The consortium Spie Sud Est/Yvroud Europeenne des Fluides, Feyzin secured the EUR7.6 million contract for equipment maintenance in the Grand Lyon tunnels, the most important of which are Fourviere (1,850 m), Croix-Rousse (1,750 m), Brotteaux-Servient and Vivier-Merle (336 m). For more, contact Communaute Urbaine de Lyon, fax +33 478 957097, or visit http://marches.grandlyon.com. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=058386-2010. 11/10...

Gähler und Partner AG of Ennetbaden have secured the EUR2.28 million contract for PM designer for safety refurbishment in 1.14 km-long Mosi tunnel on A4, near Brunnen. Contact OFROU, Zofingen, tel +41 6274575-11, fax -90, e-mail beschaffung.zofingen@astra.admin.ch. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=062920-2010. 11/10...

IG BP2, c/o Bänziger Partner AG of Zurich, secured the EUR2.63 million contract from BAMO for 5.7 km-long N3 Kerenzer tunnel. Contact OFROU, Winterthour, tel +41 522344-711, fax -790, e-mail winterthur@astra.admin.ch. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=062921-2010. 11/10..

Construction contract for Kuechelberg tunnel awarded to PAC SpA consortium, value EUR34,695,272 excluding VAT. More from PAC in Capo di Ponte, tel +39 0364331037, fax +39 036442303, e-mail info@pacspa.it and client APB in Bozen, tel +39 04714125-14, fax –39, e-mail gare-11.5@provincia.bz.it Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=071475-2010. 11/10...

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA is inviting companies to prequalify for civil engineering work on railway tunnels in Italy. Further information and documents from Iacomino Raffaele at Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato in Milan, tel +39 02637 148-19, fax –20, e-mail dns-qs@rfi.it to whom requests to participate should be sent. Visit

Pre-feasibility study being undertaken by ILF Consulting Engineers for construction of single track railway line along the Karakorum highway between the end of the existing railway network in the south at Havelian and the border between Pakistan and China near the famous Khunjrab Pass in the north.

Prequalification underway by MTR for tender reference no 703 for West Island Line SHW to SYP tunnels value EUR30 million with a view to selective invitations to tender being issued in 4Q/2008 for contract award in 3Q/2009. Expressions of interest to Malcolm O’Neill, tel 3921 3383, e-mail moneill@mtr.com.hk Visit www.mtr.com.hk/eng/tenders/new_projects.html 45/08.

The Catalan government awarded a EUR692.1 million 35-year concession contract to Cedinsa Concessionaria to design, build and operate the Cervera-Caldes de Malavella section of the transverse road axis C-25 which will link Girona to Lleida without having to drive to Barcelona. Cedinsa Concessionaria includes FCC (27.2%), Caixa de Catalunya (20%), Comsa (17.6%), Copisa (7.6%) and Copcisa (7.6%). The 153 km road C-25 is a dual carriageway motorway only on short sections between Cervera and Oluges and the Manresa and Vic bypass roads. The existing single-carriageway road will be dualled to provide two 3.5 m-wide lanes per direction, an additional lane for heavy vehicles where necessary, 2.5 m-wide outer shoulders, 1.5 m-wide inner shoulders and a 5 to 8 m-wide central separation strip. Altogether, 142.8 kilometres will be dualled and a new 2 km motorway section will also be constructed. Fourteen tunnels will be built. The total length of mined tunnels is 3,653 metres. The total length of cut-and-cover tunnels is 528 metres. The first is on the 44.4 km Cervera-Manresa section. The second, the 668 m Fontfreda tunnel, is situated between Manresa and Vic (43 km). Another 12 tunnels, either mined on in cut-and-cover, are on the 55.4 km Vic-Caldes de Malavella section. Among these is the 1,440 m-long Joanet tunnel. Construction, 50% of which will be subcontracted, is scheduled to commence by year end or early 2008 to end in 2010-11. Visit www.fcc.es, www.comsa.com, www.copisa.com and www.copcisa.com 30/07.