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 invitation to tender, deadline 8th August, 2008 for planning of the two-lane Hirschhagen tunnel (4,128 m / 4,187 m) on highway A44 Kassel-Herleshausen. The tunnel may be built using NATM or by TBM. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=170397-2008, OJ S 128, or contact Amt fuer Strassen- und Verkherswesen Kassel, Kassel, fax +49 5617667150 or 5651929511. E-mail post.asv-kassel@hsvv.hessen.de 28/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 18th August, 2008 for construction management of the 4.5 km El Carrús-Elche section in Alicante province on the high speed line to the east coast, including the 1,288 m Elche tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=160131-2008, OJ S 120, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 27/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th July, 2008 for supply of directional control fans with a joint net power of 23 kN, including mounting frames for mounting the fans in pairs, commissioning and start-up, for the North Atlantic ocean tunnel on national road Rv 64 near Kristiansund. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=162535-2008, OJ S 121, or contact Statens vegvesen Region Central, Molde, tel. +47 81544040 or 91346388. E-mail firmapost-midt@vegvesen.no 27/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 4th August, 2008 for construction management for the 2.7 km Loiola-Herrera track dualling, including a 1,628 m tunnel, a 141 m in situ concrete box, the Herrera partially underground station and the Intxaurrondo underground station

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 27th June, 2008 for complementary geotechnical investigations for the 4 km Saverne tunnel on the Baudrecourt-Strasbourg high speed rail section, the second phase of the Paris-Strasbourg line.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 30th June, 2008 on the technical and financial aspects related to the long horizontal (approx. 5,000 m) and/or vertical geological and geotechnical exploratory boreholes of the deep zone (300 m of water, maximum penetration of 250 m and extraction of samples of about 100 mm in diameter) along the path of the planned tunnel under Gibraltar Strait. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=144954-2008, OJ S 108, or contact SECEG, Madrid, tel. +34 915720088. E-mail rdzoido@secegsa.com 24/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 21st July, 2008 for engineering design services for the 24,360 m stretch Holand-Sommarset, of which 11,680 m in tunnel, on national road Rv 78 Holand-Leirosen, also called Toven tunnel with adjoining roads. A total of approx. 35 km of roads shall be constructed. The project includes three tunnels of 230 m, 750 m and 10,700 m respectively. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=145214-2008, OJ S 108, or contact Statens vegvesen Region north, Mosjøen, fax +47 75171322. E-mail anne-lise.sather@vegvesen.no 24/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 5th August, 2008 for construction of the 1.7 km Lian tunnel on county road Fv 15 between Dale and Alvestad on Grytøya, just outside Harstad. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=143747-2008, OJ S 107, or contact Statens vegvesen Region north, Harstad, tel. +47 95079205 or 77617093. E-mail paal-eirik.pedersen@vegvesen.no 24/08.

Mexican engineering and construction company ICA is teaming up with Mexico's Carso Infraestructura y Construcción (Cicsa) and France's Alstom to bid on Line 12. ICA leads the consortium, in which Alstom will be responsible for electrical and mechanical aspects and ICA and Cicsa for construction. Their bid is worth MXP19 billion, of which MXP10 to MXP12 billion for civil engineering.

Five engineering joint ventures, with Colombian partners, and one fully Spanish candidate have been shortlisted among the 56 candidates who participated in the bidding process for the conceptual design of the first metro line of Bogota. The successful joint venture will have to determine the alignment of the first line and its costs along with the technical, legal and financial scope of the system. The

In April, the board of Endesa Chile approved a USD273 million investment for the construction of the Los Cóndores hydroelectric plant in the Andes foothills in the Maule region VII, which will have nominal capacity of 150 MW and an estimated average annual generation of 529 GWh. The plant will use waters stored in Lake Maule which will be channelled through mixed adduction (pipes and tunnels) over some 16 kilometres. Corema, the Maule region environment commission, unanimously approved in mid April the environmental impact assessment (EIA). Endesa Chile, meanwhile, will launch tenders for the plant's works as soon as formal environmental permits are issued.

The government of New South Wales has invited expressions of interest to find a shadow operator for Australasia’s first metro line in Sydney. The primary purpose of the shadow operator is to ensure that a central focus on delivering a safe, attractive and efficient end-product for passengers is maintained, particularly prior to the appointment of the actual operator. The shadow operator will have the capability and expertise to assist throughout the project in providing executive advice up to the commencement of construction in 2010 and providing technical support required by management and other working groups.

There are SIX tenders included in this update - Tender notice, deadline 14th July, 2008 for design, construction and completion of the Marina Coastal Expressway (Marina Wharf), contract 481. 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 22/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 4th December, 2007 for construction of a 4.8 km section in Bavaria of the Ebensfeld-Erfurt high speed link, including the 2,975 m Reitersberg dual-track tunnel. The NATM will be used. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=132448-2008, OJ S 98, or contact DB Netz, Erfurt, fax +49 3614300189 or 3412342399. E-mail gabriele.georgi@bahn.de or jochen.ehrhardt@bahn.de 22/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 10th July, 2008 delivery and assembly of the medium voltage supply for the Kaltenbach and Kirchdorf tunnels, respectively 2 x 1,150 m long and 2 x 2,800 m long, on the Stausee Zkatten-Maustatt section of expressway S 35. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=131722-2008, OJ S 98, or contact Asfinag, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 22/08.