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| Skanska upgrades highway in Norway Skanska has secured two contracts to upgrade sections of the E18 highway at Sandefjord in southern Norway to expressway standard. The contracts are worth NOK 455 million, approximately SEK 520 million, and NOK 225 million, approximately SEK 260 million, respectively. The client is Statens Vegvesen, the Norwegian Road Administration. The larger assignment is for the construction of a 6.5-kilometer four-lane section of expressway on the E18 between Sandefjord and Larvik, about 100 kilometers south of Oslo. The project includes six bridges, a small rock tunnel and 2.7 kilometers of connecting roads. Work will commence immediately and is scheduled for completion in July 2009. The second project on the E18 is for the construction of a 1.6-kilometer section of expressway, three bridges and 1.4 kilometers of connecting roads. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |