Editing Øresund Bridge (section)

===Design competition and procurement===

At the end of 1992, the Øresundsbro Konsortiet launched a competition for the design of the link.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292753348| title=The Øresund bridge completion| access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref> Six entries were submitted, including one designed by [[Santiago Calatrava]] and another by [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]], but two others were selected for further development and procurement. The ASO Group (formed by [[Arup Group]]), with Georg Rotne as architect, proposed that the bridge itself be made mainly of steel in two levels, with highway on top and train traffic below.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.arup.com/projects/oresund-link/| title=Designing the Øresund Bridge| publisher=Arup| access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref> ØLC (Øresund Link Consultants) instead placed highway and rail in the same plane on a concrete bridge. Both groups advocated an inclined cable-stayed bridge over the Flintrännan. The procurement of the entire Øresund Link was divided into different contracts, including one contract for the two access bridges and another for the main span. In November 1995, Sundlink Contractors (a consortium of [[Skanska]], [[Hochtief]], [[MT Højgaard|Højgaard & Schultz]] and [[MT Højgaard|Monberg & Thorsen]]) was able to sign a contract with the Øresundsbro Konsortiet to build both the access bridges and the main span in accordance with the ASO Group's proposal, at a cost of DKK 6.8 billion (including a viaduct at Peberholm).<ref name=crossing>{{cite web| url=https://data.oresundsbron.com/cms/download/Crossing%20the%20%C3%98resund.pdf| title= Crossing the Øresund | publisher= Øresundsbron | access-date=16 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://group.skanska.com/sv/media/pressmeddelanden-och-artiklar/48320/Sundlink-Contractors#| title=Sundlink Contractors|lang=sv| publisher=Skanska| access-date=19 March 2025}}</ref> For the preparation of its tender, Sundlink had engaged the services of the engineering consultants [[COWI A/S|COWI]] from Denmark and [[sweco|VBB]] from Sweden. They were now tasked with developing the proposals in detail and controlling the further work.