Open invitation to tender, deadline 30th April, 2001, for 1 km-long road tunnel for Statens Vegvesen Vest Agder, fax +47 381 21501. Visit www.vegvesen.no December 2000.Veidekke and its subsidiary Br. Reme scooped NOK239 million contract to build the 2 x 1 km Oddernes tunnel on E18 highway in sand and silt. Cross section is 6 m-high and 10 m-wide. Cut-and-cover method. Completion date set to 1st June, 2004. Visit www.veidekke.no 46/01.Negotiated procedure, deadline 7th April, 2005 for design, build, finance and operate contract under a 25-year PPP contract for the 38 km Grimstad-Kristiansand section of the E18 motorway in Grimstad, Lillesand and Kristiansand municipalities, including tunnels. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=031939-2005, OJ S 33, or contact Statens vegvesen, Oslo, fax +47 22073673. E-mail firmapost@vegvesen.no. The information memorandum on prequalification for the project will be published on 21st February at www.ppproads.no. An open day for potential bidders will be held to explain the project in Kristiansand on 2nd March, 2005. Bidders who wish to attend should send a message to firmapost@vegvesen.no 08/05.Just two months after its selection as preferred bidder, Bilfinger Berger has reached a financial agreement on its first concession project in Norway. Consortium Agder OPS Vegselskap led by Bilfinger Berger BOT (50%) and including Sundt (35%) and E. Pihl & Son (15%) will finance, design, construct and operate for 25 years a 38 km section of the E18 highway between Grimstad and Kristiansand. The contract amounts to NOK3.3 billion. The section is part of the new highway between Oslo and Kristiansand. Design and construction includes four bridges and seven twin bored tunnels: Kvernasen (150 m), Skifjell (1,060 m), Songefjellheia (350 m), Bjellandsvad-Steindal (1,560 m), Steindal-Urdal (2,190 m), Loehia (130 m) and Studeheia (300 m), totalling approx. 2 x 5,740 metres. Each tube will carry two lanes with profile T9.5. Construction will be executed under the technical leadership of Bilfinger Berger's civil engineering division. The highway section will open on 1st September, 2009. Visit www.bilfinger.de, www.ppproads.no and www.vegvesen.no/ppp/pdf/Infohefte_PPP_E18.pdf 31-32/06.