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.

Further details are available about the Roveredo bypass and San Fedele tunnel. An invitation to tender for construction management is ongoing and the owner is currently assessing bids from contractors for the construction. Click ch/61. The parallel safety tunnel and the main tunnel have similar lengths (2,381 m). The main tunnel cross-section equals approx. 100 square metres, while the safety tunnel will feature an approx. 4 m diameter (12.5 square metres). Seven cross-passages, two lay-bys, two E&M plants (one at the south mouth and one in the tunnel) and a ventilation plant at the south mouth will also be built. Two attacks have been envisaged by the owner: one from south in the main tunnel and one from north in the safety bore but the bidders are free to submit alternatives. The geology is mainly two-mica gneiss, gneiss with hornblende, gneiss with biotite and schistous gneiss, with high compressive strength. Water infiltration is possible. For the main tunnel, a pilot bore will first be driven using a TBM, approx. 4 m in diameter, then the pilot bore will be enlarged. Both digging phases will follow an ascending gradient. Then the TBM will be re-used for the safety tunnel, this time as per a descending gradient. The bidders were free to propose alternatives to this. Rock reinforcement will be secured mainly by means of bolts, anchors, welded mesh, shotcrete and steel arches. The bidders were also free to choose their method for rock haulage. The construction contract is scheduled to be awarded in November. Excavation of the tunnel will begin in spring 2009. The E&M equipment and ventilation are not included in the civil works contract. 32-33/08.