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.

A joint venture whose members are Baresel, Beton- und Monierbau, and Kirchhoff Leipzig Strassenbau scooped a EUR247 million contract to build the 11.8 km Magdala-Jena/Goeschwith section of motorway A4, including the 2 x 3.1 km Jagdberg tunnel. Visit www.baresel.de, www.bemo.net and www.kirchhoff-leipzig.de 20/08.

COWI signed a DKK7.9 million deal for technical engineering, preparation of planning and risk analysis for the second Roskilde fjord crossing, either a bridge or tunnel. Visit www.cowi.dk 20/08.

A joint venture of Laabmayr, Krammer, Stadlmann and BVR scooped a EUR92,300 contract for the preliminary design of the 2,330 m Gitzen tunnel on the Lamprechtshausen road B156, which forms part of the Bergheim bypass. Visit www.laabmayr.at and www.bvr.at 20/08.

Dibit Messtechnik received a EUR150,500 contract for construction supervision and control measurements on lots H1 and H2-2 on the Kundl/Radfeld-Baumkirchen section of the Inn valley railway. Lot H2-2 is a 2.4 km cut-and-cover tunnel section. Visit www.dibit-scanner.at or http://dibit.itz.cc 20/08. Bernard Ingenieure ZT pocketed a EUR1.06 million contract for site coordination for the technical equipment for lots A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A10, H1, H2-2 and O1 on the Kundl/Radfeld-Baumkirchen section of the Inn valley railway. Visit www.bernard-ing.com 20/08.

Östu-Stettin and H. Junger Bauges clinched a EUR11.5 million deal to refurbish the 5.4 km, first tube of the Katschberg tunnel on highway A10. The Katschberg mountain is located on the border of Carinthia and Salzburg, 100 km from the city of Salzburg. Visit www.oestu-stettin.at and www.junger.at 20/08.

Cavico Corp. announced that Cavico Transportation, its wholly owned subsidiary, has signed a contract, estimated to be approximately USD9.43 million, for tunnel construction at Huoi Quang hydropower plant. The total length of tunnel is 9,895.89 metres. Its external diameter is 9 m and the internal diameter equals 7.5 m. The geology is porphyric rock and rhyolite. The planned method of excavation is drill and blast and conventional excavator equipped with bucket.

The Coentunnel Company BV consortium, formed by VINCI Concessions and VINCI Construction’s subsidiaries CFE and Dredging International, together with Dura Vermeer, Arcadis, Besix and TBI, signed on 22nd April, 2008 the concession contract for the Coen tunnel in Amsterdam with the Dutch Minister for Water and Public Works. The project, worth over EUR500 million in total, calls for the financing, design and construction of an immersed, 8-lane road tunnel, refurbishment of the existing 600 m tunnel and maintenance of both tunnels for a period of 30 years.

A group of engineering firms led by Pro Iter, teaming with Eng Team & Partners, C&T Engineering, Geosyntech and Spain’s FHECOR, scooped a EUR764,600 contract to prepare the final design, safety coordination during final design and associated assignments (surveying, geotechnical and geological studies, etc.) as part of the upgrading of road SS13 "Pontebbana" from the south ring road in Udine to Pordenone province's road system, first lot on the section from Ronche di Fontanafredda interchange to Ponte della Delizia. The project includes a 1.4 km single-tube two-lane cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit www.proiter.it, www.engteam.it, www.cetengineering.it, www.geosyntech.it and www.fhecor.es 18-19/08.

Bemel Norge, Witt & Sohn's partner in Norway, pocketed a NOK7.2 million contract to supply impulse ventilators with a combined driving power of 72-80 kN for fire ventilation in a new 2.6 km-long tunnel on Bergen's west ring road, section Dolvik-Sandeide of road Rv 557. Visit www.bemel.no and www.wittfan.de 17/08.

Iceland Prime Contractor (IAV) and Marti Contractors signed on 8th April a ISK3.48 billion contract to build the Oshlid tunnel. The tunnel is 5.1 km long and 8.7 m wide and the portals are 310 m long, so the tunnel will stretch for 5.4 km in total. The contract also includes 3 km of roads and there are also two bridges, of 8 m and 32 m in length. The bid from IAV and Marti was 88% of the owner's cost estimate for construction costs. The whole tunnel is on land, under the Oshlid mountain.

A joint venture of Zueblin, Baresel, Ostu-Stettin and Hinteregger signed a EUR140 million contract to build a 1.8 km 105 sq m tunnel on road B 29 in Schwäbisch Gmünd. Visit www.zueblin.de, www.baresel.de, www.oestu-stettin.at and www.hinteregger.co.at 17/08.

Inros Lackner and WBI signed a EUR1.3 million contract for planning of a new 3 km-long 4 m-diameter flood relief tunnel and outlet structure from the Freiberger Mulde to Chemnitzbach. Visit www.inros-lackner.de and www.wbionline.de 17/08.

IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects has secured a INR4.8 billion contract from the Narmada Valley Development Authority for the construction of the third phase of the Indira Sagar irrigation project in the Sanawad district of Madhya Pradesh. Work involves the construction of 46 km of canal and 5 km of tunnel. The order also comprises the survey, planning, design, estimation, reparation of land acquisition cases, forest case and its clearance, shifting of HT and LT electric lines. Work is starting for completion within 48 months. Visit www.ivrcl.com 16/08.

A joint venture of Porr Tunnelbau, Jaeger Bau and Ostu-Stettin won the tender for planning and construction of the 2 x 2,082 m-long 70 sq m Osterberg tunnel in Saxony on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. The twin single-track tunnel will be built using the sprayed concrete lining method. The two tubes will be connected by six cross-passages. Visit www.porr-ag.de or www.porr.at, www.jaegerbau.com and www.oestu-stettin.at 16/08.

Inexia, the engineering arm of the French Railways, SNCF, in joint venture with SEA Consulting and SWS Engineering, both of Italy, pocketed a EUR6.2 million project management contract for the planned safety tunnel parallel to the existing 12.9 km Frejus cross-border road tunnel between France and Italy, from the contract awarding phase to the commissioning phase. Visit www.inexia-ingenierie.com, www.seaconsult.eu and www.swsengineering.it 16/08.