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The World’s Longest Bicycle Tunnel Opens in Norway Next Month
Jalopnik   16 March 2023   Norway  
Photo: Arild Tveit / Bybanen Utbygging
<p>When most cities explore methods of making their streets friendlier for cyclists and pedestrians, government agencies usually propose installing protected bike lanes or maybe closing down a street to vehicle traffic. Almost no municipality is ever ambitious ...
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Norway Gives Green Light for World’s First Ship Tunnel
gCaptain   18 March 2021   Norway  
An illustration of the Stad Ship Tunnel. Image credit: Norwegian Coastal Administration
<p>Norway has given the green light to begin preparations for the construction on what is expected to become the world&rsquo;s first ship tunnel.<br />The Stad Ship Tunnel will cut through the Norway&rsquo;s Stad peninsula allowing ships up to 25.5 meters ...
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Landslide in Norway Sweeps 8 Buildings Into the Sea
nytimes.com   05 June 2020   Norway   Alta  
Anders Bjordal/Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate
<p>The slide, which ran more than 2,000 feet along the shore and nearly 500 feet inland, was the largest the area had ever seen. A dog was carried out to sea but swam to safety.<br />A freak landslide in Norway has swept at least eight buildings into the sea, ...
MAJOR earthquake strikes near Norwegian VOLCANIC island in Arctic Sea with 6.8 magnitude
Express   09 November 2018   Norway   Jan Mayen  
An earthquake has hit the Arctic Ocean near Jan Mayen (Image: GETTY)
<p>A STRONG earthquake has hit by a Norwegian volcanic island called Jan Mayen in the Arctic Ocean, measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale.<br />The quake took place 10km deep and 722km from Akureyri, Iceland.There is no yet known information of whether the quake ...
Norway to build world’s tallest timber building
highways.today   10 December 2017   Norway  
Norway to build world’s tallest timber building
<p>&ldquo;Mj&oslash;st&aring;rnet&rdquo; will be more than 80 metres tall and stand 30 metres higher than what is today considered the world&rsquo;s tallest timber building. &ldquo;Mj&oslash;st&aring;rnet sets new standards for timber constructions. The building ...
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Norway may build the world's first tunnel for ships
Business Insider   16 March 2017   Norway   Europe  
A rendering of the Stad Ship Tunnel in Norway_Norwegian Coastal Administration
<p>Stretching over 15 miles, Norway's Lærdal Tunnel has been the longest road tunnel in the world since it was built in the 1990s. <br><br>Now, the country is trying to construct the world's first tunnel for ships — which would see between 70 and 120 vessels ...
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Skanska wins Norwegian hydro plant
The construction index   26 September 2016   Norway   Europe  
The project will use an existing intake dam
<p>Skanska has signed a NOK657m (£62m) contract to build a hydropower plant in the municipalities of Sel and Vågå in Norway.</p><p>The project for client Eidsiva Vannkraft involves about 12km of tunnelling work, construction of the power station and transformer ...
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Norway wants to build the world's first underwater floating tunnel for £19 billion
Business Insider UK   22 August 2016   Norway   Norwegian Sea  
The floating underwater tunnel would consist of two 4,000-foot-long, curved concrete tubes, submerged 66 feet below the surface of the Norwegian Sea.
<p>The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has proposed the world's first underwater floating tunnel, which would be submerged in the Norwegian Sea. It is predicted to cost $25 billion (around £19 million) to build, according to Wired.</p>
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Contract award for construction site work and onshore facility for power supply to the Johan Sverdrup field
<p>Statoil has, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partners, awarded Aibel in Norway the contract for construction of the converter station at Haugsneset and required construction site work for land-based power supply to the field.<br />This is an engineering, ...
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Key $1.1 billion TBM tunnel contract is awarded for Norway’s Follo Line project
Tunneling Journal   06 March 2015   Norway   Oslo  
Follo tunnel alignment
<p>The Norwegian National Rail Administration, announced on March 03, that a Joint Venture of Acciona Infraestructuras SA and Ghella SpA has been awarded the main $1.1 billion TBM tunnel contract for the Follo Line Project. It is the largest railway contract ...
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