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Ecuador

Ecuador, Papallacta - ec/11

Water Transfer - TBM

  Robbins model 105-144 drove 5.8 km of 6.2 km x 3 m internal diameter tunnel in volcanic tuff at 3,717 m elevation. Contractor Kunz experienced major crown fallouts at 5 km mark with ravelling ground and water. Some 1,200 cu m of material flowed into the TBM drive. Drill/blast relief heading from exit portal met struggling TBM after 400 m in May, 1990. See also Hall of Fame entry. October 1991.



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Egypt

Egypt, Alexandria - eg/14

Pipejack

Arab Contractors, largest construction and contracting group in the Middle East, awarded contract for 2.5 km of 3.03 m o.d./2.5 m i.d. pipe in clay, sand and silt in 300 m drives at 20 m depths. Urgent requirement for reconditioned slurry pipejacking system to purchase or hire for 10-120 weeks, including technical support and site supervision. Full procurement details from info@tunnelbuilder.com November 2000.



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Egypt, Cairo - eg/13

Metro Line 2

  Planned to be 18.5 km-long with 18 stations, 12 of which will be underground. Newly-opened section from interchange with Line 1 at Sadat runs in 4 km bored tunnel under Nile to El Dokki and on to University at grade. Three intermediate cut-and-cover stations at Opera, Dokki and Behoos. Work continues on final 3 km section to Giza with three additional stations for completion end-2000. Mainly French companies involved as Interinfra consortium. Sept 1999. National Authority for Tunnels to invite bids for the construction of a 2.5 km extension to Line 2 from Giza to Moneib. $85.7 million project in design by Systra. Visit www.systra.com 02/01.   French-led Interinfra consortium comprising Vinci, Bouygues, Eiffage, Spie, Alstom Transport, Alcatel Italia and Egyptian firm Arab Contractors commissioned to build 3 km extension plus two stations to link Giza and Munib for $65 million. Work start in October, 2001 for completion in 2003. 45/01.  €50 million loan granted by the European Investment Bank for the 2.6 km extension of the southern end of Line 2 from Giza to Al-Monib. The project includes two new stations in Sakiak Mekky and Al-Monib. 19/02.



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Egypt, Cairo - eg/12

Metro Line 3

  Design study under way by National Authority for Tunnels for new metro to cross city east-west from Salah Salem to Embaba. June 1998.   Will include crossings of the Nile on either side of Zamalek Island and will interchange with Line 1 at Attaba and Line 2 at Nasser.   Invitation to prequalify, deadline 1st October, 2002 for phase 1 Attaba-Abbasia, 4.5 km in length. Group 1 is for signalling and driving modes, centralized control systems, and telecommunication systems. Group 2: heavy civil works and engineering including bored tunnelling, construction of five underground stations with the relevant arrangement works, and annexed structures. Group 3: power supply including the construction of a high voltage station, electro-mechanical equipment, toll equipment, and a light repair workshop at Abbasia. Group 4: track works including both unballasted and ballasted tracks with power third rail as well as the track connection with the railway network. Group 5: rolling stock. The 33 km Line 3, 26 km of which underground, will be built in four stages at a cost of €4.5 billion. Studies have been undertaken by Systra. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=104683-2002, OJ S 135, or contact National Authority for Tunnels, Cairo, tel. +20 202 5742968 or fax +20 202 5742950. 30/02.  Prequalification notice for consultancy services for construction supervision for the 4.3 km first phase of Line 3 between Attaba Square and Abbasia. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=150995-2002, OJ S 192, or contact National Authority for Tunnels, fax +202 5742950. 41/02.Systra is currently analysing the bids received for the first phase of Line 3, a 4.5 km section from Attaba to Abbasia. The three bidders for contract 1 (signalling and telecommunication) are Alcatel / Alstom, Siemens and Citic (China). The two bidders for contract 2 (civil engineering) are Bouygues / Spie / Vinci / Arab Contractors / Orascom (France / Egypt) and OHL / ECTTP (Spain / Egypt). The five bidders for contract 3 (E&M equipment) are Alstom / Spie / Thales / Arab Contractors (France / Egypt), Siemens, Citic, FCC Construccion / ECTTP (Spain / Egypt), and Mitsubishi. The two bidders for contract 4 (track equipment) are Cogifer / Orascom (France / Egypt) and TSO (France). The contracts will be awarded next month. 24/06.The competition for building the first phase of Cairo's metro Line 3 project reached a crucial point with the opening of the financial offers for civil engineering (contract 2) on 12th September, 2006. The group led by Vinci Construction and Bouygues, made a cheaper offer (EUR125.5 million) compared to its main competitor Spanish construction group OHL allied with Egypt's ECTTP. The official outcome for the contract and three others (signalling and telecommunication, E&M equipment and track equipment) will be announced on 5th October. Click eg/12.According to the valuation, the two competitors have been prequalified for the civil works project as well as for the combined project including power supply, electromechanical work, toll equipment, rolling stock maintenance facilities and maintenance management system. However, for the joint work project, the French companies and their partners (namely Arab Contractors and Orascom) are the only ones which have submitted an offer. The ambitious project, promoted by the National Authority for Tunnels (NAT), aims to connect important urban centres, extending from the northwest of greater Cairo at Imbaba, to the north east at Heliopolis, also serving the Cairo International Airport. The entire line will cross under the two branches of the Nile River, with a total length of approximately 33 km, most of which runs though an underground tunnel. Slurry TBM technology will be used. 27 of the 29 stations will be constructed by the cut-and-cover method. 38/06.A group of companies led by Vinci Construction Grands Projets (28.5%), with partners Arab Contractors (27.5%), Bouygues (26%), and Orascom (18%) has just been awarded the civil engineering contract 2 for phase 1 of Line 3 of the Cairo metro. This EUR248.1 million deal is for the construction of 4.3 kilometres of tunnel and five underground stations. Line 3 of the Cairo metro will stretches 33 kilometres to serve 29 stations and will cross the Egyptian capital from east to west, linking the airport, situated 22 km to the northeast of the city centre, to the Mohandessin neighbourhood in Giza. The second phase, 6.2 km long, will be awarded to the same companies, without new invitation to tender. Visit www.nat.org.eg, www.vinci.com, www.arabcont.com and www.bouygues-construction.com 03/07.Contract 1 for signalling and driving modes, centralized control systems, and telecommunication systems has been awarded to Alstom, Alcatel, and Orascom for EUR29.2 million. Visit www.alstom.com, www.alcatel-lucent.com and www.orascom.com 03/07.Contract 3 for power supply including the construction of a high voltage station, electro and mechanical equipment, toll equipment, and a light repair workshop has been awarded to Spie Rail, Alstom and Thales, in partnership with Orascom and Arab Contractors, for EUR121 million. Visit www.spie.com and www.thalesgroup.com 03/07.Vossloh and Cogifer bagged contract 4, worth EUR14.9 million, to lay tracks including both unballasted and ballasted tracks with power third rail as well as the track connection with the railway network. Visit www.vossloh.de and www.cogifer.com 03/07.Contract 5 for rolling stock is not awarded yet. The competitors are Alstom, Mitsubishi, Citic and CAF. Site supervision has been awarded to Systra for EUR5 million. Visit www.systra.com 03/07.



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Estonia

Estonia, Tallin - ee/12

Railway

Closing Date: 22.11.2016 (Tender Closed)

Restricted  invitation to tender, deadline 22.11.2016, for technical concept and economic assessments (WP3)of the FinsEst Link, which is the tunnel between Helsinki and Tallin. The value of the contract is EUR320,000, excluding VAT. Duration of the contract will be15 months. Further information from https://hanki.tarjouspalvelu.fi/hanki. Tenders must be sent to https://hanki.tarjouspalvelu.fi/?id=72821&tpk=ee228c3b-77ab-43d0-8999-b9a1c6d4a1ee. Click here for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=376828-2016 and http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=365278-2016. Click here for tunnelbuilder archive. Ref.n. CB505 FinEst Link (Finnish Estonian Transport Link. 43/16.




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Ethiopia

Ethiopia, South - et/12

Hydropower

  Invitation for prequalification, deadline 4th November, 2005 for the Halele-Werabesa hydroelectric power project in southern Ethiopia. Stage I of the scheme includes, amongst other structures, a 400 m-long 12 m-diameter river diversion tunnel; a chute spillway of about 250 m; a power intake and a concrete-lined headrace tunnel (diameter 6 m and 365 m in length); a tailrace surge chamber and an invert-lined tailrace tunnel (D-shaped, 8.05 m/7.8 m) of about 5,000 m; an underground powerhouse (length 60 m, width 20 m, height 36 m); and several access tunnels and shafts. Stage II includes, in particular, a power intake and a concrete-lined headrace tunnel (diameter 7.8 m) of about 4,260 m; a 20 m-diameter surge tank; a 295 m-long headrace pressure shaft; a tailrace surge chamber and an invert-lined tailrace tunnel of about 4,090 m; an underground powerhouse (length 71 m, width 22 m, height 37 m); and several access tunnels and shafts. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=165739-2005, OJ S 167, or contact Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO), Procurement Division, Head Office, Ground floor, De Gaulle Square, PO Box 1233, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Tel. +251 1560027, fax +251 1550822 or 1504050. 36/05.



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Finland

Finland, Helsinki - fi/25

Railway

Closing Date: 22.11.2016 (Tender Closed)

Restricted  invitation to tender, deadline 22.11.2016, for technical concept and economic assessments (WP3)of the FinsEst Link, which is the tunnel between Helsinki and Tallin. The value of the contract is EUR320,000, excluding VAT. Duration of the contract will be15 months. Further information from https://hanki.tarjouspalvelu.fi/hanki. Tenders must be sent to https://hanki.tarjouspalvelu.fi/?id=72821&tpk=ee228c3b-77ab-43d0-8999-b9a1c6d4a1ee. Click here for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=376828-2016 and http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=365278-2016. Click here for tunnelbuilder archive. Ref.n. CB505 FinEst Link (Finnish Estonian Transport Link. 43/16.




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Finland, Helsinki - fi/20

District Heating

Kalliorakennus TK Vyyryläinen & Co Oy has been awarded a €9.94 million contract by Helsinki Energy for the construction of the 4 km-long 30 sq m Kamppi-Erottaja-Kruunuhaka district heating tunnel, to be blasted in solid rock. Read E-News Weekly # 13/2003 & 50/2002. Visit www.kalliorakennus.com and www.helsinginenergia.fi 27/03.Restricted procedure, deadline 3rd February, 2006 for construction of a 1.3 km 30 sq m tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=09036-2006, OJ S 8, or contact Helsingin Energia, Helsinki, fax +358 96172360. E-mail markku.vettenranta@helsinginenergia.fi 04/06.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 26th March, 2007 for construction of the 4 km-long 30 sq m Tilkka-Käpylä tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=51712-2007, OJ S 42, or contact Helsingin Energia, Helsinki, fax +358 96172360. E-mail markku.vettenranta@helsinginenergia.fi 10/07.



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Finland, Helsinki - fi/19

Railway

Award of Ring Rail Line contracts worth EUR60,538,713 as follows: Contract No 1 Aviapolis to YIT Rakennus Oy, Panuntie 11, FIN-00620 Helsinki, value EUR21,280,000; Contract No 2 Lentoasema to Skanska Infra Oy, PL 114, FIN-00101, Helsinki, value EUR23,318,713; Contract No 3 Ruskeasanta to SRV Toimitilat Oy, PL 555, FIN-02201 Espoo, value EUR15,940,000. All figures exclude VAT. For full project details visit tunnelbuilder archive fi/19. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=295945-2009. 44/09.



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Finland, - fi/18

Helsinki - Highway and Railway

Helsinki - fi/18Highway and RailwayRestricted procedure, deadline 6th May, 2002 for engineering and planning of the Vuosaari harbour access in Helsinki. Includes the Porvarinlahti highway tunnel, two tubes of 1.6 km each, 11.9 m-wide x 9 m-high, plus the Labbacka and Savio railway tunnels, two single tubes of 620 m and 13.5 km, 6.6 m-wide x 9 m-high. The rock type is granite or gneiss. Drill/blast is likely to be the excavation method with reinforced shotcreting for support and lining. Construction to start in 2004. Completion in 2008. Cost estimates are €32.2 million for the highway tunnels and €84.1 million for the two railway tunnels. Feasibility studies and preliminary engineering have been carried out by a consortium of Sito Group, JP Transplan, and LT Consultants. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 66, document 51904-2002 or contact Finnish road administration, Helsinki, fax +358 9 34199117. E-mail ronald.westermark@tiehallinto.fi 16/02. Ground and rock investigation studies for the Vuosaari harbour project are being carried out by Suomen Malmi, SCC Viatek and Geocenter/Finnish Road Enterprise. Cost €1 million. Planning and design is undertaken by SCC Viatek, Jaakko Pöyry Group and Finnish Consulting Engineers/LT-Consultants. Cost €4 million. Work started in August and should be finished in May 2003. SCC Viatek, LT-Consultants, SITO Yhtiöt (Finnish Consulting Engineers) and Tieliikelaitos (Finnish Road Enterprise) have established Finnroad. The scheme requires the Porvarinlahti highway tunnel (two tubes of 1.6 km each, 11.9 m-wide x 9 m-high) as well as the Labbacka and Savio railway tunnels (two single tubes of 620 m and 13.5 km, 6.6 m-wide x 9 m-high). More in E-News Weekly # 47. Visit www.tiehallinto.fi 47/02.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 14th April, 2003 for the design of contract RS5 including the 2 x 1.5 km Porvarinlahti highway tunnel and the 750 m Labbacka railway tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=040834-2003, OJ S 47, or contact Tiehallinto, Helsinki, fax +358 934199117. E-mail ronald.westermark@tiehallinto.fi 14/03.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 14th April, 2003 for the design of contract RS6 including the 13.5 km Savio railway tunnel for freight, a single-track single-tube tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=040835-2003, OJ S 47, or contact Tiehallinto, Helsinki, fax +358 934199117. E-mail ronald.westermark@tiehallinto.fi 14/03.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd May, 2003 for request of information regarding the Porvarinlahti, Labbacka and Savio tunnels. The client wants to cooperate with contractors during further development of technical solutions, schedule and costs. Meetings with interested contractors will be held in May 2003. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=054965-2003, OJ S 63, or contact Tiehallinto, Helsinki, fax +358 934199117. E-mail kari.auranen@cm-urakointi.fi 14/03.Finnmap-Infra and Rockplan have won contract RS5 for the design of the 2 x 1.5 km Porvarinlahti highway tunnel and the 750 m Labbacka railway tunnel. Contract amount: 939,600 euros. Visit www.finnmap-infra.fi and www.rockplan.fi 03/04.JP-Suoraplan has pocketed contract RS6 for the design of the 13.5 km single-track single-tube Savio rail freight tunnel. Contract amount: 1.2 million euros. Visit www.poyry.com 03/04.Restricted procedure, deadline 26th April, 2004 for construction of the Porvarinlahti highway tunnel (2 x 1.6 km) and the Labbacka railway tunnel (620 m). Contract value: EUR22 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=047981-2004, OJ S 56, or contact Finnish Road Administration, Helsinki, fax +358 934199117. E-mail kari.auranen@cm-urakointi.fi. Read E-News Weekly 47/2002. 14/04.Restricted procedure, deadline 26th April, 2004 for construction of the Porvarinlahti highway tunnel (2 x 1.5 km) and the Labbacka railway tunnel (750 m). Drill/blast method. Contract value: EUR20 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=053774-2004, OJ S 63, or contact Finnish Road Administration, Helsinki, fax +358 934199117 or 9141132. E-mail kari.auranen@cm-urakointi.fi. This tender cancels and replaces the one published last week. Read E-News Weekly 47/2002. 15/04.Restricted procedure, deadline 12th July, 2004 for construction of the 13.5 km Savio railway tunnel to the Vuosaari harbour in Helsinki. This single-track tunnel is divided into five separate contracts. Each include drill/blast tunnelling and other construction works. Tender value of the five contracts: EUR65 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=093909-2004, OJ S 112, or contact Tiehallinto, Helsinki, fax +358 934199117. E-mail kari.auranen@cm-urakointi.fi 25/04.Skanska Tekra has secured a EUR23.7 million contract to construct the Porvarinlahti road tunnel, the Labbacka railway tunnel and the short section of the harbour road south of the road tunnel, as part of the Vuosaari harbour access in Helsinki. Tunnel work will begin in September 2004 and the road tunnel will be completed by 30th August, 2006. The entire contract will be completed by the end of 2006. About 400,000 cubic metres of rock will be excavated and used as fill in the harbour. The Porvarinlahti road tunnel will have a total length of 2 x 1,680 m, with one tunnel in each direction. The road tunnel will go under the Porvarinlahti and Labbacka Natura 2000 areas. The harbour railway line will cross the Porvarinlahti bridge and then enter a 750 m tunnel under Labbacka.The Vuosaari harbour project is a joint project undertaken by the City of Helsinki and the Finnish state. The Port of Helsinki is responsible for building the harbour. The VUOLI project is responsible for traffic connections and includes the Finnish Road Administration, the Finnish Rail Administration and the Finnish Maritime Administration. The last tunnel contract which remains to be awarded is for the 13.5 km Savio freight railway tunnel, a single-track single-tube tunnel. Visit www.vuosaarensatama.fi and www.skanska.com 36/04.Five contracts have been awarded for the excavation of a 13.5 km Savio railway tunnel from the Porvoo motorway to Savio and the Vuosaari harbour in Helsinki. The contracts are worth EUR65 million in all (VAT not included). Tunnel contracts TU 2 and TU 5, worth EUR11 million and EUR13.4 million, have been awarded to YIT. The total tunnel length is almost 6 km. Visit www.yit.fi 51-52/04.Lemcon Infra of the Lemminkainen Group has won contract TU 3, value EUR16.1 million, which includes a 4,111 m tunnel section plus an access tunnel and a ventilation shaft, and contract TU 6, worth EUR8.9 million, including a 1,622 m tunnel. Visit www.lemcon.fi or www.lemminkainen.fi 51-52/04.Kalliorakennus secured contract TU 4 for EUR5.4 million. It includes a 850 m tunnel section plus an option for 1,300 m, worth EUR9.8 million. Visit www.kalliorakennus.com 51-52/04.Cross section about 70 sq m depending on the curve of the rail track. Mainly good hard rock, a major difficult broken section in Myras area. Drill/blast method. The main portion of the tunnel will be bolted and shotcreted with and without steel fibres. The most difficult Myras section (about 200 m) will be supported by a bearing and watertight concrete structure. Mucking-out mainly by trucks (reloading outside access tunnels is not allowed for noise regulations and the rock will be delivered directly to the site of the new Vuosaari harbour). The project also includes four ventilation/escape shafts (55 m, 65 m, 60 m and 27 m deep) and four access tunnels. Work will start in each contract in December 2004 and be completed between spring and summer of 2007.The 19 km-long harbour railway line will be ready in 2008 when the new harbour goes into operation. About a million cubic metres of rock will be excavated and used to fill harbour structures. The tunnel will run as much as 60 m below the surface in some places. The environmental impact of excavation will be closely monitored. Numerous studies have been conducted to ensure that work will not cause damage to nearby buildings or nature. Visit www.vuosaarensatama.fi 51-52/04.Skanska Tekra broke through the 1,520 m Porvarinlahti road tunnel. The final blast was celebrated at a special ceremony including workers and guests, with the temperature around -20°C. Tunnelling began in September 2004. The contract will continue with sealing and reinforcing work and will be completed by the end of the year. Work will then proceed on ventilation, electricity, traffic control and other systems. The tunnel will have a total cost of EUR33.4 million and will be commissioned in autumn 2007.Skanska Tekra started excavation at the southern end and its Slovakian partner Skanska BS started from the northern side. The Porvarinlahti road tunnel is a twin bored tunnel. The contract also includes a 600 m railway tunnel under Labbacka, which is still being excavated. Visit www.vuosaarensatama.fi, www.skanska.fi and www.skanska.cz 07/06.Through its Finnish company Tunneltech established last year, the Orsta Group received a contract from the Finnish state, for a value of more than EUR9 million with option for a total value exceeding EUR12 million. The project includes major lining works (water protection, frost protection and finally fireproofing) for the Porvarinlahti highway tunnel, which forms part of the VUOLI project in Helsinki. Tunneltech is the contracting company, specializing in tunnel linings for road and railway tunnels. Orsta Group's Norwegian subsidary Tunnelteknikk will do the major part of the works. However, both Finnish and Norwegian staff will carry out the project.The Porvarinlahti tunnel is a twin tube of 1,500 m of length, 11,5 m of width and 9 m of height, with 16,000 sq m of lining for water, frost and fire. The option is the 650 m-long 8 m-wide 9 m-high Labbacka railway tunnel, with 13,000 sq m of lining. The well known Orsta system from Orsta Stal will be installed, with combi-coated rock support bolts with resin anchorage. Click fi/18 and here. Visit www.orsta.com and www.vuosaarensatama.fi/en/index.html 14/06.Restricted procedure, deadline 19th June, 2006 for finishing works (concreting, frost protection, waterproofing, etc.) of the 13.5 km Savio railway tunnel. The tunnel forms part of the Vuoli project, a new road and rail access to Helsinki Vuosaari harbour. Click here. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=097302-2006, OJ S 91, or contact Tiehallinto, Helsinki, fax +358 934199117 or 9141132. E-mail kari.auranen@cm-urakointi.fi 22/06.Lemcon received a EUR23.1 million contract for fitting works in the 13.5 km Savio railway tunnel. The assignment includes concreting in the vertical shafts, access tunnels and both tunnel portals, frost protection, waterproofing, track foundation structures, and fastening bolts for track equipment. The tunnel forms part of the Vuoli project, a new road and rail access to Helsinki Vuosaari harbour. Click here and fi/18. Visit www.lemminkainen.com 47/06.



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