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.

Italian contractor SELI has been active in Turkey and Greece, with TBMs in the ground in both countries.
In December 2008, SELI commissioned to ILCI the new 4.88 m-diameter double shield TBM with backup system for excavation of the 17 km-long MAVI hydro tunnel, the second longest in Turkey after Urfa, and part of a huge hydroelectric system in Konya province, Central Anatolia. Click tr/28. Visit www.ilci.com.tr and www.selitunnel.com.
In mid-December, 2008 a 9.45 m-diameter SELI EPB TBM completed the 5.5 km-long extension of metro Line 2 from Agios to Elleniko in Athens, Greece. The contract includes four new stations at Ilioupoli, Alimos, Argyroupoli and Elliniko, each 110 m-long with three levels, as well as an underground garage for eight trains. Work is being carried out by a jv of Aktor, Aegek, J&P and SELI and will be completed early 2010. Click gr/14. Visit www.ametro.gr and www.selitunnel.com.
Also in Greece, at the Thessaloniki Driverless Metro, a jv of Impregilo, Aegek e Ansaldo and SELI has assembled two 6 m-diameter EPBs that will bore twin 7.7 km-long single-track tunnels at 16-31 m-deep on a contract valued at EUR800 million. Click gr/13. Commissioned just before Christmas, 2008, the first TBM arrived at the new railway station position in the west of the city by late-January, 2009, at which time the second TBM was also ready for commissioning. From the new railway station, the line will traverse the city to the Papanastassiou Station in the east, and will include 13 stations at average spacing of 730 m. The driverless system comprises 18 trains, and is designed for high performance, with a transport capacity of 18,000 passengers/hour in each direction, a headway of 90 seconds, and an average commercial speed of approximately 30 km/h. Work is scheduled for completion in 2013. Visit www.ametro.gr and http://metrothessalonikis.tk. 06/09.