Short description
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) plans to construct a 5.4 km long floating/cable-stayed bridge over Bjørnafjord between Tysnes/Svarvhella and Røtinga for the ferry-free E39 Stord-Os.
The NPRA does not envisage entering into contracts with the bases itself, but we are mapping them in order to show our suppliers the possibilities that exist. The NPRA would like to have closer contact with actors that have locations that can cover the needs that the project has for further dialogue. The NPRA is, thus, working on mapping bases along the coast of south Norway in the Trondheim fjord to Boknafjord area, which can be included in the value chain, and which are suitable for the reception and temporary storage of bridge elements on land and at sea. We would like to have contact with relevant bases along the coast for this mapping.
The NPRA would like to have contact with actors that have bases that can be suitable for the reception and temporary storage of bridge sections on land and at sea. The bases must have facilities for joining parts together to make larger floating units and for the storage of them at sea before they are towed to the area where they will be joined together (Søreidvika/Bjørnefjorden). Relevant bases must show that they can cover the needs that the project has in a middle phase, such as deep water quays, ground capacity for heavy transport, cranes, workshop halls, housing facilities, electricity, gas and water, and a regulated storage area at sea, etc.
The aim of the mapping is to get an overview of the possibilities that exist. The NPRA will later have a direct dialogue with relevant locations in order to carry out further feasibility studies of these locations. Provisional schedule: The project is scheduled to be carried out in the period approx. 2027-2034, and it will be in this period that we envisage using the bases.