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 invitation to tender, deadline 1st December, 2008 for environmental follow-up during construction of the Cornavin–Eaux-Vives–Annemasse (CEVA) line between Geneva and the French border. Click ch/40. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=197116-2008, OJ S 146, or contact SBB-CFF-FFS, Lausanne, fax +41 512242992 or 51223245002. E-mail ernest.boget@sbb.ch or infoceva@etat.ge.ch. Visit www.ceva.ch 32-33/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 8th September, 2008 for conceptual and detailed designs for the Erro and Mezkiritz tunnels on road N-135 connecting to France. In both cases, the project consists in designing the route design of the roadway and the carriageway will accomodate two 3.50 m-wide lanes and 1.50 m shoulders.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 22nd September, 2008 for construction of the La Aldea de San Nicolas-El Risco section on the Agaete-La Aldea de San Nicolas road link in Isle of Gran Canaria. This nearly 10.4 km road section includes a 2,339 m twin tunnel, two single tube bidirectional tunnels with three lanes, 518 m and 603 m in length, and a 87 m cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=195043-2008, OJ S 145, or contact Canarian government, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, fax +34 928307020 or 928455356. 32-33/08.

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 15th September, 2008 for concession contract for the upgrade of the safety equipment and subsequent management of 93 tunnels totalling 133.4 km on 16 national roads throughout eight of the 11 Lombardian provinces. The first year will be dedicated to the design, works will last three years and the management is for 17 years. The required investment amounts to EUR149.6 million. Click it/127. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=184427-2008, OJ S 138, or contact ANAS, fax +39 064456224 or 0644462009. E-mail dir.projectfinancing@stradeanas.it 32-33/08.

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 8th September, 2008 for the design and construction of national road SS 1 “Nuova Aurelia”, access to the Savona harbour and connection between the toll barriers on highway A10 in Savona and Albisola and the harbours of Savona and Vado. The approval of the executive project and the subsequent award of the contract is scheduled for January 2010. Construction is programmed to be concluded in October 2013. The new Aurelia bis road section, from Albisola Superiore to Savona (Torrente Letimbro), is 5.1 km in length altogether, whereof 3.9 km in tunnel. This EUR246 million project will relieve coastal traffic and provide a direct link to the Savona harbour area. Click it/88. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=196421-2008, OJ S 146, or contact ANAS, fax +39 064456224 or 0644462009. E-mail r.memoli@stradeanas.it 32-33/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 26th August, 2008 for construction of the 16.7 km Aldea del Cano-Mérida high speed railway section in Cáceres and Badajoz provinces. It includes the 1 km Puerto Viejo tunnel for two tracks, 105 sq m in cross-section. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=190356-2008, OJ S 142, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 32-33/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 19th August, 2008 for supply and assembly of 10 kV medium voltage and low voltage plants and tunnel lighting systems in the 10,589 m Arlberg rail tunnel between Saint Anton and Langen. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=195678-2008, OJ S 145, or contact ÖBB-Infrastruktur Bau, fax +43 512930004625. E-mail karl.mayer@bau.oebb.at 32-33/08.

Restricted call for tenders, deadline 30th September, 2008 for the 1.4 km Blackwall northbound tunnel refurbishment on motorway A102. This is a second re-bid. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=191658-2008, OJ S 143, or contact Transport for London, London, fax +44 2030542006. E-mail christopher.carroll@tlf.gov.uk 31/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 1st December, 2008 for construction of the 2,036 m-long Pinchat tunnel on the Cornavin–Eaux-Vives–Annemasse (CEVA) line between Geneva and the French border. The contract also includes cut-and-cover construction and an access shaft to the Carouge Bachet stop. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=189668-2008, OJ S 141, or contact SBB-CFF-FFS, Lausanne, fax +41 512243462. E-mail eric.pointet@sbb.ch or muriel.volluz@sbb.ch. Visit the project’s website at www.ceva.ch 31/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 17th September, 2008 for construction of lot 2 of the SS 12 bypass road, which forms part of the Ora ring road and the connection between trunk road SS 48 Ora-San Lugano and highway A22. The contract includes the 1.8 km San Daniele two-lane bidirectional tunnel. This is a re-bid because a previous tender, published in February, was declared void. Click it/137. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=187603-2008, OJ S 140, or contact Autonomous province of Bolzano, Bolzano, fax +39 471412539. E-mail gare-11.5@provincia.bz.it 31/08.

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.