Societá Italiana per Condotte D'Acqua SpA has chosen Poyry to carry out rock and tunnel engineering for the Follo Line in Oslo, Norway. Poyry's assignment includes the majority of the design needed for 5.5 km of tunnels close to the city centre in Oslo, 4 km of which is for high-speed train traffic.
The Follo Line connects Oslo with the city of Ski in the east-bound Follo district. The Follo Line tunnel system will be the longest in Norway with a total length of 20km and a maximum train speed of 250 km/h.
Condotte is the EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) contractor in conjuction with Poyry engineering, and the end client is the Norwegian National Rail Administration. The tunnel will be excavated using Drill&Blast and Drill&Split methods. All engineering will be carried out as Building Information Modelling (BIM). Visit http://www.poyry.com. 04/16.
