The construction contract for the EUR133 million Lai Chi Kok Transfer Scheme, advertised at tunnelbuilder.com earlier this year, has been awarded to Leighton Asia. The project includes two 4.9 m-diameter storm water drainage tunnels with total length of 3.7 km between West Kowloon reclamation and Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po districts, six intake shafts, a stilling basin, an outfall adit into Victoria Harbour, and 270 m of 3 m-diameter connection adits. Work starts immediately for completion in 2012. More from Quinnie Lee, tel +852 2823 1427, e-mail quinnie.lee@leightonasia.com 47/08..

Contract valued EUR414,000 awarded by Norwegian Railway Infrastructure Administration to Norconsult AS of Sandvika to provide technical and detailed plans of tunnels for the joint project E6 road and Dovrebanen, lot Minnesund-Kleverud, which includes one twin-tube 0.6 km-long road tunnel and 3.1 km of single railway tunnel over a 17 km-long alignment in Eidsvoll and Stange municipalities. ..

Contract for telecommunications installations for 6.5 km section of new double railway track in Baerum municipality for Lysaker-Sandvika, of which 5.5 km in tunnel, awarded by Jernbaneverket to T Connect AS of Manglerud, Oslo. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=292852-2008 More from Olaf Bjerknes, tel +47 9943 4144, e-mail olbj@jbv.no 46/08. ..

Bemel Norge AS of Majorstuen, Oslo has been awarded the contract to supply ventilation fans to the 5.37 km-long Atlantic Ocean tunnel between Kristiansund and Bremnes on National Road 64 in the value EUR555,000...

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.

Autostrade per l'Italia and its affiliates are carrying out a substantial investment programme to   modernise and upgrade approx. 600 kilometres of toll highways on the overall network. This programme, due to be completed in 2012, will make it possible to deal with increasing traffic levels (+50% since 1990), Indeed, traffic is now well above the levels for which the network had been planned in the 1960s.

The investments amount to about EUR11 billion, of which about EUR10 billion financed by Autostrade  per l'Italia in compliance with an agreement signed with Anas - the national road administration - in 1997 and with the fourth addendum to this agreement in effect since June 2004. Other investments necessary for structural and technological upgrading on the network, worth about EUR900 million, will also be made.

The works includes the widening to three or four lanes existing highways, the construction of new interchanges and the refurbishment and improvement of lighting, ventilation and fire fighting equipment in 466 tunnels.

Autostrade per l’Italia operates 517 tunnels on its network, which represents a length of about 280 kilometres. Most of these tunnels are located in Genoa and its neighbouring provinces, which concentrate 50% of the tunnels. Another 42% is situated on highway sections in Udine, Pescara and Florence provinces. The average length of these tunnels is 542 metres. This average length is 613 metres taking into account only tunnels equipped with lights because there are in fact 50 tunnels shorter than 125 metres where lights are not necessary, The longest tunnel spans 3,792 metres.

The number of tunnels within the programme is less than the total number of existing tunnels on the highways operated by Autostrade because 89 tunnels do not necessitate any improvements since they were designed and built recently and even comply with standards UNI 11095 on lighting design and also because 50 short tunnels of less than 125 metres do not necessitate any lighting.

Several invitations to tender have been invited this year for modernisation of the lighting, ventilation and safety equipment in long tunnels (see first table). Click it/129, it/130 & it/131. Other tenders have also been invited for more modest refurbishment works in shorter tunnels (see second table and read E-News Weekly 34/2007). Autostrade plans to invite other tenders by the end of the year for refurbishment works in other of its tunnels, both long and short.

Upgrading of lighting, ventilation and safety equipment in long tunnels

  

  

Tunnels and length	Amount in EUR	Highway	Tender date	Tender deadline
Monte Castelletti 1,328 m / 1,342 m Giovanni Maggio 1,792 m / 1,804 m La Maddalena 2 x 1,451 m L’Anchetta 1,421 m / 1,458 m Santa Giulia 1,170 m / 1,188 m	13 million	A12, Genoa-Sestri Levante	26th July, 2007	19th Sept, 2007
Montesperone 1,666 m / 1,668 m Monte Quezzi 1,312 m / 1,320 m Camaldoli 1,322 m / 1,325 m Apparizione 1,063 m / 1,074 m Monte Giugo 1,676 m / 1,678 m	12.9 million	A12, Genoa-Sestri Levante
Monte Castelletto 1,907 m / 2,006 m	3.5 million	A12, Genoa-Sestri Levante	30th July, 2007	12th Sept, 2007
Gabbia 1,160 m, left tube only Boccardo 1,064 m, left tube only Giovi 1,776 m, left tube only Mottavinea 1,816 m / 1,869 m Mottarone 1 1,211 m / 1,214 m Mottarone 2 1,698 m / 1,732 m	14.1 million	A12, Genoa-Serravalle	26th July, 2007	19th Sept, 2007
		A26, Genoa-Gravellona Toce
Massino Visconti 2,745 m / 2,774 m	4.6 million	A26, Genoa-Gravellona Toce	30th July, 2007	12th Sept, 2007
Pontebba 2,213 m / 2,278 m Tarvisio 2,347 m / 2,362 m	6.5 million	A23, Udine-Carnia-Tarvisio	26th July, 2007	19th Sept, 2007
El Lago 1,536 m / 1,561 m Moggio Udinese 1,553 m / 1,583 m Zannier 1,439 m / 1,564 m Monte Baldo 1,864 m / 1,865 m Fadalto 1,016 m / 2,055 m	10.7 million	A23, Udine-Carnia-Tarvisio
		A27, Venice-Belluno

 

Refurbishment works in short tunnels

 

Tunnels and length	Amount in EUR	Highway		Tender date		Tender deadline
Veilino 590 m, east tube	231,000	A12, Genoa-Sestri Levante		7th July, 2007		27th July, 2007
Montemiletto 915 m, right tube	160,000	A16, Naples-Candela		9th July, 2007		31st July, 2007
Colletta east tube	685,600	A10, Genoa-Savona		17th July, 2007		28th August, 2007
Turchino 969 m, right tube	581,800	A26, Genoa-Gravellona Toce		17th July, 2007		4th September, 2007
Sappanico 892 m, right tube	184,960	A14, Pesaro-Termoli	4th July, 2007		31st July, 2007
					23rd July, 2007
Pianacce 2 x 966 m Cappelle 554 m / 696 m	300,000

 

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