Dr. ing. A. Aas-Jakobsen AS,
trading as
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Aas-Jakobsen, is a
civil engineering
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consultant company specializing in
structural engineering
Structural engineering is a sub-discipline of civil engineering in which structural engineers are trained to design the 'bones and joints' that create the form and shape of human-made Structure#Load-bearing, structures. Structural engineers also ...
. The company is based in
Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
, and primarily works with
bridge
A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...
s, roads, railways, offshore oil and buildings. The company has 250 employees. The company was established by
Andreas Aas-Jakobsen (1905–1980) in 1937. For the first decade, the company specialized in
shell structures, but from the 1950s, the company shifted to bridge design. The company later started designing offshore installations and became a verifier for such structures, and later also became a consultant for railway projects and major road projects, such as the
Bjørvika Tunnel through Oslo.
Major projects which the company has participated in include the
Arctic Cathedral,
Askøy Bridge
The Askøy Bridge () is a suspension bridge that crosses the Byfjorden (Hordaland), Byfjorden between the municipalities of Bergen and Askøy in Vestland county, Norway. It is long and has a main span of . Its span was the longest for any suspen ...
,
Bømla Bridge,
Brønnøysund Bridge,
Candaba Viaduct,
Djupfjordstraumen Bridge,
Drammen Bridge,
Grenland Bridge
Grenland Bridge () is Norway's highest cable-stayed bridge with a tower height of . The bridge, which opened in 1996, is part of the European Route E18 highway and it crosses the Frierfjord, a fjord in Telemark counties of Norway, county. The bri ...
,
Heidrun,
Helgeland Bridge,
Henningsvær Bridge,
Lysefjord Bridge,
Mjøsa Bridge
The Mjøsa Bridge () is a box girder bridge that crosses Lake Mjøsa in Innlandet county, Norway. The east side of the bridge begins in the town of Moelv in Ringsaker Municipality and the village of Biri, Norway, Biri in Gjøvik Municipality. The ...
,
Nordhordland Bridge,
Osterøy Bridge
The Osterøy Bridge () is a suspension bridge in Vestland county, Norway. The bridge connects the Kvisti farm area on the island of Osterøy in Osterøy Municipality with the Herland farm area on the mainland in Bergen Municipality east of the ...
,
Rama III Bridge,
Sleipner A,
Stord Bridge,
Tromsø Bridge
The Tromsø Bridge () is a Cantilever bridge, cantilever road bridge in the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø which is located in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It crosses the Tromsøysundet strait between Tromsdalen on the mainland a ...
and
Varodden Bridge. New design for yet unbuilt projects include the
Storfjord Bridge
The Storfjord Bridge () is a proposed suspension bridge that would span the Storfjorden in Sunnmøre, Norway. If built, it would be long and have a main span of . This would make it the longest spanned bridge in the world, easily surpassing t ...
, which would, if it was completed, become the longest spanned
suspension bridge
A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck (bridge), deck is hung below suspension wire rope, cables on vertical suspenders. The first modern examples of this type of bridge were built in the early 1800s. Simple suspension bridg ...
in the world, spanning across
Storfjord Storfjorden or Storfjord (meaning "big fjord" in Norwegian) may refer to several places in Norway:
Fjords
*Storfjorden (Sunnmøre)
Storfjorden (or ''Storfjord'') is a long fjord in the Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It str ...
en. The company is also part of the team which will design Terminal 2 of
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Oslo Airport () , alternatively referred to as Oslo Gardermoen Airport or simply Gardermoen, is an international airport serving Oslo, the capital and most populous city of Norway. The airport is the second largest in Scandinavia and the Nord ...
, and an long bicycle tube in Bodø, which would allow bicyclists to ride during winter without exposure to the elements.
References
External links
Official site
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Engineering companies of Norway
Companies based in Oslo
1937 establishments in Norway
Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1937