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 headed by Geodata, with Tecnicoop, Siteco, Policreo and Ineco as partners, won the tender to carry out the final design of Phase 1 of the metrotram in Bologna, offering a discount of EUR625,000, or 25% less than the tender estimate of EUR2.5 million. The contract is for construction design for the 3.5 km, first lot from Fiera Michelino to the central railway station and preliminary design up to Maggiore Hospital.

Zecon Engineering received a letter in July 2007 from the Jabatan Bekalan Air Negeri Sembilan, the Department of water supply in Negeri Sembilan state, accepting the company's tender for construction of the Triang transfer tunnel and associated works (package 1, scheme B) for an amount of MYR125 million.

Excavation and structural work on the SGD12 billion Downtown Line (DTL) will be started during the last quarter of 2007. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded contracts for Phase 1 of the DTL worth nearly SGD500 million to three construction firms which have extensive experience in large-scale projects in Singapore.

Samsung Engineering and Construction is leading a group of six other South Korean contractors that submitted proposals to the Seoul metropolitan city government at the end of June for the KRW570 billion construction of a tunnel under the Han river.

Indra pocketed a EUR4.6 million contract to supply and install safety and control systems in the Juan Carlos I tunnel in Viella in Lerida province. The new tunnel, located on the Vilaller-Viella section of trunk road N-230, will be equipped with the most modern safety and control systems, including signage, video monitoring, video detection, telephone and videoconference, IP communication network, fire detection, radio communication, SOS stations and ventilation and lighting control.

Euskontrol bagged a EUR1.3 million contract for work control and site supervision for section 4 Trapagaran-Gotostiza, section 5 Gorostiza-Kadagua, section 7 Kadagua-Peñascal and section 8 Peñascal-Larraskitu of the south metropolitan bypass, a new highway to relieve the A-8 in Bilbao. Section 4 includes the Argalario and Mesperuza tunnels, respective lengths of 1,816 m / 1,794 m and 538 m / 590 m. Section 5 includes the Santa Agueda tunnel (1,980 m / 1,964 m). Section 7 includes the Arraiz tunnel (2,261 m / 2,263 m) and a 247 m tunnel at the exit to Kadagua. Section 8 includes the Larraskitu tunnel (831 m / 894 m). Visit www.euskontrol.com 36/07.

GEO and Per Aarsleff have been contracted to undertake a series of deep borings for sampling of geotechnical information along the alignment and at station and shaft locations of the planned Circle Line. The programme considers 150-200 borings down to 50 m. Pumping tests will be made from a number of these borings.

Euroestudios and Fulcrum teamed up to get a EUR4.3 million contract for site supervision and work inspection during construction of the Lemoa-Galdakao and Galdakao-Basauri high speed rail sections in Biscay province. The 5.4 km Lemoa-Galdakao section includes the 1,820 m-long Galdakao tunnel. The 3.6 km Galdakao-Basauri section includes a 2,728 m-long tunnel. Visit www.euroestudios.es and www.fulcrum.es 35/07.

The executive design and construction of a 3.95 km section of Line 4, whereof approx. 2 x 2.8 kilometres of TBM-driven single-track tunnels and two stops, have been commissioned to a joint venture of Hochtief, Zueblin, Prien and H.C. Hagemann. Visit www.hochtief.de and www.zueblin.de 34/07.

A consortium comprising Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES), Pacific Consultants International (PCI) from Japan, PBI from the US and Systra from France has been awarded a general consultancy services contract for the implementation of Phase 1 of the Bangalore metro project. RITES is leading the consortium and its share in the INR2.15 billion contract works out to about 58.8%. The metro project is being undertaken by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation.

Asistencia Tecnica Industrial (Atisae) bagged a EUR390,000 contract to inspect buildings near the tunnels of the Trinidad junction-Montcada section in Barcelona. The 4.75 km section includes a 3,709 m-long tunnel, whereof 2,900 metres will be bored by an 11,300 mm-outer diameter TBM. Visit www.atisae.com 34/07.

The MTA Capital Construction Company has awarded a contract to Parsons Brinckerhoff to provide construction management services for the first phase of the Second Avenue subway project. The Second Avenue subway will include a two-track line along Second Avenue from 125th Street to the Financial District in Lower Manhattan. It will also include a connection to existing subway lines. Sixteen new stations will be constructed.

John Holland, a 99% owned subsidiary of Leighton Holdings, who is itself 54% owned by Germany's Hochtief, has won a AUD301 million contract to build Melbourne Water’s first stage of the northern sewerage project. 33/07

Hindustan Construction secured a INR3.16 billion contract to build a 11.85 km-long 3.6 m-diameter water tunnel from Maroshi in Andheri to Ruparel College in Matunga Road. 33/07

Statens vegvesen, the Norwegian public roads administration, awarded a NOK160 million contract to MIKA to build the 2.6 km Støylsnes tunnel and 800 metres of access roads on road Rv 55 along the Kjøsnes fjord in Jølster municipality. 33/07