Skanska wins major hydro contract - The Tunnelling Journal

Skanska has signed a contract with client, Eidsiva Vannkraft AS to build the Nedre Otta power plant in the municipalities Sel and Vågå, Norway. The contract is worth US$82M, and includes the construction of some 12km of tunnels.Aside from the tunnelling work, the hydropower project involves construction of the power station and transformer hall in the mountain and concrete work around the intake, power plant area, outflow and portal.

The construction work will commence in October 2016 and the project will be completed in the spring in 2020.

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