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.

CEBTP-SOLEN (F) secured the EUR281,485 contract for complementary geotechnical investigations for the 4 km-long Saverne tunnel on the Baudrecourt-Strasbourg high speed rail section, the second phase of the Paris-Strasbourg line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=025152-2009, OJ S 18, or www.cebtp-solen.com. 08/09.

The EUR841 million PPP contract to build the 16.2 km-long Liefkenshoek twin-track rail link was awarded in November, 2008 to the Locorail consortium, formed by BAM PPP (50%), CFE (25%) and Vinci Concessions (25%). Belgian rail infrastructure manager Infrabel will rent the link for 38 years at around EUR50 million/year before assuming full ownership. The alignment includes the existing 1,475 m-long Beveren tunnel and almost 6 km of double-bored 7.3 m ID tunnel under the Schelde river. Work started in late-2008 and will be completed in mid-2013 for handover by mid-2014. Click be/20. Visit www.infrabel.be. 08/09.

Bonnard & Gardel of Lyon have secured the EUR349,250 contract for safety engineering services for the single tube 1.37 km-long Ponserand tunnel on RN 90. Visit www.bg-21.com and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=021979-2009, OJ S 16. 06/09.

Norconsult of Sandvika secured the EUR2.2 million contract for construction scheduling including tender documents and overview of quantity for the 2.3 km-long Kolsdalen-Lumberkrysset section on the new 4-lane national road Rv 456 in Kristiansand municipality. The section includes two tunnels of 350 and 650 m in length. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=014553-2009, OJ S 11. Visit www.norconsult.no. 07/09.

Joint venture of Cogeis, Cave Spadea and Geodata has secured the EUR21.4 million contract for construction of a 992 m-long bypass tunnel in Ceppo Morelli. This is a single bore bi-directional tunnel, with one 3.50 m-wide lane per direction. A 4 m-diameter TBM pilot tunnel will first be bored, and then widened using drilling and blasting. Support will comprise wire mesh, bolts, shotcrete and steel arches. Visit www.geodata.it, www.cogeis.it or http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=029058-2009, OJ S 21. 07/09.

KEM Montage GmbH of Stams secured the EUR277,110 contract to supply and install radio equipment for the 3,580 m-long Henndorf tunnel on road B1. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=013873-2009, OJ S 11 or www.kem-montage.at. Meantime, Strabag Anlagentechnik of Thalgau. secured the EUR298,596 contract for the process control system. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=013872-20098, OJ S 11, or www.strabag.com. 07/09.

The awarding procedure for construction of heating tunnels in Hamburg has been discontinued. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=7656-2009, OJ S7. Contact Jens Schewe at Vattenfall Europe, fax +49 4063962676, e-mail jens.schewe@vattenfall.de. 04/09

Contract to prepare communication works for the proposed third tube at 3,273 km-long Gubrist tunnel at Weiningen, Affoltern awarded to ARGE Gubrist, c/o Specogna Bau AG of Kloten, value EUR3 million. Visit www.shab.ch. 04/09.

Contract for high and low voltage electrical installations on 6.5 km section of Lysaker-Sandvika line through Baerum municipality, of which 5.5 km is in tunnel, awarded to YIT Building Systems of Etterstad, Oslo, value EUR12 million. Jernbaneverket contact is Jarle Tommervik, tel +47 9165 6318, e-mail jto@jbv.no. Visit archive file no/43 for a full history of the contracts for dualling of the Sandvika-Asker line. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=4562-2009 04/09

Satrel Spa (Prato) secured the contract for upgrading of the lighting, ventilation and safety equipment in the Banzole tunnel (1,216 m / 1,290 m) on the Milan-Naples highway A1 in Bologna province and in four tunnels on the Bologna-Bari-Taranto highway A14 in Ascoli Piceno and Teramo provinces: Pedaso (1,076 m / 1,087 m), Castello di Cupramarittima (1,022 m / 1,130 m), Castello di Grottammare (1,227 m / 1,229 m) and Solagne (1,258 m / 1,278 m). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=006170-2009. 04/09.

The awarding procedure for construction of the Midgardsormen project has been discontinued. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=it&docid=005025-2009, GU S 5. Contact Oslo Kommune, att. Kjell L. Brevik, e-mail: kjell.brevik@vav.oslo.kommune.no, fax +47 23437241. 04/09

Nay + Partner AG (Stansstad) awarded the contract for delivery of optic lines guidance in Sachseln tunnel (5,2 km) on A8. Visit www.nay.ch and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=005626-2009, OJ S 5. 04/09

Low rebid to construct 2.14 km-long twin-tube Markovec tunnel on motorway H5 Skofije-Lucija submitted by a joint venture of CPM Maribor and Alpine Bau, value EUR64.5 million. Second lowest rebidder was SCT/Primorje at EUR81.9 million. Contract duration is 32 months. Visit www.alpine-bau.de/en. More about the Slovenian motorway system from www.dars.si. 04/09.

Amberg Engineering AG of Sargans has been awarded Lot 2 contract to construct the Galgenbuck tunnel on N04/06, value EUR116.5 million for completion 2016. Visit www.amberg.ch and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=333608-2008. 02/09.

Amberg Engineering AG of Regensdorf has secured the contract to upgrade the 1,910 m-long Milchbuck tunnel on N01/40, including a new parallel 1.3 km-long safety tunnel. Contract value EUR16.34 million, completion 2013. Visit www.amberg.ch and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=333611-2008. 02/09.