The construction contract for the EUR133 million Lai Chi Kok Transfer Scheme, advertised at tunnelbuilder.com earlier this year, has been awarded to Leighton Asia. The project includes two 4.9 m-diameter storm water drainage tunnels with total length of 3.7 km between West Kowloon reclamation and Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po districts, six intake shafts, a stilling basin, an outfall adit into Victoria Harbour, and 270 m of 3 m-diameter connection adits. Work starts immediately for completion in 2012. More from Quinnie Lee, tel +852 2823 1427, e-mail quinnie.lee@leightonasia.com 47/08..

Contract valued EUR414,000 awarded by Norwegian Railway Infrastructure Administration to Norconsult AS of Sandvika to provide technical and detailed plans of tunnels for the joint project E6 road and Dovrebanen, lot Minnesund-Kleverud, which includes one twin-tube 0.6 km-long road tunnel and 3.1 km of single railway tunnel over a 17 km-long alignment in Eidsvoll and Stange municipalities. ..

Contract for telecommunications installations for 6.5 km section of new double railway track in Baerum municipality for Lysaker-Sandvika, of which 5.5 km in tunnel, awarded by Jernbaneverket to T Connect AS of Manglerud, Oslo. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=292852-2008 More from Olaf Bjerknes, tel +47 9943 4144, e-mail olbj@jbv.no 46/08. ..

Bemel Norge AS of Majorstuen, Oslo has been awarded the contract to supply ventilation fans to the 5.37 km-long Atlantic Ocean tunnel between Kristiansund and Bremnes on National Road 64 in the value EUR555,000...

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.

Prior information notice for construction works, value EUR24.86 million, for a undergroung cut-and-cover tunnel from Pabellon Moises Ruiz to Plaza de Barcelona, 1,1 km, with 0.8 m-thick base, 1.0 m-thick walls and 1.0 m-thick roof, on Carretera de Ronda, in Almeria. The works will include intermodal station.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 19th May, 2008 for construction of a water supply pipeline from Beas dam to El Conquero treatment plant in Huelva province. The project is divided in four sections. The second section is a 2,323 m tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=84978-2008, OJ S 63, or contact Hidroguadiana, Merida, fax +34 924302203. E-mail manuela.murillo@hidroguadiana-sa.es 15/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 20th May, 2008 for quality control for the Cervera-Manresa section on the dualling of the transverse road C-25. Click es/140 for more. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=86771-2008, OJ S 64, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail correu@gisa.es 15/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 20th May, 2008 for safety and health coordination for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro related to subsection Bifurcación-Fira, in particular ground improvement; subsection Entry shaft in Motors Street-Zona Franca Zal (infrastructure, stations, workshops and rolling stock depot); subsection Zona Universitaria-Bifurcación (stations);

Open invitation to tender, deadline 21st May, 2008 for radio equipment for the 2 x 5,050 m Roppener tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=82386-2008, OJ S 61, or contact Asfinag, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 15/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 20th May, 2008 for design of a 2.8 km bypass to road N-152 in Ribes de Freser in Girona province. The road currently crosses the municipality and a new road has to be designed. It includes a 1,520 m bidirectional single bore tunnel, with two 3.5 m lanes, two 1 m shoulders and a 0.75 berm. Read E-News Weekly 5/2005 & 7/2003. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=67661-2008, OJ S 49, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915978547 or 915978470. E-mail jmmendoza@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 14/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 13th May, 2008 for construction supervision of the Figueras railway bypass on the Barcelona-Portbou conventional line. This 9,276 m project includes a 1,186 m tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=78662-2008, OJ S 58, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 14/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd April, 2008 for design of the 4,680 m cross city high speed tunnel and the new Campo Grande underground station in Valladolid. The Madrid-Valladolid high speed line entered in service in December 2007 but the bullet trains enter Valladolid at grade using the conventional tracks. Click here. Read E-News Weekly 5/2006, 49/2005, 38/2003 & 49/2002. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=79012-2008, OJ S 58, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 14/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 22nd April, 2008 for construction of the Vilagarcia de Arousa-Catoira section in Pontevedra province on the Atlantic coast high speed link. This 8.3 km section includes the 1,970 m Quinteiro tunnel, the 1,335 m Valicobas tunnel, the 625 m Abalo tunnel and the 560 m Outeiro cut-and-cover tunnel. All will accommodate two tracks and feature a minimum cross-section of 85 square metres. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=74297-2008, OJ S 55, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 14/08.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 28th April, 2008 for preliminary design of the new highway A52 between east and north Essen, including three tunnels with lengths of approx. 680 m, 700 m and 870 m, three galleries with lengths of approx. 245 m, 410 m and 600 m, and other structures. Rhis is a re-tender. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=82951-2008, OJ S 61, or contact Landesbetrieb Strassenbau Nordrhein-Westfalen, Essen, fax +49 2017298333. E-mail pbc-r-vergabeservice@strassen.nrw.de 14/08.

Open invitation for tenders, deadline 16th April, 2008 for construction supervision of the 2 x 2,070 m Osterberg tunnel in Saxony on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=77295-2008, OJ S 57, or contact DB ProjektBau, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399. E-mail jochen.ehrhardt@bahn.de 14/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 29th April, 2008 for general project management for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Read E-News Weekly 42/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=78755-2008, OJ S 58, or contact Conseil général de l’Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 14/08.

The deadline to bid for the civil works for the Nadarivatu renewable energy project (contract MR77/2007) has been set to 6th May, 2008. The scope of the civil works includes a construction camp, the Korolevu weir on the Sigatoka river, the Nadarivatu water conveyance system, which consists of an intake structure and either conveyance option 1 tunnel comprising a 1,936 m low pressure tunnel, surge/drop shaft, 1,349 m high pressure tunnel and tunnel discharge isolating valve or conveyance option 2 tunnel penstock comprising a 1,936 m low pressure tunnel, surge chamber,

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 28th April, 2008 for geological consultancy for the new 1,745 m city tunnel planned in Waidhofen an der Ybbs. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=82916-2008, OJ S 61, or contact Land Niederösterreich, St. Pölten, tel. +43 27429005. E-mail post.st5@noel.gv.at or post.lad3materialamt@noel.gv.at 14/08.

The Southern Nevada Water Authority is soliciting bids, deadline 21st April, 2008 for the Lake Mead intake No. 2 connection and modifications project (contract No. 070F 05 C1). The proposed underground works include connection to the existing intake tunnel and modifications to the existing intake structure, including but not limited to a 6.7 m-diameter 116 m-deep shaft, a ventilated building over the top of the shaft, a 4.3 m-wide by 4.9 m-high by 82 m-long modified horse shoe tunnel from shaft to existing IPS-2 tunnel, 4.3 m-wide by 4.9 m-high by 76 m-long modified horse shoe tunnel connection to the future tunnel from intake No. 3, and existing IPS-2 intake modifications. Click here. Visit www.snwa.com/nonpvcs/construction_ops/inv/070F05C1.pdf 13/08.

The eight candidates to construct the 6.5 km Estádio do Dragão-Venda Nova section of the Gondomar line, including a 980 m tunnel, are Mota-Engil, Somague, Soares da Costa, Monte Adriano and Efacec; Lena, Abrantina and Bento Pedroso; Conduril and Tecnovia; Isolux Corsán-Corviam, DTS (Domingos da Silva Teixeira) and Alexandre Barbosa Borges (ABB); Teixeira Duarte, OFM and Thales; Ramalho Rosa, FDO, Gabriel Couto and FCC; Zagope, Hagen and Siemens; and Edifer and Opway. Construction will take 21 months for opening in end 2010 or early 2011. 13/08.