Award of lots 1 & 3 of 3 year assets and facilities management contract for Heathrow Express, including shafts and tunnels, value GBP11.65 million excluding VAT, to Amey Community Ltd of Oxford, with option to renew for further 7 years. Award of lot 2, value GBP1.078 to Firstco Ltd of London. More from Mark Chestney at Heathrow Express Operating Company in London, tel +44 20875066-00, fax -90, e-mail hex@halcrow.com http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=167525-2009 26/09. ..

JV Sdruzeni Horni Pomoravi II, comprising ZS, Arko Technology and Metrostav, secured the EUR27 million contract for the construction of 26 km of new sewers in the areas of Lostice and Mohelnice, and for the reconstruction and upgrading of sewage treatment plants in Mohelnice. Contact Vodohospodarska zarizení Sumperk, Mr Roman Milek, Sumperk. tel +420 583-317323, fax -214845, e-mail milek@vhz.cz. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=169998-2009. 27/09...

Award of contract E 03 at undisclosed price, including construction of twin track 4.5 km-long Gevingasen tunnel and associated works to Sobstad AS of Heimdal. More from Lisbeth Smedbraten at Jernbanverket in Oslo, tel +47 91655041, e-mail lis@jbv.no http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=164412-2009..

Zitron Nederland BV (Hengelo) has secured the contract, value EUR12.7 million, for supply and assembly of the tunnel ventilation plant for the Salzburg-bound and the Villach-bound tubes (2 x 6,400 m) of the Tauern tunnel on the Tauern motorway A10. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid= 170046-2009 and www.zitron.nl 27/09...

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.

In early 2006 Network Rail appointed Red-M for the initial design phase of in-tunnel solutions across the UK rail network. Railway tunnels vary in length, gradient, width and height, so the design of an in-tunnel wireless system that ensures full radio coverage is non-trivial. An in-tunnel system must provide the necessary signal strength whilst a train is inside a tunnel but also enable seamless and uninterrupted connectivity with the external railway communication system network when the train enters and exits the tunnel. Providing effective radio coverage within and throughout a tunnel poses a number of technical challenges that requires specialist skills and knowledge to solve.

Under the guidance of Red-M's radio design manager, Red-M based a team of experienced RF engineers and tunnel surveyors at Network Rail's offices in London. Red-M's team supported the survey and design process, ensuring that the strict specifications needed for the railway communication system and required by Network Rail within tunnels were met: namely, to operate safely and have reliable wireless communications. The solutions are designed utilising radio repeaters in order for the most cost-effective deployment to be implemented.

In the first phase of the project, Red-M has delivered 176 desktop tunnel designs: but as every tunnel is unique, Red-M then had to assess and evaluate the nature and scope of each. This resulted in Red-M carrying out site surveys on 165 of the tunnels and, after analysing the surveys, the company has now completed full, detailed designs for 115 of these tunnels across the UK.

Red-M's involvement with Network Rail was part of the national rollout by the UK's rail infrastructure operator of a new essential safety system, using a telecommunications network consisting of fixed (FTN) and wireless (GSM-R) technology.

Red-M is a wireless professional services company that provides consultancy, audit, design, implementation, systems integration and management services. Through its services, Red-M provides insight into the benefits and challenges of current and future wireless technologies and creates mission critical wireless networks that are delivered to requirements, right, first time. Visit www.red-m.com 45/07.