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.

Amongst major projects completed by end-2008 in Australia are the Gold Coast desalination plant with 2 x 3.4 m x 1.5 km outfalls bored by 2 off Herrenknecht TBMs by John Holland/Veolia some 40 m below the seabed, visit www.johnholland.com.au, and the 1.9 km Sydney Haymarket to City North cable tunnel completed by Thiess, visit www.thiess.com.au.

Underway in 2009 is the Northern Diversion Sewerage project in Melbourne using a Lovat TBM, visit www.johnholland.com.au or see tunnelbuilder archive au/25.

 

Three projects dominate in Brisbane. They are the 6.8 km North-South bypass motorway with 4.7 km-long twin tunnels under Brisbane River awarded to RiverCity, a jv of Leighton Contractors, Baulderstone Hornibrook and Bilfinger Berger for completion in 2010 under a concession period of 45 years. Both tunnels broke through at Kangaroo Point in late-2008 at approximately halfway through their respective runs, having passed 60 m-deep low point. Visit www.leightoncontractors.com.au or see au/21.

 

The Brisbane Airport Link feasibility study has been completed, and a jv of Thiess, John Holland, Macquarie has been selected as preferred contractor. And the Brisbane northern link road with parallel 5 km-long tunnels will bid in 2009 for completion in 2014, or see au/30.

In Sydney, a desalination plant is underway by Blue Water jv who using Herrenknecht TBMs to bore 2.5 km-long tunnels to connect the desalination plant at Kurnell to both the intake and outlet structures, which are located 300 m offshore in the Tasman Sea. Visit www.johnholland.com.au, or see au/26.

Meantime, the Sydneylink northwest metro construction is to start from both Epping and Hills Centre by 2010, with the first section opening between Epping and Rouse Hill in 2015. Visit www.tenders.gov.au, or see au/31.

The McConnell Dowell design/construct project for Bogong Hydro in Victoria features a 5.7 km-long, a 5 m-diameter headrace tunnel, two vertical shafts, a 1 km-long steel-lined high-pressure tunnel, a power station with two 700 MW generators, and a tailrace outfall into Lake Guy. Commissioning is scheduled for October, 2009. Visit www.macdow.com.au, or see au/27.

In New Zealand, a TBM was launched in June, 2008 on a 3 km-long, 3.7 m-diameter concrete lined tunnel 30 m below the seabed in Auckland’s Hobson Bay. The project is being undertaken by Fletcher Construction and McConnell Dowell for completion in 2010 to replace the 90 year-old sewer pipe bisecting the bay. Visit www.watercare.co.nz and www.fletcherconstruction.co.nz. At the same time, the Alpurt B2 bypass in Auckland, with 340 m-long twin tube tunnels beneath Johnstone’s Hill, is underway for completion mid-2009 by Northern Gateway Alliance. Visit www.northerngateway.co.nz and www.transit.govt.nz.