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.

For the first line of the Thessaloniki metro, Impregilo, Aegek and SELI will build a 2 x 7.7 km tunnel, 6.12 m bored diameter and 5.25 m finished diameter, lined with 30 cm-thick universal precast concrete segments. The line also includes 13 stations, also to be constructed by the consortium. The geology is Quaternary clay deposits, sandy clay and sands. The water table is practically at grade. The consortium is responsible for the design of civil works and E&M equipment. Due to the project’s complexity, some works are already under way while other sections are still in design, in particular the tunnels which currently are between the final design stage and the construction phase. SELI in joint venture with Aegek will excavate the twin tunnel with two EPB TBMs, back-up and muck train. Each tunnel will be attacked from one side by one machine. For mucking-out, the muck train arriving in the start station will be lifted (one wagon after the other) and emptied in a specific tank. The tank is continuously emptied by excavators loading trucks. SELI designed and made all the jobsite equipment and installations, subcontracting only the supply of the TBMs to Herrenknecht. Diaphragm walls will be built to shape the station perimeters, using Bauer hydromills, while digging between the walls will use excavators and loaders. During the digging of the stations, important archaeological remains have been unearthed, which caused delays to complete the stations and consequently to launch the TBMs. The project as a whole will cost EUR700 million, whereof EUR91 million for the tunnels. Visit www.selitunnel.com, www.aegek.gr, www.herrenknecht.com and www.bauer.de 32-33/08.