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 30th November, 2007 for construction supervision of the so-called Wehrhahn line in Duesseldorf, actually the second cross-city tunnel, 3.6 km in length, to connect two suburban express railway stations at Wehrhahn in the east and Bilk in the south, its six underground stations (Jacobi Strasse/Pempelforter Strasse, Schadowstrasse, Heinrich-Heine-Allee, Benrather Strasse, Graf-Adolf-Platz, and Kirchplatz) and two line ends. Lot 1 is for construction supervision of the approx. 2.3 km tunnel, to be built using a 9.5 m-diameter shield machine, and lot 2 is for construction supervision of the stations. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=248260-2007, OJ S 204, or contact Landeshauptstadt Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, fax +49 2118929063 or 2118929492. E-mail ernstreinhard.kuppe@stadt.duesseldorf.de or ausschreibungen@stadt.duesseldorf.de. Also visit www.duesseldorf.de/top/thema010/aktuell/news/wehrhahnlinie/index.shtml 44/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 3rd December, 2007 for geotechnical study for Line B of the driverless light metro in Rennes. This 12.7 km line will connect the northeastern and southwestern districts of the city. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=242103-2007, OJ S 199, or contact Semtcar, Rennes, fax +33 299651151. E-mail info@semtcar.fr 43/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd November, 2007 for assistance for the management of Grenoble’s northern ring road. This 6 km dual-carriageway road link will connect two motorways, the A41 Grenoble-Chambéry in the east and the A480 Grenoble-Lyon in the west. Its route runs mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or bored tunnels. To know more, read E-News Weekly 42/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=244299-2007, OJ S 201, or contact Conseil général de l’Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 43/07.

Negotiated call for bids, deadline 12th November, 2007 for adaptation of the water catchment at Les Bois hydropower station in Upper Savoy, further to the melting of the Mer de Glace glacier. The contract includes the drilling and blasting of an exploratory and access tunnel (10% gradient, length of 800 m to 1 km, more than 3 m in diameter), the digging of exploratory galleries under the glacier with hot water (500 m to 1 km), the boring of the permanent headrace tunnel (8% gradient, length of 600 m to 800 m, diameter 3.40 m), a tank under the glacier, an inclined shaft (100% gradient, 45 to 60 m of level difference, 3 m in diameter) and concreting of the invert of the exploratory and access tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=247195-2007, OJ S 203, or contact EDF, Le-Bourget-du-Lac, fax +33 479606344. E-mail jean-christophe.perroux@edf.fr 43/07.

Competitive dialogues, deadline 3rd December, 2007 for design and construction of the central section of Warsaw’s second metro line from Ronda Daszynskiego to Dworca Wilenskiego. This is a 6.3 km section with seven stations. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=244054-2007, OJ S 201, or contact ZTM, Warsaw, fax +48 226554679 or 226554687. E-mail t.kielczewski@metro.waw.pl 43/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 12th November, 2007 for construction of the 3.5 km Galdakao-Basauri section in Biscay province, including the 2,728 m-long 85 sq m Zaratamo tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=242863-2007, OJ S 200, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 43/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd November, 2007 for construction of the extension to Sabadell of the Barcelona-Sabadell line operated by FGC, the Catalan railways. This is a railway for two tracks of 4,975 metres and 4,947 metres. Altogether, 6,904 metres will be bored by means of a 6.74 m-diameter EPB TBM and 2169 metres using the cut-and-cover method. The internal diameter of the bored tunnel is 6 m: Each tube will be connected by cross-passages each 250 metres. There are also five underground stations (Sabadell Estació, Plaça Major, Eix Macià, Plaça Espanya and Ca n’Oriac). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=239128-2007, OJ S 197, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es. Also visit www10.gencat.net/ptop/AppJava/es/actuacions/departament/public/metro/valles/fgc_sabadell.jsp# 42/07.

Notice of public works concession, deadline 9th November, 2007 for supervision consultancy for the public works concession contract as well as construction and rolling stock supervision for the new Móstoles-Navalcarnero railway. The line starts in Móstoles Central and connects with the Metrosur line 12 of the Madrid metro. It includes a 3 km tunnel in Móstoles and three new underground stations. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=237040-2007, OJ S 195, or contact Mintra, Alcorcón, fax +34 914880598. E-mail maite.martin@mintramadrid.es 42/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 6th November, 2007 for construction of the Unquera-Pendueles section on the Cantabrian motorway A-8. This 11.8 km section includes the Santiuste tunnel, to be built in rock using NATM, with lengths of 520 metres (seaside tube) and 820 metres (hillside tube), and the 410 m El Peral cut-and-cover tunnel between road N-634 and the FEVE railway. In compliance with the Royal Decree 635/2006, the two tunnels will be equipped with emergency exits; drainage of toxic liquids; CCTV; automatic and manual system for smoke extraction; normal, safety and emergency lighting; ventilation; emergency generators; uninterrupted energy supply system; CO sensors; opacimeters; fire detection cables; automatic incident detection; signage of exits and emergency equipment; horizontal and vertical signage; variable message panels; closing barriers and traffic lights at the portals; loudspeakers; SOS stations; hydrants; and flowmeters. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=234622-2007, OJ S 193, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915978537 or 915978470. E-mail cpublic@fomento.es 42/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 20th December, 2007 for planning and installation of railway technology equipment (eight lots) in the Leipzig city tunnel (3.2 km of tunnel, 1 km of ramps and 9.3 km of tracks, whereof 3.5 km for connection to the south railway network). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=234042-2007, OJ S 192, or contact DB Netz und DB Energie, Leipzig, fax +49 3419683420. 42/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 19th November, 2007 for project management related to the digging of 800 metres of tunnel at -490 metres, as part of the deep nuclear waste research laboratory and repository in Bure. Read E-News Weekly 6/2006, 24/2004, 27/2002 & 17/2002. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=234991-2007, OJ S 193, or contact Andra, Châtenay-Malabry, fax +33 146118258. E-mail valerie.barrey@andra.fr 42/07.

Restricted call for bids, deadline 20th November, 2007 for technical planning of the Satzinger Siedlung and Manzenreith tunnels on the Unterweitersdorf-Freistadt North section of the Muehlviertler expressway S10. The Satzinger Siedlung and Manzenreith tunnels are located between Freistadt South and Grünbach / Sandl (road B 38). The Satzinger Siedlung tunnel is approx. 290 m long and the Manzenreith tunnel is approx. 700 m long. Both are twin-tube tunnels.

Open call for tenders, deadline 5th November, 2007 for site supervision and work inspection during construction of the east bypass railway for freight trains in Valladolid on the Madrid-Valladolid high speed line. The 17.5 km line includes a 2 km cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=228141-2007, OJ S 187, or contact Ministry of Development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 41/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 3rd December, 2007 for civil engineering studies for Line B of the driverless light metro in Rennes. Read E-News Weekly 11/2002. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=231762-2007, OJ S 190, or contact Semtcar, Rennes, fax +33 299651151. E-mail info@semtcar.fr 41/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 9th November, 2007 for external control during implementation of the waterproofing in the second bore of the tunnel linking motorways A 50 and A 57 in Toulon. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=231505-2007, OJ S 190, or contact DRE PACA, Marseille, fax +33 491284366. 41/07.