The tunnel upgrade project Northern Region is part of a national project that includes upgrading selected national road tunnels in accordance with the ‘Regulations on minimum safety requirements for certain road tunnels’ (Tunnel Safety Regulations).

The current national road tunnels in the Northern Region have different standards due to different construction periods and different measures will therefore need to be taken in the different tunnels. The tunnels in the Northern Region are spread over the entire region, but the majority are in the northern parts of Nordland. During project implementation focus will be on trying to achieve a uniform standard in the tunnels to the greatest possible extent, in relation to the requirements society has regarding safety and regularity.

The work in this contract is for the following tunnels on the stretch Fauske — Birtavarre:

Tømmernes tunnel: 722 metres;

Forså tunnel: 685 metres;

Fagernes tunnel: 2 069 metres;

Larsberg tunnel: 525 metres;

Skardals tunnel: 2 286 metres;

Isfjell tunnel: 3 246 metres.

The turnkey contractor is, in cooperation with the Builder, to undertake the engineering design services for the work, and, based on the engineering design services, agree a target price with a structure as stated in the tender documents. The site work will be carried out in accordance with the agreed target price.

The main amounts of the contract work are expected to be electro-technical installations, as well as site engineering work resulting from, or a prerequisite for, electro-technical installations.