin and Toroholmen underway using Schaeff ITC 312 loader and Moxy MT25 trucks. Project on schedule. Visit www.selmer-skanska.no and www.skanskaraiseboring.com. Read E-News Weekly # 20. 46/02.Total of 4,500 rounds blasted to remove 680,000 cu m of rock, with some 27,086 rockbolts and 15,100 cu m shotcrete installed by 160 workers. Excavation completed during 2003, with the final blast in the tailrace end-May, and the headrace from Biskopsvatn to the power station breaking through on 10th July. The draw-off tunnel at Torolmen was finished at the end of July, with the lake tap left ready drilled for blasting, scheduled to take place in mid-2004. The piercing of Ardalsvatn from the tailrace will be carried out in Spring, 2004. Nearly 21 km of tunnel and 45,000 cu m of powerstation were excavated in just 19 months, involving 600,000 manhours, without a single serious accident. More from magnar.myklatun@skanska.no or visit www.boomer-rig.com 09/04.

Prequalification, deadline 15th October, 2001, for construction under DBFO contract of the Oysand-Thamshamn section of the E39 highway between Klett and Baardshaug, including 10 km of tunnels. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, document S 186-127933, or contact Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Oslo, fax +47 22073673. Visit www.vegvesen.no/sortrondelag 41/01. Tenders invited, deadline 10th December, 2001, for design and construction. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, document S 194-133062, or contact Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Oslo, fax +47 22073673. Visit www.vegvesen.no/sortrondelag 42/01. Shortlisted candidates for the DBFO contract for the Oysand-Thamshamn section between Klett and Baardshaug on E39 are Skanska and Laing Investment; Veidekke and Hochtief; and Bouygues and AS Anlegg. Ten kilometres of tunnels will be necessary. An award is planned for March 2003. Visit www.vegvesen.no/sortrondelag 37/02.Orkdalsleden, a consortium formed by Laing Investments and Skanska BOT, has been chosen by the state roads agency as preferred bidder for a £140 million contract, the first PPP programme in Norway. The project involves a new 27 km-long route on E39 including 10 km of tunnels. Selmer Skanska is the construction and operations partner in the consortium. Concession for a period of 25 years. Visit www.vegvesen.no 05/03.To excavate six tunnels totalling 10.5 km on subsection Oysand-Thamshamn (22 km) of E39 motorway section from Klett to Bí¥rdshaug on the Norwegian coast, Selmer Skanska will use the drill/blast method. The tunnels are Brekk (1,260 m), Mannsfjell (1,740 m), Svalnes (770 m), Naust (275 m), Viggja (2,700 m) and Storsand (3,750 m). All single tubes with two lanes, profile T9.5 m, blasting cross section approximately 70 sq m. Geology for Storsand consists of gneiss. Support with rockbolts and shotcrete. Steel fibre-reinforced shotcrete when necessary. Muck removal with dumper trucks. Main engineering firm is Aas-Jacobsen. Tunnel cost: NOK50,000 per metre approximately. Construction period from April 2003 to September 2005. The Storsand tunnel will be blasted from December 2003 to October 2004. To date, one kilometre has been excavated at different work sites, out of the total tunnel length. This is the first ever motorway concession in Norway, to last 25 years from 1st September, 2005. Visit www.skanska.no 40/03.

Orkdalvegen AS from Oslo secured the EUR 23.97 million (NOK240 million) contract, excluding VAT, for tunnel upgrading on the E39 Klett - Bardshaug. Contact Norwegian Public Roads Administration, attn Arild Gjerde, Moss, email arild.gjerde@vegvesen.no. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=665318-2021. Ref.n. 20/271. 52/21. 

Award to AAS Jakobsen of engineering design contract for 1.3 km-long road tunnel between Storo and Carl Berners Square. Construction tender scheduled for late-2002. Visit www.vegvesen.no 38/01. Open tendering, deadline 18th December, 2001, for cleaning the ceiling, walls, floor, and technical equipment (traffic signs, lighting, ventilation fans, anti-fire devices, cameras, crossing gates) in the following tunnels: Bjí¸rvika (150 m), Bryn (2 x 240), Festning (2 x 1,800), Framnes (2 x 123), Hammersborg (2 x 225), Smestad (2 x 500), Storo (136), Tí¥sen (2 x 1,284), and Vaterland (337). Everything except cameras to be cleaned with pressure water and brushes. Cameras to be hand cleaned with low pressure water. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int, document S 220-151919 or contact Statens Vegvesen, Oslo, fax +47 23210803. 48/01.Open tendering, deadline 2nd January, 2002, for injection works to stop water leaks in the Bryn tunnel (2 x 240 m) and Festning (2 x 1,800). Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int, document S 228-157253 or contact Statens Vegvesen, Oslo, fax +47 23210803, valmol@vegvesen.no 50/01.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 27.03.2015, for purchase of traffic systems in the Opera and Valerenga tunnels on E6/E18 at Oslo. Contract value EUR232,024-348,047, excluding VAT. For electronic access to information https://kgv.doffin.no/ctm/Supplier/Documents/Folder/126484. Contact Statens vegvesen Region East, attn Bjorn Moholt, Lillehammer, tel +47 91361164, e-mail bjorn.moholt@vegvesen.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=49751-2015. Ref.n. 2014155636. 07/15.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 29th August, 2001, for environmental impact study of three alternative routes for $50 million, 1.3 km-long tunnel beneath Royal Palace park. Visit www.vegvesen.no and www.norconsult.no 32/01.Contract award worth NOK2.7 million to Asplan Viak for the environmental impact assessment studies of new routes for the Slottspark tunnel. Visit www.asplanviak.no or www.vegvesen.no 01/02.

Three twin-track, single 115 sq m drill/blast tunnels, 3.8 km-long, 4 km-long and 5.5 km-long in design for new $700 million, 19 km section of line for construction start late-2001. Tender for first tunnel, deadline mid-September, available shortly from www.jerbaneverket.no Visit www.norconsult.no 29/01.