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.

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.

Prior information notice for EUR450 million light metro system project in Karlsruhe. The project includes Kaiserstrasse tunnel (1 x 2,030 m) and Ettlinger tunnel (1 x 1,000 m), cross section 65 m2 and 9.4 m i.d., built with TBM, NATM or open cut; 7 stations each

Invitation for prequalification, deadline 31st October, 2008 for Lot 4 of the 3,000 MW (12 x 250 MW) Dibang multipurpose project. Lot 4 is for all civil works comprising six 184.8 m-high 7.5 m-diameter vertical pressure shafts downstream of each headrace tunnel; an underground powerhouse complex containing 12 x 250 MW units with a 277.8 m-long x 17 m-wide x 26.1 m-high MIV cavern,

Invitation for prequalification, deadline 3rd November, 2008 for Lot 3 of the 3,000 MW (12 x 250 MW) Dibang multipurpose project. Lot 3 is for all civil works comprising five 12 m-diameter horseshoe-shaped diversion tunnels varying from 1,175 m to 1,325 m in length (6,260 m altogether); an upstream RCC cofferdam, a downstream earthfill cofferdam and a 288 m-high concrete gravity dam;

Prequalification is still open for construction of the 7,991 m 2.75 m finished diameter Bay tunnel below the San Francisco Bay. The project is expected to be construction by means of a soft ground TBM. A contractor must be prequalified prior to the final bid opening date (this could run down to the day before or even the morning before the opening, as long as they are approved prior to the bids

Cross London Rail Links (CLRL) has announced the names of companies and consortia bidding to become delivery partner, programme partner, and for design framework agreements for the GBP16 billion Crossrail scheme.

Invitation for prequalification, deadline 19th September, 2008 for construction contracts No. DC/2007/23 and No. DC/2007/24, which form part of the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 2A. This is a new prequalification invitation, not an extension of deadline of the previous one published in May.

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

The EUR845 million Liefkenshoek railway connection project involves the construction and maintenance of the civil infrastructure for a new 16.2 km freight-only railway, whereof 8 km in tunnel, linking the western docks and eastern docks of Antwerp. The project is a design, build, finance and maintain type agreement, with a maturity period of 41½ years

Solicitation for conceptual proposals, deadline 29th September, 2008 for improvements to the Downtown tunnel, the Midtown tunnel and the Martin Luther King (MLK) freeway extension between Norfolk and Portsmouth in the Hampton Roads area, as part of a plan to make an estimated USD1 billion.

Invitation to prequalify, deadline 21st July, 2008 for design and construction (civil and track works) and for design and installation of electrical and mechanical works for the new Beskyd tunnel, a double-track railway tunnel with a length of 1,822 m and an excavation cross-section of up to 115 sq m.

Prequalification, deadline 20th June, 2008 for the design, supply, installation, testing, commissioning and putting into service of major electrical and mechanical systems for the Downtown Line (contracts 953, 976 and 977). Contract 953 is for the power supply system. Contract 976 is for wagons and contract 977 is for locomotives. The Downtown Line will consist of 33 underground stations and some

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 http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=030091-2010. 05/10.

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.

Prior information notice for EUR450 million light metro system project in Karlsruhe. The project includes Kaiserstrasse tunnel (1 x 2,030 m) and Ettlinger tunnel (1 x 1,000 m), cross section 65 m2 and 9.4 m i.d., built with TBM, NATM or open cut; 7 stations each

Invitation for prequalification, deadline 31st October, 2008 for Lot 4 of the 3,000 MW (12 x 250 MW) Dibang multipurpose project. Lot 4 is for all civil works comprising six 184.8 m-high 7.5 m-diameter vertical pressure shafts downstream of each headrace tunnel; an underground powerhouse complex containing 12 x 250 MW units with a 277.8 m-long x 17 m-wide x 26.1 m-high MIV cavern,

Invitation for prequalification, deadline 3rd November, 2008 for Lot 3 of the 3,000 MW (12 x 250 MW) Dibang multipurpose project. Lot 3 is for all civil works comprising five 12 m-diameter horseshoe-shaped diversion tunnels varying from 1,175 m to 1,325 m in length (6,260 m altogether); an upstream RCC cofferdam, a downstream earthfill cofferdam and a 288 m-high concrete gravity dam;

Prequalification is still open for construction of the 7,991 m 2.75 m finished diameter Bay tunnel below the San Francisco Bay. The project is expected to be construction by means of a soft ground TBM. A contractor must be prequalified prior to the final bid opening date (this could run down to the day before or even the morning before the opening, as long as they are approved prior to the bids being due).

Cross London Rail Links (CLRL) has announced the names of companies and consortia bidding to become delivery partner, programme partner, and for design framework agreements for the GBP16 billion Crossrail scheme.

Invitation for prequalification, deadline 19th September, 2008 for construction contracts No. DC/2007/23 and No. DC/2007/24, which form part of the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 2A. This is a new prequalification invitation, not an extension of deadline of the previous one published in May.

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).

The EUR845 million Liefkenshoek railway connection project involves the construction and maintenance of the civil infrastructure for a new 16.2 km freight-only railway, whereof 8 km in tunnel, linking the western docks and eastern docks of Antwerp. The project is a design, build, finance and maintain type agreement, with a maturity period of 41½ years

Solicitation for conceptual proposals, deadline 29th September, 2008 for improvements to the Downtown tunnel, the Midtown tunnel and the Martin Luther King (MLK) freeway extension between Norfolk and Portsmouth in the Hampton Roads area, as part of a plan to make an estimated USD1 billion.

Invitation to prequalify, deadline 21st July, 2008 for design and construction (civil and track works) and for design and installation of electrical and mechanical works for the new Beskyd tunnel, a double-track railway tunnel with a length of 1,822 m and an excavation cross-section of up to 115 sq m.

Prequalification, deadline 20th June, 2008 for the design, supply, installation, testing, commissioning and putting into service of major electrical and mechanical systems for the Downtown Line (contracts 953, 976 and 977). Contract 953 is for the power supply system. Contract 976 is for wagons and contract 977 is for locomotives. The Downtown Line will consist of 33 underground stations and some of which will serve as civil defence shelters. The line is approximately 40 km long. 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 22/08.