UDK 02 – Concrete tunnel and soil tunnel

- EPC contract based on NTK 15
- Tender conducted as "competitive dialogue"
- Notification June 2018
- To be signed in June 2019
- Construction from August 2019 to March 2023
Bane NOR has announced the prequalification for this contract. More information HERE.
Concrete tunnel in open construction pit
An approx. 320 m long culvert in an open building pit with internal bracing will be built up to the loose deposits tunnel north of Konnerudgata. The excavation is partly under the water table, going down to depths from about 11 metres to about 21 metres.
Ground conditions vary with up to 14 meters of clay over solid glaciofluvial deposits in the north and about 5 metres of sand over solid glaciofluvial deposits in the south. The glaciofluvial sediments are mainly friction aggregates (sand and gravel) with a fine particle content below 10%.
Soil tunnel
To protect the local environment at Danvik, an approximately 290-metre tunnel is planned through loose deposits until a face is established in rock. The ground along the length of the loose deposit tunnel will mainly consist of friction aggregates.
The loose deposits around the actual tunnel will have to be reinforced at ground level. The objective is to increase the strength/rigidity of the deposits and achieve sufficiently low permeability in the deposits around the tunnel to prevent water leakage and thus water table lowering along the tunnel. Once ground reinforcement is complete, the tunnel can be driven using a sequential drive method (short drive lengths and the use of shared cross-sections).
Once the tunnel has been driven, a waterproof membrane and a permanent lining will be fitted. The permanent lining will be a reinforced concrete construction that covers the entire tunnel periphery.
Main volumes concrete tunnel
Pipe piling |
14,000 m2 |
Stabilisation with jet piles |
15,300 m3 |
Internal tubular reinforcement |
4,000 m |
Excavation |
110,000 m3 |
Concrete |
12,900 m3 |
Reinforcement |
2,500 tonnes |
Main volumes soil tunnel
Drilling of injection and control holes |
100,000 m |
Injection from ground |
15,500 m3 |
Injection from shafts |
50,000 m3 |
Jet piles from ground |
42,700 m3 |
Jet piles for shafts |
1,950 m3 |
Excavation for tunnel |
41,500 m3 |
Blasting rock in tunnel |
10,000 m3 |
Temporary retention by drilling pipe screen in tunnel |
18,400 m |
Reinforcement for permanent lining |
470 tonnes |
Concrete in permanent lining |
12,500 m3 |
Tracks and other railway engineering installations are not included in UDK 02.