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.

The Slovak government has awarded to the consortium composed of FCC Construcción SA, Alpine Bau GmbH, Hochtief PPP Solutions GmbH and Carpatian Western Motorway Investors Company, the construction and operation of various sections of the motorway D1, along Hricovské Podhradie e Dubna Skala, northern Slovakia, near the city of Zilina. The total length of 25 km includes over 10 km of tunnels, of which 7.46 km-long Višnové tunnel is the longest. Contract value EUR1.9 billion includes maintenance for 30 years. Visit www.ndsas.sk, www.fccco.es, www.alpine.at and www.hochtief-pppsolutions.com. 05/10.

Transdyn of California has been selected to maintain and expand Maryland Transportation Authority's video surveillance systems for three years with a further two-year option. The programme will include preventative and corrective maintenance of all the authority's existing and future video surveillance sites, which include the Baltimore Harbor and Fort McHenry tunnels. Baltimore Harbor tunnel (2.3 km) forms part of Interstate 895 and provides a major north-south bypass of Baltimore City. The 8-lane Fort McHenry Tunnel (2.2 km) forms part of Interstate 95 and links the southern and eastern areas of Baltimore City. Visit www.transdyn.com and www.marylandtransportation.com. 04/10.

Cofely Energy & Infra BV secured the EUR228,720 contract (excluding VAT), for maintenance and equipment refurbishment in IJ tunnel (2 x 1,129 m) on S116 in Amsterdam. Contact W H Renkema at Amsterdam Municipality, Infrastructure and Transport, tel +31 205565-578, fax -710, e-mail w.renkema@ivv.amsterdam.nl. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=011335-2010. 03/10. Cofely Energy & Infra BV secured the EUR268,757 contract (excluding VAT), for maintenance and equipment refurbishment in Amsterdam Arena, Piet Hein (1,492 m) and IJ-tram tunnels in Amsterdam. Contact as above. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=011336-2010. 04/10.

Sdružení metro V.A (Metrostav a.s., Hochtief CZ a.s.), Metrostav, divize 8, Prosecká 24, Praga, secured the EUR521.8 million contract, excluding VAT, for North West extension of Prague Metro line A from Dejvická to Motol. Contact Ing. Josef Tomeček, IDS, Praga, e-mail tomecek@ids-praha.cz, tel +420 2360832-53, fax -23. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=011127-2010 04/10.

Negotiated contract for inherent defect insurance with coverage for 10 years for 1,814 m-long rail tunnel awarded to HDI/Allianz/Nassau/AXA. For more contact Bob Vandenberg at ProRail BV in Utrecht, e-mail bob.vandenberg@prorail.nl. For project history visit tunnelbuilder archive nl/24 and for more bid details go to http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=005922-2010. 03/10.

Oestu-Stettin Hoch- und Tiefbau GmbH, Münzenbergerstr. 38, 8700 Leoben has secured the EUR1.9 million contract for lining Fiecht rescue tunnel, lot V17, in Vomp community on the new Kundl/Radfeld-Baumkirchen stretch of the Lower Inn valley line. Contact GB Unterinntal – BBDL, Ing. Martin Röck, Innsbruck, tel +43 5125309-0, fax +43 512576887, e-mail bwb@beg.co.at. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=004909-2010 and www.oestu-stettin.at. 03/10.

New Jersey (NJ) Transit has awarded the first and the second of three tunnelling contracts for the planned $8.7bn Mass Transit Tunnel, a project to double the capacity of NJ-New York commuter rail. Visit www.njtransit.com. The third Hudson River Tunnels tender is in process. On 08.01.2010 the USD271.7million contract for a total of 3,169.92 m of twin-bore tunnel through the Palisades between Tonnelle Avenue Underpass in North Bergen and Hoboken was awarded

BG Ingénieurs Conseils (Ivry sur Seine, France) secured the EUR4 million contract for technical assistance services during renovation works on section A14 of the A86 motorway, including fire detection/protection and lighting on some 15 km of tunnel, creation of five safety exits and improving access to existing niches and exits, upgrading ventilation and electrical installations, and ancillary works. Contact Christophe Deniau or Laurent Vallet, M.T.E.T.M.- DIRIF, Direction de la construction/Met, 2-6 rue Olof Palme, immeuble 'La Galette', Créteil Cedex, tel +33 146764925, fax +33 149801757, e-mail christophe.deniau@developpement-durable.gouv.fr. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=361259-2009 and www.bg-21.com. 02/10.

The award procedure for permanent sealing of 1.2 km-long, 3.2 m-diameter VEAS outlet tunnel beneath Majorstua has been discontinued. Contact Ole-Petter Nilsen at Oslo Kommune, tel +47 4160 9145, e-mail olepetter.nilsen@vav.oslo.kommune.no. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=357051-2009. 02/10.

Porr Technobau und Umwelt AG, Swietelsky GmbH and Strabag bagged a EUR69 million contract for final equipment of the 3.5 km-long Lainzer tunnel. Contact Hd. von DI Andreas Pechhacker at ÖBB Infrastruktur Bau AG in Vienna, tel +43 193000-45701, e-mail andreas.pechhacker@bau.oebb.at.Visit www.porr.at/tunnelbau, www.swietelsky. at and www.strabag.com. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=356847-2009. 02/10

Contract to refurbish Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels beneath the River Thames awarded to Dean & Dyball Civil Engineering Ltd of Aylesford UK, ME20 7AQ, value GBP9,057,460 (EUR10 million) excluding VAT. More from murrayvanderpoll@deandyball.co.uk , tel +44 1622882-100, fax -080. Client is represented by Roger Price of London Borough of Greenwich, tel +44 2089215530, e-mail roger.price@greenwich.gov.uk. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=000138-2010. 02/10.

Impregilo, lead contractor with a 60% stake in a consortium including Colombian companies Conalvias and Tecnica Vial, has been awarded the tender to build a hydroelectric plant on the river Sogamoso in north-western Colombia, about 40 km from the city of Bucaramanga. The EUR345 million project involves the construction of a dam 190 m-high and 300 m-long, as well as the underground power station that will house three turbines totalling 820 MW of installed power. Impregilo is already excavating two 870 m-long, 11 m-diameter diversion tunnels, and building roads and access tunnels to the underground power station, worth a further EUR55 million. The client is ISAGEN S.A, a mixed public/private concession holder. Visit www.impregilo.it and www.conalvias.com. 01/10

Pooling Metro Build, Eik 175772134, picco Cherni, n. 92, BG-1407 Sofia, tel + 359 281699-00, fax -99 secured the Lot 1 contract, value EUR27.3 million, for construction of km 1+800 to km 3+100 section of Sofia metro line 2. Consorzio Metro - 2009, UIC 175.768.972, Cherkovna Street, n.37, BG-1505 Sofia, tel + 359 294269-10, fax -11, secured the Lot 2 contract, value EUR17.7 million, for construction of km 3+100 km -4+139.40 section of Sofia metro line 2. Contact Iskra Ilieva and Krasimira Georgieva, Metropoliten EAD, str. Kniaz Boris I, 121, Sofia, tel +359 29212722034, fax +359 29877892, e-mail ob_por_metro@abv.bg. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=350370-2009. 01/10

Award of contract, value EUR3,869,919 including 19% VAT, to PKE Verkehrstechnik GmbH of Vienna for electrical equipment refurbishment of 1.06 km-long Allach tunnel on A99 Westring Muenchen. More from e.duschek@pke.at and Herrn Schapfl at Autobahndirektion Sudbayern in Muenchen, tel +49 895455-20, fax –2200, e-mail vergabe@abdsb.bayern.de. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=348560-2009. 01/10

Award of contract number JN8208/2008 to construct 2.14 km-long twin-tube Markovec tunnel to CPM of SI-2000 Maribor, value EUR53,752,785 compared to engineer’s estimate of EUR82,932,000, both sums excluding VAT. More from Oto Rubinic at DARS in Celje, tel +386 130682-04, fax –06, e-mail oto.rubinic@ddc.si. For project history visit tunnelbuilder archive si/17. More at http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=337389-2009. 52/09.