Hydro Electric Power Plants

Orbit Consultancy Engineer & Valuer specialists are certified by the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) as designers of hydropower plants in all consequence classes.

Geological, geotechnical, geodetical and hydrological research and analysis is a major basis for any hydropower project.  Mannvit has extensive experience and expertise across all of these fields and has supervised studies in these areas for numerous hydropower projects.  The company has also handled testing and quality control during construction of tunnels, dam sites and power stations.

In addition, Mannvit operates its own laboratory for testing of construction materials, fills, concrete aggregates, concrete, rock samples etc.  An affiliated company is Iceland’s leading firm in numerical modelling for groundwater hydrology and river runoff.