Work started in August three months behind schedule on the 5,860 m-long Mala Kapela tunnel awarded to Coop Costruttori for €34.7 million. Completion expected in June 2005. Visit www.coopcostruttori.it and www.hac.hr 43/02. Strabag has signed a contract for the construction of the Brinje tunnel consisting of two parallel tubes, each totalling 1,560 metres. The contract value is €25.45 million. This amount does not include E&M equipment. Completion of the work is set for December 2003 and opening in June 2004. Visit www.bauholding.at and www.hac.hr 44/02. Croatian contractor Hidroelektra Niskogradnja and Czech contractor Subterra started excavation of the 2 x 2,290 m-long Plasina tunnel in November on motorway section Bosiljevo-Sveti Rok, part of the Zagreb-Split motorway. The project is worth €32 million. The tunnel should be completed in June 2004. Visit www.hac.hr, www.subterra.cz and www.hidroelektra-niskogradnja.hr. Read E-News Weekly # 51 for a full report on the tunnels on section Bosiljevo Interchange-Dugopolje Interchange. 51/02.Zagreb-based company Mediteran Union Tunel has been awarded in 2003 a concession contract for a BOT project consisting of the building and operation during 30 years of the Sveti Ilija-Biokovo tunnel. This is a 4.1 km 8 m-wide single-tube tunnel for two lanes. The tunnel would be built using the drill/blast method through limestone. The tunnel would pass through the Biokovo mountain to connect county road Z-6179 in Rastovac, Zagvozd municipality in the north with local road L-67177 in Bast, Baska Voda municipality in the south. The project includes a 3.5 km north access road and a 2.9 km south access road. The tunnel will be a direct link from the hinterland to the coastal Adriatic area and the Adriatic motorway.The company is seeking partners, either infrastructure operator or construction company, to join the concession company. According to feasibility studies, first class vehicles would pay a EUR2.6 toll. The estimated cost to build the tunnel is EUR50 million. Potential partners may contact Mediteran Union Tunel d.d., Mr. Ljubo Grepo, Zeleni Trg 6A, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. Tel. +385 16199 612 or 16199613, fax +385 16199614, e-mail mut@zg.tel.hr 36/04.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 20/08/20, for the updating of documentation for zoning procedures for the construction of the new Prague-Smíchov - Beroun  railway line, including the 24.7 km  twin-tube single track Beroun tunnel . Value of the contract EUR6.17 million (CZK 160.57 million), excluding VAT.  Duration of the contract 36 months. Contact  Sprava zeleznic, attn Ing. Jana Sedova, Prague, tel +420 727966017, email sedova@spravazeleznic.cz. For further on tender, please click here, here and here. Ref.n. 10851/2020-SŽ-SSZ-OVZ. 34/20. 

The open invitation to tender, deadline 18/08/20, for the updating of documentation for zoning procedures for the construction of the new Prague-Smíchov - Beroun  railway line, including the 24.7 km Beroun tunnel, has been discontinued. The contract was not awarded. Contact  Sprava zeleznic, attn Ing. Jana Sedova, Prague, tel +420 727966017, email sedova@spravazeleznic.cz. For further on tender, please click here and here. Ref.n. 10851/2020-SŽ-SSZ-OVZ. 03/21. 

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.

Israeli company Housing and Construction is about to sign a contract with the Czech government for construction of a 90 km road between Brno and Ostrava, at an investment of $1.5 billion. The road will be built under a 25-year BOT contract. Includes a 1.4 km tunnel. Other partners to the project are Austrian firm Strabag and Brown & Root. Visit www.hch.co.il 17/02.The government has decided to cancel a BOT contract signed with a consortium led by Housing & Construction Holding Co. of Israel for the 90 km section of motorway D 47 from Brno to Ostrava and the Polish border, including two tunnels, one of which 1.4 km in length. The project was not submitted to tender. The government hopes to save €1-€1.3 billion on the €4 billion proposal by the consortium and to speed up the construction programmed to be completed in 2008. Read E-News Weekly # 9/2003. 15/03.The Czech National Road Administration has awarded to Skanska, Strabag, Metrostav and Subterra a CZK6 billion contract for the construction of an 11.7 km-long section on the D47 highway between Bilovec and Ostrava, in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, at the border to Poland. Skanska's share amounts to 40%. The project includes in particular a 1 km-long tunnel, 10 bridges and six viaducts. Construction will commence in August and the project is scheduled for completion in April 2008. Visit www.skanska.com, www.strabag.at, www.metrostav.cz and www.subterra.cz 24/04.

  6.8 km extension planned from Nadr Holesovice to Letnany to comprise 1.2 km twin-track tunnel and 5.6 km of single-track tunnel driven in sedimentary rocks. First phase studies for $220 million contracts will be completed October, 1999 with a view to starting tunnelling work in mid-2000 for completion in 2004. Second phase to follow two years later. Public finance with a mixture of local and central funding. August 1999.   Proposed 3.9 km extension of C4 line in rock from Prague 7 at Holesovice railway station to Prague 8 satellite town north of the city using NATM techniques. Five stations, one of which is cut-and-cover and four to be mined. Part twin tunnel, part single. In final design for 2001 construction start. Line D also in preliminary design. Visit www.metrostav.cz December 1999.   Two phases of construction to be financed partially by loans from European Investment Bank. First 4 km-long phase has received $75 million towards estimated total cost of $220 million, and another $75 million will follow later. Visit www.subterra.cz April 2000.   Line C comprising twin 7.5 km drill/blast tubes beneath river and up hill in granite/gneiss to be constructed with six underground stations and one cut and cover station, all 600 m-long, starting June, 2001 for completion end-2003. Visit www.atlascopco.com 19/01.  Second phase tenders for line C extension in preparation with a view to early-2003 construction start and 2007 completion. Visit www.metrostav.cz 35/01.Call for bids, deadline 16th January, 2004 for construction of section Ladvi-Letnany of metro line C in the northeast of the city, adding 4.6 km track and 3 stations. The EIB granted a €75 million loan. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=207441-2003, OJ S 233, or contact Ing. Horsky, 3rd floor, Room 327 or Ing. Tomecek, 3rd floor, Room 301, Inzenyring dopravní­­ch staveb, Na Morí¡ni 360/3, 12801 Prague 2, fax +420 236083252. Read E-News Weekly 41/2003. 50/03.Skanska, Metrostav and Subterra have been contracted to extend metro line C in Prague. The assignment involves a 4.6 km extension in northern Prague from Ladvi station to Letnany, including three new stations. About 40% of the stretch is through tunnels. Skanska's share amounts to about CZK3.6 billion, which is 37% of the entire project valued at about CZK 9.8 billion. Work begins in May for completion scheduled in end 2007. Visit www.skanska.com, www.metrostav.cz and www.subterra.cz 20/04.The 4.6 km Latvi-Letnany extension to Line C awarded to Skanska, Metrostav and Subterra includes 2,195 m of 60-100 sq m double-track tunnel, 2 x 65 m of single-track tunnel and 2,356 m of cut-and-cover tunnel including the stations. Three cut-and-cover underground stations: Prosek I (211 m-long x 20 m-wide x 5.6 m-high), Prosek II (205 m x 20 m x 10.6 m) and Letnany (591 m x 25 m x 10.3 m). Letnany station includes the tracks for the depot. Geology will consist of claystone, marlstone and sandstone. The planned excavation methods are drill/blast (1,350 m), roadheader (910 m) and cut-and-cover (2,356 m). Lining in accordance with NATM with shotcrete without fibres, rock bolts, lattice girders and wire mesh. Dump trucks will be used for the mucking-out. Tunnelling to start in September 2004. 22/04.

  Negotiated procedure, deadline 7th April, 2003 for consultancy and construction services for a 4 km-long 4.5 m-diameter tunnel for district heating pipelines. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=042015-2003, OJ S 48, or contact Kí¸benhavns Energi, Copenhagen, fax +45 33952705. E-mail Astrid Birnbaum asbi@ke.dk 12/03. Cowi has won a contract worth around DKK22.5 million for consultancy and construction services for a 4 km-long 4.5 m-diameter tunnel for district heating pipelines. Visit www.cowi.dk 32/03.Negotiated procedure, deadline 22nd November, 2004 for construction of a 4 km 4.2 m-diameter bored tunnel and a 30 m-deep shaft, 15-25 m in diameter. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=176927-2004, OJ S 206, or contact Kí¸benhavns Energi, Copenhagen, fax +45 33952705. E-mail asbi@ke.dk 44/04.A joint venture of MT Hojgaard and Hochtief has signed a contract for the building of the 4 km-long 4.2 m-diameter Amagerví¦rket-Fredensgade heating tunnel in Copenhagen, to be built by TBM. The project also includes a 30 m-deep 15-25 m diameter shaft. Visit www.mthojgaard.com and www.hochtief.com 19/05.Negotiated procedure, deadline 16th June, 2006 for installation of electrical and mechanical equipment and approx. 30 km of pipe lines for district heating in a 4 km-long 4.2 m-diameter tunnel. The contract will be signed in December 2006. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=090318-2006, OJ S 85, or contact Kobenhavns Energi, Copenhagen, tel. +45 27952750. E-mail asbi@ke.dk 20/06.

Decision expected in Spring, 2000 concerning options for construction of a fixed link across the Fehmarn Strait between Denmark and Germany. Proposals range over a variety of bridges and bored and immersed tubes for road and rail. 19.9 km-long twin-tube bored railway tunnel costing $3.35bn most likely, with a construction time of 7 years. November 1999.Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 1st July, 2008 for tunnel design as part of the Fehmarnbelt fixed link between Denmark and Germany. Click here to read the Memorandum of Understanding that Germany and Denmark signed in June 2007, which explains why a tender procedure is run in parallel for both a bridge and a tunnel solution. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=101523-2008, OJ S 75, or contact Femern Baelt, Copenhagen, tel. +45 33416300. E-mail fen@femernbaelt.dk. Visit www.fehmarnlink.com and www.femerbaelt.dk 20/08.

Femern A/S has recommended straight 18 km-long, 41.2 m-wide x 8.9 m-high reinforced concrete five-compartment immersed road/rail tunnel proposal designed by Ramboll-Arup-TEC consortium of Virum, tel +45 45986-000, fax -700, e-mail ramboll@ramboll.dk for decision by Ministry of Transport early-2011 subject to acceptable EIA report. Visit www.femern.com for full press release dated 30.11.2010. For 10-year project history visit tunnelbuilder archive dk/14. 48/10.

Invitation to tender by restricted procedure, deadline 03.08.2012, for 9-year framework agreement, value EUR1.34 million, for assessment body and notified body services covering fixed link railway infrastructures. Further information, specs and docs from Johnny Restrup-Soerensen at Femern Baelt A/S in Copenhagen, tel +45 33416-300, fax –301, e-mail jrs@femernbaelt.dk, to whom tenders or requests to participate should be sent. More from www.fehmarnlink.com. Visit tunnelbuilder archive dk/14 for project history, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214427-2012. 28/12.

Femern A/S has prequalified nine large contractor consortia to submit tenders for the four major construction contracts for the fixed link across the Fehmarnbelt. The four contracts are: 1) tunnel north, 2) tunnel south, 3) portals and ramps, and 4) dredging and land reclamation. Between three and five consortia are prequalified to tender for each of the four contracts.    

Femern A/S expects to have the final bids and prices in time for inclusion in the Danish parliament’s work on the Construction Act, which is expected to be to be discussed towards the end of 2014.  

The firms in the nine contracting consortia come from Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and South Korea. Firms from the UK and the USA are also linked to some of the nine groups.    

The following consortia are prequalified to bid for one or more or the four construction contracts:  

Tunnel north:

Fehmarn Belt Contractors (Germany); Femern Link Contractors (France); JV Salini-Impregilo-Samsung-Bunte (Italy); OHL-Daewoo-Daelim JV (Spain); Immersia (Spain).  

Tunnel south:

Fehmarn Belt Contractors (Germany); Femern Link Contractors (France); JV Salini-Impregilo-Samsung-Bunte (Italy); OHL-Daewoo-Daelim JV (Spain); Immersia (Spain).  

Portals and ramps:

Fehmarn Belt Contractors (Germany); Femern Link Contractors (Denmark) – another company in the group will be the lead partner of the consortium; JV Salini-Impregilo-Samsung-Bunte (Italy); OHL-Daewoo-Daelim JV (Spain).  

Tunnel dredging and land reclamation

Fehmarn Belt Contractors (Netherlands) – another company in the group will be the lead partner of the consortium; Femern Link Contractors (Belgium) – the group has a different composition compared to the other contracts; Jan De Nul NV (Belgium).

For the prequalified consortia details, click here. The leading company is listed first in each consortium. For further details, please contact Technical Director Steen Lykke on tel +45 33 41 63 00 or Press Officer Karsten Holmegaard on tel. +45 40 10 42 50. Visit www.femern.dk. 22/13.  

Femern A/S has prequalified the following companies to submit tenders for two framework agreements on client consulting services and technical in-house consulting services, respectively.

Companies prequalified for client consulting services are:

• CH2M HILL United Kingdom (UK), with NIRAS A/S (Denmark),Dr. tech. Olav Olsen AS (Norway) and Sellhorn Ingenieurgesellschaft mbh (Germany) as Sub-consultants;
• Rambøll-Arup-TEC Joint Venture (Denmark, UK, Netherlands) with WTM Engineers GmbH (Germany) and Schønherr A/S (Denmark) as Sub-consultants;
• Sweco Danmark A/S (Denmark) with Sweco Nederland B.V. (Netherlands) and Mott MacDonald Ltd. (UK) as Sub-consultants; 
• ÅF Infrastructure AB (Sweden).

Companies prequalified for technical in-house consulting services:

• CH2M HILL United Kingdom (UK), with NIRAS A/S (Denmark),Dr. tech. Olav Olsen AS (Norway) and Sellhorn Ingenieurgesellschaft mbh (Germany) as Sub-consultants;
• EKJ-ILF-GEO (Denmark, Austria);
• Rambøll-Arup-TEC Joint Venture (Denmark, UK, Netherlands) with WTM Engineers GmbH (Germany) as Sub-consultants;
• Sweco Danmark A/S (Denmark);
• ÅF – Hansen & Henneberg A/S (Denmark) with ÅF Infrastructure AB (Sweden) as Sub-consultants.

Click dk/14 for tunnelbuilder archive. Contact Femern A/S, attn Jens Villemoes, Press Manager, tel +45 33 41 44 27, e-mail jvi@femern.dk. Visit http://femern.com/en/News-and-press/2016/October/Femern-AS-prakvalificerer-til-bygherreraadgivning. 44/16

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.

The four consortia pre-qualified for the Phase 2 of Quito metro Line 1 construction have to send their technical and financial tenders before 07.04.2014. The companies are from Italy, Brazil, Spain, Ecuador, Portugal, Mexico and Korea. The four consortia are: JV Ansaldo – Impregilo - Herdoiza Crespo; Consortium Línea 1 Metro de Quito: Acciona and Odebrecht; Consortium Metro de Quito DOH: Dragados-Constructora OAS-Hyundai Construction; Consortium Obrascon Huarte Lain S.A.-OHL-Ingenieros Civiles Asociados S.A.

The contract will be awarded by the end of May for a start in June. Click ec/19 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://www.metrodequito.gob.ec/noticia.php?c=1593. 05/14.

  Odebrecht is building the San Francisco hydro scheme, located downstream of the existing Agoyan power plant, on the left bank of the Pastaza river, on the border between Tungurahua and Pastaza provinces in central Ecuador. The project will make use of water discharged from the Agoyan power plant and diverted from the Verde river. Interconnection is made through a 60 m-long tunnel linking to an underground interconnecting chamber, from which a 11.3 km-long 7 m-diameter headrace tunnel will connect to a surge tank. Before reaching the surge tank, the penstock tunnel divides in two vertical stretches, with the upper concrete-lined section connecting with the surge tank and the lower steel-lined stretch connecting with the two generators in the 230 MW underground power house. The water will be discharged into the Pastaza river through a low pressure tunnel. Conelec, the national electricity authority, awarded the contract in March 2000 to Hidropastaza, a joint company controlled by Hidro Agoyan (80%) and Odebrecht (20%). The concession company will build the project under a 30-year BOT concession agreement for USD306 million. Construction to take five years. As of March, 2005 the underground powerhouse has been excavated. The tunnel will be excavated by a 7 m-diameter Wirth double shield TBM, which will be operated by SELI under the supervision of Odebrecht. Visit www.odebrecht.com, www.wirth-europe.com and www.selitunnel.com 10/05.