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.

Award of lots 1 & 3 of 3 year assets and facilities management contract for Heathrow Express, including shafts and tunnels, value GBP11.65 million excluding VAT, to Amey Community Ltd of Oxford, with option to renew for further 7 years. Award of lot 2, value GBP1.078 to Firstco Ltd of London. More from Mark Chestney at Heathrow Express Operating Company in London, tel +44 20875066-00, fax -90, e-mail hex@halcrow.com http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=167525-2009 26/09.

JV Sdruzeni Horni Pomoravi II, comprising ZS, Arko Technology and Metrostav, secured the EUR27 million contract for the construction of 26 km of new sewers in the areas of Lostice and Mohelnice, and for the reconstruction and upgrading of sewage treatment plants in Mohelnice. Contact Vodohospodarska zarizení Sumperk, Mr Roman Milek, Sumperk. tel +420 583-317323, fax -214845, e-mail milek@vhz.cz. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=169998-2009. 27/09.

Award of contract E 03 at undisclosed price, including construction of twin track 4.5 km-long Gevingasen tunnel and associated works to Sobstad AS of Heimdal. More from Lisbeth Smedbraten at Jernbanverket in Oslo, tel +47 91655041, e-mail lis@jbv.no http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=164412-2009

Zitron Nederland BV (Hengelo) has secured the contract, value EUR12.7 million, for supply and assembly of the tunnel ventilation plant for the Salzburg-bound and the Villach-bound tubes (2 x 6,400 m) of the Tauern tunnel on the Tauern motorway A10. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid= 170046-2009 and www.zitron.nl 27/09.

Schachtbau Nordhausen GmbH at Lengenfeld, Germany, secured the contract for refurbishment of Staufer safety tunnels on B10, value EUR3.89 million. Contact Michael Maué, Landesbetrieb Mobilitat Speyer, Speyer, tel +49 6232626-1226, fax +49 4626129141-7690, e-mail michael.maue@lbm-speyer.rlp.de. Visit www.schachtbau.de and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=163857-2009 26/09.

The overall contract for construction of the 4.5 km-long Gevingasen tunnel has been awarded to Mika AS, value EUR42.87 million excluding VAT. More from Lisbeth Smedbraten at Jernbaneverket in Oslo, tel +47 91655041, e-mail lis@jbv.no. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=161191-2009

Consortium Metroul SA/Systra SA (Bucarest) secured the EUR875 million contract for civil engineering and project management consultancy services for the 6.1 km-long Drumul Taberei-Universitate section of the Magistrala 5 Bucarest metro line with 8 stations from Brancusi to Eroilor. The Magistrala 5 Line will be 9 km-long with 14 stations: Ghencea, Prelungirea Ghencea, Râul Doamnei, Brancuşi, Romancierilor, Drumul Taberei, Drumul Taberei 34, Favorit, Orizont, Academia Militara, Eroilor 2, Haşdeu, Cişmigiu şi Universitate 2 and Piaţa Universităţii. Contact Bratu Romulus and Ing Rotaru Stefan at Metrorex SA in Bucharest, tel +40 2131-93670, fax -25149, e-mail rbratu@metrorex.ro. Visit www.metrorex.ro, www.metroul.ro, www.systra.com and http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=134688-2009. 22/09.

Siemens Schweiz AG, Building Technologies, D4 Platz 3, CH-6039 Root Längenbold, secured the EUR38.2 million contract for renovation of the fire detection system in Seelisberg tunnel (lot 2). Contact OFROU, Zofingen, Projektmanagement I, e-mail zofingen@astra.admin.ch, fax +41 627457590. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=137803-2009. 22/09.

IG ALB, c/o Amberg Engineering AG, Trockenloostrasse 21, CH-8105 Regensdorf-Watt secured the EUR168.5 million contract for civils works to optimize the security of the 5.2 km-long Sachseln tunnel. Contact Federal Roads Office FEDRO in Zofingen, fax +41 62 7457590, e-mail zofingen@astra.admin.ch. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=136144-2009. 22/09.

Swiss company Lombardi SA of Minusio secured a 4-year framework agreement, value EUR200,000-500,000, for consulting services to the Centralized Technical Management of the Mont Blanc Tunnel. Contact Daniel Marino of GEIE TMB in Chamonix, tel +33 450553-947, fax -891, e-mail d.marino@tunnelmb.com. Visit www.lombardi.ch and http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=131979-2009. 22/09.

G. Völkl GesmbH of Leoben, www.voelkl.co.at, has secured the EUR1.5 million contract for supply and installation of the flaps for the tunnel ventilation system for the Salzburg-bound and the Villach-bound tubes (2 x 6,400 m) of the Tauern tunnel on the A10 motorway. Contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420, e-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=137277-2009. 22/09.

JV Linia 9 secured the EUR12.5 million contract for complementary project no 3, section 2 Parc Logístic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcació-Fira on Line 9. Code TM-00509.5A-C3. Contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488, e-mail dlh@gisa.cat. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=127688-2009. 22/09.

Contract to upgrade Gnistangs tunnel in Gothenburg awarded to Svevia AB of Hisings-Backa, tel +46 84041000, e-mail peter.ax@svevia.se, value EUR1.6 million. More details from Marlene Hansson at Vaegverket in Gothenburg, tel +46 31635167, e-mail marlene.hansson@vv.se. http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=131712-2009 22/09.

Dodin Campenon Bernard leading JV of Dodin Campenon Bernard/Chantiers Modernes/Spie Batignolles Tpci/Cegelec/GTIE Transports Enfrasys/Setec Als/ Setec Tpi/Setec Its/ Strates/Vergely, of Parc d'affaires Silic, 4 Place des Etats-Unis, BP 70205, F-94518 Rungis cedex secured the EUR172.4 million design and construction contract for the heavy refurbishment of the 1,750 m Croix-Rousse tunnel in Lyon. This includes boring a safety tunnel parallel to the existing road tunnel. More from Communaute Urbaine de Lyon, fax +33 478 957097, or visit http://marches.grandlyon.com. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=131685-2009. 22/09.

JV Wayss & Freytag Ingenieurbau AG/Bauunternehmung Granit Gesellschaft m.b.H secured construction of lot KAT1 of the Koralm tunnel on the Graz-Klagenfurt high speed line. This is the first lot for the Koralm tunnel, including 2 x 2 km of mined tunnels to be built in NATM in mixed face conditions using explosives and excavator or roadheader, and 2 x 300 m of cut-and-cover tunnels and sections at grade. The diameter of the tunnels is 10 m. The geology is Tertiary sediments comprising silty sands, clay, silt, and sandstones. Visit www.wf-ingbau.de, www.granit-bau.at and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=it&docid=038849-2009, OJ S 27, or contact ÖBB Infrastruktur Bau, Vienna, e-mail markus.reiterer@bau.oebb.at. 22/09.