NORWAY
Location & Nature
Norway is situated on the top of Europe, surrounded by the sea in the north, west and south and in the east bordered by Sweden, Finland and Russia. The country is richly endowed with natural resources - petroleum, hydro-power, fish, forests, minerals & aggregates. Visitors to Norway are often impressed by the vastness of the country with its uncluttered roads, uncrowded beaches, placid lakes, peaceful pine forests and rugged mountainsides. Yet the pleasures of civilization are never far away.
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Small town – Big city Today’s Trondheim is a modern city, standing out as mid-Scandinavia’s centre of knowledge with its highly respected university and many colleges hosting a research community ranking among the best in Europe. A broad variety of cultural and recreational activities can be found in Trondheim, presenting an intriguing blend of small town charm and intimacy with the plethora of choices of big-city life.
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Trondheim weather is typically fine and sunny in June. However, as the Arctic Circle is only 400km/250mi up North, weather can be ‘surprisingly different’ from what the term ‘temperate climate’ in travel guides suggests. Normal precipitation amounts to 67mm in Trondheim in june. Temperatures in Trondheim for June 2005 are in the graph below. Check the weather forecast at here, and bring appropriate clothing.
Temperatures in Trondheim, June 2005:
During the Summer the sun never really sets in the north, and even in the south there is daylight as late as 11 pm. Sunrise is usually at around 3am during this period. At the North Cape the midnight sun lasts from 11 May - 31 July. |
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NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) is a centre for technological education and research in Norway, with a solid foundation in the natural sciences. The University is in close co-operation with SINTEF - the largest independent research organisation in Scandinavia with 1700 employees in the fields of research, technology, natural science, medicine and social science. NGU (Geological Survey of Norway) is the national institution for knowledge on bedrock, mineral resources, surficial deposits and groundwater. NBTL (Norwegian Concrete and Aggregate Laboratory) is an independent commercial company offering high-quality testing and consultancy services to the construction, and concrete - aggregate industries, particularly in the field of AAR. |
AAR research
Since 1988, Norway has paid a considerable research investment in building a database for Norwegian AAR, which has resulted in several master degrees, Ph.D. theses and related projects, mostly at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim. Norwegian guidelines to prevent ASR in new structures have been effective since 1992 and were recently revised based on continued field and laboratory research involving hundreds of structures from all over the country. Since its establishment in 1999, Norwegian AAR research has been coordinated and communicated through FARIN, the Forum on Alkali-Reactions In Norway, hosted at the Geological Survey of Norway, NGU.
