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.

Tender notice (KR/PD/J&K/Tender/DDC/Tunnels/Km 30-100/O), deadline 23rd October, 2007 for detailed design consultancy and construction supervision for tunnels, including open cutting and slope stabilization, at chainage 30 to 100 on the Katra-Dharam section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link. The document sale ends on 21st September. Contact Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd, Managing director, Corporate office, Belapur Bhawan, Plot No. 6, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai 400614, Maharashtra. Tel. +91 2227572015, fax +91 2227572420. Visit www.konkanrailway.com 38/07

Notice of works contract, deadline 23rd October, 2007 for upgrading of the lighting in the three-lane Mena tunnel (2 x 315 m) on the Udine-Carnia-Tarvisio highway A23 in Udine province; in 11 three-lane tunnels on the Genoa-Savona highway A10: Mervalo (right tube only, 336 m), Crevari (716 m / 436 m), Borgonuovo (right tube, 722 m), Lupara (right tube, 321 m), Arenzano (right tube, 238 m), Maxetti (right tube, 624 m), Cogoleto II (right tube, 361 m), Beuca (right tube, 641 m), Lerone (left tube, 357 m), Don Bosco (left tube, 442 m) and Rossello (left tube, 476 m); in 24 tunnels on the Genoa Voltri-Arona section of highway A26 and the A8-A26 junction

Open call for tenders, deadline 22nd October, 2007 for supply and installation of ventilation equipment (semi-transversal ventilation) for the second, 5.1 km Roppener tunnel and upgrading in the existing tunnel on highway A 12 in Inn valley. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=205530-2007, OJ S 166, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 37/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 9th October, 2007 for construction supervision as well as geotechnical consultancy and documentation related to Lot 1 of the trunk road 23 bypass in for construction supervision in Garmisch Partenkirchen, which includes Kramer tunnel. Read E-News Weekly30/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=204952-2007, OJ S 165, or contact Staatliches Bauamt Weilheim, fax +49 8819901100. E-mail poststelle@stbawm.bayern.de 37/07

Negotiated procedure, deadline 9th October, 2007 for construction of a 4.4 km section (the Jarlsberg contract UBT01) on the new double-track railway from Barkåker to Tønsberg (7.9 km), including amongst other works a 1.7 km tunnel. This section has been designed by Norconsult, Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=207910-2007, OJ S 168, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, tel. +47 91650262. E-mail gret@jbv.no 37/07.

Open call for bids, deadline 8th October, 2007 for construction plans including tender documents for the 11.5 km Sky-Langangen section on the 4-lane motorway E18 between Vestfold and Telemark counties. The section includes four twin bored tunnels: Pauler (2 x 450 m), Maleroed (2 x 250 m), Sandbekkaasane (2 x 160 m) and Hobekkseter (2 x 370 m) and one cut-and-cover tunnel in Solum (2 x 75 m). Norwegian profile T9.5. The whole distance of the project contains rocks of a plutonic complex, made up essentially of monzonitic rocks, mainly larvikite. Construction method to be drilling and blasting. Because the project runs through one of the world's richest fields of Larvikite (Norwegian pearl granite and one of the world's most precious building stones), there will be restrictions for the blasting. The expected date for publication of tenders for construction is September 2008. Work commencement is hoped for December 2008. The total cost of all five tunnels is approx NOK215 million (2006 price). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=199985-2007, OJ S 160, or contact Statens vegvesen Region south, Arendal, fax +47 95175248. E-mail mortkl@vegvesen.no 37/07

Open call for tenders, deadline 15th October, 2007 for studies for a new underground station in Bern under the existing station and access to it for the Swiss federal trains, RBS trains and passengers. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=208962-2007, OJ S 169, or contact SBB, Olten, fax +41 2295611. E-mail th.vogel@sbb.ch 37/07.

The invitation to tender to construct the 1,288 m-long Secondigliano-Di Vittorio section of the Naples metro to enable joint operation of trains travelling on the Naples-Giugliano-Aversa line operated by Metrocampania Nordest and Line 1 of the metro has been cancelled. Click it/123. 36/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 12th December, 2007 for construction of the 2 x 1,850 m-long Stafelter tunnel in Niederanven municipality between the Waldhaff interchange on the N11 to Echternach and Mägrond on Heeschdrëferbierg plateau. Each tube will accommodate two lanes. They will be connected by six cross passages at intervals of approx. 270 metres.

Invitation to prequalify, deadline 19th September, 2007 for construction of a 44.6 km-long 5.2 m-diameter raw water transfer tunnel and related works (lot 1-1) of the Pahang-Selangor raw water transfer project. Visit www.ktak.gov.my/template03.asp?tt=Ads&AdsID=14 36/07.

Open call for bids, deadline 30th November, 2007 for engineering design and construction of the southern part of the Steinberg tunnel on Trondheim’s northern ring road, including a 2 km main road, whereof approx. 1.3 km of rock tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 14/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=202952-2007, OJ S 163, or contact Statens vegvesen Region central, Molde, fax +47 73518382. E-mail odd-jostein.haugen@vegvesen.no 36/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 25th October, 2007 for construction of the new road link to Jardim da Serra, including three single-tube bidirectional tunnels: 215 m, 1,253 m and 1,154 m. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=185011-2007, OJ S 149, or contact Autonomous region of Madeira, Funchal, fax +351 291207385. 36/07.

Invitation to tender, deadline 14th September, 2007 for construction and completion of Bayfront station including associated tunnels (contract 906) for Downtown Line Stage 1. Contact Land Transport Authority, Ms Monica Wong or Ms Low Bee Eng, fax +65 63961124. Visit http://www.lta.gov.sg/tender_info/index_tender_info.htm 36/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd October, 2007 for planning the safety equipment for the second 6.5 km Pfaender tunnel on the A 14 in Rhine valley. This is a re-bid. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=192178-2007, OJ S 154, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 35/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 17th September, 2007 for construction supervision for a 4,755 m section on the Ebensfeld-Erfurt high speed line including the Blessberg tunnel (3,651 m and 1,163 m in NATM) and three dual-track tunnels: Rehberg (602 m), Massenberg (1,051 m) and Fleckberg (1,490 m).