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 9th June, 2008 for geological and geotechnical studies for the 19.6 km Plasencia Fuenteidueña station-Casas de Millán section in Cáceres province in Extremadura. This section includes a 3.9 km tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=111741-2008, OJ S 82, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 20/08.

Integral project tender with prequalification, deadline 15th June, 2008 for design, build, operate and maintain contract under a 30-year concession for the Huascacocha-Rimac water project in Junin department, located between 4,200 m and 4,800 m asl. This project is necessary to convey raw waters from the Mantaro river basin to the Marca III system and then to the Santa Eulalia river basin. It will transfer water from the Huascacocha lagoon to the Rimac river.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 28th May, 2008 for engineering management, site construction management and project management for a 3.7 km water tunnel and underground water reservoir. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=115922-2008, OJ S 85, or contact City of Oslo, Oslo, fax +47 23437241. E-mail oddgeir.tryti@vav.oslo.kommune.no 20/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 12th June, 2008 for electrical installations in the 3.6 km Nøstvet tunnel on highway E6 between Vinterbro and Assurdalen. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=113337-2008, OJ S 83, or contact Statens vegvesen Region east, Lillehammer, fax +47 64911901. E-mail olegri@vegvesen.no 20/08.

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 12th June, 2008 for installation of telephones, emergency sound diffusion system, ancillary electrical equipment for lighting and traction power and optical fibre and other cables in the 8,291 m Ronco railway tunnel on the Genoa-Turin line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=111746-2008, OJ S 82, or contact RFI, Genoa, fax +39 0102743253. 20/08.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 12th June, 2008 for construction of the 7,391 m Silberberg double-track railroad tunnel using NATM. This is a re-bid. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=121375-2008, OJ S 89, or contact DB Netz, Erfurt, fax +49 3614300399 or 3412342399. E-mail jochen.ehrhardt@bahn.de 20/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th June, 2008 for upgrade of certain safety equipment in the 3,692 m Orelle tunnel on motorway A43. This is a re-bid. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=112407-2008, OJ S 83, or contact SFTRF, Modane, fax +33 479053120. E-mail marchespublics@tunneldufrejus.com 20/08.

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 5th June, 2008 for construction of the 2 x 1 km La Bussière tunnel on the Balbigny-Lyon section of highway A89 in the Rhone department. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=115099-2008, OJ S 85, or contact ASF, Lyon, fax +33 472139819. 20/08. Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 5th June, 2008 for construction of the 2 x 700 m Chalosset tunnel on the Balbigny-Lyon section of highway A89 in the Rhone department. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=115100-2008, OJ S 85, or contact ASF, Lyon, fax +33 472139819. 20/08.

Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 1st July, 2008 for tunnel design as part of the Fehmarnbelt fixed link between Denmark and Germany. Click here to read the Memorandum of Understanding that Germany and Denmark signed in June 2007, which explains why a tender procedure is run in parallel for both a bridge and a tunnel solution. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=101523-2008, OJ S 75, or contact Femern Baelt, Copenhagen, tel. +45 33416300. E-mail fen@femernbaelt.dk. Visit www.fehmarnlink.com and www.femerbaelt.dk 20/08.

With a budget of COP703 billion, the Ministry of transport and the National highway institute (Invias) reinstated the tender process of the La Linea tunnel. Interested candidates have until 16th July, 2008 to submit their economic, legal and technical bids. The contract will be awarded in September.

Invitation for prequalification, deadline 27th June, 2008 for two construction contracts (contracts No. DC/2007/23 and No. DC/2007/24), which form part of the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 2A.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 19th June, 2008 for development of a final design and construction of a 6.4 km metro section with seven stations from Nadezhda Road junction to the central railway station, St. Nedelya Square, NPC and Cherni Vrah Boulevard. The procurement is divided in two lots.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 16th June, 2008 for surveying services (geotechnical measurements, etc.) for the 1,745 m city tunnel planned in Waidhofen an der Ybbs. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=121315-2008, OJ S 89, or contact Land Niederösterreich, St. Poelten, tel. +43 2742900514551 or 2742900512066. E-mail post.st5@noel.gv.at or post.lad3materialamt@noel.gv.at 20/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 24th June, 2008 for supply and installation of radio equipment in the 2 x 1,150 m Kaltenbach tunnel and the 2 x 2.8 km Kirchdorf tunnel on the Zlatten Stausee-Mautstatt section of the S 35 Brucker expressway. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=118367-2008, OJ S 87, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5018814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 20/08.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 17th June, 2008 for supply and assembly of the tunnel ventilation plant for the Salzburg-bound and the Villach-bound tubes (2 x 6,400 m) of the Tauern tunnel on the Tauern motorway A10. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=112428-2008, OJ S 83, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 20/08.