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Tunnelling in Scandinavia differs in several ways from the methods used in Central Europe. Porr Bau GmbH has been working since the end of 2016 with the subsidiary PNC on the first tunnelling project for the company in Norway. The project Fv.17 is located in Nordland, 10 km south of the Arctic Circle. The narrow coastal road is to be upgraded with two new tunnels. The Norwegian fjords are well known...
Nowadays, tunnels with single‐shell segmental lining are often constructed pressure‐tight using gaskets. The economic application limit of this construction type is about 50 metres head of water. If the water pressure exceeds this value, considerably more complex – and thus more expensive – two‐shell construction with an additional drainage layer between the inner and the outer lining is required...
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