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.

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.

Award of contract to SAG of D-84030 Ergolding for installation of lighting and signalling systems in Oberflaeche tunnel on the Mittlerer ring road, value EUR927,591 excluding VAT. More from Susanne Dopfer at LHS Muenchen, tel +49 89233-602-07, fax –15, e-mail submissionsbuero.bau@muenchen.de. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=337394-2009. 52/09.

Faver Spa (Bari) secured the EUR10.8 million contract for the technical monitoring, emergency works, maintenance and failure works for the main system aqueduct, and also refurbishment works of some stretches of Pavoncelli tunnel, belonging at Aqueduct Sele-Calore. Lot Centro Nord. Contact Alessio Alfonso Chimenti, Acquedotto Pugliese Spa, Bari, tel +39 0805723491, fax +39 0805723018, e-mail segreteria@acquisti.aqp.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=334516-2009 and www.faver.net. 52/09.

NUA Umweltanalytik GMBH, Südstadtzentrum 4, A-2344 Maria Enzersdorf secured the EUR730,000 contract for the measurement of emissions before and during the construction of exploration tunnels Innsbruck-Ahrental and Steinach-Wolf. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=335983-2009 and www.nua.co.at

Italian infrastructure company Astaldi now has a 27% interest in the Chacayes run-of-river property in jv with owners Pacific Hydro. Construction of the 6 km-long tunnel system by contracting jv Astaldi-Fe Grande will start in January, 2010 using a 6 m-diameter Wirth TBM equipped with PPS navigation. For project information visit tunnelbuilder archive cl/30. Click here for contacts for TBM details, and here for guidance system. For the broader picture visit www.pacifichydro.com.au.

Boschung Mecatronic AG of Granges-Paccot secured the EUR183,000 contract (TP.5.2) for renovation and transformation of the ice alarm installations in the 3,180 m-long Belchen tunnel. Contact OFROU, attn Gestion des projets II, Brühlstrasse 3, CH-4800 Zofingue, tel +41 6274575-11,fax -90, e-mail zofingen@astra.admin.ch. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=316197-2009 and www.boschung.com. 48/09. Bechtel Ingenieure AG of Liestal secured the EUR77,356 contract (TP 4.6) for renovation of ventilation systems in the existing electrical substations in the 3,180 m-long Belchen tunnel. Contact OFROU, attn Gestion des projets II, Brühlstrasse 3, CH-4800 Zofingue, tel +41 6274575-11,fax -90, e-mail zofingen@astra.admin.ch. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=316200-2009. 49/09.

IG BHU Sachseln, c/o IUB Ingenieur-Unternehmung AG, Obergrundstrasse 50, CH-6003 Luzern won the contract for engineering services during works to improve safety in 5.2 km-long Sachseln tunnel. Contact OFROU, attn Gestion des projets I, Zofingen, tel +41 6274575-11, fax -90, e-mail zofingen@astra.admin.ch http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=316201-2009. 49/09.