Germany North Rhine - Westphalia - de/106 Roads
10.03.2010 |
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...
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Austria Brenner - at/16 High Speed Railway & Italy Brenner - it/103 High Speed Railway
10.03.2010 |
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. ..
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Switzerland Ceneri - ch/14 High Speed Railway
10.03.2010 |
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 ..
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Austria Linz - at/36 Tramway
10.03.2010 |
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...
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Italy National - it/158 Railways |
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
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Pakistan Karakorum - pk/22 Railway |
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.
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China Hong Kong - cn/82 West Island Line |
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.
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Awards
The following awards of contracts have been made over the last year. Project updates will appear on the front page at www.tunnelbuilder.com where the permanent record of progress will be maintained in the Archive files. Details of progress, methods and equipment used should be reported to olaia@tunnelbuilder.com for publication.
Spain Basque Country - es/100 High Speed Railway |
12.02.2008 |
Eptisa landed a EUR1.2 million contract for site supervision and work inspection during construction of the Ordizia-Itsasondo section of the high speed line. This 2,859 m-long section runs almost fully in tunnel (2,814 metres). Visit www.eptisa.es 07/08. |
Spain Catalonia - es/143 Railway |
12.02.2008 |
Restricted call for tenders, deadline 20th March, 2008 for completion of the 3,311 m Albogasio single bored tunnel on bypass road SS 340 Regina on the Italian side of Lake Lugano to the border with Switzerland, including construction of a ventilation facility, a parallel safety tunnel with cross passages to the main tunnel, and installation of E&M equipment. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=24211-2008, OJ S 19, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064456224 or 064462009. E-mail i.polchi@stradeanas.it 07/08. |
Germany Thuringia and Saxony - de/51 High Speed Railway |
12.02.2008 |
A joint venture led by Marti Tunnelbau, with its sister company Marti Austria and Johann Bunte Bauunternehmung of Germany as partners, pocketed a EUR200 contract to build the Bibra tunnel, which consists of two parallel single-track tubes, 6,414 m long each, and a 1.3 km open air stretch on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line |
France Marseille - fr/68 Road |
12.02.2008 |
The Marseille Provence Metropolis Urban Community has selected the consortium led by VINCI Concessions (58.5%) in partnership with Eiffage (41.5%) for the financing, design, construction, maintenance and operation of the Prado Sud toll tunnel in Marseille. The project consists of a public service management contract with a concession duration of 46 years, including the design and build period. |
France Corsica - fr/24 Hydro Rizzanese |
12.02.2008 |
A joint venture of Razel, Bilfinger Berger and BEC Frères will build the Rizzanese hydro scheme, including a 5,860 m-long subhorizontal headrace tunnel, whereof 500 metres of a horseshoe-shaped cross-section stretch equivalent to a 3.90 m diameter will be built by drilling and blasting under steep gradient of 4.77%, and 5,360 metres by TBM under low gradient, with a bored diameter of 3.50 m. The project also includes a 90 m-high surge chimney, with inner diameter ranging from 2.40 m (lower half) to 7 m (upper half). Thirty metres will be built with traditional methods and the rest using a raise borer. Visit www.razel.fr, www.bilfingerberger.de and www.becfreres.com 07/08. |
Chile Santiago - cl/25 Expressway |
12.02.2008 |
Indra has been awarded a contract to implement its traffic management, toll and tunnel control systems in the Nororiente highway and in the San Cristobal tunnel in the capital, Santiago de Chile. |
Argentina Buenos Aires - ar/21 Flood Mitigation |
12.02.2008 |
Ghella scooped a ARS454.2 million contract to build two flood relief tunnels from the main storm drainpipe of the Maldonado creek basin, with important associated works, as well as reinforcement works of the storm water secondary system of collectors, to avoid significant inconveniences generated by floods that are produced by storms. |
Vietnam Lam Dong Province - vn/22 Hydropower |
5.02.2008 |
Cavico Corp. has been awarded a construction contract valued at USD19.2 million to build the second section of the headrace tunnel at the Dambri hydropower plant. The latest contract with Southern Hydropower Joint Stock Company is to construct a 3.2 km-long and 3.66 m to 4.30 m-wide section of the headrace tunnel. |
Spain Valencian Community Road |
5.02.2008 |
The design of a 1.2 km tunnel to cross the Cullera mountain and shorten the distance between the N-332 and the beaches has been commissioned to Iva Leying for EUR399,000. The company has seven months to complete the designs of the tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 6/2008. Visit www.iva-leying.es 06/08. |
Portugal Region North pt/36 Railway |
5.02.2008 |
A consortium comprising Soares da Costa and Spie Batignolles Europe has won a EUR15.7 million tender to design and build the first phase of the Trofa railway bypass on the Minho line, in Porto district and Ave subregion. The first phase of the 3,555 m rail bypass is a 1,404 m-long 85 sq m tunnel that has to be completed in 730 days. Visit www.refer.pt, www.soaresdacosta.pt and www.spiebatignolles.fr 06/08. |
Italy Piedmont - it/136 Hydropower |
5.02.2008 |
ENEL awarded the construction of the headrace tunnel for the Crevola Toce III hydropower scheme to a joint venture led by Monti and Giacomini Comm. Alberto, with SELI as other partner. Visit www.montispa.it, www.agifin.com/giacominispa/index_giacominispa.html and www.selitunnel.com or www.selitecnologie.com |
France Paris - fr/44 Metro Line 4 |
5.02.2008 |
A joint venture of BEC Frères, Soletanche Bachy, Urbaine de Travaux and Sotraisol Fondations bagged a EUR35.6 million contract to build lot T1 of the extension of Line 4 from Porte d'Orléans to Montrouge. This is a 677 m tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 16/2005. These companies also pocketed lot T3 of the tender for the construction of niches in the existing tunnel in Porte d'Orleans. |
France Paris - fr/28 Metro Line 28 |
5.02.2008 |
A joint venture of VINCI's companies Chantiers Modernes and Campenon Bernard, with also Eiffage TP pocketed a EUR93.1 million contract to build lot T1 of the extension of Line 12 from Porte de la Chapelle to Mairie d'Aubervilliers. This is a 3.6 km tunnel, from Porte de la Chapelle to the cul de sac, to be bored by a 7.8 m-inner diameter TBM. Visit www.chantiers-modernes.fr, www.cbconstruction.fr, www.travauxpublics.eiffage.com and http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m12
A joint venture of VINCI's companies Chantiers Modernes and Sogea, with also Eiffage TP pocketed a EUR15.5 million contract to build lot S1. This is to build Proudhon-Gardinoux station, using slurry walls. Read E-News Weekly 16/2005. Visit www.vinci-construction.fr and http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m12 06/08.
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France Lorraine - fr/25 Nuclear Waste Dump |
5.02.2008 |
Setec bagged a EUR2 million contract for studies for the underground architecture of the long-life nuclear waste repository. Read E-News Weekly 6/2006, 24/2004, 27/2002 & 17/2002. Visit www.setec.fr 06/08. |
Cyprus Paphos District - cy/12 Motorway |
5.02.2008 |
The Kinyras consortium led by J&P-Avax (45%), with French infrastructure and transport concessions group VINCI Concessions (40%) and Cybarco (15%), has been named preliminary preferred bidder for the motorway section linking Paphos to Polis. The project consists of a 30-year contract that includes the financing, design, construction and operation of a 31 km stretch of motorway, |
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