Award of lots 1 & 3 of 3 year assets and facilities management contract for Heathrow Express, including shafts and tunnels, value GBP11.65 million excluding VAT, to Amey Community Ltd of Oxford, with option to renew for further 7 years. Award of lot 2, value GBP1.078 to Firstco Ltd of London. More from Mark Chestney at Heathrow Express Operating Company in London, tel +44 20875066-00, fax -90, e-mail hex@halcrow.com http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=167525-2009 26/09. ..

JV Sdruzeni Horni Pomoravi II, comprising ZS, Arko Technology and Metrostav, secured the EUR27 million contract for the construction of 26 km of new sewers in the areas of Lostice and Mohelnice, and for the reconstruction and upgrading of sewage treatment plants in Mohelnice. Contact Vodohospodarska zarizení Sumperk, Mr Roman Milek, Sumperk. tel +420 583-317323, fax -214845, e-mail milek@vhz.cz. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=169998-2009. 27/09...

Award of contract E 03 at undisclosed price, including construction of twin track 4.5 km-long Gevingasen tunnel and associated works to Sobstad AS of Heimdal. More from Lisbeth Smedbraten at Jernbanverket in Oslo, tel +47 91655041, e-mail lis@jbv.no http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=164412-2009..

Zitron Nederland BV (Hengelo) has secured the contract, value EUR12.7 million, for supply and assembly of the tunnel ventilation plant for the Salzburg-bound and the Villach-bound tubes (2 x 6,400 m) of the Tauern tunnel on the Tauern motorway A10. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid= 170046-2009 and www.zitron.nl 27/09...

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.

Prior information notice for construction works, value EUR24.86 million, for a undergroung cut-and-cover tunnel from Pabellon Moises Ruiz to Plaza de Barcelona, 1,1 km, with 0.8 m-thick base, 1.0 m-thick walls and 1.0 m-thick roof, on Carretera de Ronda, in Almeria. The works will include intermodal station.

Further technical details are available regarding the Lake Mead intake No. 3 shafts and tunnel project, recently awarded to Vegas Tunnel Constructors, a joint venture of Impregilo and S.A. Healy. The tunnel will primarily be excavated in late Tertiary sedimentary and volcanic bedrock. Of the 4,666 m-long intake tunnel, about 300 metres will be excavated in the Saddle Island Lower Plate (amphibolites, schist, and gneiss) and about 370 metres in the Saddle Island Upper Plate (schist, amphibolites, gneiss, pegmatite, dacite intrusives).

Konsortiet Förbifart Stockholm, a consortium whose partners are Sweco VBB, WSP and Tyréns scooped a SEK154.4 million contract for planning of the Stockholm road bypass. The project connects the E4/E20 to Haeggvik through Kungens Kurva and stretches 21 kilometres, whereof 16 km of tunnel. Visit www.vv.se/templates/page3____4290.aspx, www.sweco.se, www.wspgroup.se and www.tyrens.se 15/08.

The consortium Autopista do Marão, formed by Sacyr Vallehermoso's concession arm Itinere, its Portuguese construction unit Somague Engenharia, MSF Concessões SGPS and MSF Empreiteiros, has beaten AEDM (Auto-Estrada do Marão), a consortium led by Brisa Auto-Estradas de Portugal, in the bidding for the 29.8 km Amarante-Vila Real toll highway concession and the Geraldes junction-Padronelo junction toll-free section in northern Portugal.

Spadina Link Project Managers, a joint venture of Hatch Mott MacDonald, Delcan Corporation and MMM Group, has been awarded a CAD100 million project management services contract for the Spadina subway extension by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) for a period of seven years. With an estimated final cost of CAD2.63 billion, the Spadina subway extension is the largest transit expansion project to be undertaken by the TTC in 40 years.

DHV clinched a EUR1.2 million deal for site supervision during construction of the Trofa railway bypass, including a 1,404 m-long rail tunnel. Visit www.dhv.com 14/08.

The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) is inviting contractors to tender, deadline 17th April, 2008 for construction of the south tunnel of the Upper Rouge tunnel CSO control project (contract PC-764). The work mostly includes excavation, initial support and final lining of a 61 m-deep 24 m-diameter pumping station work shaft that will be used to launch the TBM; 5,700 linear metres of tunnel, 46 metres below grade with a finished diameter of 9.14 m; six connecting adits/deaeration chambers ranging in finished internal diameter from 2.1 to 9.8 m and in length from 24 to 439 m; and the final lining of the DS-7 work shaft.

The Southern Nevada Water Authority has awarded a USD447 million contract to Impregilo and its US subsidiary S.A. Healy to design and build the so-called third straw to draw water from the Lake Mead reservoir. This is a concrete-lined tunnel 6 m in diameter and approx. 4.8 km long underneath the bed of Lake Mead. Construction should begin before the end of the year and eventually involve a massive tunnel boring machine that will be manufactured in Germany and shipped to the United States. The third straw is slated to go on line by early 2013

Thames Water has appointed CH2M HILL as programme manager for the Thames tideway tunnel scheme that will prevent overflows from London’s sewers entering the Thames. As programme manager, CH2M HILL will help Thames Water to implement the project through all phases, including planning consents, preliminary and final design, construction oversight, stakeholder communication, commissioning and start-up of new facilities. Click here. Visit www.ch2mhill.com

Egis Rail secured a EUR321,000 contract for external control during implementation of the waterproofing in the second bore of the tunnel linking motorways A 50 and A 57 in Toulon. Visit www.egis-rail.fr 13/08.

A joint venture of Konstruktor Inzenjering, Viadukt, Hidroelektra Niskogradnja and Strabag won a HRK352.3 million contract to build section 02 Stobrec-Dugi Rat, lot 1 Stobrec-Grljevac on the Split bypass road. It includes the Perun tunnel (south tube, 222.32 m / north tube, 201.92 m) and Rudine tunnel (south tube, 360.52 m / north tube, 363.23 m). The same joint venture secured a HRK326.2 million contract to construct section 03 Dugi Rat-Omis (2.8 km), lot 4 Omis tunnel-Omis. The contract includes two tunnels: the 1,471 m Omis tunnel and the 226 m Brzet tunnel. Visit www.konstruktor-split.hr, www.hidroelektra-niskogradnja.hr and www.strabag.hr. The work will be supervised by Institut gradevinarstva Hrvatske (IGH). Visit www.igh.hr 13/08.

Cobb County on 11th March awarded a USD305 million contract to J.F. Shea and Traylor to build the 8.8 km 8.2 m OD South Cobb tunnel that will drain about 40% of Cobb. The tunnel will average 76 m in depth as it runs south through bedrock from near the boundary with Douglas County and then east to a treatment plant on the Chattahoochee River near I-20. Four smaller tunnels totalling 1.6 km and 1.8 to 3 m in diameter, are included.

FCC and Alvargonzález received a EUR106.8 million contract to build the Unquera-Pendueles section on the Cantabrian motorway A-8. This 11.8 km section includes the Santiuste tunnel (520 m / 820 m), and the 410 m El Peral cut-and-cover tunnel. Click es/62 for more. Visit www.fcc.es 12/08.

ADIF commissioned the construction of the Sagrera-Trinidad junction section, divided in two contracts, on the Madrid-Barcelona-French border high speed link. The Sagrera contract has been awarded to Corsán-Corviam for EUR67.9 million and a time frame of 19 months. The Sant Andreu contract has been awarded to Acciona Infraestructuras and Copcisa for EUR177.4 million and a time frame of 28 months. The two contracts represent a length of 4.24 km, running fully underground in a cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit www.corsan-corviam.es, www.acciona.es and www.copcisa.com 12/08.

Vifter & Miljø received a NOK5 million contract for delivery of booster fans for the Bjørvika tunnels in Oslo including a 675 m-long immersed tunnel under the harbour and its ramps, 503 m of cut-and-cover tunnels and ramps totalling 1.2 km with a rectangular shape for one, two or three lanes at Sørenga, a new 420 m-long 9.5 m-wide rock tunnel in Mosseveien/Grønlia and 620 m of enlarged existing tunnels and the ramps. Visit www.vifter.no 12/08.

The Blue Water joint venture, consisting of John Holland and Veolia Water, will design, construct, operate and maintain the Sydney desalination plant for 20 years. John Holland's interest in the project is valued at approximately AUD600 million out of a AUD960 million contract. The project includes microtunnelling in residential areas, an intake tunnel between the sea and the screening facility, and an outlet tunnel between the filtration and reverse osmosis facilities and the sea. The intake tunnel is 2,579 m long, 4,150 mm bored diameter and 3,400 mm finished internal diameter. The outlet tunnel is 2,579 m long, 4,100 mm bored diameter and 3,400 mm finished internal diameter. A 14 m TBM burial chamber will be constructed for each tunnel. Two double shield hard rock Herrenknecht TBMs will be used. Launch tunnels for the TBMs will be excavated using a Mitsui S200 roadheader. Click here. Visit www.johnholland.com.au and www.herrenknecht.com 12/08.