The document summarizes Norway's experience with public-private partnerships (PPPs) for transportation projects, focusing on the E18 project. It discusses how Norway's 2001 National Transport Plan identified several pilot projects to use PPPs to increase efficiency in transportation infrastructure development. The E18 project and two other projects were implemented using PPPs and opened ahead of schedule and under budget between 2005-2009. The document evaluates whether PPPs improved efficiency in construction time, price, traffic safety, and risk allocation for the E18 project compared to traditional procurement methods.

1. The Norwegian Road PPP Programme
– Experiences with the E18 Project –
Dirk Söhngen, Co-CEO Bilfinger Berger Project Investments, Berlin, 24. April 2012

2. • National Transport Plan 2002-2011 was approved
in February 2001
• The projects were identified as pilot projects
• PPP was meant to increase efficiency in the
implementation of major projects
• All three projects were implemented and opened to
traffic latest August 2009
• Important project criteria:
o Availability
o Operation and Maintenance
o Traffic Safety
Concept and targets
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3. Implementation
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Project E39 E39 E18
Sponsors Skanska,
Laing
Veidekke,
Sundt
Pihl, Sundt,
Bilfinger
Berger
Construction
Volume
(in EUR)
170 Mio. 155 Mio. 400 Mio.
Implementation
period
2003-
2005
2004-
2006
2006-
2009

4. • Efficiency improvements achieved?
o Construction time
o Construction price
o Traffic Safety
o Risk allocation
• Outlook?
First conclusions and outlook
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