Swedish construction and development company Skanska has reached a contract with Vestland County Municipality to construct the new Ytre Steinsund bridge in the municipality of Solund, Norway.
The contract includes the design and construction of an 811m-long bridge, which will replace the Daly-Haldorsneset ferry connection.
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The new bridge will feature five spans and aims to provide residents of Ytre Sula with a permanent link to the neighbouring island of Sula and its municipality centre of Hardbakke.
The proposed bridge will be located 50m above sea level.
This project is expected to receive BREEAM Infrastructure’s ‘Very Good’ sustainability rating for design and construction.
Detailed engineering will commence as soon as the related contract is signed. Construction will start in the first quarter of next year and conclude in the final quarter of 2026.
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By GlobalDataThe contract is valued at Nkr800m and will be registered in Skanska’s Nordic order bookings for the second quarter of 2023.
On 27 June, Skanska entered into a contract to design and construct a mobility network at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, US.
The project, titled the ‘John F Kennedy International Airport Central Terminal Area Roadways, Utilities and Ground Transportation Center’, is expected to be completed in December 2027.
It is aimed at improving user connectivity and bettering access to nearby terminals.
Skanska won the contract in a joint venture with Halmar International.
