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 for bids, deadline 12th March, 2008 for construction of the 375 m Nakke tunnel and the 850 m Haukabø tunnel on national road Rv 662 in Molde. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=18124-2008, OJ S 14, or contact Statens vegvesen Region central, Molde, fax +47 71274101. E-mail firmapost-midt@vegvesen.no 05/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 19th March, 2008 for project management and construction supervision for the section of the Route du Nord motorway A7 from the Waldhaff interchange to the Lorentzweiler interchange, including the 2 x 1,850 m Stafelter tunnel. The contract covers the civil engineering for the Stafelter tunnel and an open air section along with the E&M equipment for the Stafelter and Grouft tunnels. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=18969-2008, OJ S 15, or contact Ministry of public works, Luxembourg, fax +352 446597. E-mail dcv@pch.etat.lu 05/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 4th March, 2008 for upgrade of certain safety equipment in the 3,692 m Orelle tunnel on motorway A43. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=7253-2008, OJ S 7, or contact SFTRF, Modane, fax +33 479053120. E-mail marchespublics@tunneldufrejus.com 05/08.

International call for tenders, deadline 4th April, 2008 for preliminary and detailed designs, construction, installations, tests, maiden trips and commissioning of Line 12 of the Mexico City metro between Tláhuac and Mixcoac. The fully underground 24.5 km line will serve 22 stations. Bidding rules can be purchased until 25th January. Visit http://compranet.gob.mx or www.consejeria.df.gob.mx/gaceta/pdf/Enero08_%2021_257.pdf (pages 18 to 21) or contact Subdirección de concursos y contratos de la Dirección general de obras para el transporte, Avenida Universidad n° 800, Primer piso, Col. Santa Cruz Atoyac, C.P. 03310, Delegación Benito Juárez, Distrito Federal. Tel. +52 56887499, ext. 2292 and 2355. Click here for more. 04/08.

Open for bids, deadline 5th February, 2008 for design of the 27 km Venta de Baños section, including two tunnels of 1.1 km each. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=1052-2008, OJ S 1, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 04/08.

Negotiated call for tenders, deadline 11th February, 2008 for preliminary design of a 6.8 km section of the A 52 between Essen East (A 40) and Essen North (A 42), including three tunnels with lengths of approx. 680 m, 700 m and 870 m and two galleries with lengths of approx. 410 m and 600 m. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=11473-2008, OJ S 10, or contact Landesbetrieb Strassenbau Nordrhein6westfalen, Essen, fax +49 2017298333. E-mail achim.frieling@strassen.nrw.de 04/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 29th February, 2008 for planning and construction of the 2 x 2,070 m Osterberg tunnel in Saxony on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. The tunnel will be built using the sprayed concrete lining method. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=15958-2008, OJ S 13, or contact DB Netz, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399. E-mail annekatrin.richter@bahn.de 04/08.

Periodic notice, deadline unspecified, which is a call for tenders with the objective of reducing the time for receipt of bids, for design of the 5.4 km Urnieta-Hernani section, including the 2,638 m Urnieta tunnel and the 815 m Hernani tunnel. Both will be single bore tunnels with a cross section of 95 square metres. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=285494-2007, OJ S 234, or contact Red Ferroviaria Vasca, Bilbao, fax +34 946572601. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 03/08.

Invitation for prequalification, deadline 26th February, 2008 for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) package for civil works and hydromechanical equipment works for the Vishnugad Pipalkoti hydroelectric project. Civil works include a 65 m-high gravity concrete dam; a 10 m-diameter diversion and spill tunnel; a 12 m-diameter spill tunnel; an intake structure followed by three desilting chambers (each 350 m long x 16 m wide x 20.6 m high); a 13.4 km-long x 8.8 m-diameter horse shoe-shaped headrace tunnel; a 130 m-high x 22 m-diameter surge shaft; a 351 m-long x 5.2 m-diameter pressure shaft; an underground power house for four vertical Francis turbine generating each 111 MW;

Invitation to tender (No. 08/G/CE/2007-08/CELNPIND), deadline 1st February, 2008 for execution of the Sleemanabad carrier canal (Bargi right bank canal) of Bargi diversion project from Km 104 to Km 129 on turnkey basis comprising the survey, planning, geotechnical investigations, design, estimation, preparation of permanent land acquisition cases, construction of a lined tunnel of about 12 km long and 10 m in diameter with cut-and-cover transitions (about 900 m long), construction of canals (about 13 km) by excavation, cement concrete lining and commissioning and testing of the canal system. Read E-News Weekly 3/2008 & 2/2008. Contact Narmada Valley Development Authority, Office of CE (UNZ), Bargi Hills, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Tel. +91 7612370995, fax +91 7612370373, e-mail e-mail ceunznvdajab@mp.nic.in 03/08.

Invitation to tender, deadline 26th February, 2008 for design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of tunnel ventilation system and TVS-SCADA for nine underground stations (Udyog Bhawan, Race Course, Jorbagh, INA, AIIMS, Green Park, Haus Khas, Malviya Nagar and Saket) and associated tunnel sections on the Central Secretariat to Qutub Minar corridor of Phase 2 of Line 2 of the Delhi metro. Contact Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Chief Electrical Engineer/Planning, 3rd Floor, NBCC Place, Bhishma Pitamah Marg, Pragati Vihar, New Delhi 110003, e-mail sharatsharma@dmrc.org. Visit www.delhimetrorail.com 03/08.

Negotiated procedure, deadline 4th February, 2008 for project control and construction supervision for construction of the new metro line 5 section in Berlin between Alexanderplatz and Brandenburg Gate. This section is approx. 1.9 km long in a dense urban area. A TBM will be used. Read E-News Weekly 40/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=4511-2008, OJ S 4, or contact BVG, Berlin, fax +49 3025628209 or 3025620316. E-mail uwe.kutscher@bvg.de or jessica.schwind@bvg.de 03/08.

Open call for bids, deadline 19th February, 2008 design of the Finca Adoc section on the tram line 1 in Alicante. The line currently runs along the beach parallel to Avenida de Villajoyosa between La Sangueta and Isleta stops. The aim is to build a new 2 km dual-track section to free the space along the beach. It includes a 1,470 m tunnel through Serra Grossa. An escape exit perpendicular to the tunnel will also be constructed. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=307191-2007, OJ S 250, or contact GVA, Valencia, fax +34 963976465. E-mail galdon_sus@gva.es 02/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 12th February, 2008 for conceptual design to sink underground 3.8 km of tracks in Talavera de la Reina on the Madrid-Oroposa section in Castilla La Mancha, as part of the future high speed line to Extremadura and the Portuguese border. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=307033-2007, OJ S 250, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 02/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 18th February, 2008 for design of the Plaza de Ayuntamiento-Antiguo Cauce section of Line 2 of the metro tram in Valencia. This section is a 1,584 m-long twin bored section to be constructed using a TBM. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=307192-2007, OJ S 250, or contact GVA, Valencia, fax +34 963976465. E-mail galdon_sus@gva.es 02/08.