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UTARBEIDET Rolf Åge Vågen
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NOT-MO-003 – METHOD STATEMENT, NAVIGATION CHANNEL IN SOUTH 2/78
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1 Summary 4
2 Introduction 5
3 Assumptions for base case method 6
4 Pontoons 7
4.1 Pontoon dimensions 7
4.2 Construction site for pontoons 7
4.3 Construction of pontoons 9
4.4 Towing of pontoons 12
4.5 Storage of pontoons 14
5 Abutment at Flua 15
5.1 Layout 16
5.2 Temporary quay 16
5.3 Towing 18
5.4 Installation 21
6 Bridge girder 23
6.1 General 23
7 Assembly of floating bridge 25

7.1 Assembly location 25
7.2 Assembly method floating bridge 26
7.3 Temporary mooring system at storage location 28
8 Building of stayed cable bridge 37
9 Establishing bridge girder at Flua 47

9.1 Method 47
9.2 Ballasting during installation of Floating bridge 49
10 Towing of floating bridge 51

10.1 Design requirements 51
10.2 Holding capacity 52
10.3 Maneuvering in narrow waters 54
10.4 Adequate speed 55
11 Installation of floating bridge 57

11.1 Operation description 57
11.2 Installation and towing weather criteria and
durations 64
11.3 Straight bridge installation 66
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12 Installation of permanent mooring system (Straight

bridge) 67
13 Progress plan 71
13.1 Overall project 71
13.2 Critical activities: 71
13.3 Non-critical activities: 72
13.4 Detailed estimation of critical activity duration: 72
14 References 75
Appendix A – Vessel and equipment specification 76
Appendix B – Required vessels and equipment –

quantities 77
Appendix C – Brief stability check for pontoons 78
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1 Summary
At this stage in the project no showstoppers are identified for the construction and installation of the two
floating bridge alternatives. However, more detailing is required at later stages in order to confirm and
optimize the presented methods. The bridge design has been developed continuously throughout the
project phase. The construction and installation methods are developed in parallel with the bridge design,
but there may be cases where the method is not entirely representing the latest design. The presented
methods are considered applicable nevertheless.
As a base case, the bridge girders will be pre-fabricated in 20 m lengths and transported to a specified
quay in Norway. There the bridge girders is welded together to longer sections before the final section is
connected to the pontoons. A 20 m element weighs 200 t (each road part is taken a separate element of
the cross section) for the curved bridge and 300 t for the straight bridge. The reason for choosing 20 m
elements is that these weights can be handled using standard cranes and equipment at the assembly and
construction sites.
The pontoons are proposed constructed in a dry dock. On request from the Client, Hanøytangen is
currently used as a base case. This is an existing facility with the required dimensions. Due to the size of
the pontoons it is necessary to have 10 construction cycles to complete all pontoons in addition to the
abutment at Flua. There are however, several possible solutions that could lower the construction time,
and give more flexibility to the project as well as reduce construction time and cost, e.g. building on
submersible barges and larger production sites outside of Norway. To minimize the dry dock time it is
proposed to complete the pontoons in a floating modus.
The abutment at Flua will be started in the in the dry dock, and completed floating. The depth of the
abutment (40 m) makes it difficult to perform all work inside a dock. With the current base case, the dock
capacity is critical. It is therefore beneficial to float out the abutment as early as reasonable practical to
free up capacity for the construction of the pontoons. For previous projects for the offshore industry, a
deep-water quay has been established at Hanøytangen. The same quay is proposed established for the
floating construction phase of the abutment. The abutment will be built early in the project to avoid risk of
delay to the installation of the bridge.
The major part of the floating bridge length will be assembled by skidding the bridge girders directly onto
the pontoons. This will be done from a floating quay established using standard North Sea barges. These
barges could either be bought second hand, or rented for the duration of the assembly period. For the
transition section of the bridge (between the lower part and the stay cable bridge) a Heavy Lift Vessel will
be required to carry out four (4) lifts.
The stay cable bridge tower will be constructed using standard slip forming. For the parts of the stay
cable bridge that are suspended above the water (North of the tower) the cantilever building method will
be applied. A framework will temporarily support the parts that are above land until the stay cables are
connected.
The floating part of the bridge will for both alternatives be installed as one section. The towing operation
and positioning of the bridge will be carried out using anchor handling vessels and tugs. A guiding system
will together with winches control the motions of the bridge ends during installation. When in position, the
floating bridge will temporary be secured to Flua and the stay cable bridge by bolted connections. The
bolted connections will keep the bridge parts together until the permanent connection (welding) is
established. For the straight bridge it is possible to use the pre-installed mooring lines during installation
to provide additional guidance and support.
Estimates of expected delay are calculated by computer simulation of the weather sensitive operations.
The following operations are investigated: Towing of pontoons, towing of the abutment for Flua,
installation of the abutment, assembly using HLV (Heavy Lift Vessel) and installation of the complete
floating bridge. The simulations show that some delay may be expected, however due to the relatively
short duration of the operations it is possible to get a weather window for most operations throughout the
whole year. The basis for these simulations is time series of wind received from the Client.
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2 Introduction
This report covers the methods for construction and installation of the bridge over Bjørnafjorden. Both the
curved bridge and the straight bridge are included in the report. However, as a basis the method is
explained using the curved bridge, as this alternative is seen as most challenging in the installation
phases due to its size and layout. Any special considerations for the straight bridge are mentioned
throughout the report if deemed necessary.
3 Assumptions for base case method

Main assumptions for the method statement are as follows;
- Permissions for proposed locations are in place, and the facilities have the required capacity.
Most of the vessels are taken from the spot market. There are however operations that requires
that vessels are reserved in due time before the operations. This is particularly relevant for parts
of the assembly operation using Heavy Lift Vessels (HLV) and the towing and installation
operations (large number of towing vessels required).
- Building of pontoons and abutment at Flua is carried out at Hanøytangen Askøy, Norway.
- Assembly of floating bridge is carried out in Eikelandsfjorden. In this fjord, a storage location and
an assembly quay will be established.
- The bridge girder is ordered in 20 m lengths, and delivered to assembly quays and to the stay
cable bridge building location as required. I.e. no storage location for steelwork is planned for at
this stage.
- Pontoons are stored in a fjord close to Eikelandsfjorden between construction and assembly.
Figure 3-1 illustrates the different locations specified above.
Figure 3-1: Overview of construction and assembly locations.
4 Pontoons
4.1 Pontoon dimensions

The pontoons for the floating part of the bridge will be made of concrete. The pontoons for the straight
bridge and curved bridge are identical. There are 19 pontoons on the curved bridge and 18 pontoons on
the straight bridge.
An illustration of the pontoons together with the main dimensions are shown in Figure 4-1 below.
The mass of each pontoons is approximately 18 000 t.
Figure 4-1: Pontoons with main dimensions
4.2 Construction site for pontoons

At this stage it is planned to build the pontoons in Norway. However, at a later stage, it could be that it is
reasonable to build the pontoons outside of Norway (e.g. Denmark, UK, France, Portugal, and Croatia) as
there are dry docks in these countries with larger capacities. In that way it could be possible to lower the
construction time significantly compared to the alternative presented in this report. A longer tow or
transportation on heavy lift vessels, and the risk of waiting on weather during the towing operation must
be accounted for in the progress plan. It all comes down to a cost-benefit evaluation. Approximately 20
days of towing must be accounted for from Lisbon in Portugal to Bergen Norway (with 3 knots speed).
Building of pontoons and steelwork are probably both on the critical path, and must be seen in relation to
each other in the planning phase.
It is not many alternatives when it comes to existing facilities in Norway. The only dry dock that is large
enough for several pontoons is Hanøytangen outside of Bergen (there are dry docks that can facilitate
one pontoon, but these are disregarded in this report). The dimensions of the dry dock is 125 m x 125 m,
with a depth of 17 m. Throughout this report Hanøytangen is used as a base case, but some alternative
constructions facilities are discussed below.
Lutelandet is a possible location, with an area that is already included in a zoning plan. The industrial site
3-4 hours north of Bergen has future plans for a dock with the dimensions 362 m x 132 m, and with a
depth of 21 m. As per now, no definite plans for building of the dock is in place. Figure 4-2 illustrates the
future plans for the Lutelandet industrial area.
Figure 4-2: Lutelandet industrial site (future plans). Photo: www.lutelandet.no/
Another alternative is to build the pontoons on a semisubmersible barge. With the current dimensions of
the pontoons (and especially the breadth of 38 m) there are a limited number of barges that are large
enough to facilitate the pontoons. In Figure 4-3 an example of a semisubmersible barge from BOA with a
width of 38 m is shown. This barge would be able to facilitate two pontoons in one construction cycle.
Using a barge could be a good complementary solution if the building time of the pontoons shows to be
important.
Figure 4-3: BOABARGE 37, semisubmersible barge. Photo: http://www.boa.no/Default.aspx?ID=303
There are areas that historically have been used for construction of large concrete Gravity Based
Structures (GBS) for the offshore industry. An example of such an area is Åndalsnes, which was used to
build two GBS platforms in the 1970s. This location is basically a shallow area that are enclosed from the
sea using a filling, and further drained. A challenge with the Bjørnafjord project compared to the GBS
projects is that the construction cycle off the pontoons will be repeated many times, due to the number of
pontoons. It is therefore beneficial to have a relatively standardized system, which make the filling and
discharging time as short as possible. The alternative of using a shallow non-established area with a
filling is therefore disregarded in this report.
Figure 4-4: Construction of GBS platform Frigg in Åndalsnes. Photo: Norsk Oljemuseum.
4.3 Construction of pontoons

A layout of the pontoons in Hanøytangen is illustrated in Figure 4-5. With 19 pontoons for the curved
bridge, 10 construction cycles is required to complete the pontoons. The straight bridge requires 9
construction cycles. A mean duration of the cycles is expected to be around 5 months with 3 months is
inside the dock.
Bridge Construction Construction time all Dry dock total duration.

alternative cycles pontoons
Curved bridge 10 (Including 10 x 5 months = 50 months 10 x 3 months = 30 months

Flua abutment)
Straight bridge 9 (Excluding 9 x 5 months = 45 months 9 x 3 months = 27 months

Flua abutment)
Figure 4-5: Overview of construction cycles for the curved bridge.
Figure 4-6: Illustration of pontoons in Hanøytangen dry dock.
The construction phases of the pontoons are illustrated in Figure 4-7. The first phase is to cast the bottom
plate. Then the inner and outer walls are made. These two phases are carried out inside the dock before
the dock is flooded and the pontoons moved outside.
Outside of the dock, the pontoons will be moored to a quay and the top plate is cast. Hanøytangen has
two quays with depths of 17 m and 20m that can facilitate one pontoon each.
The last operation for the pontoons is to mount the columns. These are lifted in place by a shore-based
crane for lifts below 400 t.
For lifts that are above 400 t, a floating crane will be used. This only applies for the straight bridge.
Curved bridge (10 t/m) Straight bridge (14 t/m)

No. of columns Column weight No. of columns Column weight
28 75 t 13 105 t
2 115 t 1 161 t
2 195 t 1 273 t
2 275 t 1 385 t
2 345 t 1 483 t
2 400 t 1 560 t
Figure 4-7: Construction phases
A suggested layout for the mooring of the pontoon while along the quay side is shown in Figure 4-8.
Figure 4-8: Mooring of pontoon along quay side.
4.4 Towing of pontoons

When the pontoons are completed at the Yard, they are towed to a storage location. This storage location
will be in vicinity to the location where the bridge girder and the pontoons will be assembled.
The towing resistance for towing of one pontoon can be obtained in a simplified way by calculating the
drag force on the submerged projected area;
1
𝐹𝐷 = ∗ 𝐶 ∗ 𝐴 ∗ 𝜌 ∗ 𝑣2
2 𝐷
Where;
𝐹𝐷 = 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 [𝑁]
𝐶𝐷 = 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 [−]
𝐴 = 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 [𝑚2 ]
𝑚
𝑣 = 𝑇𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 [ ]
𝑠
For a towing speed of 3 knots (1.5 m/s), and a drag factor of 1.6 the drag force of the pontoon will be
approximately 50 t. A large tug (bollard pull of approximately 100 t) will have sufficient capacity for towing.
In addition, a small harbor tug with a bollard pull of <50 t is required for assistance with the mooring and
unmooring operations.
Figure 4-9: Towing route from construction site to storage/assembly location.
The towing distance from Hanøytangen is approximately 165 km for the towing route illustrated in Figure
4-9 (the inshore towing route presented for the abutment in section 5.3 is also relevant). A mean towing
velocity of 3 knots gives a duration of 30 hrs.
A weather criterion for the pontoon tow is showed in table below. At this stage, the weather criteria is
based on experience from comparable operations. For the actual tow, safe havens must specified prior to
towing commencement.
Operation Weather criteria Planned Contingency Weather

operation time window
duration
Offshore towing Wind: 20 m/s 15 hrs. 30 hrs. 45 hrs.
operation Wave: 2.5 m Hs*
*- Wave conditions estimated from Beaufort scale based on received wind data.
By using Global Maritimes marine operation simulation software GMOPSIM, the expected weather delay
for the operation is calculated and shown in the figure and table below (the presented value indicates the
expected duration for waiting on forecasted weather window). Wind conditions at Marstein is used as
input to these simulations, ref /4/. See Figure 4-10.
Figure 4-10: Expected monthly delay for pontoon towing (hours) due to weather from GMOPSIM.
4.5 Storage of pontoons

The pontoons will be stored in a sheltered area close to the assembly site. It is not necessary with a lot of
preparations for the storage location. However a few bollards and anchors must be installed prior to
storage of pontoons. The pontoons are moored together, with Yokohama fenders between in order to
avoid damage to the pontoons. This is a normal procedure for storage of barges, as illustrated in Figure
4-11.
Figure 4-11: Storage of barges close to land.
5 Abutment at Flua
The abutment at Flua will be built inside a dry dock and then floated out and completed when floating.
The reason for this is that there are no dry docks with sufficient depth for completing the abutment and
still be able to float it out. It is assumed that after 3 months production inside the dock, the abutment will
be floated out with a draft of approximately 10 m. The draft will increase to 18.5 m during the completion
(without top plate).
The abutment will be towed to Bjørnafjorden without the top plate, as the abutment will be permanently
ballasted after it is positioned on the shallow area Flua.
The top plate is cast including all of the connections that will make the connection between the bridge
girder and the abutment.
5.1 Layout
Figure 5-1: The abutment at Flua (Curved bridge). Extract from drawing K92405.
5.2 Temporary quay

At Hanøytangen a temporary deep-water quay must be established in order to accommodate the
Abutment at Flua. This has previously been done, e.g. for the building of the Troll B platform, as shown in
Figure 5-2 and Figure 5-3.
The quay is established using barges that are fixed to bottom fixed tripods. The available depth at this
quay is 60-100 m, and the abutment will be connected to the barges using standard mooring equipment.
Another lay out than for the Troll platform will be used for building the abutment. This is used in order to
give access on all sides of the abutment during construction. A sketch of this layout is shown in Figure
5-4.
Figure 5-2: Project based deep water quay at Hanøytangen.

Photo: http://www.bergen-group.no/page/6474/Deepwater_Facility
Figure 5-3: Project based deep water quay, Hanøytangen.

Photo: http://www.bergen-group.no/page/6474/Deepwater_Facility
Figure 5-4: Temporary quay using three standard North Sea barges.
A suggested mooring layout during building along the temporary quay is shown in Figure 5-5.
Figure 5-5: Suggested mooring layout during building at temporary quay.
5.3 Towing
The abutment will be towed by using 3 x towing vessels from Hanøytangen to Bjørnafjorden. The base
case is to use 2x AHVs and one tug. See Figure 5-6.
Figure 5-6: Towing configuration for abutment
From Hanøytangen there are two possible towing routes to Bjørnafjorden. The first alternative is to tow
the abutment on the west side of Sotra, while the other is an inshore tow under the Sotra Bridge and
through Vatlestraumen. The two alternative routes are shown in Figure 5-7.
Figure 5-7: Towing route alternatives from Hanøytangen to Bjørnafjorden.
The first alternative is an offshore tow that requires a sufficient weather window, while the inner towing
route is sheltered. However, the inner towing route has shallow and narrow areas with occasionally
significant current that could create difficulties for maneuvering. The base case route is therefore the
offshore alternative.
A study of the expected weather induced delay is carried out. This study show that the operation can be
carried out all year around, but with some expected delay. The building of the abutment at Flua is planned
carried out early in the project, and waiting on weather is not seen as critical for the overall project
duration or for costs.
Same towing distance (165 km) and towing speed (3 knots) as for the pontoons are used to obtain
expected delay for the towing operation. However, the abutment at Flua has a stricter weather criteria.
See table below.

duration
Offshore towing Wind: 15 m/s 15 hrs. 30 hrs. 45 hrs.
operation Wave: 1.5 m Hs*
*- Wave conditions estimated from Beaufort scale based on received wind data.
By using GMOPSIM, the expected weather delay for the operation is obtained. Wind conditions at
Marstein is used for these simulations, ref /4/. See Figure 5-8.
Figure 5-8: Expected monthly delay for pontoon towing (hours) due to weather from GMOPSIM.
5.4 Installation
The area where the abutment will be installed will have to be prepared prior to installation. For details of
the preparations, including leveling and ground works reference is made to ref. /1/. The installation of the
abutment at Flua is illustrated in Figure 5-9.
At this stage, the Flua abutment has been positioned at a location that is assumed to give as little ground
works as possible. At a later stage of the project, a study of the optimal position should be carried out.
Figure 5-9: The Flua area leveled and ready for installation of the abutment.
When the abutment is towed in position, it will be held in place by 4 vessels (same as towing vessels plus
an additional tug) before the lowering of the abutment is initiated. Seawater will be filled, using pre-
installed pumps in specified compartments to allow lowering the abutment in a controlled way. It could be
necessary to use guiding pins in order to position the abutment on the ground if the installation tolerances
are strict. The installation criteria must be decided at a later stage when more information of Flua is
available. The duration of this operation is estimated to be 12 hrs.
When the abutment is positioned within the tolerances on the ground, grouting using grouting pipes in the
abutment will be carried out.
Formwork is established and the top plate will be cast. A barge will be used to transport the concrete from
shore. The connections between the bridge girder and the abutment (shear studs) will be cast into the
abutment during the construction of the top plate.

duration
Installation of abutment Wind: 10 m/s 12 hrs. 12 hrs. 24 hrs.
at Flua Wave: 0.5 m Hs*
*- No wave conditions used in simulations (Beaufort scale is not valid inshore).
By using GMOPSIM, the expected weather delay for the operation is calculated and shown in the figure
and table overleaf. Wind conditions at Bjørnafjorden is used for these simulations, ref. /4/. See Figure
5-10.
Figure 5-10: Expected monthly delay for Flua installation (hours) due to weather from GMOPSIM.
6 Bridge girder
6.1 General
The production of the steel elements should be detailed out at a later stage in the project. In a building
phase, the steel production location is most likely subject to the entrepreneur’s decision. It is therefore
difficult to cover all alternatives in this report at the present stage. The aim in this report is to identify a
possible solution that does not restrict the choice of yard and to prove feasibility. The production location
will also decide the suitable pre-fabrication length for transportation. Delivery to installation / assembly
location should be included in the production cost regardless of building location.
At this stage, it is assumed that the bridge girder is ordered in pre-defined lengths and delivered to the
stay cable building location and the floating bridge assembly location. 20 m lengths are used as base
case, as these are seen as flexible regarding type of transportation. It is also a method that is feasible for
production locations all around the world. 20 m elements are possible to handle using standard
equipment after arrival to building and assembly locations. A production close to the bridge location will
allow for pre-fabrication of larger elements as the transportation will be less complex. The bridge girder
may for this alternative be transported directly on the pontoons.
Storage is an issue that must be looked upon in relation to the production location. If the bridge girder is
pre-fabricated in the vicinity of Bjørnafjorden, most of the storage issues can be disregarded. However, if
the steel is pre-fabricated e.g. in Asia a storage location should be established as a buffer in order to
lower the impact of delay during transportation.
The weight of the steel work varies for different positions along the bridge, in order to handle the local
forces e.g. above the columns. For a full overview of the variation, reference is made to ref /5/ and ref /6/.
The weight of the bridge girder will be lower in the installation phase than in the permanent phase as
tarmac and other final outfitting will be installed after the bridge is installed. In Table 6-1 some average
values are presented in the Table 6-1.
Curved bridge Straight bridge

Element Weight Element Weight
length length
Bridge girder 20 m 440 t (220 t if 20 m 320 t
elements floating cross section is
bridge divided in two)
Stay cable bridge 20 m 400 t (200 if 20 m 260 t
cross section is
divided in two)
Table 6-1: Unit weights for bridge girder elements
Figure 6-1 sums up the process of combining 20 m elements into bridge sections, and the bridge sections
to the complete bridge length from the abutment in South to Flua.
Figure 6-1: Flow chart for bridge girder elements
7 Assembly of floating bridge

Assembly of the floating bridge is the operation where the pontoons and bridge girder are mounted
together. The floating bridge will in the assembly operations be assembled to one length of approximately
3600 m that is towed to Bjørnafjorden for installation.
7.1 Assembly location

For the assembly of the bridge, a sheltered location is required in order to lower the down time due to bad
weather during the assembly phase. At this stage, Eikelandsfjorden is chosen as location for the
assembly. Figure 7-1 illustrates the location of the assembly location together with the final bridge
location.
If more detailed environmental data is available at a later stage of the project, it could be that other
locations that are closer to the bridge location prove to be feasible for this purpose. This will shorten the
towing distance of the assembled bridge.
Figure 7-1: Assembly location and bridge location.
Figure 7-2: Overview of Eikelandsfjorden during assembly
7.2 Assembly method floating bridge

For the assembly of the floating bridge two different methods will be used. One method for the lower part
and one method for the higher/transition part. For the lower part of the bridge the bridge sections will be
skidded directly onto the pontoons. Due to the increasing height it is difficult to use the same method on
the higher/transition part. The bridge girder for this part will be lifted in place using a heavy lift vessel.
These two methods are further described in the following. Figure 7-3 shows for which part the two
different methods apply.
Figure 7-3: Assembly of the bridge. Skidding method for the lower part, and lifting method for higher part.
The parts that are built using the skidding method will be assembled to bridge sections with lengths
varying from 600 m to 800 m at the assembly quay. Further, the bridge sections will be moved to the
storage location where they are assembled with the rest of the bridge. Figure 7-4 illustrates the different
bridge sections that will be transported and mounted together at the storage location. It should be noted
that bridge section 1 will not be transported as one element, but be put together by lifting 4 elements,
each with a length of 200 m. The method for mounting bridge section 1- 5 is described in chapter 7.3.1
and 7.3.2 .
Figure 7-4: Illustration of bridge section numbering with corresponding assembly method.
Figure 7-5 show the sequence of the mounting operations at the storage location.
Figure 7-5: Main assembly steps in Eikelandsfjorden.
7.3 Temporary mooring system at storage location

Prior to the assembly at the storage location, a mooring system will be pre-laid. This system will be a
combination of mooring lines to bollards at shore, and anchors at the seabed. The mooring system will
designed to withstand a 100-year condition due to the duration of the assembly operation. It is however
expected that standard mooring equipment can be used. This is equipment that can be rented from
several companies.
The mooring lines to the seabed will typically consist of;
- 15 t stevpris/stevshark anchors
- 76 mm mooring chain (to avoid that wire or fibre rope are damaged in contact with sea bed)
- Mooring wire / fibre rope
Shore mooring lines will consist of;
- Shore bollard
- 76 mm mooring chain (to avoid that wire or fibre rope are damaged in contact with sea bed)
- Mooring wire / fibre rope
The top termination of the mooring system on to the bridge must be determined after the mooring system
is designed and will be dependent on the required pre-tension in the mooring system. For lower pre-
tensions, it should be possible to tension the mooring lines only using the installation vessel. If a higher
pre-tension is required it might be necessary to use tension barges or hydraulic jacks etc. At this stage, it
is assumed that tensioning using towing vessels is feasible, as the stiffness requirement in this mooring
system is believed to be low.
A typical layout for the temporary mooring system is illustrated in Figure 7-6 and Figure 7-7.
Figure 7-6: Example of temporary mooring system during assembly.
Figure 7-7: Mooring system overview.
7.3.1 Assembly method lower parts (Bridge section 2, 3, 4 & 5)

The operation described in this section is carried out on the assembly quay. This location is illustrated in
Figure 7-2.
The quay that will be used for this part of the operation will be established using 4 standard North Sea
barges. It is important that a stiff connection is established between the barges. This will give a quay with
a size of approximately 120 x 90 m. The benefit of using barges is that the quay will follow the tidal
variation together with the pontoon the bridge girder is resting on. The quay will be kept in place using
piles and/or mooring lines to seabed.
The bridge girder elements will be transported to the assembly quay either on a barge or on a
transportation vessel. As a base case, the elements have a length of approximately 20 m. The size of the
elements makes it possible for a standard mobile crane with approximately 200 t and 400 t capacity (for
curved bridge and straight bridge respectively) to lift each of the bridge girder elements onto the quay.
The skidding will be performed using hydraulic jacks that pushes the bridge girder from the quay and onto
the pontoons.
This method does not require a large quay area, however it is necessary to get sufficient height to be able
to skid the bridge girder on to the pontoons. This height is obtained by setting up a framework on the
barges. The required height for the framework is approximately 7.5 m. This includes all grillages, skidding
beams etc., see Figure 7-8.
Figure 7-8: Framework on assembly quay to achieve correct height.
The elements will be lined up and welded together before they are skidded onto the pontoon. For the
curved bridge each of the bridge girder elements will be lifted separately. When the bridge girder is
skidded onto the pontoon, there will be available space on the quay and more elements are added. This
is illustrated in Figure 7-9.
Figure 7-9: Top view of quay for assembly step 1 and 2.
This cycle is repeated until another pontoon is added to the assembly. The pontoon will be ballasted
down, and de-ballasted after it is positioned under the bridge girder. In order to keep control of the
cantilever during building, a mooring system will have to be pre-laid outside of the quay area and hooked
up to the bridge when the cantilever is getting longer. It is assumed that the mooring lines can be
tensioned without any special equipment. This is illustrated in step 4 in Figure 7-10.
Figure 7-10: Assembly step 3 and 4. Cantilever supported by temporary moorings
When a length of approximately 600 m to 800 m is welded together and floated out onto the pontoons (3-
4 pontoons), the assembled section is towed to the storage location and hooked up to the pre-laid
mooring system. Any overhang on of the bridge girder is supported by a barge, until the bridge section is
connected with the rest of the bridge. One barge can be re-used for the three sections that require
additional support (bridge section 3, 4 & 5, see Figure 7-4).
Figure 7-11: Overhang on bridge section supported by a barge.
7.3.2 Assembly method higher parts (Bridge section 1)

The method that is described herein, was used during building of the Sundsvall Bridge in Sweden. This is
shown in Figure 7-12 below. There are some differences between the method proposed here and the
method used for the Sundsvall Bridge. The major difference is that the Sundsvall Bridge has bottom fixed
columns/pylons. For the method we propose the crane vessel will stay stationary with the floating bridge
hanging from the hook while the pontoon is towed underneath the bridge girder. For the Sundsvall Bridge
the crane vessel had to move in position with the bridge hanging in the hook. .
Figure 7-12: Building of the Sundsvall Bridge. Photo: http://max-

boegl.de/fileadmin/content/ueber_max_boegl/01_geschichte/2013_10.jpg
Using our proposed method required that the bridge girder is assembled into 200 m lengths before it is
connected on to the pontoons. See Figure 7-13. This is done in order to minimize the number of HLV lifts.
In total 4 elements will be lifted by HLV, and these elements will be assembled from 20 m lengths to 200
m lengths on a quay, or ordered in 200 m lengths from the production yard.
One proposed location for the assembly of the 200 m elements is at Eldøyane/Stord. It is beneficial to
keep this operation, separate from the skidding quay in order to make the skidding as effective as
possible. The assembly to 200 m elements and lifting in place by HLV is given large flexibility timewise in
order to have a flexible schedule when entering the heavy lift market to be able to minimize costs.
The 200 m elements can be loaded onto the barge using multiwheelers/SPMTs. The multiwheelers are
frequently used in load-out operations in the offshore industry and can be assembled as required in order
to obtain the required lifting capacity.
Figure 7-13: Assembly from 20 m to 200 m bridge elements.
The lifting of the 200 m bridge girder elements will be done using a Heavy lift vessel in one end, and
strand jacks / deck erection crane that are mounted on Bridge section 2 in the other.
The 200 m bridge girder element is transported to the storage location on a large barge. The bridge
girder, lifting vessel and deck erection crane is illustrated in Figure 7-14.
Figure 7-14: Lifting of 200 m bridge girder element.
To allow for mounting of the pontoon, the bridge girder will be lifted slightly above the “in-place height”. A
small tug will be used for the positioning of the pontoon. See Figure 7-15.
The bridge girder is further lowered onto the pontoon and the pontoon is being de-ballasted in order to
carry the weight of the bridge girder. Conical guide pins will make sure the bridge girder and the column is
positioned correctly during the mounting.
Figure 7-15: Positioning of pontoon under bridge girder during assembly.
The four lifts that will be carried out for Bridge section 1 are shown below. The strand jacks will be moved
along the bridge preparing for the next lift. See Figure 7-16.
Figure 7-16: Heavy lifts during assembly.
In this report we illustrate the procedure using the crane vessel Rambiz 3000 (lifting capacity 3300 t, and
lifting height of 79 m). See Figure 7-17. There are several heavy lift vessels that could be used for these
lifts. Another alternative, if the HLV market is tight, is to use a lifting tower on a barge (This method was
also used during building parts of the Sundsvall Bridge). The lifting weight of the bridge girder elements is
approximately 4600 ton (23 t/m x 200m). The weight will be divided between the strand jacks on the
bridge and the crane vessel. A capacity between 2500 t and 3000 t is therefore required (including a
margin for skewness and dynamic amplification during lifting).
On the bridge side, number of strand jacks are chosen based on the lifting weight. The capacity for each
strand jack is approximately 650 t, which means that approximately 5 strand jacks are required for the lift.
Figure 7-17: Crane vessel Rambiz used for lifting of bridge girder on the Vasco da Gama bridge. Photo: http://www.scaldis-
smc.com/en-GB/civil-construction-works/26/
If there is a limited availability of crane vessels/lifting towers the time of building, an alternative is to split
the lifted bridge girders into smaller parts and support the overhang by a temporary pontoon. Selecting
this solution will depend on the cost of the various options available at the time of construction.

duration
Heavy lift operation Wind: 12 m/s 24 hrs. 24 hrs. 48 hrs.
Wave: 0.5 m Hs*
Using GMOPSIM, the expected weather delay for the operation is calculated and shown in the table and
figure overleaf. Wind conditions at Bjørnafjorden is used for these simulations, ref. /4/.
Figure 7-18: Expected monthly delay for heavy lift operations (hrs.) due to weather from GMOPSIM
8 Building of stayed cable bridge

The tower of the stay cable bridge is located on Svarvhellaholmen and the abutment is located on
Reksteren. The tower foundation will be made first and then the tower will be slip formed. In parallel the
abutment on land will be constructed. Figure 8-1 illustrates the abutment and the tower after completion.
Figure 8-1: Abutment in South and the tower at Svarvhellaholmen is established.
In order to build the section of the stay cable bridge that passes over land, a framework is set up. This
framework will mainly be standing on land, but some of the legs will be positioned in water between
Svarvhellaholmen and Reksteren. These legs will either be supported on piles or with an underwater
casting. The framework will support the bridge girder elements during assembly. An illustration of the
framework is shown in Figure 8-2.
Figure 8-2: Framework for stay cable bridge assembly
Figure 8-3: Work platform / transverse skidding area on framework.
The bridge girder elements are lifted onto the framework using a crane vessel. An element length of 20 m
is seen as a reasonable size as it can easily be handled. An element length of 20 m, gives a lifting weight
is approximately 200 t for the curved bridge (lifting each of the bridge girder boxes for each road section
separately) and 300 t for the straight bridge. Relevant vessels to be used in this operation would be
sheerleg-lifting barges. A lifting weight of 300 t gives reasonable flexibility in selection of lifting vessel
which will keep the cost and availability under control. In this report, the Norwegian crane vessel “Uglen”
is used as an example. The lifting capacity diagram for “Uglen” is shown in Figure 8-4, as seen in the
diagram, the capacity is sufficient for the required lifting height of 55 m.
Figure 8-4: Extract from Uglen specification. Ref: http://www.jjuc.no/files/UGLEN-brosjyre-rev-april-2015.pdf
The channel between Svarvhellaholmen and Reksteren is relatively narrow and shallow East of the
bridge, therefore in the base case we assume that lifting vessel can only approach and lifting bridge
girder elements from the West side of the bridge, as illustrated in Figure 8-5 and Figure 8-6 with skidding
of the element to the East side of the bridge.
If it is seen as beneficial for cost and schedule reasons to lift larger elements, lifts may be performed from
both sides. The decision of moving in between Svarvhellaholmen and Reksteren with the crane vessel
must be agreed upon by vessel owner and the contractor. Another alternative if is to use a larger sheerleg
crane that can lift larger elements from the western side.
Figure 8-5: Lifting of first bridge girder element by HLV Uglen
Figure 8-6: Element is skidded from the West to the East side of the bridge.
As the first element is lifted onto the framework and skidded over to the eastern side of the bridge, the
transverse beams and the second bridge girder elements are lifted onto the work platform and mounted
together. The elements are only partly welded together in order to lower the period where the crane
vessel is required. Figure 8-7 illustrate the lifting of the second bridge girder element.
Figure 8-7: Lifting of second bridge girder element onto work platform.
After the elements are mounted together, they are skidded along the framework towards the abutment.
This is done with strand jacks that are mounted onto the abutment in South. Figure 8-8 Illustrates parts of
the bridge in place, and another element that are skidded towards the abutment.
Figure 8-8: First bridge girder elements are skidded in place, another element assembled and ready for skidding.
There will be an overhang towards the sea on the North side of the tower. This section will be skidded
using wires that are routed via the tower. See Figure 8-9.
Figure 8-9: Skidding of element towards North
The last element that is lifted in place, is the element above the working platform. The complete bridge
girder supported by the framework is shown in Figure 8-10.
Figure 8-10: Bridge girder complete and ready
The next phase for the construction is to erect the bridge girder on the North side of the tower. For this
phase, deck erection cranes mounted onto the bridge will be used. Bridge girder elements are lifted
directly from a barge as shown in Figure 8-11. The element length is approximately 20 m. All lifted
elements will have a transverse beam connecting the two bridge girder elements together during the lift.
Figure 8-11: Lifting of bridge girder elements using deck erection cranes
The building sequence is further illustrated below in Figure 8-12 to Figure 8-16. For each of the elements
that are lifted in place using the deck erection cranes, the stay cable are connected to both the lifted
element and the corresponding part of the stay cable bridge on the south side of the tower. The deck
erection crane is moved after each lift.
Figure 8-12: Stay cable bridge with bridge girder supported by framework.
Figure 8-13: First bridge girder element North of the tower lifted in and corresponding stay cables connected.
Figure 8-14: Second bridge girder element North of the tower lifted in and corresponding stay cables connected.
Figure 8-15: Third bridge girder element North of the tower lifted in and corresponding stay cables connected.
Figure 8-16: Complete stay cable bridge. Framework can be removed.
9 Establishing bridge girder at Flua
9.1 Method
In order to establish the rigid connection on Flua, it is decided to install a shorter bridge element that will
be relatively easy to secure for a temporary phase. It is seen as difficult to handle the forces from the
complete bridge length and at the same time fix the bridge girder to Flua.
It is therefore decided to float in an element with a length of approximately 170 m. This length is chosen
of following reasons;
- Bending moments around the strong axis in design conditions are low at this position (see Figure
9-1). A temporary securing arrangement of the remaining complete floating bridge will therefore
be easier to handle.
- Bending moment about weak axis is as close to the in-place condition as possible (as the
connection is close to the first pontoon)
- Short overhang on the remaining floating bridge when it is installed (connection towards the
floating bridge will be close to the zero-moment position). Any overhang would have to be
supported by a barge, which again will increase the forces on the towed bridge.
Figure 9-1: Bending moments about strong axis at connection points (100 year condition), horizontal axis indicating axis
positions. Flua to the right and stay cable bridge to the left.
This element will be floated onto the abutment on two barges. One of the barges will only be used in the
installation phase, while the other will remain and act as a temporary pontoon until the rest of the bridge is
installed.
Figure 9-2: Element floated onto abutment on Flua on two barges
During installation the two barges are ballasted down until the element is resting on Flua. It is also
possible to use the tidal variation in the installation phase, but a ballast system will still be required.
Figure 9-3: Element lowered onto the abutment at Flua
The element will be temporary secured on Flua, and the barge closest to Flua will be removed. The
remaining barge will be ballasted to account for tidal variation until the element is fixed on Flua. The tidal
variation is approximately +/- 1 m, which corresponds to a roughly 4000 m^3 ballast that need to be
filled/removed during a 12 hour period. This is not a critical amount of ballast to handle.
Figure 9-4: One of the pontoons are removed, the other remains at temporary pontoon.
After the element is fixed, the element will sustain the tidal through bending of the weak axis. As
mentioned above, with the present length, this bending will for all practical purposes be similar to the in-
place condition.
9.2 Ballasting during installation of Floating bridge

When the floating bridge is towed to Bjørnafjorden and connected to the element at Flua, the ballast
system on the barge will be used. The element will be kept at mean level in order to avoid any weak axis
bending of the element during installation, as this could involve a rotation of the connection point.
Figure 9-5: Height difference if installing at a high tide situation.
If a high tide situation is experienced during installation, the floating bridge will be ballasted down until the
mean level is obtained. In order to avoid inclination on the installed bridge, at least 3 pontoons will be
ballasted down simultaneously. The ballast system will be able to keep this elevation during installation by
de-ballasting as the water level decreases. In order to ballast the pontoon 1 m, approximately 1700 m^3
of water is required.
Figure 9-6: Ballasting of pontoons to compensate for high tide
The bridge parts will then be connected by using the temporary connection that is defined in chapter 11.1.
Any minor inclinations will be removed by tensioning these connection points.
The barge is removed, and the cross section is permanently welded together.
10 Towing of floating bridge

This section describes the towing of the floating bridge from the assembly location in Eikelandsfjorden to
Bjørnafjorden. As a base case, the bridge will be towed in one length. This will be a spectacular tow, but
at this stage it is seen as feasible and also the most effective way of installing the bridge.
The towing route is illustrated in Figure 10-1. The total towing distance is approximately 23 km, or 12.5
nautical miles.
Figure 10-1: Towing route for floating bridge.
10.1 Design requirements

The minimum required towline pulling force shall according to ref /3/ be documented for;
- Holding capacity (stationary condition)
- Maneuvering in narrow waters
- Adequate speed
The different scenarios are presented below.
10.2 Holding capacity

The holding capacity will ensure that the vessels used in the tow are capable of holding the towed bridge
in position in case deterioration in the weather situation occurs during tow. For holding capacity the
weather conditions presented in Table 10-1 is checked, ref 3, sect 3.6.2.2.
In this case the criteria for unrestricted towing and “all year” environmental data is used in the absence of
seasonal data. The operation will have a weather criteria, and will be planned carried out in the summer
season. For now however, “unrestricted towing criteria” is used due to the high uncertainty in the
operations at this stage. Using unrestricted criteria, we ensure that the bridge is safe in case the towing
and installation duration exceed a weather restricted operational time window.
Holding capacity design criteria

10 year RP wind condition 27.6 m/s (at 10 m height).
1 year RP wave condition Hs = 1.9 m, Tp = 5.6 s
1 year RP current condition + 0.5 m/s 0.5 m/s + 0.5 m/s
speed over ground
Table 10-1: Holding capacity design criteria
The wind forces are estimated from a modified Novaframe model, wave drift forces are estimated from
Orcaflex and forces from current are calculated from drag forces (drag factor of 1.6). In this report it is
assumed that all environmental forces act in the same direction. For wind and waves this is seen as a fair
assumption as the waves in the fjord for these conditions are wind generated.
Static environmental loads in holding condition

Environment \ Direction 0° 45° 90°
Wind 62 t 1219 t 1662 t
Wave 95 t 133 t 285 t
Current 1080 t 890 t 445 t
Sum (Fenv) 1237 t 2242 t 2392 t
Table 10-2: Overview of static environmental loads on the towed bridge.
Figure 10-2 show the orientation for values tabulated in Table 10-2.
Figure 10-2: Direction of environmental loads for towed bridge
Based on the results above, the most reasonable heading for the bridge in a storm is 0 degrees against
the environmental loads as this will minimize the wind forces. This is illustrated in Figure 10-3. Another
alternative is to tow northwards to get shelter. However at this stage, there are not available detailed
environmental data for the different areas, and a worst-case condition is therefore used to prove the
feasibility of the concept.
Figure 10-3: Heading and positions in a storm situation.
A suggested layout of the towing vessels is sketched in Figure 10-4.
Figure 10-4: Towing vessel layout
This layout uses 14 vessels for towing and station keeping. The heading of the vessels are 45 degrees
against the weather if a bridge heading of 0° towards the environmental forces are used.
𝐹𝑒𝑛𝑣 1237 𝑡
𝐹𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑙 = = = 125 𝑡
𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑠 ∙ cos 45° 14 ∙ cos 45°
This calculation show that a mean bollard pull requirement will be in the range of 125 t. For the actual tow
it is beneficial to have a variety of larger and smaller vessels. The smaller vessels can be used to control
the orientation of the bridge during tow, while the larger vessels are pulling the bridge. The smaller
vessels can also be to connect directly to the pontoons.
10.3 Maneuvering in narrow waters

The vessel capacity for maneuvering in narrow waters is covered by the design criteria presented in
chapter 10.1.
Figure 10-5 and Figure 10-6 illustrates the bridge at different positions along the towing route together
with the clearances to shore while towing.
Figure 10-5: Towing of bridge from Eikelandsfjorden to Bjørnafjorden
Figure 10-6: Clearance between towing vessels and shore when passing Fusa.
10.4 Adequate speed

With the current setup, the towing spread towing capacity is approximately 1237 t in the longitudinal
direction of the bridge. Seeing the actual tow as a weather restricted operation with a strict wind and wave
criteria, the main resistance will be current and forward speed. The towing velocity can therefore be
approximated as follows;
2 ∙ 𝐹𝑑,𝑡𝑜𝑡 𝑚
𝑉𝑇𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 = √ − 𝑉𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 = 0.57 = 1.1 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑠
𝐴 ∙ 𝐶𝐷 ∙ 𝜌 𝑠
(Current velocity is taken as 0.5 m/s, projected area is the total submerged projected area for all pontoons
as illustrated in Figure 10-7, and a drag factor of 1.6 is used).
With a towing speed of 1.1 knots, the towing duration will be approximately 11.5 hours (towing distance
12.5 nautical miles).
Figure 10-7: Towing direction for pontoons during tow in narrow waters.
10.4.1 Bending moments in the bridge girder during towing

The pontoons that are being towed, will experience a force from the towing vessels which corresponds to
approximately 250 t. The pontoon will at the same have a force in the opposite direction due to the
resistance. With the presented towing velocity the resistance will be approximately 65 t. This gives a net
force of 190 t in the towing direction. For the shortest columns this give a bending moment in the bridge
girder of approximately 21 MNm (11.5 m moment arm) while for the highest column this give a moment of
84 MNm (44 m moment arm). This is negligible moments as the in place condition will have much larger
moments.
Figure 10-8: Bending moment during towing
11 Installation of floating bridge

The installation of the curved bridge and the straight bridge is at this stage in the project almost similar.
Some special considerations for the straight bridge is presented in chapter 11.3.
At the time of the installation, the stay cable bridge is already completed and the segment at Flua is
established, ref chapter 8 and 9 respectively.
Measurements and length control of the bridge is carried out throughout the assembly phase. The bridge
girder elements will also be test-mounted prior to transport from production yard. In this way the length of
the bridge is assumed correct, and it is therefore considered possible to install the bridge with relatively
small tolerances. The bridge length will however be dependent on the temperature the day of installation.
As this is an operation that is carried out in the summer it is most likely that the bridge is longer rather
than shorter. The mean temperature (where the bridge has zero imposed stress from temperature) is +5°.
If the temperature is +15° the day of the installation (which is a realistic mean temperature in the warmest
summer month in the Bjørnafjord area), this will give an elongation of approximately 40 cm. If an extreme
temperature of +32° degrees is experienced this will elongate the bridge with approximately 1.2 m. A
method for handling this length variation is explained in the following.
11.1 Operation description

The bridge will be towed to the bridge location as described in chapter 10. The bridge will be towed
between the stay cable bridge and the abutment at Flua and rotated for the installation. Figure 11-1 show
the different steps (from 1 to 6) as the bridge is moved in position for installation.
Figure 11-1: Towing and rotation of floating bridge before installation
From step 6 in Figure 11-1 above, the bridge is towed towards Flua and the stay cable bridge where
winch wires are connected. This is illustrated in Figure 11-2.
Figure 11-2: Installation is done using winch wires connected to Flua and the stay cable bridge.
The best way of controlling the motion of the bridge after connection to the winches is that the installation
vessels are holding back the bridge while the winches pull on the bridge in a controlled way. The
installation vessels will in this phase apply constant tension (The vessels are omitted from the Figure 11-2
for clarity. Vessels are indicated in figures in the coming).
One of the ends (in this case indicated for the southern end) is further winched towards the stay cable
bridge, where the floating bridge is connected to the stay cable bridge using guide pin(s). The guides will
allow rotation of the bridge and make sure that the motions of the bridge is restrained as the northern end
is moved in to position. See Figure 11-3. It should be noted that the guides are not dimensioned at this
stage, but the solution is scalable and the guide pin principle is frequently used in the offshore industry.
Figure 11-3: one end winched in towards the guide pins on the main bridge.
A proposed vessel configuration is shown in Figure 11-4. Note that the heading of the vessels will vary
throughout the installation to account for the environmental forces.
Figure 11-4: Vessel configuration during installation.
Figure 11-5: Floating bridge ballasted down to activate guide pin.
The longitudinal motion of the bridge will initially be controlled by the installation vessels. The winches will
eventually get a better angle of attack and control the bridge onto the guide pin(s). Further, any
movements of the Northern part of the floating bridge will be damped through a bumper system. See
Figure 11-8.
The resulting moment from the opposite forces from installation vessels and winches will slightly bend the
bridge, resulting in a decreased bridge length. This bending will compensate for temperature induced
expansion and provide sufficient installation tolerances.
A hold back force of approximately 33 t on each of the AHVs will result in a deflection of approximately 7
m of the bridge arc, and shorten the bridge length with almost 3 m. The vessels have a bollard pull
capacity above this, so the vessels should have no problems delivering the necessary forces. The
resulting winch pull will be approximately 50 t. Figure 11-6 show the end deflection of the bridge with a
total applied force of 100 t vessel pull.
Figure 11-6: Bending of bridge due to installation vessels, 1 MN = 100 t (deformation is scaled).
To obtain a controlled interaction between the floating bridge and Flua, a guiding and bumper system is
used, see Figure 11-8. The green structures will damp out the motions while the blue structures will act as
fine guiding and align the cross sections and secure them for permanent connection (welding). Figure
11-10 show the layout of the temporary connection.
Figure 11-7: Bridge in position.
As the northern end is approaching its position a guiding and bumper system will make sure the end is
moved into the correct position. Fendering systems designed to absorb energy is common for ships,
offshore structures and quays. These systems can be utilized in the installation operation, and should be
mounted on the bumper system to absorb the kinetic energy of the bridge as it is winched in place.
Figure 11-8: Bumper system (green), installation winches and temporary securing (blue). Clearance between bridge ends is
scaled for clarity.
When the northern part of the floating bridge is rotated in place, the forces from the towing vessels can be
gradually released in order to extend the bridge longitudinal and into its position. To lower the potential
risk of uncontrolled release of energy in this operation it is advised that hydraulic jacks are used between
the installed bridge and the northern part to assist the off-loading operation. It will make the off-loading of
the bridge arc smoother and reduce the risk for the personnel working close to the connection. See
Figure 11-9.
Figure 11-9: Hydraulic jacks used to off-load the bridge arc during installation.
When in place, the temporary connections are tightened in order to position the cross sections for
welding. A drawing of the temporary connection is shown in Figure 11-10.
Figure 11-10: Drawing of temporary securing. Top left show example of position at the end, while top right show example at
a horizontal position.
11.2 Installation and towing weather criteria and durations

Weather window, weather criteria, duration and contingency time for the towing and installation operation
are presented in table below. Contingency time is decided according to ref. /2/.

duration
Towing operation Wind: 10 m/s 48 hrs. 48 hrs. 96 hrs.
Wave: 0.5 m Hs*
Installation operation Wind: 10 m/s 48 hrs. 48 hrs. 96 hrs.
Wave: 0.5 m Hs*
Using GMOPSIM, the expected weather delay for both the towing and installation operation is calculated
and the results are shown in the figure and table below. Wind conditions at Bjørnafjorden is used for
these simulations, ref. /4/.
Figure 11-11: Expected monthly delay for bridge installation (days) due to weather from GMOPSIM.
Prior to towing and installation operation is initiated, an evaluation of the defined weather window will be
done. This will be carried out for the waypoints presented in Figure 11-12 below. In addition suggested
safe locations in case of deteriorating weather is also planned. The decision procedure is described in the
flowchart in Figure 11-13
Figure 11-12: Operation waypoints and safe locations during installation.
Figure 11-13: Weather window flow chart for installation operation.
11.3 Straight bridge installation

This chapter summaries the straight bridge installation;
- The complete floating bridge will be installed in one section as for the curved bridge.
- A 170 m bridge section will be pre-installed and supported by a temporary pontoon at Flua as for
the curved bridge.
- Where the curved bridge has a fixed connection at Flua, the straight bridge has a sliding bearing.
The sliding bearing at Flua will be utilized in the installation phase to compensate for
temperature-induced expansion and give sufficient installation tolerances. Instead of bending the
bridge (as for the curved alternative), the bridge girder element at Flua is moved Northwards by
using hydraulic jacks. This will compensate for temperature induced expansion and provide
sufficient installation tolerances.
- The bridge will then be temporarily secured to the bridge girder element at Flua. The jacks are
released (controlled) and the bridge is moved towards the stay cable bridge. Once interaction to
the stay cable bridge is obtained, a temporary connection is established. The same guiding and
securing system will be used for the straight bridge as for the curved bridge.
- The permanent mooring lines will be connected to the floating bridge during installation. These
will be connected before the floating bridge is in position and help positioning the bridge during
installation. Pre-installation and connection of the mooring system is covered in chapter 12.
- The permanent mooring lines give straight bridge alternative more flexibility in the installation
phase. If required, the bridge can be installed in shorter sections. The mooring lines can then be
used to keep the cantilever bridge girder in place in the temporary phase.
12 Installation of permanent mooring system (Straight bridge)

The installation of the mooring system will be carried out in a separate operation outside of the critical
path of the project. The equipment can be laid down on the seabed or buoyed off to surface depending on
how close to the bridge installation, the operation is carried out.
Figure 12-1: Overview of permanent mooring system.
At this stage, the knowledge of seabed conditions is quite limited and it is therefore difficult to decide the
best anchor types and positions. The bridge concept is however flexible regarding anchor types and
positions as the pre-tension values can easily be adjusted to obtain required horizontal stiffness at each
pontoon. Relevant anchor types are gravity anchors (combination of steel and rock ballast), suction
anchors (steel), Drag embedded vertical load anchors and piling anchors.
The operation is carried out in the following main steps;
- Seabed surveys of potential anchor positions.
- Groundworks including leveling of the anchor positions.
- Installation of anchors (including ballasting for gravity anchors using fall pipe vessel)
- Installation of bottom chains and mooring wires.
- Buoying-off mooring lines for installation (optional)
If gravity anchors is used they will require a heavy lift vessel for installation. The total anchor weight of
these anchors, including ballast, is approximately 2200 t. The ballasting will be carried out after the
anchor is positioned on the seabed and a lifting weight of approximately 500 t is required at this stage.
The principle for the anchor installation is shown in Figure 12-2.
Figure 12-2: Installation of anchor by using HLV and anchor handling tug.
When the anchor is positioned correctly on the sea bed, the mooring line is lowered onto the ground and
either laid down with a ROV pick-up system (the case if the installation is carried out long before bridge
installation) or buoyed off to the surface using a pick-up pennant and a surface buoy. In case the mooring
lines are laid down on the bottom, these are picked up by some of the anchor handling vessels used for
towing of the bridge prior to installation operation. This is a standard operation that is carried out
frequently in the North Sea.
Figure 12-3: Buoyed- off mooring line ready for bridge installation.
When the bridge arrives Bjørnafjorden, the vessels used for towing will pick up the mooring line using the
subsurface buoy and connect to the mooring line end on the bridge.
Figure 12-4: Connection of mooring system.
After the bridge is installed at Bjørnafjorden, the mooring line system will stay passive. Some re-
tensioning will be required in relation to inspections and planned maintenance. Adjustment may also be
necessary in case the mooring lines are elongated over time due to the permanent pre-loading in the
mooring lines. Permanent winches on board the pontoons are not an alternative due to the required
inspection regime related to these. The main focus for the top termination is therefore to transfer the
loading from the bridge to the mooring lines in the most proper way, and with the possibility to do minor
adjustments during installation and for maintenance.
The most obvious alternative at this stage is to use fairlead stoppers on top of the pontoons. There are
different suppliers for this type of equipment, but in this study Scana Offshore’s fairlead stopper is used
as example. The chain stoppers are designed in order to lower the out of plane bending (that can be
experienced when the chain runs through a fairlead wheel) in order to extend the fatigue life. The fairlead
stoppers are equipped with load cells that gives continuous monitoring of the mooring line loads. The
mooring chain is tensioned to the pre-defined tension using a removable hydraulic jack that are moved
between the mooring lines as required. Number of chain jacks should be optimized to make the
installation operation as effective as possible. An illustration of the concept is shown in Figure 12-5 below.
The removable hydraulic jack is shown at the left-most chain stopper.
Figure 12-5: Fairlead stopper and removable hydraulic jack from Scana Offshore. Photo: Scana Offshore.
13 Progress plan
13.1 Overall project

The project is in this study set to start at 20.06.2020 and is divided into following main activities:
- Steel work
- Production of pontoons and Flua
- Groundworks and installation of Flua
- Building of stay cable bridge
- Assembly of floating bridge
- Pre-installation of permanent mooring (straight bridge)
- Installation of floating bridge
- Finalization
Figure 13-1 shows a suggested progress plan for the overall project. Several of the activities have high
flexibility in start-up time and the presented plan only shows one iteration prior to cost/time optimization.
The overall duration of the project is in this report estimated to 41,6 months (roughly 3,5 years). However,
the progress plan is currently high level and a building time of approximately 4 years is probably more
realistic.
Figure 13-1: Suggested overall progress plan
13.2 Critical activities:

The following activities are critical for the overall project duration (the completion time of the following
activities directly impact the duration of the project:
Critical Activity Directly affects:

Duration of steel production Building of stay cable bridge, assembly
of floating bridge
Duration of pontoon production Building of stay cable bridge, assembly
of floating bridge
Assembly of floating bridge Installation of floating bridge
Installation of floating bridge Finalization

Finalization Project completion
13.3 Non-critical activities:

The following activities are deemed less critical due to high amount of slack in the time table. Reasonable
delays in the following activities are not expected to govern start-up of critical subsequent activities and
impact on overall project duration.
Non-critical activity Basis for evaluation

Groundworks and installation of Flua Can be done as soon as production of Flua and
groundworks are completed. Not expected to
influence any subsequent operations due to
flexibility in start-up time and limited duration
Building of stay cable bridge Start-up only governed by completion of

required steelwork. Necessary time window for
building prior to installation of floating bridge
should easily be achieved through controlling,
and if necessary accelerating the production of
steelwork
Pre-installation of permanent mooring Flexibility in start-up time. Short duration
13.4 Detailed estimation of critical activity duration:

Steel work:
Steel for each of the 5 bridge sections (and stay cable bridge) is assumed to take 6 months each to
produce, see Figure 13-2. For flexibility it is suggested to produce the steel for stay cable bridge in
parallel with section 1-5, which gives an overall production time of 30 months. If required the start-up of
stay cable bridge could be moved forward by earlier production of the required steel. The preliminary
production start-up of stay cable steel is defined to reduce the time between the stay cable bridge
completion and the final installation, while still keeping a robust margin for delays.
Figure 13-2: Suggested progress for bridge girder pre-fabrication.
Pontoon production:
The pontoons (and the concrete part of Flua) are partly built in parallel as it is possible to complete the
structures floating (casting of top plate), see Figure 13-3. Each production cycle is assumed to last 5
months (7 months for the batch where the concrete part of Flua is cast), all batches requires 3 months in
dock. This gives a total duration of 32 months. Flua is set to be built at the beginning of the production
cycles to allow for a maximum time window for groundworks and installation. This however, may change
when more detailed planning is carried on as it may be found that it is necessary to have pontoons
available earlier to start producing and skidding the final bridge elements on to the pontoons. However,
none of this will change the overall schedule.
Figure 13-3: Suggested progress for pontoon production.
Assembly of bridge
The assembly of the 5 bridge sections from 20m elements is divided between two quays. Quay 1 for
assembly through skidding of section 2-5, while section 1 (incline section of the bridge) is partly
assembled (to 200m lengths) at quay 2. A heavy lift vessel (HLV) is required for the final 4 lifts (4x 200m)
in the assembly of bridge section 1. These lifts can be done as soon as bridge section 2 (which is the
connection point of section 1) and the 4x 200 m lengths of bridge section 1 are ready. Each lift is
assumed to take 1 week, which includes preparations and temporary securing.
The overall duration of the assembly operation is estimated as 26 months, in which 1 month of HLV
services are required. The lifting operations are not on a critical path, and start-up of the operation can be
adjusted to the heavy lift market situation.
Figure 13-4: Suggested progress for assembly operations.
Installation of Floating Bridge

Total duration of installation excluding weather-induced delay is estimated to 12 days. This is shown in
Figure 13-5. However strict weather criteria for towing and installation will result in expected delays, ref.
chapter 11.2.
Figure 13-5: Suggested progress plan for installation of floating bridge
14 References
/1/ NOT-GEN-017 Anslagsnotat seilingsled syd, krum bru & NOT-GEN-019 Anslagsnotat
seilingsled syd, rett bru
/2/ DNV-OS-H101 - Marine Operations, General
/3/ DNV-OS-H202 – Sea transport operations (VMO standard – Part 2-2)
/4/ E-mail from the public road administration 01.12.15 – Historically wind data for
Marstein, Bjørnafjorden and Eikelandsfjorden.
/5/ NOT-KTEKA-020 Straight Bridge_South-Summary of analyses
/6/ NOT-KTEKA-021 Curved Bridge_South-Summary of analyses
Appendix A – Vessel and equipment specification
Vessel and Equipment List
Nomenclature
DP – Dynamic Positioning
ASD - Azimuth Stern Drive Tug
ATD - Azimuth Tractor Drive
AHV – Anchor Handling Vessel
AHTS – Anchor Handling Tug Supply
H – Height
R – Radius (outreach)
LC – Lifting Capacity
HLV – Heavy Lift Vessel
MLBC – Minimum Load Bearing Capacity
MBL – Minimum Breaking Load
MBF – Maximum Breaking Force
DP FFPP – Dynamically Positioned (Flexible) Fall Pipe Vessel
Vessels
Item Description
Barges
NS Barge
- DW tonnes 9.000
- LxBxH 90x27x6
- Ballast Pumps: 2 x 600 m^3/h
- Availability: > 25 in Norway (Ugland,
Boa)
UR 93
Large NS Barge
- DW tonnes > 17.000
- LxBxH > 124x31x8
- Ballast Pumps > 2 x 3.000 m^3/h
- Availability: 6 in Norway (Boa)
BOABARGE 29/30
Very Large NS Barge
- DW tonnes > 20.000
- LxBxH > 165x42x10.7
- Ballast Pumps > 2 x 3.000 m^3/h
- Availability: 2 in Europe (Heerema)
H-541/H-542 (Heerema)
Submersible barge
- DW tonnes: 30.000
- LxBxH: 152x38x9.15
- Ballast Pumps: 2 x 6.000 m^3/h
- Availability: 1 in Norway (Boa)
BOABARGE 37
Tugs
Small Tug
- ca 50 t bollard pull
- LxB ca. 30 x 10 m
- Availability > 25 in Norway (Bukser og
Berging, Boa, Østensjø)
Mega Mammut (ATD)

Large Tug
- 75 – 100+ t bollard pull
- LxB ca. 40 x 15 m
- Availability: 15 in Norway (Bukser og
Berging, Boa, Østensjø)
BB Worker (ASD)
Anchor Handling Vessels (AHV)
Small Anchor Handler

- 200 t bollard pull
- LxB ca. 80 x 20 m
- 10 t crane
- Bow, Azimuth, Stern thrusters
- AH winch 500 t
- Availability > 10 in Norway (Siem
Offshore, Solstad Offshore, Island
Offshore, Olympic, etc.)
-
Normand Borg (AHT)
Large Anchor Handler
- <300 t bollard pull
- LxB ca. 100 x 25 m
- 2x55 t crane
- 2xBow, 2xAzimuth, Stern thrusters
- Winches (up to 600T)
- ROV
- DP 2
- Availability > 15 in Norway (Siem
Normand Prosper (AHTS) Offshore, Solstad Offshore, etc.)
Heavy Lifting Vessels (HLV)
Small HLV
- Lifting Capacity: 800-1.500 t
- Radius/Height: ca 20/70m
- Availability: 26 in Europe
Uglen (example vessel)

- Lifting Capacity: 800 t
- Height/Radius: H:60m, R:20m
- 2 x 400 t (two hooks)
- Highlift1 (LC:440t, H:92m)
- Highlift2 (LC:440t, H:92m)
- LxB ca. 80 x 25 m
- (Ballast: 2x500 m^3/h)
Uglen
Medium HLV
- Lifting Capacity: 1.500-3.500 t
- Radius/Height: ca 40/100m
Rambiz 3000 (example vessel)

- Lifting Capacity: 3.300 t
- Maximum height: 79m
- LxB ca. 85 x44 m
Rambiz 3000
Large HLV
- Lifting Capacity: 3.500-7.000 t
Balder (example vessel)

- 6300 t Lifting Capacity (tandem)
- H:98m,R:33m
- Port side, LC: 2.700t, H: 116m, R:33m
- Starboard side, LC: 3.600t, H: 98m, R:37m
- LxB ca. 150 x 105 m
Balder
Specialized Vessels
Selfunloader (Panamax)
- Cargo capacity: 75.000 m^3
- Discharge rate: 5.000 t/h
- LxB 245 x 33 m
- Bom length: 80m
- Availability in Europe >5
Baldock (CSL Americas)

Rock dumper (Fallpipe)
- Subsea Rock Installation using fall pipe
- Rock installation depth >1.500m
- Loading capacity 26.000 t
- Dumping capacity: 3.000 t/h
- LxB 175 x 26 m
- DP Class 2
- Availability in Europe >5
Stornes (Van Oord)

Subsea Construction Installations Vessel
- Crane: 250t, 13m outreach
- 2 x WROV hangars
- LxB 120 x 27 m
- DP 3
- Moon Pool 7.2mx7.2m
Boa Deep C
Drilling Barge
- For under water blasting
- Down to 35m
- Deck area: 250m^2
Trym II
Ballast Pumps
Ballast Pump 1
- Max Capacity: 2.200m^3
- Max Height: 17m
- Cap1: (1.100m^3/h, 17m)
- Cap2: (2.100m^3/h, 9m)
ALE
Ballast Pump 2
- Max Capacity: 500m^3
- Max Height: 45m
- Cap1: (125^3/h, 40m)
- Cap2: (300m^3/h, 30m)
ALE
Other Equipment
Winch 1
- 200 t WLL
- 76mm wire rope, 1830m cap
- LxBxH: 7m x 4.6m x 4.6m
- Gross Weight: 93 t
- Hydraulic
ACE Winches Norge AS

Skidding System (Gripper Jack)
- Push/Pull Capacity: 950 t
- Can move loads up to 3.800 t
Hydraulic Power Unit
- 200kW diesel engine
- Hydraulic pump
- 575 L/min
- Operating Pressure: 250Bar
- LxBxH: 3.5m x 2.0m x 2.1m
- Gross Weight 6 t
Mobile Crane
- 200t – 400t capacity
- LxBxH: 15m x 8.3m x 3.8m
-
Multi Wheeler
- Capacity: Approximately 40t per axis.
- Can be assembled by several modules
to take the required load.
Strand Jack 1
- Capacity: 300t
- No. of strands: 19
- Strands diameter: 18mm
- Weight: 2t
- Lifting speed: 7-11 m/h
- Motor size: 15-37kW
Enerpac
Strand Jack 2
- Capacity: 650t
- No. of strands: 43
- Strands diameter: 18mm
- Weight: 4t
- Lifting speed: 8-15 m/h
- Motor size: 30-55kW
Enerpac
Deck Erection Gantry 1
- For lifting of 20m bridge elements (high
bridge)
- For lifting of stay cable bridge
(cantilever method).
- Assumed must be built
- Assumed one Strand Jack 1 per crane
- Capacity per crane: 300t
Illustration from Sutong cable stayed bridge

Deck Erection Gantry 2
- For lifting of 200m bridge span (sec 1)
together with HLV
- Assumed must be built
- Assumed two Strand Jack 2 per crane
- Capacity per crane: 1.300t
Illustration from Sutong cable stayed bridge

Mooring Systems
Mooring System 1
- 1.5 – 30 t Stevpris anchor
- 76 mm mooring chain, 200m
- Mooring wire, 300m
Mooring System 2
- Bollard at land
- 76 mm mooring line, 200m
- Mooring wire, 300m
Mooring Lines
Mooring rope
- Used for mooring of pontoons and
abutment along quay.
- 76-90 mm diameter.
Mooring Chain
- 76/84mm diameter
- Subm. Weight: 123 kg/m
- MLBC: 7.2 MN
Ramnäs Bruk/Vicinay Cadena (Deep Sea

Mooring)
Anchors
Stevpris Mk6 Anchor
- Weight: 1.5 – 30 ton
- Adjustable fluke/shank angle to suit
different soil types
Chain/Fairlead Stoppers
Chain Stopper
- Purpose built for permanent mooring
system.
- Specs not yet acquired
BarLatch (Bardex)
Chain Jacks
Chain Jack
- For tensioning of permanent mooring
system.
- Stall Load: 500 t
- MBL: 1.100 t
Linear Chain Jack (Bardex)

Mooring Rope/Wires
Mooring Wire 1
- Up to 75 mm
- 24 kg/m (75mm)
- MBL: 360 t
- Grade: 165kg/mm^2
Bishop Lifting Products
Mooring Wire 2
- Up to 152 mm
- 97 kg/m (152mm)
- MBL: 1.300 t
- Grade: 1508 kN/mm^2
KTL Offshore
Mooring Rope 1
- Diameter: 62 - 194 mm
- MBL: 200 – 2.000 t
- Subm. Weight: 0.03-0.28 kg/m
Lankhorst Rope (GAMA98 w/dyneema)

Mooring Rope 2
- Diameter: 125 - 290 mm
- MBL: 450 – 2.500 t
- Subm. Weight: 2.8-15.2 kg/m
Lankhorst Rope (GAMA98)

Appendix B – Required vessels and equipment – quantities
For details regarding the
differnet items, reference is
made to Appendix A
B91.1 Marine Operasjoner (Høybru)
Item Total hire days
North Sea Barge 213
Small Tug 213
Large Tug 213
Small HLV 22
B91.2 Marine Operasjoner (Flytebru)
North Sea Barge 3 020
Very Large North Sea Barge 38
Small Tug 128
Large Tug 748
Small AHV 67
Medium HLV 36
Ballast Pump 1 2 046
Winch 1 32
Skidding System 598
Hydraulic Power Unit 598
Small Mobile Crane 598
Multi Wheeler 208
Strand Jack 2 144
Deck Erection Crane 2 72
Mooring System 1 27 372
Mooring System 2 27 372
Mooring Rope 6 840
Temporary Steel 1 300 mT
B91.3 Marine Operasjoner (Flua)
North Sea Barge 578
Small Tug 34
Large Tug 97
Large AHV 10
Self ‐ unloader 8
Ballast Pump 1 38
Ballast Pump 2 38
Mooring Rope 2 100
Temporary Steel 100 mT
B91.4 Marine Operasjoner (Forankring rett bru)
North Sea Barge 18
Small Tug 18
Large AHV 18
Small HLV 18
Rock dumper (fall pipe) 6
Assumptions
Temp storage of 20m bridge elements not included
Temp storage of 4 bridge spans not included
Personnel of vessels assumed included in dayrate
Item Amount Sequence Days Total days Total hire days Purpose mT

B91.3 Marine Operasjoner (Flua)
Preparations Flua abutment
North Sea Barge 3 1 150 150 450 Temporary quay for completion of abutment
Mooring Rope 14 1 150 150 2 100 Mooring abutment/quay during building
Temporary Steel 1 Assumed 50 t steel for tripods. 50
Ballast Pump 2 2 1 3 3 6 Ballasting of abutment at fabrication yard
Small Tug 2 1 1 1 2 Moving abutment out of dock
Towing of abutment
Large AHV 2 1 3 3 6 Main towing vessels
Large Tug 1 1 3 3 3 Assisting towing vessel
Installation Flua
Large AHV 2 1 2 2 4 Stationkeeping of abutment
Large Tug 2 1 2 2 4 Stationkeeping of abutment
Ballast Pump 2 6 1 2 2 12 Ballasting of abutment for installation
Self ‐ unloader 1 2 4 8 8 Filling Permanent ballast
Ballast Pump 2 2 1 10 10 20 For filling of water to compensate for hydrostatic pressure
North Sea Barge 1 1 45 45 45 Transport of concrete (top plate)
Large Tug 1 1 45 45 45 Transport of concrete (top plate)
North Sea Barge 1 1 45 45 45 Transport of equipment (reinforcement, etc.)
Large Tug 1 1 45 45 45 Transport of equipment (reinforcement, etc.)
Installation of bridge girder on Flua
Small Tug 4 1 8 8 32 Installation of segment at Flua
North Sea Barge 1 1 8 8 8 Only installation
North Sea Barge 1 1 30 30 30 Temporary pontoon and installation
Ballast Pump 1 1 1 8 8 8 Ballasting of installation barge
Ballast Pump 1 1 1 30 30 30 Ballasting of temporary barge
Temporary Steel Assumed 50 t. (temporary connection) 50
B91.1 Marine Operasjoner (Høybru)
Small HLV 1 11 2 22 22 Lifting bridge elements (20m), HLV
North Sea Barge 1 12 2 24 24 Deliver bridge elements (20m), HLV lift
Large Tug 1 12 2 24 24 Deliver bridge elements (20m), HLV lift
Small Tug 1 12 2 24 24 Deliver bridge elements (20m), HLV lift
North Sea Barge 1 21 9 189 189 Deliver bridge elements (20m), Strand Jacks lift
Large Tug 1 21 9 189 189 Deliver bridge elements (20m), Strand Jacks lift
Small Tug 1 21 9 189 189 Deliver bridge elements (20m), Strand Jacks lift
B91.2 Marine Operasjoner (Flytebru)
Building of pontoons outside dock
Small Tug 2 10 1 10 20 Moving pontoons out of dock
Mooring rope 6 19 60 1140 6 840 Mooring during final building of pontoons
Towing of pontoons from building yard
Large Tug 1 19 2 38 38 Towing of pontoons (tour, detour)
Small Tug 1 19 2 38 38 Towing of pontoons (tour, detour)
Storage of pontoons
Small AHV 1 6 3 18 18 Installation of mooring, storage location (all bridge sections)
Mooring System 1 38 1 500 500 19 000 Mooring of pontoons before and after assembly of bridge sections
Mooring System 2 38 1 500 500 19 000 Mooring of pontoons before and after assembly of bridge sections
Towing of 20m bridge elements
Large Tug 1 1 568 568 568 Towing of bridge girder elements, 20m (tour, detour)
North Sea Barge 1 1 568 568 568 Towing of bridge girder elements, 20m (tour, detour)
Delivery of bridge spans for section 1
Large Tug 1 1 38 38 38 Towing and stationkeeping of bridge spans for sec 1
Small Tug 1 1 38 38 38 Towing and stationkeeping of bridge spans for sec 1
Very Large North Sea Barge 1 1 38 38 38 Towing and stationkeeping of bridge spans for sec 1
Temporary Steel 1 400 t grillage for transport (10% of weight) 400
Establishment of assembly quay
North Sea Barge 4 1 598 598 2 392 Establish temporary quay
Small AHV 1 1 3 3 3 Installation of mooring, assembly quay
Small AHV 1 2 3 6 6 Installation of mooring, assembly site (for skidded part)
Mooring System 1 6 1 598 598 3 588 Mooring of assembly quay
Mooring System 2 6 1 598 598 3 588 Mooring of assembly quay
Mooring System 1 8 1 598 598 4 784 Mooring of pontoons during assembly
Mooring System 2 8 1 598 598 4 784 Mooring of pontoons during assembly
Small Mobile Crane 1 1 598 598 598 Lifting of birdge girder elements, 20m (xx tonnes)
Skidding System 1 1 598 598 598 Skidding at assembly quay
Temporary Steel 1 Assumed 500 t for assembly period 500
Hydraulic Power Unit 1 1 598 598 598 Power supply to skidding system
Ballast Pump 1 3 1 598 598 1 794 Ballasting pontoons, assembly quay
Towing to storage location
North Sea Barge 1 3 20 60 60 Temporary support of assembled bridge sections
Ballast Pump 1 3 3 20 60 180 Ballasting pontoons after tow, section 3‐5
Large Tug 3 4 4 16 48 Towing of bridge sectios to storage location
Small Tug 2 4 4 16 32 Towing of bridge sectios to storage location
Assembly of bridge spans for Section 1
Multi Wheeler 1 1 208 208 208 Joining 20 m elements to 200 m
Assembly of Section 1
Medium HLV 1 4 9 36 36 Lifting of bridge spans for bridge section 1, HLV
Ballast Pump 1 2 4 9 36 72 Ballasting pontoons during lifting
Strand Jack 2 4 4 9 36 144 Lifting of bridge spans for bridge section 1, Crane
Deck Erection Crane 2 2 4 9 36 72 Lifting of bridge spans for bridge section 1, Crane
Temporary Steel Assumed 200 t. (50 t on each connection) 200
Installation Floating Bridge
Small AHV 7 1 4 4 28 Towing of floating bridge
Large Tug 7 1 4 4 28 Towing of floating bridge
Small AHV 3 1 4 4 12 Installation process, pos mid on floating bridge
Large Tug 7 1 4 4 28 Installation process, pos end on floating bridge
Winch 1 4 1 8 8 32 Installation winches 2 on each side
Temporary Steel 1 Assumed 200 t. (100 t each side) 200
B91.4 Marine Operasjoner (Forankring rett bru)
Straight bridge ‐Installation of mooring system at Bjørnafjorden
Large AHV 1 6 3 18 18 Assist during installation (with mooring line)
Small HLV 1 6 3 18 18 Lifting anchor to sea bed
North Sea Barge 1 6 3 18 18 Transport of anchors for installation
Small Tug 1 6 3 18 18 Transport of anchors for installation
Rock dumper (fall pipe) 1 2 3 6 6 Ballasting anchor after installation
Appendix C – Brief stability check for pontoons
Brief stability calculations are carried out for the pontoons to ensure that the stability is
sufficient in the temporary phases. No complete stability calculations are presented in
this report. For more details of the pontoon design criteria, reference is made to HYDA-
reports for the straight and curved bridge.
Part 1 of this appendix includes calculations of the metacentric height for different weight
scenarios for the final pontoon design. The different weight scenarios is as follows;
- Only the pontoon

- Pontoon with columns (calculated for axis 3 for curved bridge)
- Pontoon with columns and weight from 200 m bridge girder.
Part 2 include calculations performed for a previous study where the main bridge was
positioned in the center of Bjørnafjorden. The pontoons had different dimensions, but
indicates the stability performance of the pontoon design.
Appendix C - Part 1 – Metacentric height calculations for final pontoon design
Straight bridge stability check for temporary phases
General input:
kg
ρw  1025 Density seawater
3
m
kg
ρa  1.02
3 Density air
m
Input pontoon:
3
Δ  18300  10  kg Displacement pontoon
Δ 4 3
Vp   1.785  10  m Volume displacement pontoon
ρw
Lp  40 m Length side of pontoon
Bp  28m Breadth of pontoon

Dp  10.5m Draft of pontoon
Hp  14.5m Height of pontoon
VCG p  Dp  4.2m  6.3 m Vertical center of gravity for pontoon
Input columns:
Hc  43 m Height columns
kg
wc  19000 Unit weight columns
m
Hc
VCG c  Hp   36 m Vertical centre of gravity for column
2
Input bridge girder:

Lb  200m Effective bridge girder length
Hb  6.5m Height bridge girder
Cdb  0.867 Wind drag coeffiicent bridge girder.
(Taken from HYDA report).
kg
wb  28000 Representative weight of bridge girder
m
Wind input:
m
Vw  39.3 100 year return period wind speed
s at 50 m height
Pontoon drawing:
Water plane stiffness for pontoon
Water plane stiffness in roll;
B p  Lp
3  4 2

 Bp   π B 2 1    Lp  4  Bp  5 4
I44   2  0.110     p    5.722  10 m
12   2  4 2  2 3π 2  
Water plane stiffness in pitch;

3 4
Lp  B p π B p 5 4
I55    1.033  10 m
12 64
Definition of axis and hence motions (roll / pitch) is decided based on the bridge
coordinate system.
Metacentric height for pontoon in pitch;
Only pontoons (without columns and bridge girder):
Dp
KB   5.25 m
2
KGpontoon  VCG p  6.3 m
I55
BM55   5.788 m
Vp
GMTpontoon  KB  BM55  KGpontoon  4.738 m
For pontoon with 1 columns of 43 m height (Axis 3):
KGcolumns 
  
Δ VCG p  wc Hc VCG c 
 7.569 m

Δ  wc Hc 
GMTcolumns  KB  BM55  KGcolumns  3.469 m
Stability in "pitch" including the bridge girder weight is not applicable as the pontoon will be
supported by adjacent pontoons in this direction if the bridge girder is installed.
Metacentric height for pontoon with columns and bridge girder in the
"roll" direction of pontoon:
I44
BM44   32.048 m
Vp
The stability in the longitudinal direction of pontoon (roll) is only checked with the weight
of the bridge girder. The included weight represent 200 m of bridge girder.
Hb
VCG bridge  Hp  Hc   60.75 m
2
KGbridge 
Δ VCGp  wc Hc VCGc  wb Lb VCGbridge  19.618 m
Δ   wc Hc   wb  Lb 
GMLbridge  KB  BM44  KGbridge  17.68 m

Stability for pontoon with bridge girder, wind force and towing force:
One pontoon with bridge girder checked individually.
 
9
C44  ρw g  Vp  KB  KGbridge  ρw g  I44  3.173  10 N m Rotational stiffness in
roll for pontoon, column
and bridge
1 2 5
Fw   ρa Cdb  Hb  Lb  Vw  8.878  10 N Wind force on bridge girder
2
aw  VCG bridge  KGbridge  41.132 m Moment arm for wind
7
M w  Fw aw  3.652  10 N m Moment from wind
3 6 Towing force. Assumed

Ft  150  10 kg g  1.471  10 N
150 t.
at  KGbridge  Dp  9.118 m Towing force moment arm.
Assumed connected in
water line.
7 Moment from towing line
M t  Ft at  1.341  10 N m
about center of gravity
M w  M t 180 Rotation of pontoon

α44    0.902
C44 π (degrees) from wind and
towing force
The pontoon will have limited rotation from wind even when moment from towing line is included.
Appendix C - Part 2 – GZ curves for pontoons for design with main bridge in south
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Further, the two towers will be mounted together to the complete high bridge
section. This section will be towed to Bjørnafjorden from the assembly location.
This is illustrated in Figure 25
Figure 25: High bridge section
6.6 Stability during assembly of high bridge

The stability of the high bridge pontoons 70t and 50t shown in chapter 5.2 during
transport and installation of the bridge have been studied.
The objective of the study is to ensure that the bridge installation is accomplished
with a safe and positive stability.
For the main 70t pontoon three different stages including transport and bridge
assembly have been studied in addition to a damage case. These stages and
damage case are described in Figure 26 and Table 5.
Figure 26: Bridge-installation stages studied in stability analysis
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Table 5: Description of bridge-installation stages
Stage Objective
1 Transport of main pontoon 70t
2 Assembly of column between main pontoon 70t and bridge girder

+ assembly of tower
3 Assembly of high bridge with two supporting barges
Damage Loss of one bridge element on one side

case
The stability of the main pontoon 70t alone is sufficient during both stage 1 and 2.
The righting arm (GZ) curves for stages 1-3 and damage case can be found in
Appendix A.
In order to maintain a constant freeboard of 3m during stage 1 and 2 the main

pontoon 70t must be ballasted to a draft of 20m by pumping in water ballast in
addition to the permanent rock ballast.
It is to be noted that the reserve buoyancy will be limited by the freeboard

requirement of 3m. Therefore in a later phase of the study damages to
compartments of the main pontoon 70t during the different stages and during
damage of bridge element should be investigated.
The free surface moment of the ballast water in the main pontoon 70t have been
included in all calculations assuming that all compartments are slack (i.e. not
empty, and not full). This is a conservative assumption.
In order to obtain sufficient stability during stage 3 it is found that two barges must
be connected to the main pontoon 70t. Two standard North Sea barges
[L*B*D=91.44m*27.4m*6.1m] have been used in this study, and they will be
connected to the main pontoon 70t with an overlaying beam.
The stability analyses have been performed with the barges positioned with 1m
clearance between the barge and the pontoon. If larger clearance between the
barges and the pontoon is required this will increase the stability.
During stage 3 the water ballast of the main pontoon 70t is pumped out to maintain
a constant freeboard of 3m. The barges will be ballasted to a draft of 3.1m in order
to maintain a similar freeboard as the main pontoon 70t.
The worst damage case is assumed to be loss of the outermost bridge element on
one side of the bridge. Since this element has the largest distance to the bridge
centre this will generate largest heeling moment compared to other damage cases.

The loss of the outermost bridge on one side of the bridge results in an equilibrium
condition where the main pontoon 70t and barges are heeling 1.39 degrees
towards the undamaged side of the bridge when wind is included. (Dynamics are
not checked at this stage).
An overview of the weights, corresponding centres of gravity (COG )and

hydrostatic particulars used in the stability analyses for stages 1-3 and damage
case is shown in Appendix A. The ballast plan for the barges during assembly of
the bridge elements in stage 3 are shown in Appendix A. The main dimensions for
the barges are also shown in Appendix A.
A preliminary overview of the different bridge weights and COG used in the stability
analysis for main pontoon 70t are shown in Table 6 when all bridge girder elements
on each side of the tower are installed.
Table 6: Bridge weights and centres of gravity used in stability analysis
Bridge elements at stage 3 Density [t/m] Length Weight VCG

[m] [t] [m]
Column between pontoon 36.9 43 1586.7 44.5

and bridge girder
Bridge girder with 3.5m high 27 330 8910 67.75

cross section
Bridge girder with 6.5m high 30 120 3600 69.25

cross section
Tower above bridge girder – 10.99 77 1692.46 111

lower part
Tower above bridge road – 8.42 26 437.84 162.5

higher part
Stay cables 0.06 3150 378 124
Total - - 16605 74.04
Margin - - 19794 -
A simplified wind model have been created with Global Maritime’s in-house
software Hydwind, ref /9/. This model have been tuned to match the wind moments
provided by COWI, ref /7/ and is shown in Appendix A. The wind moments are
shown in Table 7. These wind moments are included in the calculation of the
righting arm in stage 3 and during the damage case.

Table 7: Wind heeling moments provided by COWI, ref /7/
Direction* Wind moment [t*m]
Longitudinal 43323
Transverse 16004
*Direction relative to main pontoon 70t
A stability analysis for the main pontoon 50t have also been performed. The
stability is sufficient for the pontoon before and after assembly of the column
between the pontoon and the bridge road. These two conditions are shown in
Figure 27.
Figure 27: Main pontoon 50t before and after column-assembly
The main pontoon 50t shall maintain a constant freeboard of 3m before and during
assembly of the column. This requires the pontoon to be ballasted to a draft of
24m.
It is to be noted that the reserve buoyancy will be limited by the freeboard

requirement of 3m. Therefore in a later phase of the study damages to
compartments of the main pontoon 50t before and after assembly of the column
should be investigated.
The righting arm curves for the main pontoon 50t before and after assembly of the
column can be found in Appendix A.
An overview of the weights, corresponding centres of gravity and hydrostatic

particulars used in the stability analysis for main pontoon 50t before and after
assembly of column is shown in Appendix A. The main dimensions used in the
stability analysis for the main pontoon 50t are shown in Section 5.2.
For the stability analysis, simple hydrostatic models of the main pontoons 70t, 50t
and barges have been created with Global Maritime’s in house software HydroGM
ref /8/. These models are shown in Appendix A.

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4 Stability
4.1 Stability calculations and GZ-curves stage 1-3 and damage case
4.2 Stability calculations and GZ curves main pontoon 50t

4.3 Hydrostatic models of main pontoons 70t and 50t

Below is the hydrostatic model used in the calculations for main pontoon 70t with and without barges.
Below is the hydrostatic model used for the main pontoon 50t.
4.4 Simplified wind model of main pontoon 70t and bridge

The wind model is shown in the figure below seen from the side.
The simplified wind model is shown in the figure below seen from the front.
4.5 Main dimensions of barges and barge ballast plan

In the figure below the main dimensions for the standard North sea barges are shown.
Barge Port side Starboard side

Length [m] 91.4 91.4
Breadth [m] 27.4 27.4
Depth [m] 6.1 6.1
Draft [m] 3.1 3.1
In the figure below the ballast calculations for the barges are shown.
In the figure below the ballast plan for the barges are shown.

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UTREDNING AV FLYTEBRU OVER BJØRNAFJORDEN COWI AS

STATEMENT, BRIDGE WITH WWW cowi.no

3 Assumptions for base case method 6

7 Assembly of floating bridge 25

8 Building of stayed cable bridge 37

9 Establishing bridge girder at Flua 47

10 Towing of floating bridge 51

11 Installation of floating bridge 57

12 Installation of permanent mooring system (Straight

Appendix A – Vessel and equipment specification 76

Appendix B – Required vessels and equipment –

Appendix C – Brief stability check for pontoons 78

3 Assumptions for base case method

Figure 3-1 illustrates the different locations specified above.

Figure 3-1: Overview of construction and assembly locations.

4.1 Pontoon dimensions

The mass of each pontoons is approximately 18 000 t.

Figure 4-1: Pontoons with main dimensions

4.2 Construction site for pontoons

Figure 4-2: Lutelandet industrial site (future plans). Photo: www.lutelandet.no/

Figure 4-3: BOABARGE 37, semisubmersible barge. Photo: http://www.boa.no/Default.aspx?ID=303

4.3 Construction of pontoons

Bridge Construction Construction time all Dry dock total duration.

Curved bridge 10 (Including 10 x 5 months = 50 months 10 x 3 months = 30 months

Straight bridge 9 (Excluding 9 x 5 months = 45 months 9 x 3 months = 27 months

Figure 4-5: Overview of construction cycles for the curved bridge.

Figure 4-6: Illustration of pontoons in Hanøytangen dry dock.

Curved bridge (10 t/m) Straight bridge (14 t/m)

Figure 4-7: Construction phases

Figure 4-8: Mooring of pontoon along quay side.

4.4 Towing of pontoons

𝐹𝐷 = 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 [𝑁]

𝐶𝐷 = 𝐷𝑟𝑎𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 [−]

𝐴 = 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 [𝑚2 ]

Figure 4-9: Towing route from construction site to storage/assembly location.

Operation Weather criteria Planned Contingency Weather

4.5 Storage of pontoons

Figure 4-11: Storage of barges close to land.

5.2 Temporary quay

Figure 5-2: Project based deep water quay at Hanøytangen.

Figure 5-3: Project based deep water quay, Hanøytangen.

Figure 5-5: Suggested mooring layout during building at temporary quay.

Figure 5-6: Towing configuration for abutment

Figure 5-7: Towing route alternatives from Hanøytangen to Bjørnafjorden.

Operation Weather criteria Planned Contingency Weather

Operation Weather criteria Planned Contingency Weather

Curved bridge Straight bridge

Figure 6-1: Flow chart for bridge girder elements

7 Assembly of floating bridge

7.1 Assembly location

Figure 7-1: Assembly location and bridge location.

Figure 7-2: Overview of Eikelandsfjorden during assembly

7.2 Assembly method floating bridge

Figure 7-5: Main assembly steps in Eikelandsfjorden.

7.3 Temporary mooring system at storage location

The mooring lines to the seabed will typically consist of;

- Mooring wire / fibre rope

Shore mooring lines will consist of;

- Mooring wire / fibre rope

Figure 7-6: Example of temporary mooring system during assembly.

Figure 7-7: Mooring system overview.

7.3.1 Assembly method lower parts (Bridge section 2, 3, 4 & 5)

Figure 7-8: Framework on assembly quay to achieve correct height.