Items Tagged with 'Norway'

Construction is expected to begin next year on the first-of-its-kind full-scale ship tunnel, an estimated $870-million project to improve ship traffic on a dangerous stretch of the Norwegian coastline.

The collapse of a hillside on a railway project in Norway last year killed one worker and raises questions about monitoring of ground conditions during deep soil mixing.

Recent technology advances are reducing system disagreements and human error.

Norway-based solar energy manufacturer NorSun will spend $620 million to build its first U.S.-based factory—a 5-GW facility in Tulsa, Okla., that will produce silicon ingots and wafers for solar cells and panels.

Undulating timber roofs now shelter passengers using a new railroad station at the Norwegian city of Ski. It lies close to the south portal of the multibillion-dollar underground high-speed Follo Line railroad to the capital city, Oslo.

The Norwegian Public Road Authority has yet to award the third contract covering the 5.7 miles of the tunnel's central section.

New Zealand’s first extradosed bridge will be the centerpiece of the $320-million O Mahurangi Penlink project in North Auckland.

Norway’s Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has sealed the country’s largest-ever design, build, finance and maintain contract, valued at $2.2 billion, for a highway link between the city of Bergen and Sotra Island.

Three international firms have prequalified to finance, design, build and operate the $1-billion Rv. 555 for 25 years.

Skanska-built office building in Norway will return power to the grid