E18 Tvedestrand - Arendal
AF was commissioned for the planning and construction of a completely new 22 km section of the motorway between Tvedestrand and Arendal. The road opened July 2, 2019.
About the project
The contract included the planning and construction of a completely new 22 km section of the motorway between Tvedestrand and Arendal. The work included all disciplines and encompassed four double bedrock tunnels, 30 structures, and moving 10 million cubic metres of rock and earth.
- Project type
- Transport and underground
- Contract type
- Totalentreprise
- Project status
- Completed
- LocationSørlandet
- CustomerNye Veier AS
- Contract valueNOK 3 200 million
- 830
- cubic metres of earth and rock will be moved10 million
- På prosjektet benyttes den største hjullasteren og største bulldoseren som er brukt på norske veiprosjekter.Maskiner
Nye Veier's first major contract
The Client is Nye Veier AS, a wholly-owned government limited company that took over responsibility for construction of the section of road from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration on 1 January 2016. Nye Veier's vision is to build quickly and smartly. The contract with AF was the first design and build contract the company entered into.
The design and build nature of the contract meant that in addition to building the actual road, AF was also responsible for designing what is one of Norway’s largest road projects ever. Norconsult was AF Gruppen’s subcontractor on the project side and designed all structures, bridges, tunnels and culverts. Subcontractor Kruse Smith constructed the bridges.
AF Gruppen has a huge fleet of machinery comprising massive construction machines, including the largest wheeled loader and the largest bulldozer used in a Norwegian infrastructure project, plus an enormous mobilisation of manpower. In addition, AF only has two and a half years to complete the entire section of road.
– I am very satisfied because the road project in itself is particularly important for the region, we get more road for our money and we will be finished more quickly than we initially thought. Nye Veier is making a significant contribution to keeping costs down, which means we can build even more roads in Norway.
Erik Frogner
Department Director
