The consortium Spie Sud Est/Yvroud Europeenne des Fluides, Feyzin secured the EUR7.6 million contract for equipment maintenance in the Grand Lyon tunnels, the most important of which are Fourviere (1,850 m), Croix-Rousse (1,750 m), Brotteaux-Servient and Vivier-Merle (336 m). For more, contact Communaute Urbaine de Lyon, fax +33 478 957097, or visit http://marches.grandlyon.com. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=058386-2010. 11/10...

Gähler und Partner AG of Ennetbaden have secured the EUR2.28 million contract for PM designer for safety refurbishment in 1.14 km-long Mosi tunnel on A4, near Brunnen. Contact OFROU, Zofingen, tel +41 6274575-11, fax -90, e-mail beschaffung.zofingen@astra.admin.ch. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=062920-2010. 11/10...

IG BP2, c/o Bänziger Partner AG of Zurich, secured the EUR2.63 million contract from BAMO for 5.7 km-long N3 Kerenzer tunnel. Contact OFROU, Winterthour, tel +41 522344-711, fax -790, e-mail winterthur@astra.admin.ch. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=062921-2010. 11/10..

Construction contract for Kuechelberg tunnel awarded to PAC SpA consortium, value EUR34,695,272 excluding VAT. More from PAC in Capo di Ponte, tel +39 0364331037, fax +39 036442303, e-mail info@pacspa.it and client APB in Bozen, tel +39 04714125-14, fax –39, e-mail gare-11.5@provincia.bz.it Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=071475-2010. 11/10...

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA is inviting companies to prequalify for civil engineering work on railway tunnels in Italy. Further information and documents from Iacomino Raffaele at Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato in Milan, tel +39 02637 148-19, fax –20, e-mail dns-qs@rfi.it to whom requests to participate should be sent. Visit

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.

Negotiated procedure, deadline 14th August, 2008 for construction of a 2,070 m section of the Harter Plateau tramway line, including a nearly 1 km twin bored single-track tunnel, with four cross-passages, under the ÖBB tracks in the area of main railway station, a 440 m cut-and-cover dual-track tunnel and other associated works. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=192256-2008, OJ S 143, or contact Linz Linien, Linz, +43 7323400157972. E-mail einkauf@linzag.at 31/08.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 19th August, 2008 for the design, procurement, construction and commissioning of interceptor tunnels, pumping station, pumping mains and associated works to resolve problems of unsatisfactory discharges from a number of outlets on the wastewater network in Preston. The works are expected to include 500 metres of 1.5 m internal diameter connecting tunnel, 1.25 km of 2.85 m internal diameter interceptor tunnel, 2.18 km of 2.85 m internal diameter stormwater storage tunnel, 850 metres of 2.85 m internal diameter tunnelled river crossing for pumping main, 14 shafts approx. 28 m deep between 4 m and 10.5 m internal diameter, and associated works. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=181344-2008, OJ S 135, or contact United Utilities Water, Warrington, tel. +44 1925773202. E-mail Iain.prince@uuplc.co.uk 30/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 2nd September, 2008 for geological and geotechnical study for the 20.3 km Miranda del Ebro-Iruña de Oca section on the Burgos-Vitoria line. The section includes two tunnels (2.5 km and 3,030 m). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=185068-2008, OJ S 138, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 30/08.

Tender notice, deadline 25th August, 2008 for supervision services (contact 482QP) for the design, construction and completion of the Marina Coastal Expressway (contract 482). Contact Land Transport Authority (LTA), Tender Division, 1 Hampshire Road, Block 2, Level 1, Singapore 219428 or Ms Low Bee Eng and Ms Jeslin Tang, tel. +65 63961202 / 1182, fax +65 63961124, e-mail lta_contracts@lta.gov.sg or www.gebiz.gov.sg 30/08.

Tender notice, deadline 15th September, 2008 for construction and completion of the Bugis station including associated tunnels (contract 903) for the Downtown Line, Phase 1. The station is to be an interchange with the East West Line (EWL). Contact Land Transport Authority (LTA), Tender Division, 1 Hampshire Road, Block 2, Level 1, Singapore 219428 or Ms Monica Wong and Ms Low Bee Eng, tel. +65 63961205 / 1202, fax +65 63961124, e-mail lta_contracts@lta.gov.sg or visit www.gebiz.gov.sg 30/08. Tender notice, deadline 14th November, 2008 for design, construction and completion of the Beauty World station and tunnels (contract 916) for the Downtown Line, Phase 2. Contact Land Transport Authority (LTA), Tender Division, 1 Hampshire Road, Block 2, Level 1, Singapore 219428 or Ms Chan Mei Yin and Ms Low Bee Eng, tel. +65 63961190 / 1202, fax +65 63961124, e-mail lta_contracts@lta.gov.sg or visit www.gebiz.gov.sg 30/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 5th November, 2008 for construction of access roads to the Hardanger bridge, including the 2,200 m Bu tunnel (contract TV-02, this is a re-bid) and the 700 m Vallavik tunnel (contract TV-03), both with roundabouts. The cross-section is about 60 square metres (Norwegian profile T8.5). Drilling and blasting will be used. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=176363-2008, OJ S 132, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=177863-2008, OJ S 133, or contact Statens vegvesen Region west, Leikanger, fax +47 57655986. E-mail hardangerbridge.tender@vegvesen.no 30/08.

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 1st September, 2008 for design and construction of the 2.9 km Saint-Oyen bypass on road SS 27 to the Gran San Bernardo pass. The contract includes a 2,658 m single bore tunnel to bypass the town of Saint-Oyen. It is part of a road upgrade between Etroubles and the Gran San Bernardo cross-border tunnel, divided in two separate tenders: the Saint-Oyen bypass (lot I) and the Etroubles bypass (lot II), which will require a 1.5 km bored tunnel. The new Saint-Oyen bypass will improve mobility in the Gran San Bernardo valley to Switzerland, thus developing cross-border ties. The existing SS 27 road to the Gran San Bernardo is very sinuous with steep gradients. It is a single carriageway with one lane per direction. It is the unique communication link from the Gran San Bernardo tunnel to Aosta and vice versa. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=177151-2008, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 0644462009. E-mail r.memoli@stradeanas.it 30/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 1st September, 2008 for geology, hydrogeology, geotechnics and geomechanics as part of the planning of the Riegersdorf-Heiligenkreuz section on the Fuerstenfelder expressway S7, including the 2,190 m Speltenbach tunnel, the 3,040 m Rudersdorf tunnel and the 450 m Koenigsdorf tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=179748-2008, OJ S 134, or contact Asfinag Bau Management, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 30/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 28th August, 2008 for construction management of the Roveredo bypass on the A13. The project includes the 2,381 m San Fedele tunnel and its parallel safety bore. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=172379-2008, OJ S 129, or contact OFROU, Bellinzona, fax +41 918206890. E-mail bellinzona@astra.admin.ch 29/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 13th August, 2008 for construction of the high speed train tunnel between the stations of Atocha and Chamartin in Madrid. The section is 7.33 km long, whereof 6.85 km corresponding to a UIC gauge dual-track tunnel. Most of the tunnel will be driven using a TBM (6,041 m), except for a short initial stretch (22 m), which will be built using the German method, and the final part, which will be mined using the Madrid method (563 m) and cut-and-cover techniques (170 m).

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 15th September, 2008 for construction of the Midgardsormen project. A 2 km rock tunnel with a cross-section of 25 sq m will be built from Gamlebyen to Bekkelaget treatment plant, using microtunnelling. A shaft down to a level of approx.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 26th August, 2008 for delivery, assembly, commissioning and maintenance of jet fans in the Kaltenbach and Kirchdorf tunnels, respectively 2 x 1,150 m and 2 x 2,800 m in length, on the Stausee Zlatten-Maustatt section of expressway S 35. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=174405-2008, OJ S 131, or contact Asfinag, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 29/08.

Two consortiums have made offers for the BOT concession contract for an immersed highway tunnel project to connect the European and Asian sides of Istanbul. The Turkish-Korean Joint Venture (TKJV) made up of Turkey's Yapi Merkezi and South Korean companies SKEC, Samwhan Corp.,

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 1st September, 2008 for engineering and conceptual design for a new entry into the city of The Hague from the south, called the Trekvliettracé, including a more than 1 km bored tunnel and connecting roads at both ends (Ypenburg and Binckhorst harbour). The contract includes also air and acoustic studies. This is a dual two-lane road with design speed of 70 km/hour. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=154832-2008, OJ S 116, or contact City of The Hague, The Hague, fax +31 703536485. E-mail aanbesteden@dsb.denhaag.nl 28/08.

Invitation for proposal (tender No. CCD-SJVNL-801(CS)-07), deadline 25th September, 2008 for construction stage geological investigation work including surface geological mapping of 47 tunnels and their portal locations; preparation of geological sections along tunnels based on the surface geological mapping and subsurface explorations and drilling data; recommended / suggested additional subsurface exploration by drilling / geophysical surveys in future, if necessary; geological face logging of tunnels during the excavation; and day-to-day suggestions / advice on geotechnical matters to site engineers in consultation with SJVNL design engineers.