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.

Tuscany-based Satrel secured three contracts for lighting, ventilation and safety works in tunnels on highway A23 Udine-Carnia-Tarvisio, in Udine province, and on highway A27 Venezia-Belluno, in Belluno province.

China Railway Group Ltd signed a contract worth around CNY9.5 billion with Shenzhen Metro Co. to build Shenzhen's subway line 5. Line 5 will cost nearly CNY20 billion. The construction period for the 42 km subway will be 42 months. The line, consisting of 29 stations, completes a loop of the city's underground traffic with other lines. It has interchanges with lines 1, 2, 3 and 4. Visit www.crec.cn 38/08.

Turkish construction firm Dogus and the Metro Trace consortium signed an agreement with the municipal company Metropoliten for the construction of the second line of the Sofia metro on 27th August.

Euroconsult bagged a EUR1.6 million contract to supervise the construction of the 11.8 km Unquera-Pendueles section on the Cantabrian motorway A-8, including the Santiuste tunnel (520 m / 820 m), and the 410 m El Peral cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit www.euroconsult.es 36/08.

Auding received a EUR1.2 million contract to design the Zona Universitaria, Campus Norte and Manuel Girona stations and ventilation shafts, as part of the revised section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana of Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit www.auding.com 36/08.

A consortium of Somague, Soares da Costa, Mota Engil, Efacec and Monte Adriano has been awarded the construction contract of the light rail line between Porto and Gondomar, which has an estimated investment of EUR97.5 million.

Consorcio Huachipa led by Brazilian construction firm Camargo Corrêa won the contract to design, build and operate the second biggest water treatment plant in Peru, valued at USD270.9 million. The new plant will be built in Huachipa, in the metropolitan area of Lima. Camargo Corrêa formed a consortium with French OTV, in which the Brazilian firm has an 81% share.

Spiekermann has been assigned the general planning for lots PFA 1.2 and PFA 1.6 for the Stuttgart 21 project. Click de/22. Visit www.spiekermann.de and www.stuttgart21.de 36/08.

The Tsuen Wan drainage tunnel is a single drive tunnel 5.1 km long sloping with an average of 0.95%. The tunnel cut diameter is 7.27 m segmentally lined with a minimum operational internal diameter of 6.5 m. The HKD1.123 billion contract is a design and build contract awarded to Maeda Corporation, China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) and SELI. The tunnel requires the construction of an intake cascade (Intake I-1), two shaft / chamber / adit complexes (Intakes I-2 and I-3), and a cascade structure (Outfall O-1).

The Bolivian road administration (ABC) has started on 26th August the construction of the Falda de la Queñua bypass road tunnel, during an official ceremony held in El Molino in the Iscayachi municipality. The Falda de la Queñua bypass road, which forms part of the Potosi-Tarija road link, will reduce transport time from Potosi to Tarija, avoiding the Sama hill.

Howden Ventilatoren will supply and install ventilation equipment (semi-transversal ventilation) in the second, 5.1 km Roppen tunnel and upgrade the existing tunnel on highway A 12 in Inn valley. Visit www.howden.com/en/Businesses/HowdenVentilatoren 36/08.

BrisConnections, the consortium of Thiess and John Holland, has signed a AUD90 million contract with Herrenknecht on 17th August, 2008 for two tunnel boring machines for the Airport Link road and tunnel project. They will be the two largest tunnel boring machines, at 12.48 m in diameter, to ever operate in Australia. Each TBM and its back-up will be 165 m long and weigh 3,000 tonnes.

In the tender organised by the transportation ministry's railroads, ports and airports construction general directorate (DLH), a Turkish-French consortium formed by Cengiz, Makyol, Dogus and VINCI offered the lowest bid in a tender for the construction of a road tunnel project that is to connect the European and Asian sides of Istanbul. The consortium offered a contract period of 19 years for the tunnel, six years for investment and 13 years for running. The tunnel will be located deeper than the tubes of the Marmaray project, a railway project currently under construction that will also link the two sides of the city. The tunnel, to be constructed under the Bosphorus, will have two levels and two lanes. Each level will be dedicated to one direction of traffic. Click tr/30. Visit www.dlh.gov.tr 34-35/08.

Ineco pocketed a EUR2.9 million contract for construction supervision of the 8 km A Vacariza-Rialiño and 8.6 km Rialiño-Padrón sections in La Coruña province on the Atlantic coast high speed link. This includes the 372 m Monte Ceán tunnel, the 866 m Monte Pozas tunnel and the 1,460 m Bustelo tunnel. Visit www.ineco.es 34-35/08.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a SGD231.9 million contract for the design, construction and completion of the Downtown Line 1 Promenade station and its associated tunnels to Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. (STEC).