Double-stack container 30.5 km West Rail link through northwest New Territories with 3.6 km tunnel at Ching Cheung Road/Wing Shun Street and 5.7 km tunnel at Castle Peak Road/Kam Tin Valley. Five design/build contracts expected September, 1998. Bored and cut/cover. Expected start 1999 with completion 2003. Second phase to extend route 20 km to Shenzhen border for completion 2011. Client: Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. April 1998.   Five original design packages split into 12 contracts worth HK$30 bn and tenders imminent. Two of these are for Tai Lam tunnel. Nov 1998.   1.8 km x 8.75 m diameter twin-tube Kwai Tsing/Tsing Tsuen tunnel to be driven in mixed ground by jv of Dragages & Travaux Publics (Bouyges) and Zen Pacific using NFM EPB/hardrock TBM with semi-automatic segment erector to be delivered end-1999. Also incuded in this contract is the 1.7 km Ha Kwai Chung tunnel and a short cut-and-cover section. 5.5 km Tai Lam tunnel between Tsuen Wan and Kam Tin awarded to jv of Nishimatsu and Dragages & Travaux Publics. All tunnels scheduled for completion December, 2002. February 1999.   Nishimatsu/Dragages-Bouygues jv to use two new generation Atlas Copco WL 3C drillrigs with full drilling automation for 5.5 km Tai Lam tunnel. Contract involves drill/blast excavation of 700,000 cu m for tunnel and stations. December 1999. NFM reports its 8.75 m EPB with automatic segment erection on KCRC has completed 1 km to date in 200 MPa gneiss and recorded 300 m in August, comfortably meeting planned progress rates. Visit www.framatome.fr October 2000.Drill/blast excavation completed on 24th March, 2001 when Dragages et Travaux Publics (H.K) junctioned with Nishimatsu Construction on programme and within 25 mm at the mid point of the 5.5 km-long Tai Lam Tunnel. Visit www.nishimatsu.co.jp 14/01.Tenders have been invited by the Hong Kong government for the Kowloon Southern Link (KSL) of the West Rail. This is a 4.5 km underground rail section that will link up the West Rail terminus from Nam Cheong station to the East Rail at Tsim Sha Tsui station. The stretch from Nam Cheong to West Kowloon and another section underneath Salisbury Road will be mainly constructed by the cut-and-cover method. The tunnel along Canton Road will be bored to mitigate traffic disturbance. Estimated cost is HKD $8.3 billion. Construction start in early 2005 for completion in early 2009. Visit www.info.gov.hk and www.kcrc.com 19/04.The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) has combined contracts KDB-300 and KDB-400 into a single contract as part of the northern section of the 3.8 km Kowloon Southern Link (KSL). The northern section includes 1.9 km of tunnel using cut-and-cover, drill/blast or a TBM from Jordan Road to the West Rail terminus at Nam Cheong station. The five groups invited to bid for the building of contract KDB-300/400 (northern section) are: Balfour Beatty Gammon; China State Construction Engineering Corp. / Costain; Kier; Paul Y / Penta Ocean; and Maeda / Barbican Construction.The project also includes a southern section, as part of contract KDB-200, which includes 1.2 km of twin tunnels between Canton Road and Jordan Road, using a TBM, and West Kowloon station. The four groups invited to bid for the design and building of contract KDB-200 (southern section) are: Nishimatsu and Ove Arup as designer; Leighton, Balfour Beatty Gammon, Kumagai Gumi and John Holland with Mott Connell and Meinhardt as designers; Dragages, China State and Leader with Maunsell, Black & Veatch and Coffey as designers; and Paul Y, SELI and Maeda with Atkins China and Parsons Brinckerhoff as designers. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 48/2004 & 35/2004. Visit www.kcrc.com 53/04-01/05.The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) announced the award of three major civil construction contracts for Kowloon Southern Link at a combined value of about HKD3.1 billion. The contracts to design and build the northern section from Nam Cheong station to Yau Ma Tei ventilation building (contract KBD-400) and from Yau Ma Tei ventilation building to West Kowloon station at Jordan Road (contract KBD-300) were both awarded to China State Construction Engineering (Hong Kong) Ltd. at a price of about HKD636 million and HKD447 million respectively. The northern section comprises the construction of 1.9 km of tunnel, using cut-and-cover or drill-and-blast techniques from the West Rail terminus at Nam Cheong station to Jordan Road. Visit www.cscechk.com/main_e.htm 33-34/05.Contract KBD-200 to design and build the southern section from West Kowloon station to East Tsim Sha Tsui station and West Kowloon station was awarded to a JV which comprises Leighton Contractors, Balfour Beatty, Gammon, Kumagai Gumi and John Holland, at a price of about HKD2,018 million. The southern section involves the excavation of 1.1 km of twin tunnels, of which 740 m between Jordan Road and Canton Road using a massive mixed ground TBM, and the cut-and-cover method along Salisbury Road. The civil, structural, geotechnical and mechanical and electrical design has been commissioned to Mott Connell and Meinhardt. Visit www.leightoncontractors.com.au, www.balfourbeatty.com, www.mottconnell.com.hk and www.meinhardt.com.au 33-34/05.The 3.8 km-long rail section will connect Nam Cheong station, the southern terminus of West Rail, with East Tsim Sha Tsui station of East Rail, with an intermediate station at West Kowloon. Upon its completion in 2009, passengers will only take 30 minutes to travel from Tin Shui Wai to Tsim Sha Tsui East. Read E-News Weekly 48/2004, 35/2004 & 40/2002. Click cn/21. Visit www.kcrc.com 33-34/05.Invitation to tender, deadline 14th October, 2005 for supply and installation of a tunnel ventilation system to support the railway operation in the Kowloon Southern Link project, and modifications to the existing tunnel ventilation control systems across the West Rail and Tsim Sha Tsui extension. Visit www.kcrc.com/eng/corporate/business/tender.asp?ref=16028 or contact Johnny Tam, Senior Manager - Procurement & Contracts, Project Support Department, Capital Projects Division, Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, KCRC Hung Hom Building, 8 Cheong Wan Road, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Tel. +852 21636186, fax +852 27661093. 35/05.The Link 200 JV including Leighton Contractors, its affiliate John Holland, Balfour Beatty, its affiliate Gammon Construction, and Kumagai will use a Herrenknecht mixshield/slurry TBM to bore a twin 1 km-long tunnel from Jordan Road to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station on the Kowloon Southern Link (contract KBD-200), which will connect the West Rail with the East Rail. The owner is Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC). Excavated diameter is 8.05 m and internal diameter is 7 m. Visit www.herrenknecht.comThe tunnels encounter a full range of ground conditions including completely decomposed granite (CDG), mixed face of CDG and granite, full face of granite, potential for encountering two faults and mixed face of CDG, alluvium and marine deposit.The TBM components are being manufactured in Germany and China. Final assembly will take place in Canton. The machine is due for delivery in June. It is about 80 metres long and weighs around 800 tonnes. The supplier of the laser survey equipment for guidance is VMT. Visit www.vmt-gmbh.deSegmental precast concrete lining (6 + 1, universal taper, two types, a 1.5 m-long ring and a 1.2 m-long ring). The segments will be manufactured in China at an existing precast plant using CBE moulds and shipped to site. The segments will be produced by subcontractor Redland Precast Concrete Products. Slurry transport and separation plant by Pigott Shaft Drilling of Preston (UK). Visit www.cbe-tunnels.com, www.redlandprecast.com.hk and www.mudcleaning.comWest Kowloon Station is 336 m long x 28 m wide x 20 m deep below ground and 20 m above ground. Contract KDB-200 also includes a 100 m cut-and-cover tunnel to North (connecting to KDB-300) and a 150 m cut-and-cover tunnel to South (connecting to bored tunnels). Also, approx. 50 m of cut-and-cover tunnel connecting the existing East Rail tunnels with the new tunnels. Click cn/21. Visit www.leightonasia.com/data/pdf/LeightonNewsJan06.pdf and www.kcrc.com/eng/corporate/project/index.asp?page=KSL 16/06.

Deep tunnels in granite at 143 m below MSL running beneath Kai Tak airport and Mong Kok. First 3.3 m-diameter and 3.5 km, second at 4.3 m-diameter and 5.5 km out to Stonecutters Island treatment plant. Contracting jv of Kvaerner Cementation and Gammon Construction for Hong Kong Drainage Services Department. Two year duration, $77 million value. March 1998. Cifa reports that it has supplied to the Strategic Sewer Disposal Scheme (SSDS) a 70 m-long collapsible full round formwork composed of 14 telescopic sections, each 5 m long, together with a traveller to transport sections from rear to front for resetting. The formwork will be utilised for both the 3.58 km-long x 2.36 m-diameter transfer tunnel F and the 778 m-long x 2.21 transfer tunnel G from Kwai Chung to Stonecutters Island at a depth below sea level of 130 m. Concreting work is ongoing using 7 cu m agitator cars supplied from a hopper at shaft bottom. More from www.cifa.com May 2000.   Four options under consideration for $2 billion next stage include deep tunnel system between North Point and Central, which may go ahead early using shielded TBMs. Visit www.info.gov.hk/dsd/l/proj 08/01.  The Drainage Services Department (DSD) has invited ten consultants to express interest for the procurement options study for the $26 billion harbour area treatment scheme. They are Babtie Asia; Camp Dresser & McKee International; CH2M Hill (China); Faithful & Gould; Maunsell Consultants Asia; Mott Connell; Mouchel Asia; Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong; Parsons Brinckerhoff Asia; and Scott Wilson. Four options. First is the construction of tunnels along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island from North Point and from Ap Lei Chau via Pok Fu Lam to Central, linking to a new tunnel across the harbour to the existing Stonecutters Island plant. Second is the construction of tunnels from North Point via Central and Ap Lei Chau to a new treatment works at Lamma quarry. Third is a tunnel from North Point via Central to the Stonecutters Island treatment plant and an independent network of pipelines from Ap Lei Chau to a treatment works at Sandy Bay, near Pok Fu Lam, for discharge via a diffuser system. Fourth is a tunnel from Central to a treatment plant at North Point to discharge into the harbour, and a separate pipeline system between Ap Lei Chau and Sandy Bay for treatment and discharge. About four shortlisted firms will be invited to tender by year-end. A successful consultant will be appointed early next year to investigate possible design, build and operate concessions, and prepare schematic designs, costs estimates and an implementation programme for the four alternatives. All studies and trials expected to be completed in 2004. Visit www.info.gov.hk/dsd 49/01.The Drainage Services Department will build three tunnels at a cost of HKD3.91 billion to relieve flooding on Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Preliminary design is under way and tunnel alignments should be decided in mid-2005. First tunnel is Hong Kong west drainage tunnel, 10.3 km in length. Cost estimated at HKD1.8 billion. HKD11.93 million ground investigation by Geotechnics & Concrete Engineering. Visit www.gce.com.hkSecond tunnel is the 5.35 km Tsuen Wan drainage tunnel. Cost estimated at HKD1.06 billion. Third tunnel is the 4.2 km Lai Chi Kok transfer scheme. Cost estimated at the HKD1.05 billion. HKD3.9 million contract for ground investigation surveys by Vibro. Visit www.vibro.com.hkThe bulk of construction will start in 2007. Completion scheduled by 2011. Visit www.dsd.gov.hk 21/04.The four shortlisted engineering consultants to carry out the preliminary detailed design of the first of three drainage tunnels planned by the Drainage Services Department (DSD) are Ove Arup & Partners, Black & Veatch, Maunsell Consultants Asia and Mott Connell. The 10.3 km drainage tunnel is planned for the western side of Hong Kong Island. The DSD plans to award the contract in December. The successful firm will prepare designs for the tunnel that will be about 35% complete. The remaining tunnel design and construction will be left to the successful design and build contractor. As part of the assignment the consultant will be responsible for preparing a shortlist of contractors who will be invited to bid for the design and construct contract. The consultant will also supervise construction which is expected to start in 2007 for completion in 2011. The tunnel, which will vary between 6.25 m and 7.25 m in diameter, will connect Tai Hang with an area near Telegraph Bay on the western side of Hong Kong Island. The scheme also includes adits totalling 7.5 km and 35 intake shafts. The HKD2.17 billion tunnel is the first of four drainage tunnels costing a total of HKD4.22 billion that are intended to relieve flooding on Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon district. The DSD is also preparing a shortlist of consultants who will be invited to tender for the preliminary design of the second scheme, a HKD1.06 billion project for two tunnels in Kowloon. One involves a 3.7 km-long 4.9 m-diameter connection between the west Kowloon reclamation and the Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po districts of Kowloon, while the other involves a 2.8 km, 3 m-diameter transfer tunnel connecting several reservoirs in Kowloon. The Lai Chi Kok tunnel will have 10 shafts, about 350 m of adits and an outfall structure. Read E-News Weekly 35/2004 & 28/2004.Consultants were also asked to apply by 25th October, 2005 to express interest in the third scheme, a HKD900 million, 5.1 km, 6.5 m-diameter drainage tunnel in the Tsuen Wan area of Kowloon. Visit www.dsd.gov.hk and www.cleanharbour.gov.hk 48/05.The Drainage Services Department has awarded a HKD49.8 million consultancy contract to the Metcalf & Eddy / Maunsell joint venture to investigate, design and construct Stage 2A of the sewage conveyance system of the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS). Upon completion in 2013-14, the HATS Stage 2A sewage conveyance system will improve the water quality in Victoria Harbour. With the system in place, sewage will be conveyed to Stonecutters Island sewage treatment station for chemically enhanced primary treatment and disinfection before discharging. Most of the 20 km-long sewage conveyance system will be designed to be deep underground, some at depths of more than 130 m. Click cn/19. Read more in E-News Weekly 35/2004 & 28/2004. Visit www.dsd.gov.hk/home/index.htm, www.cleanharbour.gov.hk, www.m-e.aecom.com and www.maunsell.com 06/06.Invitation to tender, deadline 29th December, 2006 for design and construction of the Tsuen Wan drainage tunnel (contract DC/2007/12). It includes approximately a 5.1 km-long main drainage tunnel in Tsuen Wan with internal diameter of 6.5 m and associated works which comprise intake/outfall structures, drop shafts, de-aeration chambers, adits connecting the de-aeration chambers to the main tunnel, and slope stabilization works associated with the intake/outfall structures. The works are scheduled to commence in August 2007 for completion in August 2011. Contact Terry Chung, tel. +852 28285858, fax +852 28271823, e-mail terry.chung@mottconnell.com.hk or visit www.dsd.gov.hk/whats_new/current_tenders/index_UID_1129.htm 49/06.Invitation to tender, deadline 22nd December, 2006 for ground investigation works for sewage conveyance system, contract B (DC/2006/20), as part of Stage 2A of the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS). The works include ground investigation at the Hong Kong Island, the Victoria Harbour, the East Lamma Channel and the Stonecutters Island and laboratory testing of soil and rock samples obtained from the investigation works. The works also include the condition survey of existing structures on the Hong Kong Island and on the Stonecutters Island. The works are scheduled to commence in February 2007 for completion in September 2008. Read E-News Weekly 49/2006, 35/2004 & 28/2004. Contact Freddie Chan, tel. +852 26856418, fax +852 26912649, e-mail freddie.chan@maunsell.aecom.com or visit http://www.dsd.gov.hk/whats_new/current_tenders/index_UID_1133.htm 49/06.Maunsell Consultants Asia is inviting contractors, deadline 22nd June, 2007 to prequalify on behalf of the Drainage Services Department for the design and construction of the Lai Chi Kok water transfer scheme (contract No. DC/2007/16). Work involves the construction of a 3.7 km drainage tunnel under west Kowloon. The tunnel will have an internal diameter of 4.9 m. Work also includes associated structures such as intake structures, drop shafts, 180 m-long adits connecting the drop shafts to the tunnel, a stilling basin, an outfall structure and slope stabilisation works associated with the intake structures. Work is due to start in March 2008 for completion in December 2011. Contact Keith Tsang, tel. +852 26856523, fax +852 26912649, e-mail keith.tsang@maunsell.aecom.com or visit www.dsd.gov.hk/whats_new/current_tenders/index_UID_1173.htm 21/07.The contract for construction of the 10.3 km Hong Kong west drainage tunnel has been awarded on 23rd November, 2007 by the Drainage Services Department (DSD) to a Dragages-Nishimatsu joint venture. The contract value is HKD2.75 billion. The successful tenderer offered the lowest bid. The tunnel will vary in diameter between 6.25 m and 7.25 m and run from Tai Hang to north of Telegraph Bay on the western side of Hong Kong Island. Geology is mainly hard rock. The scheme also includes 2.3 m-diameter adits totalling 7.5 km and 35 intermediate intakes with drop shafts. The diameter of the shafts ranges from 1.2 m to 2.3 m and the depth ranges from 30 m to 190 m. Probably two TBMs (one from each portal) will be used, together with conventional excavator, explosives, etc. The tunnel will be lined. As this is a design and build contract, the detailed design will be submitted by the contractor. The design and construction stage consultant is Arup. Mucking-out will be performed by lorry at the eastern portal and by barge at the western portal. Visit www.dsd.gov.hk/home/index.htm, www.dragageshongkong.com, www.nishimatsu.co.jp/eng and www.arup.com 49/07.The Drainage Services Department has awarded on 4th December, 2007 the construction of the 5 km Tsuen Wan drainage tunnel in Kowloon to a group of companies formed by Maeda Corporation, China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) and SELI. The commencement date of the works of the contract will be on 28th December, 2007. The main tunnel is 5.13 km long and 6.5 m internal diameter and there will also be two adits, 45 m and 19 m in length and 4.6 m and 5.5 m internal diameter respectively, three intake structures and two intakes with drop shafts. The diameter of the shafts is 5 m and 5.5 m respectively. The tunnel will be driven mainly in hard rock by a TBM. Visit www.maeda.co.jp/english/outline_e.html, www.crecg.com and www.selitunnel.com or www.selitecnologie.com 52/07-01/08.Invitation for prequalification, deadline 27th June, 2008 for two construction contracts (contracts No. DC/2007/23 and No. DC/2007/24), which form part of the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 2A. The two contracts involve the construction of a total of about 19.5 km of sewage tunnels with excavated spans between 4 metres and 5.5 metres and shafts with various sizes, depths and configurations to provide access for construction, sewage conveyance and connection to the treatment works. The tunnels are to be constructed mainly in granitic and volcanic rock at depths up to 165 metres below sea level using the drill-and-blast method. Construction works are expected to commence in early 2009 for completion by middle of 2013. Tenders for the two contracts will be invited from prequalified applicants in September 2008. Details of the prequalification are available at www.dsd.gov.hk/whats_new/current_tenders/index.htm. Contact Mr. Keith Tsang, Deputy project manager, tel. +852 26856523, fax +852 26912649, e-mail keith.tsang@maunsell.aecom.com 20/08.Invitation for prequalification, deadline 19th September, 2008 for construction contracts No. DC/2007/23 and No. DC/2007/24, which form part of the Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS) Stage 2A. This is a new prequalification invitation, not an extension of deadline of the previous one published in May. The new prequalification invitation has relaxed some of the criteria compared with the previous one. The Drainage Services Department (DSD) hopes to attract more interested contractors. The two contracts involve the construction of a total of about 19.5 km of sewage tunnels with excavated spans between 4 metres and 5.5 metres and shafts with various sizes, depths and configurations to provide access for construction, sewage conveyance and connection to the treatment works. The tunnels are to be constructed mainly in granitic and volcanic rock at depths up to 165 metres below sea level using the drill-and-blast method. Construction works are expected to commence in early 2009 for completion by middle of 2013. Tenders for the two contracts will be invited from prequalified applicants in September 2008. Details of the prequalification are available at www.dsd.gov.hk/whats_new/current_tenders/index.htm. Contact Mr. Keith Tsang, Deputy project manager, tel. +852 26856523, fax +852 26912649, e-mail keith.tsang@maunsell.aecom.com 34-35/08.The Tsuen Wan drainage tunnel is a single drive tunnel 5.1 km long sloping with an average of 0.95%. The tunnel cut diameter is 7.27 m segmentally lined with a minimum operational internal diameterof 6.5 m. The HKD1.123 billion contract is a design and build contract awarded to Maeda Corporation, China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) and SELI. The tunnel requires the construction of an intake cascade (Intake I-1), two shaft / chamber / adit complexes (Intakes I-2 and I-3), and a cascade structure (Outfall O-1). The project also includes construction of surface elements such as stream diversions, an outfall cascade, tunnel portal works, access roads and ramps, and slope stabilisation. The tunnel will be excavated dominantly in high-density, extremely strong and abrasive, fresh rocks, including crystal ash tuffs of the Tsuen Wan volcanic group, the Tai Po granodiorite, and a variety of cross-cutting dykes, including basalt, rhyolite, fine-grained granite, and quartz. The very high strength and abrasivity of these rocks, and the presence of zones of blocky and closely-jointed rock, will yield difficult conditions for TBM boreability and mechanical excavation. The tunnel will encounter a number of faults and fault zones (F1 to F6 and P1 to P7), and three contact zones between tuff and granodiorite. Of particular importance is Fault F1 near Intake I-1, which consists of approximately 300 m width of blocky and highly fractured rock, and enclosing a zone of mixed soil and rock approximately 85 m wide. Much of the alignment passes below extensive side-slope terrain flanking the Tai Mo Shan highlands. The weathering profile is typically 15 m thick. The water table lies near rockhead, with locally artesian or depressed conditions, and sudden high-pressure inflows will occur in the absence of effective ground treatment. Pre-excavation grouting will be required over much of the tunnel length to meet the specified groundwater control criteria.TBM and back-up delivery is scheduled for September 2008. The excavation will be performed with SELI's double shield universal (DSU) TBM. The TBM, back-up and rolling stock are designed and manufactured by SELI. The back-up train continuously towed by the TBM comprises a set of rolling decks carrying all the support equipment, among which a dust suppression device fabricated by Flakts for SELI. Click here to know more (in Italian).There will be only one excavation face. Tunnel lining is precast reinforced concrete segments, 250 mm thick with 6.5 m intrados diameter. Annulus gap will be filled with pea-gravel and grouted on a second phase. The mucking system comprises a 5,300 m-long 800 mm-wide continuous belt conveyor designed and manufactured by Marti Technik. The belt will be powered by 420 kW at five driving spots (head drive, three boosters and tail drive) due to the tight curves along the tunnel path. A compact belt storage in front of the portal will provide a belt reserve of 400 metres. A 30 m stacker conveyor will feed a 850 cu m silo. Visit www.selitunnel.com, www.flaktwoods.com and www.martitechnik.ch 36/08.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. Click for full press release. More from Quinnie Lee, tel +852 2823 1427, e-mail quinnie.lee@leightonasia.com 47/08.

COMET jv driving 3.5 km of tunnels using NFM TBMs; 1 km NATM; and 500 m cut-and-cover. March 1999.NFM reports its two 5.71 m-diameter EPBs have recorded best day of 53 m, best week of 154 m, and best month of 567 m on 5 day/week production. Visit www.framatome.fr October 2000.Negotiated procedure, deadline 4th December, 2006 for engineering related to multi-disciplinary civil works (MCW) and multi-disciplinary transportation systems (MTS) for the Copenhagen metro's Circle Line. These two notices to prequalify for the two main consultancy assignments mark the commencement of preparatory actions handled by Orestad Development. Six teams of consultants are expected to be prequalified for each assignment before Christmas. They will then be asked to submit tenders by February 2007 and consultancy contracts are expected to be completed by July for immediate commencement of the work. At the same time the legal acts behind the Circle Line project are being processed by the Danish Parliament. The present planning basis for the project is the preliminary studies completed and reported by May 2005, which are made public by the Ministry of Transport and Energy. The reports can be downloaded (in Danish) from www.m.dk under "Om metro", "Cityring", "Hent materiale".Both consultants will be the owner's consultant through the design and procurement phases including design follow-up during construction. The MCW consultant will act on civil works, building works and related road works, i.e. all tunnel and stations. The MTS consultant will act on all railway system facilities, the rolling stock and the control and maintenance centre (CMC).The Circle Line is 15.5 km long, all underground double tunnel plus 1 km connection tunnel to the CMC, also double tube. The diameter is expected to be 4.9 m identical to the present Copenhagen metro tunnel diameter. There will be 17 stations, all underground. Tunnelling will be, to the possible extent, within the Copenhagen limestone, but it will have to pass areas of different geology at some sections. TBMs are anticipated for tunnelling. Precast concrete segments were applied for the present metro tunnel within the same type of geology. Contractors are expected to be invited to prequalify in late 2008. The planned construction start is scheduled by 2010, for service by 2018. Approved budget is DKK15 billion with a 50% probability. For the MCW engineering contract, visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=213057-2006, OJ S 200, or contact Orestadsselskabet, Copenhagen, fax +45 33112301 or 39661060. For the MTS engineering contract, visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=213058-2006, OJ S 200, or contact Orestadsselskabet, Copenhagen, fax +45 33112301 or 39661060. E-mail asj@orestad.dk or pba@orestad.dk. Read E-News Weekly 49/2004. 44/06.Negotiated procedure, deadline 24th November, 2006 for a series of deep borings for sampling of geotechnical information along the alignment and at station and shaft locations. The programme considers 150-200 borings down to 50 m. Pumping tests will be made from a number of these borings. A further 50-100 borings down to 10 m will focus on sampling of environmental information. The programme shall be executed during 2007 and reported in two stages in geotechnical data reports which will be made available to the consultants for the Circle Line project. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=219804-2006, OJ S 206, or contact Orestadsselskabet, Copenhagen, fax +45 33112301 or 39661060. E-mail asj@orestad.dk or pba@hifab.dk. Read E-News Weekly 49/2004. 45/06.The five prequalified consortia for the civil works engineering for the City ring line, Copenhagen metro's Circle Line, are: City Ring Consultants including Carl Bro, FaberMaunsell, and Niras; Cowi, Arup, and Systra; LSI Metro Group including ISC, ILF, and Setec; Parsons Brinckerhoff, teaming with Sweco, DE-Conscult, Erik K. Jí¸rgensen, Al-Gruppen, and Skaarup & Jespersen; and Rambí¸ll allied with Atkins.The five prequalified consortia for the transportation systems engineering are City Ring Consultants including Carl Bro, FaberMaunsell, and Niras; Cowi, Arup, and Systra; MottMacDonald, ISC, Hansen & Hennberg, Setec, and Interfleet; Parsons Brinckerhoff, teaming with Sweco, DE-Consult, Erik K. Jí¸rgensen, Al-Gruppen, and Skaarup & Jespersen; and Rambí¸ll allied with Atkins.Bids will be submitted on 20th March, 2007. Contract awards are expected in June 2007. Click dk/12. Read E-News Weekly 49/2004. Visit www.m.dk/en/construction/future.htm 07/07.GEO and Per Aarsleff have been contracted to undertake a series of deep borings for sampling of geotechnical information along the alignment and at station and shaft locations of the planned Circle Line. The programme considers 150-200 borings down to 50 m. Pumping tests will be made from a number of these borings. A further 50-100 borings down to 10 m will focus on sampling of environmental information. The programme shall be executed during 2007 and reported in two stages in geotechnical data reports which will be made available to the consultants for the Circle Line project. Plans for the City Circle Line were approved by the Danish Parliament on 1st June, 2007. Then the project will move to the project basis and conceptual design stage with tenders planned in two years and construction with tenders scheduled in three years. Read E-News Weekly 50/2005 & 49/2004. Visit www.m.dk/om_metro/anlaeg/etape4/geoteknik.htm, www.geo.dk and www.aarsleff.com 35/07.A joint venture of COWI, Arup and Systra won the engineering contract for the multi-disciplinary civil works (MCW) for the circle line in Copenhagen. A joint venture of Ramboll, Atkins Denmark and Atkins UK pocketed the engineering contract for multi-disciplinary transportation systems (MTS) for the same line. The total amount of these two contracts over a 10-year period is in the DKK400-600 million range. Read E-News Weekly 49/2004. Visit www.cowi.dk, www.arup.com, www.systra.com, www.ramboll.dk, www.atkinsglobal.com and www.m.dk 43/07.Metroselskabet has signed a contract with LE34 for surveying for the circle line project in Copenhagen. Visit www.le34.dk 23/08.

Proposal for 25 km twin tube heavy rail metro system with 24 stations between Colaba and Kurla via Mahim. Tunnels to be 5.8 m diameter and 14 m apart at depths to 30 m. Main promoter is Tata in association with other local consultants and Parsons Brinckerhoff. December 1997.

  First phase of proposed 55.3 km 3-line network involves 11 km of underground railway between Delhi University and the Central Secretariat near Parliament House using TBMs. Completion 2007. General consultants: joint venture led by Pacific Consultants International (Japan) and including Jarts and Rites. Client: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. September 1998.   Fifteen consortia, each associated with one or more local companies, have been shortlisted for construction of the 11 km-long underground section. The rest of the network will consist of 44.3 km of elevated and surface lines from Shadara to Nangloi and Subzimandi to Holambikalan. The US$690 million underground contract will be let as two separate packages: design and construction of the 4 km-long section from Delhi University station to the south end of the Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT); and design and construction of the 7 km-long section from ISBT to Central Secretariat. Among the shortlisted bidders for one or both packages are: Impregilo (Italy), Nesco (Spain), with Gammon (India); Kumagai Gumi (Japan), Skanska (Sweden), with Hindustan Construction (India) and Itochu (Japan); Dyckerhoff & Widmann (Germany), Shimizu (Japan), and Larsen & Toubro (India); Samsung (South Korea), with Ircon International (India); and Hyundai (South Korea), with Jai Prakash (India). Total cost of the metro project is now expected to be more than US$1.8 billion on completion. January 2000. Line 1 will run 11 km underground from Delhi University at Vishwavidyalaya in the north to Central Secretariat in the south, serving 10 stations. Line 2, the first 25 km surface/elevated route, will link Shahdara in the east to Nangloi in the west via Subzimandi and Tri Nagar. Line 3 was intended to run 19.3 km from Subzimandi to Holambi Kalan, but as this parallels an existing Indian Railways (IR) line, the government is considering whether to build a 16-km route from Tri Nagar to Barwala instead. Tenders are currently being evaluated for construction of Line 1 (underground), and the winning contractors should be announced later this year. Firms shortlisted for the project include Kumagai Gumi, Kajima Corp. and Obayashi of Japan, Skanska AB of Sweden, and Dywidag of Germany. With a water table only 1.5 m below ground level, underground construction will be challenging. From Vishwavidyalaya to New Delhi the ground is a mix of soft soil and quartzitic rock varying from sound to highly weathered. Between New Delhi and Central Secretariat the soft soil is mixed with silt, clay and sand. Construction will be split into two sections, north and south of ISBT. Nine of the stations will be built by cut-and-cover, except Chwari Bazar, which will be NATM. The running tunnels will be bored by EPBs. The northern half of the route, from Vishwavidyalaya to ISBT, is due to open in March, 2004 and the southern section in March, 2005. To help with project management, DMRC has brought in a number of general consultants, including PCI, Tonichi and JARTS of Japan, Parsons Brinckerhoff International of the USA, and RITES (Rail India Technical & Economic Services) of India. Visit www.pbworld.com Sept 2000. Award of turnkey design/construct contract for 7 km-long underground section between ISBT station and Central Secretariat to Larsen & Toubro, in jv with Dyckerhoff & Widmann, Samsung, Shimizu and Ircon, value Rs 16.50 billion, duration 59 months, funded by JBIC for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, 40% in dollars, 60% rupees. Visit www.dywidag.de 13/01. Work has commenced on the underground section of the Delhi metro rail project between Thei University and Central Secretariat. This 11 km-long line will have ten sections. The stations are to be located 12.85 m-deep. Visit www.delhimetrorail.com 44/01. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has included the Dwarka-Connaught Place stretch in its first phase. The 23.5 km-long stretch will have 1.5 km underground, 19.7 km elevated and 2.3 km at grade with 20 stations. The Connaught Place-West Patel Nagar and West Patel Nagar-Dwarka stretches should both be commissioned by September, 2005. Visit www.delhimetrorail.com 45/01. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will be using mechanised tunnelling for constructing 4 km of Line 1 in the extremely congested areas near Chawri Bazaar, New Delhi railway station, Connaught Place and in the stretch between Delhi University and Central Secretariat. Three large TBMs capable of boring a 6.8 m-diameter tunnel will be used. Lining will consist of precast concrete segments. The DMRC has constructed a segment casting plant at Nangloi and the moulds have been fabricated in France. Visit www.delhimetrorail.com 26/02.Prequalification for the design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of tunnel ventilation and environmental control system at Barakhamba Road underground station for Line 3, section Barakhamba Road-Connaught Place-Dwarka. Deadline 21st February, 2003. Tender value: US$1 million. Contact Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, NBCC Place, 3rd floor, Brishma Pithama Marg, Pragati Vihar, New Delhi 110003. Visit www.delhimetrorail.comIndvent Fans Pvt Ltd wishes to form a consortium or enter a JV with individuals, firms, limited companies who have carried out any similar works of US$1 million in the last five years. Contact Sushil K. Pachisia, e-mail pachisia@nde.vsnl.net.in and skpndin@vsnl.com. Visit www.indventfans.com 06/03.Metro Tunnelling Group, an international joint venture of Strabag's affiliate Dywidag International, Samsung, Larsen & Toubro, IRCON International, and Shimizu, received a letter of acceptance from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for contract BC18. The scope of work for the new EUR83 million contract includes the design and civil works for a 2.7 km-long tunnel and two underground stations. Within the construction period of 36 months, the tunnel will be built by shield TBM whereas the stations will be constructed using the cut-and-cover method. Visit www.dywidag-international.com, www.larsentoubro.com and www.irconinternational.com 04/07.Prequalification notice (No. DMRC/20/II-98/2006), deadline 6th February, 2007 to shortlist tunnelling contractors for the underground works of the Airport Metro Rail Link from New Delhi railway station to Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport. The contract package includes the structural design and construction based on layout plans prepared by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), complete design and construction of tunnels by NATM, traffic management during the construction, utility relocation and diversion, etc. The New Delhi railway station to IGI airport metro Link has a length of approximately 18,775 metres. Out of that 12.5 km of stretch will be underground. NATM shall be used most likely from Shivaji Stadium to Moti Bagh station in stretches for about 3 to 3.5 km. Rest of the portion of underground will be either by TBM or by cut-and-cover method. For TBM sections, prequalification document will be put on the DMRC web site in 10 days time. Tenders will be invited from the qualified contractors in 2-3 months time. Visit www.delhimetrorail.com/corporates/tenders/td_020106.pdf or contact Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, 8, Jantar Mantar, New Delhi 110001. Tel. +91 1123362790, fax +91 1123362791. E-mail rkdmrc@gmail.com 05/07.Expression of interest and prequalification, deadline 10th March, 2007 for a concessionaire to design, supply, finance, install, operate, maintain and transfer all systems like rolling stock, traction, signalling and telecommunication, ventilation and air conditioning, track, depot, baggage check-in, etc. required for operation of this Airport Metro Rail Link. The purpose is to advise the prospective bidders of the project, its components and project structure; invite responses from market participants so that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) can select a short list of qualified bidders for the next stage(s) of the concession process; and advise the market of the evaluation criteria for selecting short listed parties / qualification of the parties. The Airport Metro Rail Link from New Delhi railway station to Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport has a total length of 18,775 metres, whereof 12,575 metres underground. The underground section from New Delhi to Shivaji terminal will consist of two tunnels of 6 m in diameter each, while the underground section beyond Shivaji terminal to Moti Bagh will consist of one tunnel of 9.5 m diameter. The tunnel diameter is linked to train size, ventilation requirement, permissible air velocity in the tunnel, technical feasibility and size of ventilation fans.For the underground sections, soils are sandy silt of medium to low plasticity. The rock encountered is slightly weathered strong quartzite. Bored tunnelling or cut-and-cover construction is foreseen. For cut-and-cover construction, suitably designed diaphragm walls will have to be provided. Visit www.delhimetrorail.com/corporates/tenders/td_110107.pdf or contact Dy. Chief Engineer (Airport Line), tel. / fax +91 1124366238. E-mail rkdmrc@gmail.com 05/07.The DMRC signed an agreement with a consortium consisting of Pacific Consultants International of Japan, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Japan Railway Technical Service, Tonichi Engineering Consultants of Japan and RITES of India for providing consultancy in tender management, project management and construction supervision for the new airport metro line. Visit www.pci-world.com/en/index.html, www.pbworld.com, www.tonichi-c.co.jp and www.rites.com 05/07.The twin tunnel section to be built by Metro Tunnelling Group belongs to Line 2 which is heading south of the centre. It is approx. 3.2 km long (6.4 km in total). The inner diameter is 5,700 mm and the outer diameter is 6,260 mm. The names of the new stations are Hauz Khas and Malviya Nagar. For this work an existing Herrenknecht shield TBM from a previous contract completed in June 2005 by the same contractor is going to be used after some revamping. The geology is fine grained, consisting of sandy silt. No ground water is expected. Construction is expected to start eight months after notice to proceed. Issuance is expected end of January. End of construction will be 25 months after commencement. Click in/11. Visit www.dywidag-international.com/en/projects/references/india_delhi_metropolitan/index.html and www.herrenknecht.com 05/07.Prequalification notice (No. DMRC/20/II-115/2007), deadline 9th March, 2007 to shortlist tunnelling contractors for design and construction by TBM of the Airport Metro Rail Link from New Delhi railway station to Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport. Large diameter TBM shall be used most likely from Shivaji Stadium to Moti Bagh for about 1.5 km. Small diameter TBM shall be used most likely from New Delhi Station to Shivaji Stadium and beyond for a length approx. 3.5 km (each tube will be counted as single length). The Airport Express Rail Link is starting from New Delhi station and passing through Connaught Place, Presidential Estate, Teen Murti Road, Shanti Path, Moti Bagh, Rao Tularam Marg, DDA area near Vasant Vihar, Defence area and finally reaching IGI Airport. Out of total 18.775 km, approximately 12.5 km will be underground, partly in soil and partly in rock and there are stretches where mixed geological conditions have also been encountered during investigation. The project has to be completed before the Commonwealth Games slated in October 2010. Visit www.delhimetrorail.com/corporates/tenders/tenderdoc.pdf or contact Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, 8, Jantar Mantar, New Delhi 110001. Tel. +91 1123362790, fax +91 1123362791. E-mail rkdmrc@gmail.com 08/07.Taiwan's Continental Engineering Corporation (CEC), who holds a 70% share, and local firm Soma Enterprise (30%) have been awarded package contract No. BC-16, worth INR8.13 billion, for the design and construction of the 5,250 m-long stretch between Udyog Bhawan and Green Park stations (both excluded), on the Central Secretariat-Qutab Minar corridor, as part of Phase 2 of Line 2 of the Delhi metro. The scope of works includes twin tunnels, 4,014 m in length and 5.6 m in diameter, and four stations, each 318 m long, at Race Course, Jor Bagh, INA and All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). The project will take Line 2 to south Delhi. The contractors have appointed two design consultants for the project, China Engineering Consultants from Taiwan and Tandon Consultants from India. CEC said that four TBMs from Germany and Japan would be imported for the project. The construction period for the project is 40 months. Visit www.cec.com.tw, www.somaenterprise.com, www.ceci.org.tw/english, www.tcpl.com and www.delhimetrorail.com 09/07.Austrian construction company Strabag has bagged a INR5 billion (over EUR83 million) contract from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for construction of three 2 km-long tunnel stretches and two underground railway stations. The project will be completed in 38 months by its German subsidiary Dywidag International, which manages Metro Tunnelling Group (MTG), a consortium of two Indian, one Japanese and one South Korean companies. MTG includes Larsen & Toubro, Ircon, Shimizu and Samsung. The project includes design and construction of the civil work of the tunnel. This is part of the second phase of metro development that will extend the network to Indira Gandhi International Airport, Gurgaon, Noida and Badarpur. Click in/11. Visit www.delhimetrorail.com, www.dywidag.com, www.larsentoubro.com, www.irconinternational.com, www.shimz.co.jp/english/index.html and www.secc.co.kr/e_secc/index.asp 16/07.Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) invites sealed tenders, deadline 25th June, 2007 from international contractors for the design and construction of two underground stations and tunnels between New Delhi station and Talkatora Garden on the Airport Metro Express Line project, estimated to cost INR5.4 billion. Contact Project Director (ALC), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, 8 Jantar Mantar Road, Near Patel Chowk Metro Station, New Delhi 110001 or contact www.delhimetrorail.com/corporates/latest_tenders.html 21/07.Five consortia have shown interest in designing, supplying, installing, commissioning, operating and transferring all systems like rolling stock, traction, signalling and telecommunication, ventilation and air conditioning, track, depot and other facilities, automatic fare collection, baggage check-in and handling required for the 18.7 km Airport Metro Rail Link from New Delhi railway station to Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport, whereof 12.6 km underground. They are: Bombardier and IL&FS; Siemens Transportation, Leighton Asia and Gammon Infrastructure Projects; GE Transportation and Larsen & Toubro; CAF and Reliance Energy; and YTL Corp. The concessionaire will operate the system for 30 years, including construction time. 31/07.In March, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) named a joint venture led by Pacific Consultants International of Japan and including Japan Railway Technical Services, Tonichi Engineering, Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES) and Parsons Brinckerhoff as the general consultant for the Delhi Airport Rail Link. The a four-station express rail line is being delivered as a public-private partnership (PPP) and is due to open in time for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The joint venture will provide a range of services throughout the development of the rail link, and initially will prepare tender documents, oversee the bidding process and award of contacts to the project, followed by design review and approvals. Once contractors have been appointed, the joint venture will supervise and monitor all contractors, design consultants, suppliers and manufacturers. Responsibilities will also include safety assurance, verification of testing, trials and commissioning of systems, planning for operations and maintenance and training of DMRC personnel. Visit www.delhimetrorail.com, www.pci-world.com, www.jarts.or.jp/en/index.html, www.rites.com and www.pbworld.com 31/07.Hindustan Construction Company in joint venture with Alpine Mayreder and Samsung Corporation bagged a INR7.74 billion contract from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for the design and construction of 2.2 km-long twin bored tunnels, with a finished internal diameter of minimum 5.6 m for single track railway, including access and ventilation shaft and a 1.27 km-long cut-and-cover tunnel with two underground stations (New Delhi and Shivaji Stadium) for twin track railway including ramps and reinforced concrete structures to the underground stations. It also includes external and temporary works for the metro rail transmission system link between New Delhi and Talkatora Garden stations. This project is part of the Airport Metro Express Line and is to be completed in 32 months from the date of conclusion of the agreement. HCC's share in the total value is 33% or INR2.55 billion. Visit www.hccindia.com, www.alpine.at and www.secc.co.kr/e_secc/index.asp 40/07.Hindustan Construction Company has received a contract worth INR9.8 billion from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to construct two underground stations and a tunnel between New Delhi and Talkatora Garden stations on the Airport Metro Express Line project. Visit www.hccindia.com 44/07.A 51-49 joint venture of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Shanghai Urban Construction (Group) Corporation has won a INR2.75 billion order from the Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) to design and build a 2.4 km twin tunnel starting from the Indira Gandhi International Airport station to Dwarka Sector 21 on the Airport Metro Express Line. The JV is the first of its kind with a Chinese partner. To be completed in 120 weeks, the project involves construction of 1.6 km of bored twin tunnel using a TBM and 800 metres of tunnel by cut and cover method. Out of the six underground packages already awarded by DMRC in the Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar corridor of the Phase II projects, L&T and L&T JVs have so far bagged five contracts for a combined value of INR9.25 billion. With this new order, the total value of orders reaches INR12 billion. Visit www.larsentoubro.com and www.sucgcn.com/english/01.php 48/07.Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has bagged a INR2.97 billion contract in joint venture with Alpine Mayreder from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC). HCC has a 49% share of the value (INR1.45 billion). The contract covers the design and construction of a 2.6 km-long NATM tunnel between Talkatora Garden and Budha Jayanti Park stations, with a finished internal diameter of minimum 10 m for twin track railway, including access and ventilation shaft. It also includes external and temporary works for the metro rail transmission system link between Talkatora Garden and Budha Jayanti Park. This project is part of the Airport Metro Express Line and it has to be completed by 15th July, 2010. In September 2007, HCC in joint venture with Alpine Mayreder and Samsung Corporation had received a design and construction contract of two stations and a tunnel between New Delhi and Talkatora Garden stations. Click in/11. Visit www.hccindia.com and www.alpine.at 52/07-01/08.Invitation to tender, deadline 26th February, 2008 for design, manufacture, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of tunnel ventilation system and TVS-SCADA for nine underground stations (Udyog Bhawan, Race Course, Jorbagh, INA, AIIMS, Green Park, Haus Khas, Malviya Nagar and Saket) and associated tunnel sections on the Central Secretariat to Qutub Minar corridor of Phase 2 of Line 2 of the Delhi metro. Contact Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), Chief Electrical Engineer/Planning, 3rd Floor, NBCC Place, Bhishma Pitamah Marg, Pragati Vihar, New Delhi 110003, e-mail sharatsharma@dmrc.org. Visit www.delhimetrorail.com 03/08.

The Auckland central motorway junction contract, value EUR185 million, has been awarded by NZTA to V-Formation consortium of Fletcher Construction, Beca Engineering, Higgins Contractors and Parsons Brinckerhoff. The 2.2 km-long project includes a 440 m-long tunnel beneath Victoria Park to carry three lanes of northbound traffic, while the existing viaduct will carry four lanes southbound. Preliminary works commence August, 2009, with construction starting November, 2009. For more, contact Andy Knackstedt at NZTA www.nzta.govt.nz/newsroom/info/317/index.html 29/09.

Rua al-Madinah Holding (RMH) Co, a 100% subsidiary of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), have awarded to China Railway 18th Bureau Group Company the EUR 924.35 million (CNY5bn/USD974 million) contract for the Madinah Tunnel Project. Which includes the AH tunnel, the Ali Bin Abi Talib tunnel, the airport tunnel, a pedestrian bridge and various auxiliary projects near the city of Madinah (Medina) . The total length of the tunnels are about 5 km and the construction period is 42 months.  The project, will enable Al-Amida road to serve as an alternative to the current ring road by expanding the roadway to six lanes, upgrading the Ali bin Abi Taleb traffic tunnel, and connecting Al-Amida to the King Faisal ring road. The consultants working on the project include Canada’s WSP and US-based Parsons. Visit https://english.crcc.cn/ and https://ruaalmadinah.com/ . 24/22.

The following three consortia submitted technical and financial offers for a turnkey contract to design, build and equip Phase 1 of the Riyadh light metro: Consortium 1, leader Vinci Construction (France) with Siemens (Germany), Almabani General Contractors (Saudi Arabia), Consolidated Contractors Company (Saudi Arabia), Aecom (USA); Consortium 2, leader Bombardier (Canada) with Al Rajhi Holding Group (Saudi Arabia), YAPI Merkezi Insaat (Turkey), Obrascon Huarte Lain (Spain), Al Arrab Contracting Co (Saudi Arabia), Shibh Al Jazira Contracting Co (Saudi Arabia), GS Engineering and Construction (Korea), Freyssinet Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia), Serco Group (UK), Mott Macdonald (UK), Parsons Brinckerhoff Arabia (Saudi Arabia); Consortium 3, leader FCC Construccion SA (Spain) with Alstom Transport SA (France), Samsung C&T Corporation (Korea), Alpine (Austria), Strukton Civiel Projecten BV (The Netherlands), SETEC (France), Tecnica Y Proyectos (Spain). Visit www.arriyadh.net. 24/13.

The Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA) in Saudi Arabia has announced the two winning international consortia who will oversee the design and construction of Riyadh's new metro system. The metro network features six lines with a total length of approximately 176 km and driverless trains.

Riyadh Metro Transit Consultants, a JV between US firm Parsons and French firms Egis and Systra, has been awarded the first project and construction management contract.

RMTC will be responsible for managing metro lines 1, 2 and 3. These lines will be designed and built by the BACS and Arriyadh New Mobility group consortia. Value of contract EUR420 million.

Riyadh Advanced Metro Project Execution and Delivery (RAMPED), a JV between Louis Berger and Hill International, was awarded the second contract to manage metro lines 4, 5 and 6. These lines will be designed and built by the FAST consortium. Value of contract EUR199 million. Visit http://riyadhmetro.com and www.arriyadh.com/eng/ada/. 37/13.

Tender notice, deadline 14th July, 2008 for design, construction and completion of the Marina Coastal Expressway (Marina Wharf), contract 481. Contact Land Transport Authority (LTA), Tender Division, 1 Hampshire Road, Block 2, Level 1, Singapore 219428 or Ms Chan Mei Yin and Ms Low Bee Eng, tel. +65 63961190 / 1202, fax +65 63961124, e-mail lta_contracts@lta.gov.sg 22/08.Tender notice, deadline 27th June, 2008 for design, construction and completion of the Marina Coastal Expressway (Marina South I), contract 482. Contact Land Transport Authority (LTA), Tender Division, 1 Hampshire Road, Block 2, Level 1, Singapore 219428 or Ms Chan Mei Yin and Ms Low Bee Eng, tel. +65 63961190 / 1202, fax +65 63961124, e-mail lta_contracts@lta.gov.sg 22/08.Tender notice, deadline 4th July, 2008 for design, construction and completion of the Marina Coastal Expressway (Marina South II), contract 483. Contact Land Transport Authority (LTA), Tender Division, 1 Hampshire Road, Block 2, Level 1, Singapore 219428 or Ms Chan Mei Yin and Ms Low Bee Eng, tel. +65 63961190 / 1202, fax +65 63961124, e-mail lta_contracts@lta.gov.sg 22/08.Tender notice, deadline 28th May, 2008 for design, construction and completion of the Marina Coastal Expressway (Marina Bay Crossing), contract 485. Contact Land Transport Authority (LTA), Tender Division, 1 Hampshire Road, Block 2, Level 1, Singapore 219428 or Ms Chan Mei Yin and Ms Low Bee Eng, tel. +65 63961190 / 1202, fax +65 63961124, e-mail lta_contracts@lta.gov.sg 22/08.Tender notice, deadline 21st July, 2008 for design, construction and completion of the Marina Coastal Expressway (Marina East), contract 486. Contact Land Transport Authority (LTA), Tender Division, 1 Hampshire Road, Block 2, Level 1, Singapore 219428 or Ms Chan Mei Yin and Ms Low Bee Eng, tel. +65 63961190 / 1202, fax +65 63961124, e-mail lta_contracts@lta.gov.sg 22/08.Tender notice, deadline 14th July, 2008 for the Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE) cladding system, contract 467. Contact Land Transport Authority (LTA), Tender Division, 1 Hampshire Road, Block 2, Level 1, Singapore 219428 or Ms Chan Mei Yin and Ms Low Bee Eng, tel. +65 63961190 / 1202, fax +65 63961124, e-mail lta_contracts@lta.gov.sg 22/08.The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a contract to Parsons Brinckerhoff for architectural and engineering services for the proposed Marina Coastal Expressway (MCE). Parsons Brinckerhoff will be carrying out the design for electrical and mechanical systems, tunnel portals, escape staircases, and ventilation buildings and will perform various associated civil and architectural tasks. The company will also provide coordination and supervision services for the construction of these elements of the expressway. Visit www.pbworld.comThe planned highway will provide a dual five-lane strategic link between the existing Kallang/Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE)/East Coast Expressway (ECE) in the east of the island state and Ayer Rajah Expressway (ARE) in the west. Total length of the proposed construction is 5 km. The MCE will be constructed mainly underground. The route comprises a 3.5 km underground tunnel and a 1.5 km above ground/depressed road structure. It will create direct connections to the downtown area at Marina Bay and the Marina South area from the south of the state. Construction on the SGD1.8 billion project is scheduled to start in late 2008 with completion expected by mid 2013. 22/08.Tender notice, deadline 25th August, 2008 for supervision services (contact 482QP) for the design, construction and completion of the Marina Coastal Expressway (contract 482). Contact Land Transport Authority (LTA), Tender Division, 1 Hampshire Road, Block 2, Level 1, Singapore 219428 or Ms Low Bee Eng and Ms Jeslin Tang, tel. +65 63961202 / 1182, fax +65 63961124, e-mail lta_contracts@lta.gov.sg or www.gebiz.gov.sg 30/08.Tender notice, deadline 25th August, 2008 for supervision services (contact 483QP) for the design, construction and completion of the Marina Coastal Expressway (contract 483). Contact Land Transport Authority (LTA), Tender Division, 1 Hampshire Road, Block 2, Level 1, Singapore 219428 or Ms Low Bee Eng and Ms Jeslin Tang, tel. +65 63961202 / 1182, fax +65 63961124, e-mail lta_contracts@lta.gov.sg or visit www.gebiz.gov.sg 30/08.Tender notice, deadline 11th August, 2008 for supervision services (contact 485QP) for the design, construction and completion of the Marina Coastal Expressway (contract 485). Contract 485 comprises 700 metres of dual carriageway twin-cell box vehicular tunnel structure, of which approximately 420 metres is below the Marina Bay crossing. It is scheduled to commence in the third quarter of 2008. Contact Land Transport Authority (LTA), Tender Division, 1 Hampshire Road, Block 2, Level 1, Singapore 219428 or Ms Low Bee Eng and Ms Jeslin Tang, tel. +65 63961202 / 1182, fax +65 63961124, e-mail lta_contracts@lta.gov.sg or visit www.gebiz.gov.sg 30/08.Tender notice, deadline 11th August, 2008 for supervision services (contact 487QP) for the design, construction and completion of the Marina Coastal Expressway (contract 487). Contract 487 comprises 700 metres of dual carriageway twin-cell box vehicular tunnel structure, slip tunnels and at-grade roads connecting to the East Coast Parkway (ECP) and Fort Road, an interchange and slip tunnel connection stubs to future exit and entry ramps. It is scheduled to commence in the third quarter of 2008. Contact Land Transport Authority (LTA), Tender Division, 1 Hampshire Road, Block 2, Level 1, Singapore 219428 or Ms Low Bee Eng and Ms Jeslin Tang, tel. +65 63961202 / 1182, fax +65 63961124, e-mail lta_contracts@lta.gov.sg or visit www.gebiz.gov.sg 30/08.

On 23.09.2009 Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded to Alpine Bau GmbH (Singapore Branch) the last two contracts of the 10 major civil contracts for the 16.6 km DTL2 with 12 stations and one depot. Contract C917, value EUR156 million, for design and construction of 1.8 km section Sixth Avenue-King Albert Park, including a twin-tube tunnel to be built by TBM and the two 123 m-long stations. Contract C918, value EUR170.3 million, for design and construction of 2.2 km section, including a twin tube tunnel (920 m) to be built with two EPB slurry TBMs, the Tan Kah Kee station (234 m), a cut and cover section (445 m) and a twin tube tunnel (560 m) to be built with an EPB. The twin-tube tunnels will have an outer diameter of 6.6 m and will be lined with precast concrete segments. Construction is targeted to commence in mid-2010 for C917 and in early-2010 for C918. Duration of work is 46 months. Visit www.alpine.at.On 21.09.2009 LTA awarded contract C913, value EUR209.6 million, for the design and construction of Hillview and Cashew stations and tunnels to the Korean company GS Engineering & Construction Corp; contract C920, value EUR173,1 million, for the design and construction of Newton Station and tunnels to Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. Ltd. The new Newton interchange station will serve both DTL2 and North South Line (NSL). Both C913 and C920 contracts are to be completed by 2015. Visit www.gsconst.co.kr and www.stec.netOn 19.06.2009 contract C912, value EUR220 million, for design and construction at Bukit Panjang station and its associated tunnels was awarded to Lum Chang Building Contractors Pte Ltd; contract C921, value EUR390.6 million, for design and construction of Rochor and Little India stations and associated tunnels was awarded to the Korean company SsangYong Engineering & Construction Co. Construction of the three stations is scheduled to commence in the third quarter of 2009, and targeted to complete by 2015. Visit www.lcbc.com.sg and www.ssyenc.com/eng/On 16.06.2009 LTA announced that the names for DTL1, DTL2 and Circle Line (CCL) stations have been approved by the Street and Building Names Board (SBNB). Click here.On 01.06.2009 contract C915, value EUR109.5 million, for the design and construction of the tunnels between the stations at Beauty World and Hillview was awarded to the Korean company SKEC (Singapore Branch). Construction of the tunnels is scheduled to commence in the third quarter of 2009 and targeted to complete by 2015. Visit www.skec.com.At 02.03.2009 contract C911, value about EUR200 million, for design and construction of the Depot for DTL and its associated tunnels was awarded to the JV GS Engineering and Construction Corp. (Korea) and Hock Lian Seng Infrastructure Ltd (Singapore). The 21-hectare at-grade depot is located off Woodlands Road and situated at the north end of the DTL Stage 2. It will house the Operation Control Centre and provide stabling, maintenance, operations and support facilities for DTL Stages 1 and 2. Construction started in the first quarter of 2009 and is targeted to complete in 2015. Visit www.gsconst.co.kr and www.hlsgroup.com.sgOn 02.01.2009 LTA awarded to Parsons Brinckerhoff Pte Ltd the contract C9158B, value EUR10.8 million, for electrical and mechanical consultancy services for DTL 3 and the contract C9158A, value EUR8 million, for electrical and mechanical consultancy services for DTL 2. Visit www.pbworld.com. 42/09.