Large lack of student housing in Norway
Large lack of student housing in Norway despite effort More than 14,000 student housing are still lacking before reaching the goal for how many residences…
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Have funds, lacks building applications
Norway lacks applications for the building of sufficient student housing. Money has been set aside to build 3,400 student housings in Norway this year alone….
The world’s longest floating bridge
Building the world’s longest floating bridge on the E39 Aas-Jakobsen, COWI and Multiconsult with Johs. Holt will assist the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) to…
The former US Embassy building can be protected
The former US Embassy on Henrik Ibsen Street in Oslo is a cultural heritage building and should be preserved, says the Norwegian Culture Heritage committee…
Continued growth in the building and construction sector
Many ongoing projects and well-stocked order books ensures that the order backlog in the construction industry increased its value by 3 percent in this year’s…
New clinic at the Radium Hospital
The Government wants to build a new clinic at the Radium Hospital The Government parties – the Conservatives and the Progress Party – gives the…
Continued increase in building and construction industry
The activity in the building and construction industry continued to rise in the 2nd quarter of 2017. Overall, the seasonally-adjusted figures showed 0.9 per…
Motorway building costs the same
Road Administration: Not more expensive to build motorways in Norway Building a motorway in Norway costs about the same as in Sweden and Denmark, states…
Fewer building permits
In the 2nd quarter of 2017, building permission was given for 9 500 dwellings with a total 1.2 million square metres of utility floor space. This…
Avinor is building the world’s largest seafood center at Gardermoen
Avinor will build the world’s largest seafood center and terminal at Gardermoen, and seek investors who can contribute 800 million. Norwegian salmon is the…
Hurtigruten thinks ports charge too much
Hurtigruten believes municipalities charge too much at public ports along the coast For years, the company has been in conflict with many publicly owned ports….
The government is building a new asylum center at Trandum
The government wants to improve conditions for asylum children waiting to be deported from the country, and they are expanding the Immigration Detention Centre at…
Apartment building in Lillehammer burned down
An apartment building in Lillehammer burned down Sunday morning. Altogether eleven people evacuated due to the fire, which started in an apartment building at the…
Woman killed by falling from a building in Oslo
A woman in her 30s has died after falling from an apartment building in Greenland, Oslo. Police do not yet know what has happened….
Fire in office building at Rikshospitalet
The fire broke out Monday in an office at the Rikshospitalet in Oslo. The fire was quickly extinguished, but 150 people had to be evacuated….
The Norwegian Parliament celebrates 150 years in own building
Stortinget, the Norwegian Parliament had to wait over half a century to move into in its own building. On Thursday the building will celebrate its…
Highest building activity in Akershus
In 2015, building start permits were given for 31 300 dwellings. This is 15 per cent more than in 2014. The counties of Akershus and Sør-Trøndelag…