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.

Jacobs Engineering Group announced on 29th April that it received, in joint venture with its partner LiRo Engineers, a contract from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Construction Company to provide consultant construction management services for the East Side Access project in New York City. The value of the seven-year contract is estimated at USD75 million. The project involves boring nearly 11.2 km of railroad tunnels in Manhattan and Queens, laying 15,250 metres of track, building a new terminal under Grand Central Terminal, and building a new commuter station in the Sunnyside Yard in Queens in addition to extensive infrastructure work. Visit www.jacobs.com and www.liro.com

Pöyry has been awarded an engineering services contract in the Gotthard base tunnel project by the Swiss Transtec Gotthard consortium. The assignment comprises support of the operational management, technical coordination and planning integration. The value of the contract is about EUR10 million.

AEPO secured a EUR2.3 million contract to design the 27 km Venta de Baños section on the Valladolid-Burgos-Venta de Baños-Palencia line. There are two tunnels, each 1.1 km in length. Visit www.aepo.es 20/08.

Elettrica System pocketed a EUR3 million contract to rehabilitate the lighting equipment in tunnels on highway A10 Genoa-Ventimiglia-French border: Madonna delle Grazie II (386 m), Vignetta (734 m), Cavetto I (241 m), Cavetto II (295 m), Varazze (374 m), Cantalupo (768 m), Piani di Celle (363 m),

Electro Obrist scooped a EUR2.62 million contract for the E&M equipment (ventilation, lighting and safety outfit) for the Ora bypass road and the connection between the Ora-San Lugano trunk road SS 48 and highway A22. The Ora bypass road includes the 995 m Castelfeder tunnel, which holed through in February. The connection between the SS 48 and the A22 is the second section of the Ora bypass road and includes the 1,078 m San Daniele tunnel. Tenders for the construction of the San Daniele tunnel have been declared void in March. Click here and here. Visit www.electro-obrist.com 20/08.

On 29th April, 2008, a consortium headed by Impregilo has been provisionally awarded a contract worth about EUR630 million for the final and constructional designs and construction of the first stretch of the Pedemontana Lombarda motorway, from highway A8 in Cassano Magnago to highway A9 in Lomazzo, and the first sections of the Como and Varese bypass roads and associated works.

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.