Prior information notice of start of award procedures on 27.05.2010 for general safety upgrade and restoration of six road tunnels to RABT 2006 standard, value EUR26.5 million, commencing winter 2010 with Herkulestrasse, value EUR7.54 million. For further information contact Stadt Koeln, tel +49 221221-23647, fax –28715, e-mail zentrales-vergabeamt@stadt-koeln.de. For details of all tunnels involved in this project visit tunnelbuilder archive de/106. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=062973-2010. 10/10...

Vicenzetto Srl of Villa Estense have secured the EUR587,987 contract for test drilling and boring work in Brenner Base tunnel. Contact Johann Hager at BBT SE in Innsbruck, tel +43 5124030, fax +43 5124030-110, e-mail ava@bbt-se.com. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=062301-2010 and www.vicenzetto.it. ..

The CPV consortium, formed by CSC SA (Lugano) and Pizzarotti SA (Bellinzona), signed the EUR43 million contract for the construction of Lot 854 at Vezia, the main lot of Ceneri Base Tunnel, including the south portal, 200 m of cut-and-cover tunnel, as well as drilling, blasting and lining both tunnels along a length of 300 m. Works at Vezia will continue until 2016. Commercial operation of the Ceneri Base Tunnel with scheduled train services is planned to start at the end of 2019. Of the total of 40.19 km of the Ceneri Base Tunnel, at the end of February 2010, 7,673 m, or 19.1%, had been ..

Imtech Austria Anlagentechnik GmbH of Linz have secured the contract for supply, installation and commissioning of ventilation equipment for the tunnel section of the Harter Plateau tramway line. For more, contact Ing. Harald Grogger at Managementservice Linz GmbH in Linz, tel +43 7323400-7982, fax -157982, e-mail h.grogger @ linzag.at. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=059736-2010. 10/10...

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.

Award of railway tunnel project and maintenance works to JV MI.COS. SpA (CGM) + SE.GI. SRL (Latina). Lot GA2 tunnels, value EUR11,720,466. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=074747-2009, OJ S 52. Lot GA.01 tunnels, value EUR11,169,535. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=076188-2009, OJ S 53. 14/09.

Contract for architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services in densely built-up areas of Nyhavna, Mollenberg, Kuhaugen and Strindheim in Trondheim awarded to Multiconsult AS, Sluppenvegen 23, N-7486 Trondheim, Norway, tel +47 725669-00, fax –20, e-mail trondheim@multiconsult.no. A 2 km-long two-lane tunnel and ramp tunnels, together with three portals and a road trough are to be excavated using drill/blast techniques. More from Arnstein Mehlum at Statens vegvesen in Trondheim, tel +47 91320842, e-mail arnstein.mehlum@vegvesen.no http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=084184-200914/09.

Contract for construction of 2.675 km-long tunnel with T8.5 section and associated works on Rv 858 Larseng-Vikran awarded to Mesta Entreprenor AS, Postboks 5133, N-1503 Moss, Norway, tel +47 05200, value EUR23.4 million. Visit www.mesta.no. More from Kare Tune or Torbjorn Jorgensen at Statens vegvesen in Tromso, tel +47 06640, e-mail kare.tune@vegvesen.no http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=084173-200914/09

Sener, Ingeniería y Sistemas, SA secured the contract for technical advice on tunnelling methods, with emphasis on TBMs. Contract value EUR1,950,960, duration 24 months. Visit www.sener.es and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=57835-2009, OJ S 40. 12/09

The JV M.G.A. Srl - UNIROCK Srl (MS), secured the EUR1.4 million contract for maintenance and refurbishment works of Santu Antine tunnel (956 m) on SS 131 – Diramazione Centrale Nuorese, between Oristano and Nuoro provinces. The contract includes correction of water seepage and is part of the larger refurbishment and security project for Anas tunnels. Visit www.stradeanas.it 12/09.

Rock and tunnel engineering design contracts value EUR1.3 million awarded to Poyry by Lansimetro Oy for the Keilaniemi and Matinkyla tunnels and 5 stations together with HVAC and electrical engineering for the tunnels and shafts section of the whole 14 km-long Western Metro extension. Visit www.poyry.com.

Ingmatic AG of Birsfelden awarded lot N02 for security optimization and regulation of traffic control commands at 3,180 m-long Belchen tunnel. Visit www.ingmatic.ch and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&languageen&docid=55284-2009, OJ S 38. 11/09.

The awarding procedure for 8.4 km-long tunnel with six 200 m-long stations has been discontinued. More from Ing Rotaru Stefan at Metrorex, tel +40 21 3193601-5402, e-mail srotaru@metrorex.ro or visit www.metrorex.ro, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=058734-2009. 11/09.

Dimco of Fredrikstad secured contract for control engineer services for EUR76 million Fredrikstad Classified road 108, New Krakeroy connection including toll tunnel, planned to open in summer 2010. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=055275-2009. 11/09.

PricewaterhouseCoopers of Dublin secured the contract for the provision of external financial advisory services to NDFA in relation to the DART project. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=057884-2009 OJ S 40. 11/09.

Tunnel Works Srl (Lc) has been awarded the EUR230,448 contract for maintenance of the Provenzale tunnel (right lane, 958 m) on the A10 Genoa-Savona. More from info@tunnelworks.it. 09/09.

The general contractor DIRPA Scarl, consisting of Consorzio Stabile Operae Tecnologie e sistemi integrati di costruzione, Toto SpA and Consorzio Stabile Ergon Engineering e Contracting Scarl, has been awarded two major road building contracts. The EUR135 million contract to construct 8.5 km of the SS 318 from Pianello Valfabbrica includes twin rock tunnels San Gregorio (1,000 m) and Colle Maggio (800 m) and the cut/cover Della Donna (400 m), for completion 2012. The EUR350 million contract to construct 21.5 km of the SS 76 includes 19 tunnels, the longest of which is Golla della Rossa at 3.77 km, for completion 2013. More from tunnelbuilder archive it/116. Visit www.quadrilaterospa.it and www.totospa.it. 09/09.

The twin 7.1 km-long, 3.8 m-diameter Capilano-Seymour tunnels were originally awarded to Bilfinger Berger Canada Inc in August, 2004. The contract was terminated in May, 2008 and is currently the subject of legal dispute over differing ground conditions which caused safety concerns. Metro Vancouver recently asked three prequalified joint ventures to resubmit proposals by 23.01.2009. They are: McNally/Obayashi/Procon; Frontier Kemper/J F Shea/Aecon; and Dragados/SELI/Schiavoni. For more history and background visit tunnelbuilder archive ca/25 and www.metrovancouver.org/services/constructionprojects/water/pages/seymourcapilano.aspx

Traylor-Shea battling hard conglomerate using its CTS shield on final 6.4 km drive from Slaughterhouse shaft, having completed just 2.25 km since April, 2007. 150 m/month reported currently being achieved in softer ground. 2.6 m ID steel carrier pipe under installation in completed sections of tunnel. For project history visit tunnelbuilder archive us/47 and www.sdcwa.org/infra/esp-sanvicente.phtml

Camp Dresser & McKee and Hatch Mott MacDonald jv is providing engineering services for replacement of two existing siphons crossing New York harbour between Staten Island and Brooklyn by 1.9 m-diameter pipeline within 3.8 m-diameter, 3.2 km-long tunnel bored by EPB or slurry TBM. Bidding late-2008.