Kollektivtransportproduksjon AS (KTP AS) has awarded Veidekke Entreprenør AS the contract to build the new metro station at Gjønnes in Bærum municipality. The value of the contract is NOK 113 million excluding VAT.
KTP AS is upgrading the Kolsåsbanen line in Bærum to metro standard on the Jar to Kolsås stretch. Among other things, this entails that the platforms are lengthened to approx. 120 metres in order to service 6 carriage train sets, all crossings are to have flyovers and conductor rails are to be installed on the sleepers in conformity with the remaining metro network in Oslo.
Work includes building a new 720 metre track line with substructure and superstructure, a new station in compliance with metro standard, new technical facility and new park-and-ride parking for approx. 200 cars. Included in the contract is a culvert beneath the tracks for access to the Gjønnesparken housing project and a new bridge for Bærumsveien, which is being built for Bærum municipality.
The project will commence in May 2011 and is to be completed in August 2012.
For more information please contact:
Project Manager Jan Arnold Hanssen, Veidekke Entreprenør AS, tel. +47 91 12 83 64, jan-arnold.hanssen@veidekke.no
Site Manager Erik Hval Olsen, Veidekke Entreprenør AS, tel. +47 47 75 43 37, erik.hval.olsen@veidekke.no
Communications Manager Helge Dieset, Veidekke ASA, tel. +47 90 55 33 22, helge.dieset@veidekke.no
Project Director Trond Bjørgan, KTP AS, +47 91 36 72 27, trond.bjorgan@ktpas.no
Veidekke is one of Scandinavia's largest contractors with 6,100 employees and a turnover of NOK 16.3 billion (2010). Activities include building and construction projects, residential developments, asphalt plants, gravel and aggregates, road maintenance and recycling. Our values are professional, honest, enthusiastic and pioneering. Our goals for health, safety and the environment, HSE, have equal status with our financial goals. Veidekke is characterized by a decentralized organizational model with a strong corporate culture and a high degree of employeeinvolvement. Over half the employees are co-owners, holding almost 20% of Veidekke's shares between them. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has never declared a loss since it was founded in 1936.
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