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 bids, deadline 16th October, 2007 for construction of the Palhais hydropower scheme in Sertã municipality, district of Castelo Branco. 33/07.

Open call for bids, deadline 3rd September, 2007 for construction of the 5.6 km Sants-La Sagrera tunnel section in Barcelona. 33/07.

Open call for bids, deadline 13th September, 2007 for design of the safety and telecommunication equipment for the Vilagarcía de Arousa-Padrón section on the Atlantic coast high speed link. 33/07

Open call for tenders, deadline 4th October, 2007 for construction supervision and health and safety coordination during construction of section II of the supply system from Cenajo dam to the basin of Taibilla canals. 33/07

Open call for bids, deadline 11th September, 2007 for site supervision for the 4.7 km Aranjuez-Ontigola section, including a 2,437 m-long 85.7 sq m cross-sectional tunnel in El Regajal. 33/07

Open call for bids, deadline 18th September, 2007 for construction of the 5.4 km Lemoa-Galdakao section on the Vitoria-Bilbao-San Sebastian high speed link. 33/07.

Negotiated procedure, deadline 10th September, 2007 to provide programme management services to support the planning, design and construction of the Thames Tideway tunnel. 33/07

Open call for bids, deadline 5th October, 2007 for construction of the Silberberg double-track tunnel on the Ebensfeld-Erfurt high speed line, 7,391 m in length and 140 sq m cross-section, to be drilled and blasted using NATM. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/Exec?DataFlow=ShowPage.dfl&Template=TED/N_one_result_detail_curr.htm&docnumber=177923-2007&docId=177923-2007&StatLang=EN, 32/07

Negotiated call for bids, deadline 11th October, 2007 for planning of the new A40 highway section from Dortmund-Mitte (road L672) to Dortmund East (road B236), including a twin-tube tunnel, with two lanes per tube, lengths of 1,781 metres (north tube),

Invitation to tender, deadline 17th August, 2007 for detailed design consultancy and supervision for construction of Tunnels T1, T2, T3, T5, T6 to T12, T38 to T47 including open cutting and slope stabilization.

Expression of Interest, deadline 18th August, 2007 for survey, investigation, design and preparation of detailed project report for the construction of an alternative highway from Melli to Rangpo along the Sikkim side of River Teesta, including constructi

Open call for tenders, deadline 3rd September, 2007 for construction of the 5.44 km section Duero River-Pinar de Antequera tunnel, including a 2 x 1,057 m-long cut-and-cover tunnel, one for IUC gauge trains and one for Spanish gauge trains.

Invitation to tender, deadline 15th August, 2007 for construction of the Artvin-Erzurum relocation road project including eight single-tube tunnels in the first phase, each with two lanes, as part of the Yusufeli dam and hydropower project.

Request for qualifications, deadline 15th August, 2007 for contract CQ031, construction of Queens bored tunnels, structures and trackwork for the East Side Access project.

Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2007 for engineering from the contract awarding phase to the commissioning phase for the planned safety tunnel parallel to the existing 12.9 km tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 1/2007, 19/2006 & 35/2003. Visit htt