General procurement notice published for the 14.5 km dual 2-lane expressway, sections 513 and 514 of the Prague ring road. There are two twin-bore tunnels, 1.6 km and 1.9 km, with a 4% gradient and a cut-and-cover tunnel. Tenders expected for first quarter of 2003. Tender value €400 million. Loan by the European Investment Bank. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/static/home/en/homepage.ini, OJ S 112, document 87257-2002 or contact Road and Motorway Directorate, Prague, fax +420 284009194. E-mail Petr Lausman, petr.lausman@rsd.cz 25/02.
Works procurement notice published for a 1,743 m exploratory tunnel, cross section 25 sq m, as part of the engineering geological survey for a tunnel on section 513 Lahovice-Vestec of the Prague ring road. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/static/home/en/homepage.ini, OJ S 117, document 90668-2002 or contact Road and Motorway Directorate, Prague, fax +420 284009194. E-mail Alois Lichnovsky, alois.lichnovsky@rsd.cz 26/02.Works procurement notice published for a 1,336 m exploratory tunnel, cross section 25 sq m, as part of the engineering geological survey for a tunnel on section 514 Slivenec-Lahovice of the Prague ring road. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/static/home/en/homepage.ini, OJ S 119, document 92078-2002 or contact Road and Motorway Directorate, Prague, fax +420 284009194. E-mail Alois Lichnovsky, alois.lichnovsky@rsd.cz 27/02.Open call for bids, deadline 14th June, 2005 for construction of section 514 Lahovice-Slivenec of the Prague outer bypass. This 6,013 m section includes a 2 x 1,685 m tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=058727-2005, OJ S 61, and http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=109523-2005, OJ S 110, or contact RSD, Prague, fax +420 284009194. E-mail petr.kural@rsd.cz and milada.vrtalova@rsd.cz 14/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 17th December, 2005 for surveying as part of section 514 Lahovice-Slivenec of the Prague outer bypass. This 6,013 m section includes a 2 x 1,685 m tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=204332-2005, OJ S 207, or contact RSD, Prague, fax +420 284009193 or 284009194. E-mail jiri.trochta@rsd.cz and oldrich.podnecky@rsd.cz. Read E-News Weekly 15/2005. 45/05.Strabag (34%), Hochtief (33%) and Max Boegl & Josef Krysl (33 %) will build section 514 (6.4 km) of the ring motorway between Lahovice and Slivenec in the southern part of Prague. The contract is worth EUR313 million and is shared in equal parts between the partners with Hochtief‘s share amounting to more than EUR100 million. The construction of the motorway is financed by the Czech government, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and EU funds.Section 514 includes a 2 x 1,630 m-long tunnel, whereof 2 x 1,295 m mined. The uphill tube will carry three traffic lanes and its driven section will be 120 sq m. The downhill tube will accommodate two traffic lines and its driven section will be 96 sq m. The geology is formed by Devonian sedimentary slate and quartzite. The planned method of excavation is drilling and blasting as per NATM. The expected date for tunnelling start is September 2006. The new motorway section is planned to be opened for traffic in late 2009. Visit www.strabag.cz, www.hochtief-vsb.cz, www.boegl-krysl.cz and www.rsd.cz 06/06.Skanska (70%) and Alpine Mayreder Bau (30%) received a CZK5.9 billion contract to build the 8.3 km section 513 of the new R1 ring road in Prague. The project is between Vestec and Lahovice, south of the city, and includes a 2 km twin-tube tunnel. Work will commence in the spring of 2006 and will be completed in 2009. Joint funding by the Czech government and the European Investment Bank (EIB). Visit www.rsd.cz, www.skanska.com and www.alpine.at 11/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 30th June, 2006 for construction of lot 9515 Myslbekova Street-Prasny Most (MYPRA), lot 0080 Prasny Most-Spejchar (PRAS) and lot 0079 Spejchar-Pelc-Tyrolka (SPELC). The project is for a dual carriageway with two 3.5 m-wide lanes per direction. MYPRA starts by a short section of cut-and cover-tunnels, then a 552 m-long section of mined tunnels. At the end, the two tubes join to form a 308 m long cut-and-cover section. The space above the tunnels contains a double-storey underground car park with 486 spaces. PRAS consists of 660 m long cut-and-cover tunnels. SPELC is a 647 m cut-and-cover structure, a 2,221 m-long mined section, a 580 m-long cut-and-cover section and a 882 m-long at-grade section. The mined tunnels begin in Letna with three lanes and after 378 metres and 497 metres (in the southern and northern tube respectively), the profile changes to a double-lane design. The two tubes will be bored 18 metres apart. The cut-and-cover tunnels will accommodate two and three 3.5 m-wide lanes. The lot also includes an underground car park will be built in Letna with a capacity of 873 spaces and four underground technical services centres. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=084197-2006, OJ S 80, or contact City of Prague, Prague, fax +420 236007129. E-mail vladimira.lebedova@cityofprague.cz 21/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 27th June, 2006 for geotechnical and hydrogeological monitoring for section 514 Lahovice-Slivenec, including 3,300 m of tunnel in all. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=092273-2006, OJ S 87, or contact RSD, Prague, fax +420 284009191. E-mail petr.kural@rsd.cz 21/06.Pragoprojekt received a CZK23.5 million contract for ground surveying as part of section 514 Lahovice-Slivenec on the Prague outer bypass. This 6,013 m section includes a 2 x 1,685 m tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 15/2005. Visit www.pragoprojekt.cz 25/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd August, 2006 for geotechnical and hydrogeological monitoring for the Komorany twin bored tunnel (1,924 m / 1,937 m), on lot 513 of the Prague ring road. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=131355-2005, OJ S 123, or contact RSD, Prague, fax +420 284009191 or 284009194. E-mail petr.kural@rsd.cz or milada.vrtalova@rsd.cz 30/06.Geotechnika has signed a CZK55 million contract for geotechnical and hydrogeological monitoring for section 514 Lahovice-Slivenec, including 3,300 m of tunnel. Visit www.geotechnika.cz 49/06.OHL's Czech unit OHL ZS won a EUR53.34 million contract to build the 6.38 km Spejchar-Pelc-Tyrolka (SPELC) section of the city inner circle road in northwest Prague (lot 0079), whereof 5.5 kilometres of mostly bored tunnels and some cut-and-cover construction. The contract is part of the Blanka tunnel complex. It also includes construction of a complex of adjoining underground buildings and technological facilities under dwellings in Letna to supply ventilation to most of the tunnels, which will run under Kralovska obora-Stromovka natural park, and underground car parks for 863 vehicles. When completed, the tunnel will connect to the southwest section of the inner ring road to form a 17 km continuous underground section, the longest road tunnel of the Czech Republic. Click cz/22 for details. Visit www.ohl.es and www.ohlzs.cz 31/07.