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.

The deadline for submission of tenders for construction of the Estádio do Dragão-Venda Nova section of the Gondomar line, including a 980 m tunnel, has been extended to 4th March, 2008. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=305459-2007, OJ S 250, or contact Metro do Porto, Porto, fax +361 225081001. E-mail geral@metro-porto.pt 02/08.

Restricted call for tenders, deadline 14th February, 2008 for executive design and construction as part of the upgrading of road SS13 "Pontebbana" damaged by flooding in 2003. There is a 1 km tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=299861-2007, OJ S 246, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064456224 or 0644462009. E-mail r.memoli@stradeanas.it 02/08.

Matharan-Pintat-Raymundie and KPMG landed a EUR94,000 contract for a legal and financial study regarding the envisageable contracts (concession, PPP, etc.) for the construction, financing, maintenance and management of the planned 2.8 km Semnoz tunnel in Annecy. Visit www.matharan-pintat.com 02/08.

Open call for bids, deadline 12th February, 2008 for technical engineering, preparation of planning and risk analysis for the new Roskilde fjord crossing. The present and only link crossing the Roskilde fjord,

Open call for tenders, deadline 11th February, 2008 for work supervision during core drilling and ground investigation works, as part of the Unterweitersdorf-Freistadt North section of the Muehlviertler expressway S10. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=303864-2007, OJ S 248, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 02/08.

Restricted call for tenders, deadline 31st January, 2008 for geology, hydrogeology, geotechnics, geomechanics and groundwater mapping for the Unterweitersdorf-Freistadt North section of the Muehlviertler expressway S10. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=304076-2007, OJ S 248, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 02/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 18th February, 2008 for ground investigation campaign for the Semmering base tunnel, section Neu Gloggnitz-Raum Mürzzuschlag/Langenwang. Read E-News Weekly 9/2007, 4/2005, 12/2005 & 19/2004. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=298835-2007, OJ S 245, or contact ÖBB, Vienna, tel. +43 3167729311080. 02/08.

The low bid, worth EUR87.4 milion, to construct the Markovec tunnel (2,140 m / 2,180 m) near the Adriatic coast on the 5.1 km Koper-Izola section of motorway H5 Skofije-Lucija has been submitted by an Italian joint venture of Vidoni, Oberosler and Intercantieri Vittadello. The other bidders are a Slovenian team of SCT and Primorje with EUR96.2 million and Strabag with a bid of EUR98 million. Visit www.vidonispa.it, www.oberosler.com and www.intercantieri.com 45/07.

Negotiated call for tenders, deadline 12th January, 2007 for Phase 1 of the Thames tideway tunnel, which consists mainly of the 6.9 km 7 m ID Lee tunnel. Click here. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=297584-2007, OJ S 244, or contact Thames Water Utilities Ltd, Reading, fax +44 1189237687. E-mail procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk 52/07-01/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 21st January, 2008 for construction of the Arroyo de la Viñuela-Quejigares section on the Bobadilla-Granada high speed link. This 4.9 km section includes the 3,343 m-long Quejigares tunnel, whereof 3,267 metres will be mined. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=290899-2007, OJ S 239, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 52/07-01/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 4th February, 2008 for conceptual design of the extension to Galdakao of the Bilbao metro. This is a 4.5 km section, 2.5 km of which will run in tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=292744-2007, OJ S 240, or contact Basque government, Bilbao, fax +34 945019018. 52/07-01/08.

Accelerated restricted procedure, deadline 28th December, 2007 for construction of the second lot on the Capo Boi-Terra Mala trunk section to substitute the so-called Orientale sarda road SS 125. This 6.6 km section includes three tunnels and a parallel safety tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=288230-2007, OJ S 237, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064456224 or 0644462009. E-mail r.memoli@stradeanas.it 52/07-01/08.

Restricted call for tenders, deadline 30th January, 2008 for executive design and reconstruction of a 11.1 km section of motorway A3 in Cosenza province. This section includes six tunnels (five bored and one using the cut-and-cover method). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=288228-2007, OJ S 237, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064456224 or 0644462009. E-mail r.memoli@stradeanas.it 52/07-01/08.

Negotiated call for tenders, deadline 11th January, 2008 for construction supervision of a 1,687 m-long, 100 sq m cross-sectional tunnel and a 1,613 m-long 20 sq m parallel safety tunnel, a shaft to be built raise boring and other minor works. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=287497-2007, OJ S 236, or contact Regierungspraesidium Stuttgart, Schwaebisch Gmuend, fax +49 71711040799. 52/07-01/08.

Restricted call for tenders, deadline 31st January, 2008 for construction of the 2 x 3.9 km Violay tunnel on the Balbigny-La Tour de Salvagny section of motorway A89. Both tubes will be connected by seven pedestrian cross passages and six vehicular cross passages. Conventional tunnelling will be used. Support with bolts, steel arches and shotcrete. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=290921-2007, OJ S 239, or contact ASF, Rueil-Malmaison, fax +33 477325652. 52/07-01/08.