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.

Each month tunnelintelligence will focus on a health and safety product that is used within tunnel systems. This month the focus is on SmartStud® a product produced by a New Zealand based company.

SmartStud® is a road marker guidance system that is highly visible whatever the weather or road conditions. Each SmartStud® consists of ten or twenty high-intensity LEDs. As such, in the sun, dark, fog or rain, they are visible from up to 500 metres away.

SmartStud® is now seen as an excellent method of providing intense roadway guidance in areas where cat’s eyes and overhead lighting do not suffice.

Unlike solar or hardwire power sources, SmartStud® in-roadway lighting utilises Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) allowing power to be transferred from a buried cable in the roadway to the light head without a physical connection. “The light head is able to pick up the power via an electromagnetic field. They are completely sealed and encapsulated so moisture and dirt cannot penetrate the light head and roadway movement does not cause connection failure. The inductive field is able to create high efficiency power transfer allowing a single power supply to power up to 2km of system and 200 lights. Most importantly, the IPT produces intense light output making the light heads daylight visible.”

SmartStud’s systems are installed worldwide, and are designed to provide high visibility lighting across many applications. SmartStud® may be used to compliment overhead or sidewall lighting in tunnels, and as a result improve driver visibility. By installing SmartStud® directly into the roadway: drivers guidance is improved; lane separation both inside and on the tunnels approaches is maintained; lane discipline is enforced; and clipping of curves is minimized. Consequently, disastrous head-on collisions, associated accidents and delays are avoided.

For further information contact Lyndon Fowler [LFowler@smartstud.com]  or see www.smartstud.com

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