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 call for tenders, deadline 4th March, 2008 for construction supervision of the 2 x 6.4 km Bibra tunnel on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=32010-2008, OJ S 24, or contact DB ProjektBau, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399. E-mail Roswitha.Becker@bahn.de 07/08.

International tender, deadline extended to 10th March, 2008 for the sanitary improvement project of Lima’s marginal areas, lots 1, 2 and 3 consisting in a turnkey lump sum design/build contract for a water intake in the Rimac river; the potable water treatment plant in Huachipa and a pipeline named northern leg or Cono Norte main line. The northern leg is a pressure pipeline of approximately 26 km long, including two 5 km tunnels, featuring a cross-section of 2.40 m x 2.40 m. There is no intermediate access so that there will be two drives in each tunnel from the entry and exit, each drive having a length of 2,500 metres. The Republic of Peru received a loan from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). A time frame of 930 days is expected to prepare the designs and construct these important projects. Contact Servicio de agua potable y alcantarillado de Lima (Sedapal), Autopista Ramiro Prialé n° 210, Distrito de El Agustino, Lima. Tel. 51 13173036, fax +51 13623097 or visit www.sedapal.com.pe/contenido/lpi-004-2007bs.pdf 07/08.

Restricted call for tenders, deadline 20th March, 2008 for completion of the 3,311 m Albogasio single bored tunnel on bypass road SS 340 Regina on the Italian side of Lake Lugano to the border with Switzerland, including construction of a ventilation facility, a parallel safety tunnel with cross passages to the main tunnel, and installation of E&M equipment. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=24211-2008, OJ S 19, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064456224 or 064462009. E-mail i.polchi@stradeanas.it 07/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 4th April, 2008 for preliminary design for a new 1.1 km 10.1 sq m drinking water tunnel below Vikåsen in Trondheim municipality, connecting Vikelvdalen and Fortuna. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=32059-2008, OJ S 24, or contact Trondheim kommune, Trondheim, fax +47 72542651 or 72597070. E-mail halvard.kierulf@trondheim.kommune.no or oivind.ligard@ptl.no 07/08.

Periodic notice, deadline unspecified, being a call for bids aiming at reducing time limits for the receipt of tenders, for 2.7 kilometres of double tracking between Loiola and Herrera stations, including a 1.6 km tunnel, redevelopment of Herrera station, a new station in Intxaurrondo and refurbishment of the existing tunnel to be used by freight trains only. Read E-News Weekly 37/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=36593-2008, OJ S 27, or contact ETS-RFV, Bilbao, fax +34 946572601. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 07/08.

Periodic notice, deadline unspecified, being a call for bids aiming at reducing time limits for the receipt of tenders, for design of the overhead installations (switches, tunnel lighting, energy supply) for the Pajares railway bypass between La Robla and Pola de Lena. This includes the 2 x 24.6 Pajares tunnel and 12 tunnels on the north and south accesses to this base tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 10/2007 & 5/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=30386-2008, OJ S 23, or contact ADIF, Madrid, tel. +34 915067281. E-mail gvillegas@adif.es 07/08.

Periodic notice, deadline unspecified, being a call for bids aiming at reducing time limits for the receipt of tenders, for construction of 2,700 metres of the Etxebarri-Txurdinaga section of Line 3 of the Bilbao subway and two stations in cavern (Txurdinaga and Otxakoaga). Read E-News Weekly 37/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=35192-2008, OJ S 26, or contact ETS-RFV, Bilbao, fax +34 946572601. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 07/08.

Periodic notice, deadline unspecified, being a call for bids aiming at reducing time limits for the receipt of tenders, for construction of the new Artxanda tunnel, including a 1.9 km dual-track rail tunnel and 700 metres of cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=36591-2008, OJ S 27, or contact ETS-RFV, Bilbao, fax +34 946572601. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 07/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 20th March, 2008 for draft design of the 3.6 km Eppenberg tunnel, as part of the upgrade and widening from two tracks to four tracks of the Daeniken-Woeschnau rail section on the Bern-Olten-Zurich line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=27947-2008, OJ S 21, or contact SBB, Olten, fax +41 512296036. E-mail gabriele.pagliari@sbb.ch 06/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 3th March, 2008 for design of the Urnieta-Hernani section in Gipuzkoa province, including the 2,638 m 95 sq m Urnieta single bored tunnel and the 815 m 95 sq Hernani tunnel.

Open call for tenders, deadline 14th March, 2008 for a construction schedule including tender documents and overview of quantity for the 2.3 km Kolsdalen-Lumberkrysset section on the new 4-lane national road Rv 456 in Kristiansand municipality.

Open call for tenders, deadline 19th March, 2008 for construction of lot 2 of the SS 12 bypass road, which forms part of the Ora ring road and the connection between trunk road SS 48 Ora-San Lugano and highway A22. This includes a 1.8 km two-lane bidirectional tunnel, which will be built in dark red porphyries of high value, requiring the use of a diamond blade like those used to cut the marble in quarries. Click here. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=24111-2008, OJ S 19, or contact Autonomous province of Bolzano, Bolzano, fax +39 471412539. E-mail gare-11.5@provincia.bz.it 06/08.

Negotiated procedure, deadline 12th February, 2008 for ownership, operation and maintenance of a potable water and waste water services network (lot 2) to the Olympic Park and Stratford city developments sites. This is for approximately 2.2 km of 1.2 m-diameter micro bored sewer tunnel from 3 m to 20 m deep and associated pipes. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=17995-2008, OJ S 14, or contact Olympic Delivery Authority, London, tel. +44 2032012000. E-mail waternetworksownershipandoperation@london2012.com 05/08.

Negotiated call for bids, deadline 4th February, 2008 for the Victoria station upgrade, comprising civil engineering, fit-out and services installations for a new subsurface Northern ticket hall, for extension to existing subsurface Southern ticket hall, new subsurface tunnels to provide access to existing platforms, and other minor works. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=7696-2008, OJ S 7, or contact London Underground Ltd, London, fax +44 2079183800. E-mail chris.eaglen@tube.tfl.co.uk 05/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 14th March, 2008 for upgrade of the equipment in the Miravete tunnel on the A-5 in Caceres province. The Miravete tunnel consists of two tubes of 1,141 m and 1,154 m. Read E-News Weekly 1/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=10956-2008, OJ S 10, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915978547 or 915978470. E-mail jmmendoza@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 05/08.