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.

International call for tenders, deadline 9th May, 2007 for civil works, installation, assembly, testing and commissioning of E&M equipment as part of the first stage of the Sao Francisco River inter-basin transfer project in the states of Pernambuco, Ceara, Paraiba and Rio Grande do Norte. The project includes a north axis and an east axis, representing a conveyance system of 722 km, whereof 591 km of canals, 20 km of pipelines, 51.6 km of tunnels (15 tunnels), and 26 reservoirs. Lot A includes the 726 m Angico tunnel and the 1,512 m Milagres tunnel. Lot B includes the 15,257 m Cuncas I tunnel, and the 4,015 m Cuncas II tunnel. Lot D includes the 6,489 m Monteiro tunnel. Lot E includes the 800 m Cacimba da Mata tunnel, the 1,200 m Bom Nome tunnel, the 1,200 m Cachoeira tunnel, the 900 m Tigre tunnel, the 2,500 m Ipojuca I tunnel, and the 10,000 m Ipojuca II tunnel. Lot F includes the 310 m Tambor tunnel, the 5,735 m Major Sales tunnel, the 500 m Diamantina tunnel, and the 480 m Javaris tunnel. The engineering firm that designed the tunnels is Engecorps. The required investment in 1999 dollars is USD1.49 billion. Contact Ministério da Integração Nacional, Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco E, sala 896/898, Plano Piloto, Brasilia (DF). Tel. +55 6134145567, fax +55 6134145566. 14/07.
International call for tenders, deadline 25th April, 2007 for supervision, technical assistance and technological control as part of the civil works, installation, assembly, testing and commissioning of E&M equipment within the first stage of the Sao Francisco River inter-basin transfer project in the states of Pernambuco, Ceara, Paraiba and Rio Grande do Norte. Contact Ministério da Integração Nacional, Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco E, sala 896/898, Plano Piloto, Brasilia (DF). Tel. +55 6134145567, fax +55 6134145566.