Bane NOR has decided to implement the leadership program “Visible Health and Safety Leadership” in their organization in the EPC TBM project, part of the big scale project the Follo Line.

ACCIONA Construction recognized by the Madrid Division of the Spanish Association of Civil Engineers

The Norwegian tunnel statistics for 2017 were recently announced in Fjellspreningningskonferansen and shows that AGJV is the tunnel winner in Norway this year.

Employees in Acciona Ghella Joint Venture, the client Bane NOR and subcontractors celebrated Santa Barbara at Åsland site the 4th of December.

AGJV have now reached an important milestone. The TBMs have completed 50 percent of the TBM tunnels as part of the Follo Line Project.

The Follo Line is the largest infrastructure project in Scandinavia, and it’s crucial to mitigate negative impacts of the project, avoid possible future conflicts and improve client satisfaction and image of AGJV in the local sphere.

The four tunnel boring machines on the Follo Line have so far drilled over ten km tunnel, that is, just over 25 percent of the total length.

Project director Fernando Vara in AGJV had a visual and good presentation at the World Tunnel Congress in Bergen.

The four Follo Line Tunnel Boring Machines have excavated almost 4,5 km of tunnel, which is over 10 percent of the total tunnel.

Workers at the segment factory gave their prize to charity. 

Large celebration of Santa Barbara at the construction site December 4th.

This week the fourth and last Tunnel Boring Machine at the Follo Line Project started its journey towards the city of Ski. This means that all four TBMs at the project now are operational.

How does the construction site look like from above? This amazing drone video gives an impression of the large concrete segment factory and the rest of the construction site, seen from above.

The "Fjellsprengningsdagen" conference examines the latest developments in rock demolition. Project Director Fernando Vara gave a talk on the technical aspects of the construction of what will be Scandinavia’s longest rail tunnel.

The two southbound Follo Line Tunnel boring machines were baptised Tuesday 15th of November by Project Manager Anne Kathrine Kalager from Jernbaneverket. Simultaneously one of the two machines started its journey towards Ski.

AF Gruppen (AFG) has signed an agreement with Acciona Infraestructuras and Ghella ANS (AGJV) to extend the cooperation with execution of civil construction works, at the Follo Line Project for the Norwegian National Rail Administration.

The second Follo Line Tunnel Boring Machine, “Queen Ellisiv”, has started tunnelling towards Oslo.

The first Follo Line Tunnel boring machine has made good progress during the initial weeks of excavation.

Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg baptised the Follo Line Project’s first two Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) with the names Queen Eufemia and Queen Ellisiv, Monday 5th September. Minister of Transport and Communication Ketil Solvik-Olsen started the first of the four giant machines.

The first Tunnel Boring Machine will soon commence excavation at the Follo Line Project. Simultaneously the concrete segment factory and other facilities have been constructed and assembled at the site in Oslo.

During the past weeks 54 EU transport attaches, an Italian Deputy Minister and both the Italian and Spanish ambassadors in Norway have visited the Follo Line Project and AGJV.

On Tuesday 14 June the brand new Follo Line Visitor Room was officially opened.

Four tunnel boring machines will be used in the excavation of the main part of the tunnel at the Follo Line Project. Completion of the fourth and final TBM was celebrated Wednesday 8th June at the factory in Germany, marking an important milestone for the project.

One key element in constructing the twin railway tunnel between Oslo and Ski is concrete segments for the tunnel wall. Approximately 140 000 such concrete segments will be used in constructing the 18.5 km main part of the tunnel. A large factory at the construction site will provide high quality segments, and test production has commenced.

Follo Line tunnel boring machine number three is completed at the Herrenknecht factory. One more is still being produced at factory, while several parts of the two first TBMs already have arrived at the construction site in Oslo.

The first TBM is already being assembled inside the big assembly chamber.

Parts of the first Follo Line Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) has arrived Norway and the construction site. This first shipment included segments for the big cutterhead.

The second Double Shield TBM for the Follo Line is completed and was recently approved. Two more high-speed tunnel borers are still in assembly at the Herrenknecht plant in Schwanau.

Norcem and the Spanish-Italian contractor consortium Acciona Ghella JV (AGJV), responsible for the TBM contract in the Follo Line Project, recently reached an agreement for the cement supplies. The contract signed means delivery of 280.000 tons cement over a three-years’ period and is Norcem’s largest contract ever.

The first tunnel boring machine (TBM) to excavate the main section of the Follo Line Tunnel, is now ready from the factory in Germany. It will arrive at the construction site in Oslo in May and is the first of four machines.

Most of the excavation of the tunnel system at Åsland is completed, but the excavation of the escape tunnel continues at full speed.

The drill and blast phase at the Follo Line tunnel system, 100 meters below ground at Grønliåsen near Åsland, is finished. Most of the blasting work are completed three months ahead of schedule.

The TBMs at the Follo Line will have a length of about 150 m and weigh 2400 tons. Inside the TBM there are a number of installations, including a conveyor for transport of rocks and the lining of concrete segments.

The two first Tunnel Boring Machines are being assembled in Germany by Herrenknecht right now. In total AGJV will have four TBMs at the Follo Line Project. 

The construction of the factory building and the entire factory area is progressing in a good pace.

Good progress in tunnel excavation at Åsland. In two assembly chambers the TBM's will be assembled, and the first will start boring in the autumn of 2016.

Employees in Acciona Ghella Joint Venture, the client and subcontractors celebrated Santa Barbara December 4. The employees met in the tunnel for a mass with the benediction of the Santa Barbara statues, and later there was a feast with good food.