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.

Periodic notice being a call for competition aiming at reducing time limits for the receipt of tenders for construction of the new 4.2 km Kaiser-Wilhelm tunnel and rehabilitation of the old tunnel. More details in E-News Weekly 36/2006. Visit http://ted.e

Open call for tenders, deadline 16th August, 2007 for construction of the urban tunnels and first phase of the station in Girona. The 3.6 km section includes two TBM-built tunnels of 1,297 metres and 1,564 metres, featuring an outer diameter of 11.75 metr

Open call for tenders, deadline 6th August, 2007 for site supervision during construction of the 3,260 m-long Archidona-Arroyo de la Negra section on the Bobadilla-Granada high speed line, including the 2,170 m-long 85 sq m Archidona tunnel. Visit http://

Open call for tenders, deadline 16th August, 2007 for construction of the 4.6 km-long Durango-Amorebieta/Etxano section, including four mined tunnels: San Andres (703 m, 100 sq m), Urzelai (661 m, 95 sq m) and Olabarrie I and II (481 m and 409 m, 85 sq m)

Open call for tenders, deadline 28th August, 2007 for work to equip the 9.4 km-long Colmejar Viejo-Soto del Real section, including all outfit (ventilation, fire extinguishing, civil protection and safety, and electrical equipment) in the 2 x 8,759 m-long

Open call for tenders, deadline 14th September, 2007 for draft design for conversion to motorway of the Vielha tunnel-French border section of road N-230 in Aran Valley. The west alternative includes seven tunnels totalling nine kilometres, the longest of

Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd August, 2007 for ground investigation for the 5.5 km second tube of the Bosruck tunnel on the Pyhrn highway A9.

Open call for tenders, deadline 30th August, 2007 for construction of the Split road bypass, section 02

Negotiated procedure, deadline 20th August, 2007 for construction, under a partnership contract, of the 40 km tram train line between Saint-Paul and Sainte-Marie.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 27th July, 2007 for construction manager for several water projects in Oslo, including the Oset/Voldsløkka tunnel, which would be 30 km and about 5 m wide. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&langu

Open call for tenders, deadline 24th August, 2007 for construction plans for a 9 km section of the E6 between Granrudmoen and Tretten, including an approx. 4 km tunnel with all installations. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en

37 calls for bids with negotiated procedure and deadlines 10th, 11th or 21st May, 2007 have been published for engineering for the toll motorway A5 south, and sections S1 and S2, consisting mainly in bridges, one blasted tunnel: Tradenberg (2.5 km) and

Open call for tenders, deadline 16th July, 2007 for auditing and quality control during construction of the south metropolitan bypass. Read E-News Weekly 11/2006 & 9/2005. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=130815-2007,

Periodic notice being a call for competition aiming at reducing time limits for the receipt of tenders for construction of a 5.1 km-long 8.7 m-wide two-lane road tunnel in northwest Iceland, between Isafjordur and Bolungarvik. Visit http://ted.europa.eu

Open call for tenders, deadline 13th August, 2007 for groundwater preservation during construction of the Unterweitersdorf-Freistadt North section of the Muehlviertler expressway S10. The route of the Muehlviertler expressway S10 extends the existing Mueh