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France, Epinay - fr/34

Railway

Preliminary consultation May, 2002 for proposed RER connection between Epinay and Grigny which will require 3-4 km-long tunnel in limestone and gypsiferous marl. Construction will start 2004 for completion 2009. December 2000.



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France, Schirmeck - fr/33

Road

Preannouncement of tender to construct 1.6 km-long road with 600 m-long tunnel for DDE du Bas-Rhin, Service des Grands Travaux, fax +33 388 758599. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int December 2000.A JV between Razel and Demathieu & Bard has secured a €12.6 million contract to build a bidirectional single-tube tunnel on a bypass to road RN420 in Alsace. Drill/blast with rock bolts, shotcrete and HEB steel supports. End of excavation in July 2005. Visit www.bas-rhin.equipement.gouv.fr/DDE/tun_schi.htm, www.razel.fr and www.demathieu-bard.fr 38/03.Drill/blast of tunnel on Schirmeck bypass to road RN 420 in Alsace using a Tamrock 316G three-boom jumbo from unique south drive. Support with 20 cm-thick shotcrete with Trefil Arbed fibres and cement grouted rebars. Possibly Super Swellex bolts if needed. Seven blasts per five days (one on Mondays, two on Tuesdays, one on Wednesdays, two on Thursdays and one on Fridays) to comply with safety rules and quietness of the Schirmeck town. No blasting between 22 PM and 6 AM. Canopy of steel pipes on first 20 m with HEB steel arches on first 40 m. To date, progress has reached 90 m. Read E-News Weekly 7/2004 & 3/2002. Visit www.smc.sandvik.com and www.trefilarbed.com 11/04.



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France, Paris - fr/32

Collector Trunk

Chagnaud/Desquene et Giral jv to use refurbished Lovat 3.84 m-diameter TBM with triple roller main bearing and 4 bar seals for 2.45 km-long tunnel at the Lire-Sud SAGEP project in heavily fractured and weathered chalk with flints of UCS below 10 MPa. Concrete segmental lining rings 1.2 m-long and 250 mm-thick with o.d. 3.645 m. Visit www.lovat.com October 2000. Porte des Thernes shaft diaphragm wall completed and ground injection underway to excavate TBM launch chamber to commence boring in March, 2001for $25.3 million, 2.4 km-long Lire-Sud project. Alignment includes several 300 m-radius curves. Visit www.sagep.fr and www.lovat.com December 2000.



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France, Corsica - fr/31

Highway

Open invitation to tender for exploration drilling for the Aria-Piana road tunnel, deadline 28th July, 2000. Contact Roads Dept, Ajaccio fax +33 495 516641. July 2000.



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France, Paris - fr/30

Railway

Investigation underway by CDG Express for high speed rail link between Gare de l'Est and Roissy-CDG airport which will require a tunnel to connect the east Paris lines to the existing line from Roissy to Marne la Vallee. Partners in CDG Express are Aeroports de Paris, SNCF and RFF. For a useful map of transport links between Paris and its airports visit www.adp.fr and select Roissy. July 2000. Charles-de-Gaulle Express rail link between Gare de l'Est and the Roissy airport will be undergrounded in Mitry-Mory. The line will run on the existing tracks between Paris and Noisy-le-Sec and the remaining 14 km will be built underground up to Tremblay-en-France. Commissioning programmed for 2008. Visit www.cdgexpress.org 46/01.Syndicat des Transports d'Ile-de-France (STIF), the Greater Paris tranport authority, has voted in favour of the CDG Express line, a non-stop rail link from downtown Paris to Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. There will be a 10.5 km tunnel. The project is promoted by a JV formed by SNCF - the French state rail company, Aéroports de Paris (ADP) and Réseau Ferré de France (RFF) - the railway infrastructure operator. Visit www.cdgexpress.org and www.stif-idf.fr 07/03.SNCF Ingénierie has secured a €1.4 million contract for technical design of an express line between Gare de l'Est and Charles de Gaulle airport, including a 10.5 km tunnel between Noisy-le-Sec and Tremblay-en-France. Visit www.sncf.fr 40/03.Notice of concession, deadline 30th October, 2006 for the Charles de Gaulle Express line between central Paris and Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy. The project includes an approx. 700 m cut-and-cover tunnel between Gare de l'Est and Gare du Nord main stations and a 400 m tunnel under runway number 4 at CDG airport. Also, a 300 m bored tunnel and a 200 m cut-and-cover tunnel will be required before the Gare de l'Est station. Read E-News Weekly 24/2004. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=160688-2006, OJ S 149, or contact Ministry of transport, Paris, fax +33 140811661. E-mail cdg-express.dtfc.dgmt@equipement.gouv.fr. Also visit www.cdgexpress.org 33-34/06.The five candidates for the concession for the Charles de Gaulle Express, between Gare de l'Est station in Paris and Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy are: a consortium led by Eiffage, with Macquarie Bank; a consortium led by Bouygues TP, with Seco-Rail, RATP Développement, FIDEPPP and HSBC; a consortium headed by Vinci Concessions, with Vinci, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Axa Infrastructure Investissement and Keolis; and two Spanish contenders: ACS's Iridium Concesiones de Infraestructuras teaming with Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF); and FCC. The five candidates will submit their offer next fall. The contract is scheduled to be awarded in the first semester of 2008. Click fr/30 to learn more. 06/07.The Ministry for environment, energy, sustainable development and land use planning announced that it had selected a preferred bidder to finance, build and manage the Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Express airport rail link. The chosen consortium of VINCI Concessions, VINCI SA, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC), Axa Infrastructure Investissement and Keolis will now negotiate the concession agreement, which is expected to be signed at the beginning of 2009. The planning and enquiry process leading to the award of a declaration of public utility for the project is due to be completed by the end of this year, and the line is scheduled to open in 2013. The 32 km route will start from Paris Est main railway station and run though a new 700 m tunnel, 220 m of which using the cut-and-cover technique, to reach a pair of tracks parallel to Line B of the regional express railway (RER) network. Beyond Aulnay-sous-Bois, the CDG Express link will diverge at Villeparisis on to a 8 km double-track branch paralleling the high speed interconnection to a new terminus at the airport. From there, the existing VAL people mover will provide connections to the various terminals. The line also requires a 300 m bored tunnel and a 200 m cut-and-cover tunnel. Plans call for non-stop trains to run at 15 minutes intervals, taking just 20 minutes. The CDG Express will double rail transport capacity between the Paris city centre and CDG airport in Roissy and is expected to boost the rail share of traffic between Paris and the airport from 22% to 40%. Visit www.vinci-concessions.com, www.vinci.com, www.cdgexpress.fr and www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/DP_CDG_complet_cle519847-2.pdf 31/08.



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Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 01.02.2019, for general management during the installation of tunnel safety equipment, construction of smoke extraction plant and of emergency access in CDG Express’s, zone H, Paris (Lot 17D). The tunnel is 1km long and its alignment is under airport route 2 and 4. For documents https://fournisseurs.aeroportsdeparis.fr where offers must be sent.

Contact Aeroports de Paris, attn Antoine Bruggeman, Tremblay-en-France, tel +33 670929138, email antoine.bruggeman@adp.fr. For bid documents click here.

Ref.n. SPA015287. 03/19.



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The Consortium composed of Valerian Agence IDF et Nord (Lagny-sur-Marne, FR), SPIE Batignolles Genie Civil (Nanterre, FR), Demathieu Bard Construction (Pontault-Combault, FR), Colas Rail - Agence Grands Travaux (Louveciennes, FR), Annonce Securite Pilotage (Louveciennes, FR), Entreprise Fer Expert SASU (Bruz, FR) and Egis Rail SA (Lione, FR) secured the EUR51.65 million, excluding VAT, for the construction of the new track, catenaries and civil engineering structures in the sections G (4.4km) and  H (1.7 km tunnel) of CDG Express,  the railway connection between Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport and Paris. Contact SNCF Reseau, attn Anne Burner, Paris, tel +33 172639911, fax +33 171323840, email anne.burner@sncf.fr. For bid documents click here.

Ref.n. 2018DOS075686. 39/19.




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Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 31/10/2019, for construction and maintenance of safety equipment in a tunnel, for the construction of a smoke extraction plant and emergency access for the CDG Express’s tunnel under CDG Airport in Paris  (Lot 17D). The duration of the contract is 120 months. Contact Aeroports de Paris, attn Jurcy Annie, Tremblay-en-France, tel +33 686463765, email annie.jurcy@adp.fr. For bid documents please click here.

GU 191. Ref.n. SPA016098. 41/19.



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France, Dijon - fr/29

Highway

Consultation underway to decide on route of north Dijon bypass. If a western route is chosen, tunnels will be required. Initial estimates range from $110 million to $ 180 million for the 6 - 12 km of highway required, including about 1 km of tunnel. June 2000.Invitation to tender by restricted procedure, deadline 20.03.2009, for construction of 2 x 600 m-long Peute Combe tunnel with three crosspassages and 12 niches. Drill/blast in rock with bolts, mesh and shotcrete as necessary. Work to commence March, 2010 for 25 months. Specs and docs from Roger Gabette, tel +33 3802 94413, e-mail srmo-dre21@developpement-durable.gouv.fr. Further information from Yves Chamerois at SNCF/DI, fax +33 1416 24879, e-mail yves.chamerois@sncf.fr. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=049559-2009 09/09.



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Award of contract, value EUR22,736,976 excluding VAT, for construction of 2 x 600 m-long Peute Combe tunnel with three crosspassages and 12 niches to Societe BEC Freres of Saint Georges d'Orques, e-mail pagcts@bec.fayat.com, tel +33 4671010-10, fax -07. Drill/blast in rock with bolts, mesh and shotcrete as necessary. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=360921-2010. 49/10.



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France, Paris - fr/28

Metro Line 12

Syndicat des Transports d'Ile-de-France has voted in favour of a northern extension to Line 12 between Porte de la Chapelle and Mairie d'Aubervilliers. This 3.8 km underground extension will have three stations in Proudhon-Gardinoux, Pont de Stains, and Mairie d'Aubervilliers. The cost to bore the tunnel and the stations is estimated at about €300 million, financed by the French government, the Ile-de-France region, and the Seine Saint-Denis departement. Service to the Proudhon-Gardinoux station is scheduled for 2007. Visit www.stif-idf.fr 08/02.Negotiated procedure, deadline 15th January, 2007 for construction of the extension of Line 12 of the Paris metro from Porte de la Chapelle to Mairie d'Aubervilliers, first phase in Proudhon-Gardinoux. The tender includes two lots. Lot T1 is for the civil works for the approx. 3.6 km tunnel from Porte de la Chapelle to the cul de sac. A 7.8 m-inner diameter TBM will be used. Other underground works will be necessary (ventilation structures, shafts, etc.). Lot S1 is for civil works of Proudhon-Gardinoux station, built with slurry walls. Read E-News Weekly 16/2005. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=233286-2006, OJ S 217, or contact RATP, Fontenay-sous-Bois, fax +33 158771381. E-mail thomas.arrondeau@ratp.fr. Also visit http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m12 47/06.A joint venture of VINCI's companies Chantiers Modernes and Campenon Bernard, with also Eiffage TP pocketed a EUR93.1 million contract to build lot T1 of the extension of Line 12 from Porte de la Chapelle to Mairie d'Aubervilliers. This is a 3.6 km tunnel, from Porte de la Chapelle to the cul de sac, to be bored by a 7.8 m-inner diameter TBM. Visit www.chantiers-modernes.fr, www.cbconstruction.fr, www.travauxpublics.eiffage.com and http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m12A joint venture of VINCI's companies Chantiers Modernes and Sogea, with also Eiffage TP pocketed a EUR15.5 million contract to build lot S1. This is to build Proudhon-Gardinoux station, using slurry walls. Read E-News Weekly 16/2005. Visit www.vinci-construction.fr and http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr/m12 06/08.



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Open invitation to tender, deadline 30.10.2009, for electrical installation work in tunnel and station Proudhon Gardinoux (Lot ST3), on Paris metro Line 12 extension Porte de la Chapelle - Mairie d'Aubervilliers. Contract duration 24 months. Further information, specs and docs from Irene Fernandez at RATP, F-94724 Fontenay Sous Bois, tel +33 1587-70195, fax -69468, e-mail irene.fernandez@ratp.fr to whom tenders or requests to participate should be sent. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=273942. 41/09.



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Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 10.12.2010, for jet grouted piling for stations at Pont de Stains and Mairie d'Aubervilliers and future openings at Waldeck-Rousseau and Crevecoeur on Line 12 extension Porte de la Chapelle to Mairie d'Aubervilles. Contract duration 7 months. Further information, specs and docs from Fabrice Maarek at RATP in Paris, tel +33 1587694-44, fax -68, e-mail fabrice.maarek@ratp.fr to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent.Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=349051-2010. 47/10.



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Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 27.09.2013, for delivery and installation of electrical equipment in tunnels (lot PC01 and lot PC02). The work involves phase 2 of RATP Line 12 extension, between station Aime Cesaire and the future terminal station of Mairie d'Aubervilliers. Duration of contract 36 months. Contact RATP, att.n Laurent Sisto, Paris, tel +33 158771465. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=307805-2013



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JV Chantiers Modernes/Dodin Campenon Bernard/Botte Fondations/SOGEA TPI of Chevilly-Larue secured the EUR82.38 million contract, excluding VAT, for engineering works for stations at Aime Cesaire and Mairie d'Aubervilliers on Line 12 extension, Phase II. Contact Myriam Fontaine-Boulle at RATP in Paris, tel +33 158770195, e-mail myriam.fontaine-boulle@ratp.fr. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=102092-2014. 13/14.



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France, Ponserand - fr/27

Highway

Proposed dualling of existing 1.3 km uni-directional tunnel on RN 90 in the Tarentaise valley with new 1.7 km tube. Construction to start in 2004 at cost of $60 million. April 2000.Bonnard & Gardel of Lyon have secured the EUR349,250 contract for safety engineering services for the single tube 1.37 km-long Ponserand tunnel on RN 90. Visit www.bg-21.com and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=021979-2009, OJ S 16. 06/09.



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Open invitation to tender, deadline 29.09.2014, for the second safety tunnel for the mono-tube tunnel Ponserand, two lanes, 1,371 m-long, on RN 90. Duration of contract 14 months from award. Contact DIR Centre-Est SREI de Chambery, Lyon, fax +33 479601300. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=258110-2014. Ref. dirce-srei-2014-pons-rame. 32/14.



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SAS Geolithe of Crolles secured the EUR90,000 contract, excluding VAT, for the geology services and general management during construction of the second safety tunnel for the mono-tube Ponserand tunnel, two lanes, 1,371 m-long, on RN 90. Contact DIR Centre-Est SREI de Chambery, Chambery, tel +33 479700200, fax +33 479601300. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=207291-2015. 25/15.



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Open invitation to tender, deadline 17.10.2016, for equipment maintenance in the road tunnels belonging to DIR Centre-Est (electric, automatisme/GTC and ventilation) and in the Isere, Savoie, la Loire and Côte-d'Or. There are six lots. For further information contact DIR Centre-Est SREI, Genas, tel +33 472471616, fax +33 478903426, e-mail pes.ses.dirce@developpement-durable.gouv.fr. Offers to be sent at DREAL Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes — service de la commande publique et prestations comptables — PCP, Lyon, website http://www.auvergne-rhone-alpes.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid= 300467-2016. Ref. dirce-pes-2016-marches-tunnels. 36/16.



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France, Roissy - fr/26

Highway

Private proposal for 13 km two-level road tunnel for buses and taxis to link Roissy to Saint-Augustin Square in Paris with exits at Le Bourget airport and Villepinte Park costing $700 million. April 2000.



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France, Lorraine - fr/25

Nuclear Waste Disposal

$68 million scheme for two 500 m-deep, 5 m-diameter shafts and 1 km-long, 12 sq m-section tunnel network awarded to jv of Bouyges, Charbonnage de France, Dumez-GTM, and Campenon Bernard. Financed by users EDF, CEA and Cogema and owned by Andra, the national management agency for nuclear waste. December 1999.   Restricted tender, deadline 7th December, 2001, for the draft design comprising five lots: civil and mining engineering; nuclear engineering; mining mechanics; modelling and calculation, and computer graphics. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, document S 213-146273 or contact Andra, Châtenay-Malabry, fax +33 1 46118258. This lab includes two 500 m-deep shafts connected to a network of 4 m-high tunnels. Geology consists of marls, limestone and very hard clay. Also visit www.andra.fr/en/labo/Bure-0001.htm 46/01.   Resumption of construction on the access shafts authorised by a Bar-le-Duc Court after work suspension further to a fatality which killed one worker in May. Andra, the national authority for the management of nuclear waste, and the construction consortium will set up a new quality insurance plan. Work to restart in February 2003. Visit www.andra.fr. Read E-News Weekly # 17 & 27. 48/02.   Award to the Belgatom / Coyne et Bellier / Deilmann Haniel JV of a €1.3 million contract for mining mechanics as part of the draft design for a deep storage for long-life nuclear waste. Visit www.andra.fr. Read E-News Weekly # 17 & 27. 04/03.  ATR Ingénierie has been awarded a €749,000 contract for lot 4B for modelling and calculation and Scetauroute a €1.6 million contract for lot 5 for data logging as part of the deep long-life nuclear waste disposal. Visit www.andra.fr. Read E-News Weekly # 17/2002 & 27/2002. 15/03.Open call for tenders, deadline 29th October, 2007 for studies for the underground architecture of the long-life nuclear waste repository. Read E-News Weekly 6/2006, 24/2004, 27/2002 & 17/2002. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214958-2007, OJ S 175, or contact Andra, Chatenay-Malabry, fax +33 146118258. E-mail valerie.barrey@andra.fr. Also visit www.andra.fr/interne.php3?id_rubrique=70 39/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 19th November, 2007 for project management related to the digging of 800 metres of tunnel at -490 metres, as part of the deep nuclear waste research laboratory and repository in Bure. Read E-News Weekly 6/2006, 24/2004, 27/2002 & 17/2002. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=234991-2007, OJ S 193, or contact Andra, Châtenay-Malabry, fax +33 146118258. E-mail valerie.barrey@andra.fr 42/07.Setec bagged a EUR2 million contract for studies for the underground architecture of the long-life nuclear waste repository. Read E-News Weekly 6/2006, 24/2004, 27/2002 & 17/2002. Visit www.setec.fr 06/08.



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Invitation to tender using restricted procedure, deadline 07.05.2014, for project management related to the designing and building of safety niche for 99 people in GT8 and GT9 tunnels, as part of the deep nuclear waste research laboratory and repository in Bure. Duration of contract 60 months from award. Contact Andra, att.n Pierrick Jaulin, Bure, tel +33 146118031, fax +33 146118258, e-mail andrasgda@andra.fr. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=111260-2014. 15/14.



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