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.

Petrobras has already contracted for a 6 m-diameter tunnelling machine in Germany for the excavation of the underground portion of the 98 km-long Gastau gas pipeline linking the natural gas treatment unit at Caraguatatuba (SP), responsible for receiving future gas volumes from the Santos Basin, with the municipality of Taubaté, on the Sâo Paulo high plain.

This is the first time this kind of equipment has been used in Brazil for the construction of a gas pipeline, according to Petrobras' general manager for Natural Gas Planning and Logistics Implementation, Marcelo

José Leite Restum. "The tunneling machine will penetrate 6 km in the Serra do Mar mountain range's base," he said.

The tunnel project is being conducted by the Schahin construction company, and two other stretches will be the responsibility of GDK and a consortium made up of Camargo Corrêra and Queiroz Galvâo. The Gastau has received an installation license from the federal environmental regulatory agency Ibama, and required the approval of the government of the state of Sâo Paulo. The project is budgeted at about R$ 1 billion (US$ 434 million), of which R$ 200 million (US$ 86 million) will be spent on building the tunnel.

The underground stretch is of critical importance, said Restum, and will be ready in October, 2010. Because the gas from the Mexilhâo field will become available to be sent to Sâo Paulo by around April, 2010, Petrobras is preparing a provisional system that can anticipate supply of 5 million cu m/day. Visit http://www.energiahoje.com/globalenergy/2008/10/15/368060/petrobras-prepares-gastau-tunnel.html. 02/10.

 

Submitted by Quirin Poltinger, PPS GmbH, Büro München, tel: (+49) 89 127 66 14-40, fax: -420, mobile: (+49) 170 381 78 54, website www.pps-muc.de