Award of lots 1 & 3 of 3 year assets and facilities management contract for Heathrow Express, including shafts and tunnels, value GBP11.65 million excluding VAT, to Amey Community Ltd of Oxford, with option to renew for further 7 years. Award of lot 2, value GBP1.078 to Firstco Ltd of London. More from Mark Chestney at Heathrow Express Operating Company in London, tel +44 20875066-00, fax -90, e-mail hex@halcrow.com http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=167525-2009 26/09. ..

JV Sdruzeni Horni Pomoravi II, comprising ZS, Arko Technology and Metrostav, secured the EUR27 million contract for the construction of 26 km of new sewers in the areas of Lostice and Mohelnice, and for the reconstruction and upgrading of sewage treatment plants in Mohelnice. Contact Vodohospodarska zarizení Sumperk, Mr Roman Milek, Sumperk. tel +420 583-317323, fax -214845, e-mail milek@vhz.cz. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=169998-2009. 27/09...

Award of contract E 03 at undisclosed price, including construction of twin track 4.5 km-long Gevingasen tunnel and associated works to Sobstad AS of Heimdal. More from Lisbeth Smedbraten at Jernbanverket in Oslo, tel +47 91655041, e-mail lis@jbv.no http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=164412-2009..

Zitron Nederland BV (Hengelo) has secured the contract, value EUR12.7 million, 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= 170046-2009 and www.zitron.nl 27/09...

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.

The Veneto regional assembly has approved a financing proposal presented by Grandi Lavori Fincosit, Adria Infrastrutture and Mantovani for the design, construction and operation under concession of the so-called Alpe Adria connection-Extension of highway A27. From the administrative point of view, the proposal has been sent to the regional council to be submitted to a commission of counsellors for approval prior to be examined and approved by the interministerial committee for economic planning (CIPE). Once the CIPE has approved the preliminary project, the project will be subject to an international tender to appoint the concessionaire for the project. The proposal plans to extend to north highway A27 Mestre-Belluno, starting from  Pian di Vedoia and ending in Pian de l'Abate south of Caralte, with connection to road SS 51 di Alemagna. The scheme will extend the highway up to Macchietto in the Cadore area at the foothills of the Dolomites. To view the route, click here. Visit www.glf.it and www.fip-group.it/mantovani

The project length, including the junctions, is approx. 21 km, with bridges and viaducts accounting for around 3.5 km and six tunnels, one of which in cut-and-cover, for a total of 11 km each way. For details, click here. Each carriageway will carry two 3.75 m lanes, an emergency lane and a 2.60 m median. The total estimated investment is around EUR1.2 billion. This is the first of three sections on the A27-A22 corridor aimed at extending the highway from the Cadore to the Carnia, where it will connect with the A23 Palmanova-Tarvisio. The connection with the A23 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia region is planned in a second stage, which will allow motorists to join Austria. 29/08.