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.

International competitive bidding (tender notice No. 10/WSD/07), deadline 30th November, 2007 for the ground investigation works for Inter-reservoirs Transfer Scheme (IRTS), water tunnel between Kowloon Byewash Reservoir and Lower Shing Mun Reservoir.

Negotiated call for tenders, deadline 14th December, 2007 for supply, installation and commissioning of radio systems in the 10,651 m-long Arlberg tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=271027-2007, OJ S 222, or contact OEBB, Innsbruck, fax +43 51293000 83864841. E-mail werner.winkler@oebb.at 48/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 20th December, 2007 for detailed design of Valencia’s cross city high speed rail tunnel. The new cross city railway project in Valencia consists in connecting the central railway station with the Valencia-Barcelona line to the north to convert the station into a through station and eliminate the cul de sac, thus avoiding train movements forth and back in and around the station. The first section of the route runs in an approx. 5 km tunnel from the north station. Then the second section of some four kilometres travels in open air. The project also includes two new urban stations. More in E-News Weekly 47/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=264377-2007, OJ S 217, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, tel. +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 47/07.

Negotiated procedure, deadline 4th December, 2007 for planning and follow-up of the 4.5 km Gevingåsen rail tunnel between Hommelvik and Hell (detailed design, quality assurance, construction management, land acquisition, information strategy, environmental study and follow-up, and safety). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=258180-2007, OJ S 212, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, tel. +47 22455041. E-mail lis@jbv.no 47/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 15th January, 2008 for impulse ventilators with a combined driving power of 72-80 kN for fire ventilation in a new 2.6 km-long tunnel on Bergen’s west ring road, section Dolvik-Sandeide. The maximum impeller diameter of the ventilator is 1.6 m. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=269769-2007, OJ S 221, or contact Stateng vegvesen Region west, Leikanger, tel. +47 281544010. E-mail gunnlo@vegvesen.no 47/07.

Negotiated procedure, deadline 13th December, 2007 for quality control and follow-up of works on the Lysaker-Sandvika railway dualling. Click no/43 to know details about the tunnels involved. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=268468-2007, OJ S 220, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, tel. +47 22455992. E-mail aie@jbv.no 47/07.

Negotiated call for tenders, deadline 7th December, 2007 for civil engineering for the extension of Line B of the Lyon metro from Gerland to Oullins, including a crossing of the Rhone river by TBM or immersed caissons. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=258180-2007, OJ S 212, or contact Sytral, Lyon, tel. +33 472845800. E-mail unitemarches@sytral.fr 47/07.

A joint venture of Oestu-Stettin, Hinteregger and Wayss & Freytag will construct the 1,134 m-long 92 sq m Lilienberg tunnel at a cost of EUR21.6 million. The tunnel corresponds to lot 2 of the 2.8 km Voelkermarkt bypass road. It will be drilled and blasted in accordance with NATM and supported by shotcrete, welded fabric and bolts. The tunnel path follows a 3.5% gradient. Its construction will generate 99,000 cubic metres of rock. Also, escape ways totalling 627 metres will also be constructed. The project has been designed by Poltnigg & Klammer and Intergeo. Opening to traffic of the EUR46 million bypass road is scheduled in spring 2010. Visit www.oestu-stettin.at, www.hinteregger.co.at, www.wf-ingbau.de, www.pundk.at, www.intergeo.at and www.stadtgemeinde-voelkermarkt.at 47/07

A single bid to help carve out space for a new Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) terminal under Grand Central Terminal came in USD200 million higher than anticipated. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) had estimated the job to cost USD670 million. Instead, the bid came in closer to USD870 million. The sole bid was submitted by a joint venture between Judlau Contracting and Dragados. Last year, Judlau and Dragados were awarded a separate USD428 million contract to tunnel under Manhattan in preparation for the LIRR's expected 2013 arrival at Grand Central. The MTA explains that an uncommonly large number of construction projects in the US and worldwide may have led to less interest from bidders. The job may be split into several smaller contracts and the MTA is currently exploring whether a new call for bidders could delay the project beyond its expected 2013 completion. 46/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 20th December, 2007 for detailed design of the high speed rail section between Seville’s Santa Justa railway station and San Pablo airport. The project includes a 10 km tunnel and forms part of the Seville-Malaga high speed line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=258048-2007, OJ S 212, or contact Ferrocarriles de la Junta de Andalucía, Seville, fax +34 955007573. E-mail maryam.ferreras@ferrocarrilesdeandalucia.es 46/07.

Negotiated procedure, deadline 3rd December, 2007 for general planning for lots PFA 1.2, PFA 1.6a and PFA 1.6b for the Stuttgart 21 project. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=260644-2007, OJ S 214, or contact DB ProjektBau, Stuttgart, tel. +49 71120927696 or fax +49 71120923690. E-mail ute.schmidt@bahn.de or wolfgang.grau@bahn.de. Lot PFA 1.2 runs from the central station to the Filder plain. It comprises 2 x 9,260 metres of single-track bored tunnels, in circular and horseshoe-shaped cross-sections, about 200 metres of cut-and-cover tunnel, and two single-track underpasses of approx. 450 m. The Filder tunnel connects lots PFA 1.1 and PFA 1.6a with lot PFA 1.3. The tunnel crosses different geological layers, in particular rock formations consisting predominantly of gypsum-bearing rock and anhydrite.

Restricted call for bids, deadline 26th November, 2007 for detailed ground investigation of the superficial deposits and bedrtock below the River Forth between between South Queensferry and Rosyth. The ground investigation will address one of the following options: tunnel (90 to 120 exploratory holes to depths of 60 m to 70 m below river bed level), immersed tube (90 to 100 exploratory holes to depths of 30 m to 40 m below river bed level) and bridge (15 to 20 exploratory holes to depths of 20 m to 50 m below river bed level). Read E-News Weekly 41/2006, 39/2005, 13/2005 & 7/2005. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=253772-2007, OJ S 209, or contact The Scottish Ministers, Glasgow, fax +44 1412727560. E-mail hazel.tierney@scotland.gsi.gov.uk 45/07.

Restricted call for bids, deadline 28th November, 2007 for safety improvements in the San Donato and Castiglione tunnels, respectively 10,954 m and 7,390 m long, on the Florence-Rome line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=249632-2007, OJ S 205, or contact Rete Ferroviaria Italiana, Florence, fax +39 0552366507. 45/07.

The four bidders to construct the Pedemontana highway in Lombardy are Strabag, Sacyr, CCC, and Impregilo. Pedemontana means foothills in Italian. A “pedemontana” is generally a road at the foot of a mountain or hills. The project comprises a main highway connection from the A8 in Cassano Magnano in Varese province to the A4 in Osio Sotto and Brembate in Bergamo province, the Varese bypass highway and the Como bypass highway. The entire project stretches for 77 km. More than 48 km of connecting roads, either new or upgrades of existing roads, is also necessary. About 59.5% will run at grade, 5.6% on viaduct and 34.9% in tunnel. The highway will carry three lanes and an emergency lane per direction between Meda and Vimercate in Milan province, while all the other roadways will carry only two lanes and an emergency lane in each direction. Visit www.pedemontana.com 45/07.

By the end of the year, the so-called Pedemontana highway project in Veneto is expected to be awarded. Pedemontana means foothills in Italian. A “pedemontana” is generally a road at the foot of a mountain or hills. There are two bidders. The first candidate includes Cintra (68%), Merloni Finanziaria (32%) and Ferrovial. Cintra is the concession arm of Ferrovial. The second joint venture includes Sacyr Vallehermoso, Sacyr’s concession arm Itinere Infraestructuras, Sipal and INC general contractor. Final design and land expropriation will take place in 2008. Construction would start presumably in 2009 and be concluded in 2012. The route is 64.4 km, running from the A31 Valdastico junction near Dueville to the junction with the A27 Mestre-Belluno near Spresiano. Nine false tunnels are planned (Fosse, Schiavonesca, FS Bassano-Padova, FS Bassano-Castelfranco, Altivole, Riese, Trevignano, Montebelluna and Villorba). The Priabona, under the Vicenza Prealps, would be 6 km long. This toll highway will accomodate each way two 3.75 m lanes, a 3 m emergency lane, a 0.50 m shoulder and a 2.5 m central reservation. 45/07.