“I’m very grateful for Metrostav's helping hand in these difficult times. Metrostav's kind gesture reflects the relationship between Norway and the Czech Republic – we’re partners and allies who can rely on each other whenever necessary,” Norwegian Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Robert Kvile commented Metrostav's action.

“I greatly appreciate not only Metrostav’s professionalism, which despite the dire current global situation, is determined to meet its obligations to its Norwegian client, but also its social responsibility. Metrostav unselfishly offered vacant seats on the charter flight transporting its team to work in Trondheim in order to repatriate several Norwegian students from the Czech Republic back to their homeland,” said Jaroslav Knot, Czech Ambassador to Norway.

Metrostav is modernizing the Fv. 714, which is an important transport link between Trondheim and the island of Hitra, from which more than one third of all Norwegian salmon is exported. That’s why it’s called the Salmon Road. Trucks transporting fish have hitherto travelled along the winding road around the fjords. Thanks to the new, almost six-kilometre section, transport will be significantly more comfortable, safer and faster. As part of the project, Metrostav also built the Slørdal (2650 m) and Mjønes (770 m) tunnels. However, the most ambitious part of the project was the 735 m long bridge over the Åstfjord, which included a unique foundation using reinforced concrete piles with a diameter of 18.4 m, and weight of 2200 t directly on the seabed. Metrostav has been at home in Scandinavia for over 10 years.

Czech and Slovak construction workers have built dozens of kilometres of road, rail and technological tunnels in Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland over more than 10 years. Contracts in the north of Europe are currently even more important for Metrostav as they account for about one third of total annual revenues in excess of CZK 20 billion.