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.

Construction of the 4.75 km Trinidad junction-Montcada i Reixac section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line has been commissioned to Corsan-Corviam, Copasa, and Vias y Construcciones. The contract is worth EUR127.6

The Norwegian public roads administration awarded a NOK138 million contract to MIKA comprising blasting, grouting, and rock reinforcement of the 2.1 km Fatlaberget tunnel, with Norwegian profile T8.5 (roadway width), on road Rv55. The contract also

Veidekke has signed a contract with Jernbaneverket, the national rail administration, for the Skallum substructure (contract LS-02), which is part of the new double-track railway line between Skøyen and Asker. The contract price is NOK365 million.

Pöyry is designing the Bibra and Osterberg tunnels, respectively 2 x 6.8 km and 2 x 2.4 km, for the Erfurt-Halle/Leipzig high

Gwinnett's Department of Water Resources on 19th March approved a USD54.2 million contract with a joint venture between Mole, Jay Dee, Kassouf and Murray Hill companies to build the 4,880 m, 3.66 m-diameter No Business Creek wastewater

Acciona and M. y J. Gruas received a EUR30.1 million contract to build section II, subsection A of the Segarra-Garrigues canal. It includes the Oliola tunnel, 4,470 metres of which will be bored and 521 metres dug in cut and cover.

The Bouregreg valley development agency awarded a MAD491 million contract for construction of the 1,022 m-long Oudayas tunnel to Italian companies Pizzarotti and Alpi DE.CO. The CID / Lombardi JV will be responsible for the studies and technical

The successful bidder for the executive design and construction of the high speed rail tunnel under Florence is a JV headed by Coopsette, with consortium Ergon Engineering and Contracting, whose partners are CO.ES.TRA., Inso and the Etruria

Michaniki is the preferred bidder for construction of the new Kiato-Rododafni double-track line, including the Derverni tunnels in Northern Peloponnese, budgeted at EUR211 million. The project includes the construction of the infrastructure of a modern

The 399 east section of the east-west highway from the Tunisian to the Morrocan borders will be built by COJAAL, a Japanese consortium including Kajima, Taisei, Maeda, Nishimatsu, Hazama and Itochu. Their contract has a value of DZD376 billion.

A joint venture named S3 Tunnel Constructors comprising Skanska USA Civil (37.5%), Schiavone Construction (37.5%) and J.F. Shea Construction (25%) has been contracted by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to manage and carry out

Narval Ingenieria and Geocisa signed a EUR1.4 million contract for on-site control and work supervision during construction

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) announced that Affholder was awarded the contract to build the 27th Street deep tunnel, a 3.2 km-long 6.4 m-diameter tunnel about 90 metres underground in bedrock to hold wastewater and help

ADIF, the high speed railway administration, awarded Acciona Infraestructuras and Excavaciones Viuda de Sainz a EUR80.9

The construction contract of the Cornellana-Puerto de Cerrado road bypass and Ranadoiro tunnel on road AS-15 has been awarded to a JV formed by Ferrovial Agroman, OCA and Aglomerados Asfalticos, for EUR40.6 million. The time frame for