Feasibility studies in hand for two-lane dual carriageway along national road RN 75 with four tunnels including 2 x 2.35 km-long Jocou on the Croix-Haute pass, and Rochette (2 x 110 m), Rochasson (2 x 530 m) and Faye (2 x 700 m). Work also commencing on 2 x 1.3 km-long Sinard tunnel towards Coynelle. 43/01. Tenders for construction of the 990 m Sinard tunnel on A51 to be invited in March, 2002. Single bore with parallel service gallery. Tendering for preparatory works expired since 11th December, 2001. Visit www.area.fr 51/01. Preinformation notice for the construction of the Coynelle-Col du Fau section of the A51 highway. Includes the 1 km Sinard tunnel. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 11, document 8031-2002. Also visit www.area-autoroutes.fr 04/02. Restricted procedure, deadline 12th April, 2002 for the construction of the 1 km Sinard tunnel. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 52, document 40314-2002 or contact AREA, Paris, fax +33 147533820 / +33 1478718886. 12/02.Construction of the 945 m-long dual-lane Sinard tunnel on highway A 51 between Coynelle and the Fau Pass started on 17th November, 2003. The contractors Bec Frères and Carillion BTP are using a three-boom Robofore drill rig to blast the main tunnel in full section (80 sq m) from the south drive. As of 31st March, progress has reached 228 m. Half section excavation (50 sq m) of the parallel safety tunnel with a second three-boom Robofore drill rig. Progress has reached 184 m as of 31st March. A third three-boom Robofore will start at mid-April on the north drive to excavate some 20 m on the main tunnel and 50 m on the safety tunnel to clear space to allow for the construction of a viaduct. This third machine, like one of the other two, is on rental. Three ground profiles are encountered for the main tunnel. Profile 1.2 is good ground requiring 4 cm of fibre-reinforced shotcrete and 3 cm of non-reinforced shotcrete. Six to seven Swellex bolts every two metres vertically and horizontally. Profile 2.2 is ground of lower quality requiring 7 cm of fibre-reinforced shotcrete and 3 cm of non-reinforced shotcrete combined with Swellex bolts every 1.5 m. Profile 5.1 necessitates HEB 180 steel supports every 1 or 1.5 m, sheet plates or shotcrete filling. Drill rigs to be equipped with longer feeds to allow 5 m advances. The safety tunnel is supported with fibre-reinforced and non-reinforced shotcrete. There will be no lining. A Sika-PM500 shotcrete robot is used at the site. First cross passage between both tubes at 150 m and then one every 200 m. Excavation of first cross passage has just started. Visit www.robodrill-sa.com, www.sika-stm.com, www.becfreres.com and www.carillionbtp.fr 15/04.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 11th April, 2005 for firefighting equipment of the Sinard tunnel. This 945 m tunnel is a main tube, for bidirectional traffic, and a parallel safety tunnel, which will become the second tube when traffic increases once the highway is extended farther south. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=047077-2005, OJ S 38, or contact AREA, Bron, fax +33 472353201. E-mail dirc@area-autoroutes.fr 12/05.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 11th April, 2005 for high and low voltage equipment of the 945 m Sinard tunnel (electrical equipment, lighting, centralised management, video monitoring and automatic incident detection, signalling). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=047075-2005, OJ S 38, or contact AREA, Bron, fax +33 472353201. E-mail dirc@area-autoroutes.fr. Subscribe E-News Weekly 8/2005. 12/05.Yvroud Europeenne des Fluides received a EUR178,000 contract for firefighting equipment in the Sinard tunnel (945 m) on the A 51 highway Grenoble-Sisteron, section Coynelle-Col du Fau. Read E-News Weekly 8/2005. Visit www.yvroud.com 09/06.

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

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

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

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

  Possible tunnels for commencement 2001: Sinard south to Grenoble on autoroute A51; Lodeve on route nationale RN75. SGE, GTM and Eiffage to start work on A86 highway tunnel using Cofiroute TBM end-1999. Sept 1999.Socatop, a jv which comprises Campenon Bernard, GTM, Colas, Eiffage, and Jean Lefebvre, has started construction of the 4.5 km-long first section of the A86 east tunnel from Rueil to the A13 in sands, chalk, limestone and clay using its 11.6 m-diameter Herrenknecht Mixshield. Tunnel will be segmentally lined at 10.4 m internal diameter and will accommodate three lanes of light traffic in each direction on two levels. Second 5.6 km-long section from A13 to Versailles will commence in 2004, and 7.6 km-long x 10.9 m i.d. west tunnel in 2005. For equipment details visit www.herrenknecht.de and for a pleasurable experience visit www.eiffage.fr December 2000.A JV of SEITHA and Clemessy has secured a contract to equip with Zitron fans the east tunnel on the A86 highway west of Paris. There will be approximately 200 fans, power ranging from 22 to 500 kW. Visit www.seitha.fr, www.clemessy.fr and www.zitron.com 30/05.Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 26.01.2009, for design and execution of major renovation work on section A14 of the A86 motorway, including fire detection/protection and lighting on some 15 km of tunnel, creation of five safety exits and improving access to existing niches and exits, upgrading ventilation and electrical installations, and ancillary works. Completion of works scheduled for end-2011. Further information, including specs and docs, from Magguy Desplan at DIRIF, tel +33 (0)1 4676 8724, e-mail magguy.desplan@developpement-durable.gouv.fr. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=331913-2008 01/09.

Auvergne - fr/19 Road Geological investigation by core drilling prior to invitations to tender for construction. More information from Service des Infrastructures Routieres, fax +33 471 455320. Sept 1999. Proposal for $75 million bi-directional Lioran road tunnel to be driven alongside and parallel to existing 1.4 km-long, 5.3 m-wide, 150 year-old tube connecting Aurillac and Clermont Ferrand. Old tunnel will provide service and escape route for new tunnel. Elevation 1,100 m. Award pending of contract for geological investigation. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int June 2000. Coreis and Foraco carrying out geological survey of existing 1.4 km-long, 153 year-old tube to establish alignment of proposed $65 million second tube. Visit www.foraco.fr 30/01. Preinformation notice for construction of the new Lioran tunnel, a two-way dual-lane 1,515 m-long 9 m-wide carriageway plus two 1 m-wide pavements. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=026634-2003, OJ S 32, or contact DDE du Cantal, Aurillac, fax +33 471455304 or 96. E-mail Tunnel-du-Lioran.srt.dde-Cantal@equipement.gouv.fr. Read E-News Weekly # 45. 08/03. Restricted procedure, deadline 4th April, 2003 for construction of the new Lioran tunnel on trunk road RN 122, a single bidirectional tube, length 1,455 m, width 9 m with two lanes and clearance 4.55 m. Two full-section drives (100 sq m) using drill/blast. Umbrella vaults at portals, fiber-reinforced shotcrete and rockbolts, HEB steel arches with sheet plates and concrete or with shotcrete. Final formwork concrete lining. Also drilling of four cross connections to the existing tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=043308-2003, OJ S 50, or contact DDE du Cantal, Aurillac, fax +33 471455304. 12/03. Preinformation notice for construction of the new 1,515 m-long Lioran tunnel, two-way dual-lane 9 m-wide carriageway plus two one m-wide pavements. This is a re-tender. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=113796-2003, OJ S 127, or contact DDE du Cantal, Aurillac, fax +33 471455304. E-mail Tunnel-du-Lioran.srt.dde-Cantal@equipement.gouv.fr. Read E-News Weekly 45/2002. 29/03.Open call for bids, deadline 1st September, 2003 for construction of a 1,515 m-long tunnel, two-way dual-lane 9 m-wide carriageway. Cross section 100 sq m. Drill/blast from two drives, fibre-reinforced shotcreting, rockbolting, HEB steel arches, concrete formwork. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=124750-2003, OJ S 138, or contact DDE du Cantal, Aurillac, fax +33 471455304. E-mail Tunnel-du-Lioran.srt.dde-Cantal@equipement.gouv.fr. Read E-News Weekly 45/2002. 31/03.Preparatory work is under way at the Lioran Pass on road RN 122 prior to starting excavation of a 1,455 m 11 m-wide single-tube tunnel. The portals are built by Forézienne d'Entreprises et de Terrassement. The one on the Aurillac side (contract M1) is completed while building of the second one on the Murat side (contract M2) is just beginning. The tunnel (contract M3) will be bored by a JV between Spie Batignolles TPCI, Campenon Bernard and Chantiers Modernes for EUR41.2 million. Two drives, the second to start six months after the first one awaiting completion of the second portal. Civil engineering to take two years, whereof 14 months for excavation. With the two underground ventilation stations, the tunnel will be 1,515 m in length. Minimum height: 4.5 m. Gradient: 3.6%. Contract also includes four 2.5 m-wide x 2.85 m-high cross passages (560 m in total) to the existing tunnel.Excavation of top heading first under a canopy of steel pipes at both ends, with steel arches as support. Then full-face excavation using drill/blast. Cross section comprised between 90 and 100 sq m depending on geology and the support to be implemented. Two fully computerized three-boom jumbos will be used, to be chosen in the fleet of the contractors.Support with 4 m-long resine rebars in the areas with water ingress or cement grouted rebars and Atlas Copco Super Swellex Mn 16 rock bolts as well as 10-15 cm shotcrete layer. Formwork concrete for final lining, 50 cm-thick at the walls and 40 cm-thick at the crown. Visit www.swellex.comVolcanic geology composed of trachytes, trachyandesites and highly heterogeneous pyroplastic layers with compressive strength varying from 0 to 120 MPa. Visit www.sb-tpci.fr, www.cbconstruction.fr and www.cantal.equipement.gouv.fr 11/04.Open call for bids, deadline 20th September, 2005 for transversal ventilation equipment for the 1.5 km Lioran tunnel on road RN 122. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=154725-2005, OJ S 155, or contact DDE du Cantal, Aurillac, fax +33 471455396 or 565591841. E-mail dde-cantal@equipement.gouv.fr 36/05.Open call for bids, deadline 31st October, 2005 for electrical equipment for the 1.5 km Lioran tunnel on road RN 122. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=177071-2005, OJ S 179, or contact DDE du Cantal, Aurillac, fax +33 471455386 or 565591841. E-mail dde-cantal@equipement.gouv.fr 38/05.SEITHA secured a contract worth EUR1.5 million (VAT not included) to install equipment in the 1.5 km Lioran tunnel. This includes transversal ventilation equipment and locks, atmosphere control, safety of the niches and anti-fire gates and bulkheads. Work to begin immediately for end in early 2007. Visit www.seitha.fr and www.cantal.equipement.gouv.fr 52/05-01/06.Open invitation to tender, deadline 13.03.2009, for installation of steel gantries at the portals of the new 1.5 km-long Lioran tunnel on highway Rn 122 in the communities of Saint-Jacques des Blats and Laveissiere (15). Work to be completed by September, 2009. For construction history of this project, visit tunnelbuilder archive fr/19. Specs and docs from Gerard Taureau at DRE Auvergne, tel +33 473431-587, fax -909, visit www.marches-publics.gouv.fr. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=029730-2009 06/09.

  Preliminary studies completed for French section through Pyrenees. This will now go to public enquiry. September 1998.   Invitation to prequalify, deadline 1st October, 2001, for concession to design, construct, maintain and manage twin-track 45.5 km-long railway line between Perpignan and Figueras with 8.2 km of twin-tube tunnels. Contact Railways Ministry, Paris, fax +33 1408 11661. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int and www.sncf.com 32/01.   The main French and Spanish contractors teamed up to prequalify for the design, build, maintenance and operate concession notice, which expired on 1st October, 2001. The competing jvs are: Vinci, Ferrovial; Bouygues, Dragados; Eiffage, ACS; Spie Batignolles, FCC, Comsa, OHL, Proser; Necso, Sacyr; and RFF (Réseau Ferré de France) and its Spanish counterpart GIF (Gestor de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias), the state-owned bodies in charge of rail infrastructure, with public engineering firms of both countries. Bids submission before March, 2002. The 2 x 8,141 m-long tunnel will cross the Pyrenees at Le Perthus Pass with 7,317 m in France and 845 m in Spain. Project valued at Euros714 million expected to be commissioned in 2005. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, document S 127-086319. 41/01.   The six consortia prequalified in December, 2001 for the concession of the international high speed section between France and Spain, have all handed a proposal on 2nd April, 2002. They are: Ferromed, a jv of Réseau Ferré de France, Gestor de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias, Setec, and Ineco; Acciona / Sacyr; Dragados / Bouygues / DTP Terrassement / DV Construction; TP Ferro, a consortium between Eiffage / ACS / Appia / Forclum / Ví­­as y Construcciones / Cobra / Semi / Api / Electrén; FCC / OHL / Comsa / Proser / Corporacií³n General de Transporte / Rascon / Caja Madrid / Connex / Spie; and Vinci / Ferrovial. There is a 8 km tunnel in very hard rock under the Perthus pass, valued at €610 million. 15/02.   Euroferro, a consortium of Dragados, Bouygues Travaux Publics, DTP Terrassement and DV Construction, has been named preferred bidder for the concession of the Perpignan-Figueras high speed train between France and Spain. There will be a 2 x 8.2 km tunnel under the Perthus Pass. The line is due to open in 2005. 29/02.   The Spanish and French governments have concluded without reaching an agreement the negotiations with Euroferro, a consortium of Dragados, Bouygues, DTP Terrassement and DV Construction, for the awarding of a 50-year concession to build and operate the Figueras-Perpignan high speed line. The breaking-off of the talks is due "to the impossibility of both governments to accept the last requests of the consortium, incompatible with the principles that govern the concession". The consortium requested guarantees regarding a minimum traffic to ensure the profitability of the concession and regarding also "posible risks that may appear during the construction". Dragados explains the failed negotiation by the refusal from the Spanish and French governments to give "a series of financial guarantees" requested by the consortium.The €890.1 million bid submitted by Euroferro to build the link was not the cheapest but it was the shortest construction time with 51 months and work seven days a week. The share of the public subsidy in the consortium's bid was also 30% lower than in the other bids.The Spanish-French intergovernmental commission set up to select the concessionaire for the Figueras-Perpignan high speed link is now to invite bids from the interested tenderers. It is estimated that six to eight weeks will be necessary to replace Euroferro. The five JVs that bidded along with Euroferro are Ferrovial and Vinci; FCC, OHL, Comsa, Proser, Caja Madrid and Connex; ACS and its subsidiaries Cobra, Ví­­as y Construcciones and Electren with French contractor Eiffage; a consortium composed of Necso and Sacyr; and Réseau Ferré de France, Gestor de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias, Setec and Ineco.The Figueras-Perpignan line is 45.4 km in length, of which 24.6 km in France and 20.85 km in Spain. The project includes a 8,171 m tunnel under Le Perthus Pass in the Pyrenees, estimated to cost €335 million. It is now thought that the Figueras-Perpignan line will not be ready until 2007-2008 or even 2009-2010 according to the most pessimistic estimates. 17/03.   Notice of works concession, deadline 18th June, 2003 for the international section between Figueras and Perpignan of the high speed line between Spain and France. The concession is for the design, construction, maintenance and operation of a new 45.5 km line, 24.6 km of which in France and 20.9 in Spain, for passenger and freight traffic, including the Perthus twin-tube tunnel, approximately 8.2 km in length. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=079444-2003, OJ S 89, or contact Ministerio de fomento, Madrid, fax +34 91 5979342, e-mail midorrego@mfom.es or visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=079443-2003, OJ S 89, or contact Ministère de l'équipement, des transports, du logement, du tourisme et de la mer, Paris-La Défense, fax +33 140811661, e-mail louis.brisset@equipement.gouv.fr 20/03.  The four consortia bidding for the construction and operation under concession of the Perpignan-Figueras high speed link, budgeted at €714 million, are Dragados / ACS / Eiffage; Ferrovial-Agromí¡n / Vinci; Necso / Ití­­nere (Sacyr Vallehermoso) / Bouygues / FCC; and Gestor de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (GIF) and its French counterpart Réseau Ferré de France (RFF). The 45 km section requires the building of a double tunnel, 8.717 km-long, to cross the Pyrenees. 26/03.The Spanish and French governments have shortlisted two consortia for the concession contract of the high speed section between the two countries. The first consortium is ACS-Dragados and Eiffage, and the second is a team of Gestor de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (GIF) and its French counterpart Réseau Ferré de France (RFF). The budget is €714 million. Award expected before end of year. This section is 45.5 km in length and includes a 2 x 8,717 m tunnel to cross the Pyrenees in Le Perthus. 48/03.TP Ferro has been selected for build and operate under concession the international high speed rail section between Perpignan, France and Figueras, Spain. TP Ferro includes ACS-Dragados and Eiffage. Construction cost amounts to €952 million. The line length is 44.4 km, of which 24.6 km in France and 19.8 km in Spain. The main structure is the Le Perthus tunnel across the Pyrenees. This tunnel will span 8.3 km, of which approximately 7.3 km in France and 1 km in Spain. It is a dual-tube tunnel, one for each direction, that will be fitted with the latest safety equipment. Two double-shield TBMs will be used, starting from Spain. The construction of an intermediate access adit has been planned in the central part of the tunnel for geological investigation and ground treatment of the most difficult area. Time frame for commissioning is 60 months from signature of contract. Visit www.mfom.es, www.grupoacs.com, www.dragados.es and www.eiffageconstruction.fr 02/04.A consortium between Ingerop, Sener, Arcadis and Tuc Rail has been selected to design and execute the project management for the international high speed section between France and Spain, including a twin bore tunnel through the Pyrenees. The rail section will be more than 44 km in length and the first trains are expected to run in 2009. Click fr/16 & es/21. Visit www.ingerop.com, www.sener.es, - www.arcadis.nl and www.tucrail.com 15/04.Open call for bids, deadline 23rd May, 2005 for construction management of the Figueras-Perpignan section. This section includes a 8,717 m twin bored tunnel under the Perthus Pass. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=074572-2005, OJ S 77, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es or cpublic@mfom.es 17/05.Ineco and Payma Cotas secured a EUR2.1 million contract for construction management of the Figueras-Perpignan section, which includes a 8,717 m twin bored tunnel under the Perthus mountain pass. Visit www.ineco.es and www.paymacotas.com 40/05.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 09.07.2009, for construction management of driverless light metro Line B in Rennes to connect Sud East with North East zones of Rennes between Mermoz and Beaulieu stations. Extension from Beaulieu to Champs Blancs under consideration. The Cleunay-Le Gast section will be underground. Click here for the alignment. Contact SEMTCAR, Rennes, tel +33 299858930, fax +33 299651151, email: info@semtcar.fr. Visit www.rennes-metropole.fr and http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=128873-2009. 20/09.

Public enquiry considered route proposal which may include 54 km tunnel under Mt Ambin amongst others. March 1998.   Mt Ambin base tunnel now known as AlpeTunnel and 52 km alignment is being defined by long exploration boreholes. Proposed railway will shave 3 h off the journey from Lyon in France to Turin in Italy and is a top priority project within the EU. Route will carry 10.5 million passengers and 14 million t freight each year. Tunnel will take six years to construct and will cost $5 billion. Design is for twin 8 m-diameter tubes with 30 to 50 m separation linked by cross passages. Located mainly in calceschists, metamorphic basement rocks, Triassic dolomites and quartzites with schists, Jurassic marls and limestones, sandstones and flysch. Window access at Venaus (7 km-long), Modane (6.5 km-long), La Praz (8.7 km-long), and St Martin la Porte (1 km-long). $315 million preliminary design investigation programme will include some tunnels between 2001 and 2007, when work should commence on main tunnels for six years. Commissioning scheduled for 2015. Second 12 km-long tunnel required on Italian side to bypass Bussoleno. Sept 1999.   Six deep exploration holes of between 2 and 3 km underway on Alpetunnel alignment between Torino and Chambery by jv AlpExploDrilling comprising Dentag Europe, BRR and Foralith. Currently completing 1.8 km hole at Avrieux using Wirth B5 and will move to Etache for a 3 km hole using a Dentag drillrig. Visit www.foralith.ch for more information. Sept 1999. Underground station at Modane will increase projected cost to $6 billion. Preliminary work schedule under consideration for 2001-2006 financed 50% by EU to include geotechnical investigations in the Suze valley and construction of adits and pilot tunnels. Decision due later this year on final alignment. June 2000.   Agreement signed between governments for $10 billion Lyons-Turin (F-I) line with 52 km base tunnel for construction 2006-2015. Access tunnels should start at St Martin la Porte (F), La Praz (F), Modane (F) and Venaus (I) during 2002. Feeder routes will also require tunnels, notably for 14 km beneath Epine (F) and Dullin (F) ranges, 20 km beneath Chartreuse (F) mountains, and 12 km under Belledonne (F) mountains. The 12 km Bussoleno (I) and 8 km Borgone (I) tunnels are also on the main alignment. Visit www.alpetunnel.fr 07/01.   Italian-Swiss committee will promote new $3.5 billion, 160 km-long railway on Paris-Turin alignment with 48.5 km-long tunnel under Grand St Bernard Pass between Martigny and Val d'Aosta. Visit www.cff.ch and www.alpetunnel.fr 22/01.   Invitation to negotiate contract, deadline 3rd September, 2001, for construction of 4 km-long access adit and two investigation tunnels at Modane for Lyon-Turin rail link. Also, prequalification, deadline 6th September, 2001, for engineering design of same. Contact Alpetunnel-GEIE, fax +33 47 960 9704. Visit www.alpetunnel.fr 34/01.   Negotiated procedure, deadline 29th November, 2001, for soil investigation and on site tests as part of the Lyons-Turin HSR. Lot 1 is for excavation of a 2 km-long 72-96 sq m drift to be drilled/blasted. Lot 2 is for two 30-40 sq m tunnels, 1.5 km each. Option for another two tunnels of 500 m and 300 m. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, document S 206-141380 or contact Alpetunnel GEIE, Chambéry, fax +33 4 79609704. Also visit www.alpetunnel.com 45/01.   Tenders invited by Lyon-Turin Ferroviaire, the former Alpetunnel GEIE, for engineering services to analyse the bids, prepare the contracts, manage and follow up the excavation of a 2,000 m drift (contract 1), and two investigation galleries, 1.5 km to 1.8-2 km (contract 2). Part of the Lyon-Turin basis tunnel. Visit www.alpetunnel.com and www.transalpine.com 49/01.   Tenders for work supervision, deadline 14th January, 2002, for a 4 km drift (contract 1) and two investigation tunnels (contract 2) of 2.5 and 3 km. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int, document S 240-165437 or fax +33 479685659. Visit www.alpetunnel.com and www.transalpine.com 52/01.   Award to a jv of EEG Simecsol, SNCF Ingénierie, Geodata of Italy, and Bonnard et Gardel of Switzerland of an engineering assistance contract for the draft and detailed design and the preparation of documents as part of the La Praz adit and pilot tunnel. The adit is approx. 2.8 km-long for the east option and 3 km for the west one, cross section 70 sq m. The pilot tunnel is approx. 3 km for the east option and 2 km for the west one, cross section 25 sq m. Visit www.alpetunnel.com 04/02.   Two negotiated procedures for the construction and work supervision of the 70 sq m adit and 25 sq m pilot tunnel. Deadlines for construction set to 4th March, 2002 and for work supervision to 21st February, 2002. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 13, document 9950-2002, and OJ S 15, document 11422-2002 or contact Lyon-Turin Ferroviaire, Chambéry, fax +33 4 79685659. Also visit www.alpetunnel.com 05/02.   Negotiated deal for hydrogeological studies for the international section of the Lyon-Turin high speed link between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Cianocco. This section includes the Maurienne-Ambin basis tunnel (52.7 km) and the 12.5 km Bussoleno tunnel. A first report is due in October, 2002. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 43, document 34038-2002, fax +33 4 79685659 or E-mail alpetun@icor.fr with copy to sabine.dallacosta@ltf-sas.com 10/02.   Restricted procedure, deadline 8th April, 2002 for geotechnical studies as part of the draft design for the passenger and freight link across the Belledonne massif. Lot 2 deals with core drills for the Belledonne tunnel. Geology consists of alluvium, glacial deposit, limestone, schists, micaschists, gneiss, granite, etc. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 51, document 39894-2002 or contact Réseau Ferré de France, Lyon, fax +33 472840579. 12/02.   Restricted procedure, deadline 11th April, 2002 for technical studies dealing with the draft design of the Belledonne tunnel, civil engineering structures and earthworks. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 66, document 51951-2002 or contact Réseau Ferré de France, Lyon, fax +33 472840579. 15/02.Eiffage, in jv with Condotte d'Acqua and GRA, has scooped a €82 million contract to build a 4 km drift in Modane, 3 km of which with a high gradient. This is the first tunnelling contract. Work has started on 18th March, 2002. Completion in 2005. Visit www.eiffage.fr and www.condottespa.it 15/02.   Fiat Engineering has won a contract to draw up preliminary designs for work and safety equipment for the 53 km Turin-Lyon tunnel. The contract is worth €1 million and will be carried out in cooperation with Italferr and French companies Setec, Systra and SNCF Ingénierie. Visit www.fiatengineering.it 20/02.   Award to a jv of EEG Simecsol, SNCF Ingénierie, Bonnard et Gardel, and Sea Consulting of a work supervision engineering contract for a 4 km drift (lot 1) and two investigation tunnels (lot 2) of 2.5 and 3 km in Modane and Villarodin-le-Bourget. Contract value €2.1 million. Visit www.alpetunnel.com 29/02.Award to a jv of Scetauroute and Antea-Alpina of work supervision engineering contract for a 2 km drift in Saint-Martin-la-Porte. Contract value €2.37 million. 29/02.   Negotiated procedure, deadline 12th November, 2002 for geophysical exploratory services for the Chartreuse tunnel to identify lignite galleries in Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour and Saint-André-le-Gaz on a length of 2 km and a width of 400 m. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=159061-2002, OJ S 201, or contact Réseau Ferré de France, fax +33 472840579. E-mail alain.colomb@rff.fr 44/02.   Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 14th February, 2003 for core drilling for the 12 km-long Bussoleno tunnel. Lot 1 is for eight vertical boreholes in alluvial ground spread out on a length of 580 m with a maximum depth of 150 m, or ten vertical boreholes on a length of 840 m, maximum depth 200 m. Lot 2 is for six vertical boreholes in rock, length of execution 2,140 m and maximum depth 540 m, or seven vertical boreholes, length 2,720 m and maximum depth 580 m. Lot 3 is for five vertical boreholes in rock on a length of 2,530 m at a maximum depth of 870 m, or four vertical boreholes, maximum depth 950 m, plus one 400 m horizontal borehole, to be executed on a length of 3,100 m. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=202642-2002, OJ S 252, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambéry, tel. +33 479685666 or 67 and +39 0115579221. E-mail pierre.dhe@ltf-sas.com, franco.gallara@ltf-sas.com and xavier.dermendrail@ltf-sas.com 02/03.   A JV of Razel, its mother company Bilfinger Berger, Pizzarotti and Granulats Rhône-Alpes has been commissioned to build the 2,040 m descending drift in Saint-Martin-la-Porte (lot 1) for €40.4 million. Visit www.ltf-sas-com and www.razel.fr 11/03.Open call for bids, deadline 9th April, 2003 for geological investigation and core drills. Lot 1 is a 1.3 km-deep 30° inclined borehole in the Modane-Chavières area including data logging, BHTV, and tests. Lot 2 is a 100 m-deep vertical borehole in the Saint-Julien area including tests. Lot 3 is a 1.1 km-deep vertical borehole in the Houiller (Orelette) area including data logging, BHTV and tests. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=036403-2003, OJ S 42, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambéry, fax +33 479609704. E-mail pierre.dhe@ltf-sas.com for administrative info and xavier.darmendrail@ltf-sas.com and nathalie.monin@ltf-sas.com for technical info. 11/03.   Atlas Copco will rent a Rocket Boomer XL3 C drilling jumbo to the JV composed of Razel, Bilfinger Berger, Pizzarotti and GRA for drill/blast excavation of a 2,040 m drift in Saint-Martin-la-Porte, 7 km from the French entrance of the future base tunnel. This exploratory drift features a variable cross section of 80-100 sq m. The drive will be slightly climbing on the first 900 m and then descending on 1,100 m (8% gradient). Geology consisting of limestone and marls, dolomites, anhydrite, gypsum, sandstone, schists and carbonaceous schists. Up to 169,000 cubic metres of spoil will be removed, 29,000 cu m of concrete and 6,400 cu m of shotcrete will be necessary as well as 2,100 tonnes of steel arches and 77,000 metres of anchoring bolts. Other machinery at the worksite include, in particular, an Atlas Copco Boltec 435H rock bolting rig. Preparatory work started on 4th March, 2003 and the project will last 25 months. The first blast is planned for July 2003. More from franck.boudreault@atlascopco.com. Visit www.atlascopco.fr and www.razel.fr 22/03.   Restricted call for bids, deadline 4th July, 2003 for geophysical investigation for the 52 km base tunnel and the 12 km Bussoleno tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=099075-2003, OJ S 110, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambéry, fax +33 479609704. E-mail pierre.dhe@ltf-sas.com and nathalie.monon@ltf-sas.com 25/03.Open call for bids, deadline 24th July, 2003 for aeraulics study as part of the draft design of the 12 km Bussoleno tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=099055-2003, OJ S 110, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambéry, fax +33 479686097 or 5675. E-mail pierre.dhe@ltf-sas.com and eddy.verbesselt@ltf-sas.com 25/03.Negotiated procedure, deadline 3rd October, 2003 for engineering studies for the draft design of the passenger and freight line linking the Alpine furrow to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=139699-2003, OJ S 153, or contact Réseau Ferré de France, Lyon, fax +33 472840579. Also visit www.rff.fr/pages/projets/fiche_projet.asp?code=302 36/03.Restricted procedure, deadline 29th September, 2003 for construction of the 7 km-long 6 m-diameter Venaus exploratory tunnel, with option for three more kilometres. Overburden of 2 km and 2.5 km for the optional 3 km. To be driven mainly using a hard rock gripper TBM. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=150092-2003 and http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=150093-2003, OJ S 163, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambéry, fax +33 479685683. E-mail vincenzo.degregorio@ltf-sas.com and lorenzo.brino@ltf-sas.com 37/03.Two contracts have been awarded for core drills for the 12 km-long Bussoleno tunnel in Italy. RCT won contract 1 for eight vertical boreholes in alluvial ground spread out on a length of 580 m with a maximum depth of 150 m, or ten vertical boreholes on a length of 840 m, maximum depth 200 m. Amount: €323,200. More from rct@mi.nettimo.it. Contract 2 is for six vertical boreholes in rock, length of execution 2,140 m and maximum depth 540 m, or seven vertical boreholes, length 2,720 m and maximum depth 580 m. It is won by Geotecno for €1.9 million. More from mfo@geotecnosrl.it. Contract 3 has been declared void for failing to attract bids within the client's budget. This contract is for five vertical boreholes in rock on a length of 2,530 m at a maximum depth of 870 m, or four vertical boreholes, maximum depth 950 m, plus one 400 m horizontal borehole, to be executed on a length of 3,100 m. Visit www.ltf-sas.com 42/03.Restricted call for bids, deadline 21st November, 2003 for core drilling and exploratory boring for the Bussoleno tunnel (12 km). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=180607-2003, OJ S 200, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambéry, fax +33 479685683. E-mail pierre.dhe@ltf-sas.com or xavier.darmendrail@ltf-sas.com 44/03.A JV between Scetauroute and Metropolitana Milanese has secured a €108,700 contract to conduct an aeraulics study as part of the draft design of the 12 km Bussoleno tunnel. Visit www.scetauroute.fr and www.metropolitanamilanese.it 44/03.Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 8th December, 2003 for environmental measurements for the Venaus exploratory tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=185215-2003, OJ S 205, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambéry, fax +33 479685683 and +39 0122641052. E-mail pierre.dhe@ltf-sas.com and piergiuseppe.gilli@ltf-sas.com 45/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 5th January, 2004 for a 500 m vertical or inclined core drill. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=192010-2003, OJ S 213, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambéry, fax +33 479685683. E-mail sgt.dde-isere@equipement.gouv.fr 46/03.Geophysik GGD won a €191,720 contract for preparing seismic profiles from core drills F65 and F75 for the base tunnel, a €184,460 contract for preparing seismic profiles from core drills S42, S49 and S8 for the Bussoleno tunnel, and a €55,260 contract for evaluation of the depth of the vertical faults for the base tunnel. Visit www.geophysik-ggd.com 51/03.Geoexpert won a €42,700 contract for two hybrid seismic profiles, 1 km and 600 m in length, for the base tunnel. Visit www.geoexpert.ch 51/03.Geoinvest won a €33,600 contract for electrical profiles for the Bussoleno tunnel. Visit www.geoinvest.it and www.ltf-sas.com 51/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 14th April, 2004 for project construction management for the Venaus exploratory tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=026791-2004, OJ S 30, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail vincenzo.degregorio@ltf-sas.com 10/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 2nd July, 2004 for assistance to the client for the reference draft design, the detail design of the Italian part and the public inquiry in France and Italy. Contract 5 deals with tunnels. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=087067-2004, OJ S 106, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail vincenzo.degregorio@ltf-sas.com or lorenzo.brino@ltf-sas.com 25/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 19th July, 2004 for assistance to the client for the reference draft design for the international section of the base tunnel between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France and Bruzolo, Italy. The reference draft design is an intermediate stage between the conceptual design and the detail design. There are seven contracts. Contract 0 is for general coordination. Contract A1 deals with operation and maintenance, contract A2 with safety, contract B1 with civil engineering, contract B2 with geology, contract B3 with railway and non-railway equipment and contract B4 with environment. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=094328-2004, OJ S 112, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail vincenzo.degregorio@ltf-sas.com or geraldine.berthier@ltf-sas.com 25/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 28th June, 2004 for making compatible urbanism documents (land use plan, development plan, maps, etc.) between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and the Italian border as part of the public inquiry. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=094345-2004, OJ S 112, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail vincenzo.degregorio@ltf-sas.com, jacques-ricard@ltf-sas.com, geraldine.berthier@ltf-sas.com or nicole.delbe@ltf-sas.com 25/04.Information meetings will be held in Paris on 17th June and in Rome on 18th June. Visit www.ltf-sas.com/fr/couponreponseapr.pdf for registration to these meetings. 25/04.Qualification procedure for safety studies as part of the reference draft design for the international section of the base tunnel between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France and Bruzolo, Italy. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=095916-2004, OJ S 114, or contact LTF, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail vincenzo.degregorio@ltf-sas.com, stephane.bouquier@ltf-sas.com, geraldine.berthier@ltf-sas.com or nicole.delbe@ltf-sas.com 26/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 16th August, 2004 for a 800 m inclined core drill for the base tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=105133-2004, OJ S 124, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. 28/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 15th September, 2004 for compliance control of the reference draft design of the French-Italian section between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Bruzolo. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=107876-2004, OJ S 127, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail vincenzo.degregorio@ltf-sas.com, lorenzo.brino@ltf-sas.com, geraldine.berthier@ltf-sas.com or nicole.delbe@ltf-sas.com 29/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 1st September, 2004 for construction by means of a TBM of the 7 km Venaus exploratory tunnel with a cover of 2 km, with option for three more kilometres with a cover of 2.5 km. This is a re-tender as the previous tender process has been declared void. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=129218-2004, OJ S 149, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. 35/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 1st September, 2004 for construction of the 3 km Modane access adit, with a 12% gradient. This is a re-tender further to the cancellation of a previously awarded contract, when one kilometre had been bored. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=129216-2004, OJ S 149, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 28/2004 & 24/2004. 35/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 17th December, 2004 for construction of the La Praz adit, 2.5 km in length with a 12% gradient, for ground exploration and access to the future base tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=191764-2004, OJ S 222, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. 48/04.A consortium formed by Arcadis, Metropolitane Milanese, Scetauroute and Semaly has won a EUR2 million contract to perform extensive safety surveys on two tunnels, including the 53 km base tunnel, on the future Lyon-Turin line between France and Italy. The consortium will study the possible effects of an accident inside the tunnel with dangerous goods including toxic gases or flammable liquids and help determine whether the planned safety measures inside and around the tunnels are sufficient to mitigate the effects of such events. The survey will be finalised in May 2005. The railway line will be used for passenger transport, including high speed rail travel, and for freight transportation. The latter will also include the transportation of dangerous goods and trucks. Visit www.ltf-sas.com, www.arcadis-global.com, www.metropolitanamilanese.it, www.scetauroute.com and www.semaly.com 51-52/04.Razel, its parent company Bilfinger Berger, and Pizzarotti secured a EUR51.4 million contract to finish the Modane exploratory tunnel to access to the future base tunnel. This award is subsequent to a rebid further to the cancellation of a previously awarded contract, after 1 out of 4 km had already been blasted. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 28/2004. Visit www.razel.fr, www.bilfinger.de and www.pizzarotti.it 02/05.Periodic notice for construction of the Modane exploratory tunnel and access adit to the future base tunnel. This is the third time the project is tendered. 2,914 m of tunnel remains to be drilled. Last year, LTF decided to terminate the initial contract awarded to Eiffage and Condotte d'Acqua. Then, the project was retendered and awarded to Razel, Bilfinger Berger and Pizzarotti at the end of 2004. However, the initial contractors appealed against the award at the Grenoble administrative court which, in an injunction order taken on 22nd December, 2004 obliges LTF to relaunch the bid procedure, for the third time. Estimated cost: EUR55 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=019845-2005, OJ S 20, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail sylvie.dufour@ltf-sas.com, jean-yves.peltier@ltf-sas.com and christian.fournier@ltf-sas.com. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 28/2004. 05/05.Periodic notice for construction of the 2.5 km La Praz exploratory tunnel and access adit to the future base tunnel. This is the second time the project is tendered as the first bidding procedure has been declared void by LTF. Estimated cost: EUR51 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=019850-2005, OJ S 20, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail sylvie.dufour@ltf-sas.com, jean-yves.peltier@ltf-sas.com and christian.fournier@ltf-sas.com. 05/05.Periodic notice for lead engineering for construction of the 2.5 km La Praz exploratory tunnel and access adit to the future base tunnel. Estimated cost: EUR3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=019850-2005, OJ S 20, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail sylvie.dufour@ltf-sas.com, jean-yves.peltier@ltf-sas.com and christian.fournier@ltf-sas.com. 05/05.Periodic notice for safety coordination during construction of the 2.5 km La Praz exploratory tunnel and access adit to the future base tunnel. Estimated cost: EUR150,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=019847-2005, OJ S 20, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail sylvie.dufour@ltf-sas.com, jean-yves.peltier@ltf-sas.com and christian.fournier@ltf-sas.com. 05/05.The construction of the 6 m-diameter Venaus investigatory tunnel under the Ambin massif near Susa has been commissioned to a JV headed by CMC and including Strabag, Bentini Costruzioni, Cogeis and Geotecna for EUR84.3 million. The contract awarded by Lyon Turin Ferroviaire (LTF) is for a 7 km tunnel, with option for a further 3 km. Cover above the tunnel of approximately 2,000 m (2,500 m for the optional three kilometres). A hard rock Gripper TBM will be used. Work to commence next spring to last three years. Visit www.ltf-sas.com, www.cmcra.it, www.strabag.at and www.cogeis.it 07/05.Negotiated procedure, deadline 4th April, 2005 for construction of the Modane exploratory adit (2.9 km) to the future base tunnel. Tender estimate: EUR55 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=040807-2005, OJ S 42, or contact LTF, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail jean-yves.peltier@ltf-sas.com or christian.fournier@ltf-sas.com 10/05.Negotiated procedure, deadline 26th April, 2005 for engineering, including work management during construction of the 2.5 km La Praz exploratory tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=060119-2005, OJ S 62, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail jean-yves.peltier@ltf-sas.com and sylvie.dufour@ltf-sas.com 14/05.Periodic notice for excavation of the 2.5 km La Praz access and exploratory adit in Savoy. Gradient 12%. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=076907-2005, OJ S 79, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail descenderie-la-praz@ltf-sas.com 18/05.Negotiated procedure, deadline 26th May, 2005 for safety and health coordination during construction of the 2.5 km La Praz access and exploratory adit. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=075853-2005, OJ S 78, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail jean-yves.peltier@ltf-sas.com, sylvie.dufour@ltf-sas.com and geraldine.berthier@ltf-sas.com 18/05.Periodic notice for construction supervision of the 2.9 km Modane access and exploratory adit in Savoy. Tender estimate: EUR3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=083536-2005, OJ S 86, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail moe-modane@ltf-sas.com 19/05.Negotiated procedure, deadline 13th June, 2005 for construction of the La Praz access and exploratory adit, approximate length 2.5 km. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=089076-2005, OJ S 90, or contact LTF, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail descenderie-la-praz@ltf-sas.com 21/05.Lyon Turin Ferroviaire has awarded for EUR52.7 million, after a third bidding process, the completion of the Modane-Villarodin Bourget access adit to the Lyon-Turin base tunnel to Razel (leader), its mother company Bilfinger Berger, and Pizzarotti. The Modane access adit is located nearly half-way on the future base tunnel alignment (at 28.5 km from the west portal). It spans 4 km, whereof 1,086 m has already been excavated between mid-2002 and May 2004, as part of a first contract later cancelled. Maximum gradient: 12%. Section of 65 to 80 sq m. Estimated time for completion is three years. Read E-News Weekly 28/2004. Visit www.lyonturin-ferroviaire.com/, www.razel.fr and www.pizzarotti.it 38/05.The La Praz access adit will be built by Spie Batignolles TPCI (leader), its affiliate Sotrabas, Ghella and Cogeis, for EUR61.5 million. This adit is located 20 km from the west entrance of the future base tunnel. It is 2,572 m long. Section: 80 sq m. Construction is estimated to take three years. Visit www.lyonturin-ferroviaire.com, www.spiebatignolles.fr, www.ghella.com and www.cogeis.it 38/05.Negotiated procedure, deadline 17th November, 2005 for construction management of the Modane exploratory tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=194558-2005, OJ S 197, or contact Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail moe-modane@ltf-sas.com 42/05.Schmidhalter & Pfammater Ingenieure (SPI) secured a EUR2.7 million contract for work management during construction of the 2.5 km La Praz exploratory tunnel. Visit www.spi.ch 42/05.Presents secured a EUR82,900 contract for safety and health coordination during construction of the 2.5 km La Praz access and exploratory adit. Visit www.presents.fr 42/05.Socotec secured a EUR1.4 million contract for the compliance control of the reference draft design of the French-Italian section between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Bruzolo. Visit www.socotec.fr 42/05.Foraco secured a EUR1.2 million contract to drill a 800 m inclined borehole for the Lyon-Turin base tunnel. Visit www.foraco.com 42/05.Geos and D'Appolonia secured a EUR509,000 contract for safety studies as part of the reference draft design for the international section of the base tunnel between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France and Bruzolo, Italy. Visit www.geos.tm.fr and www.dappolonia.it 43/05.The Razel / Bilfinger Berger / Pizzarotti JV awarded Atlas Copco a contract to supply four drill rigs for the Modane-Villarodin Bourget access adit. The fleet includes one Rocket Boomer WL3 C, to be delivered this week, for drilling blast holes and for ground investigation; one Rocket Boomer L2 C, delivered in early November, a versatile machine capable of drilling holes for traditional 9 m roof bolting and blast holes; one Boltec LC, to be delivered in January 2006, for mechanised bolting; and one Diamec U6, to be delivered by the end of November, for core drilling ahead of the face. The machines will be used to complete the job. 1,086 m of 4 km has been excavated on a previous contract before its cancellation due to a disagreement between the contractors and the client. Click fr/11. Visit www.atlascopco.com and www.lyonturin-ferroviaire.com 47/05.Atlas Copco secured a contract to supply four drilling rigs for the 2,572 m-long 80 sq m La Praz access tunnel to the future Maurienne-Ambin base tunnel on the Lyon-Turin high speed link. The machines include one Rocket Boomer WL3 C for tunnelling; one Rocket Boomer L2 C, a versatile machine for traditional bolting and bolting of 9 m bolts according to specifications, tunnelling and ground investigation drillling; and two Boltec LCs for mechanised bolting. The deliveries are scheduled between January and March 2006. The L2 C has been delivered at the site on 14th January. Drilling started on 16th January. With the La Praz deal, Atlas Copco pockets the third of all three tunnelling equipment contracts for the three access adits (in Saint-Martin-la-Porte, Modane/Villarodin-Bourget and La Praz) on the French side of the project. Read our Lyon-Turin focus in the special 200th issue of E-News Weekly, tunnelbuilder's e-mail newsletter by subscription. Click fr/11. Visit www.atlascopco.com, www.boomer-rig.com, www.rockreinforcement.com and www.lyonturin-ferroviaire.com 04/06.Negotiated procedure, deadline 27th March, 2006 for three ground investigation drillings (F130, F131, F132) for the base tunnel in the Maurienne valley. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=053741-2006, OJ S 51, or contact LTF, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail jean-yves.peltier@ltf-sas.com 12/06.Negotiated procedure, deadline 27th March, 2006 for three ground investigation drillings (F133, F134, F135) for the base tunnel in the Maurienne valley. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=053743-2006, OJ S 51, or contact LTF, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail jean-yves.peltier@ltf-sas.com 12/06.Negotiated procedure, deadline 27th March, 2006 for a ground investigation drilling (F136) for the base tunnel in the Maurienne valley. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=053748-2006, OJ S 51, or contact LTF, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail jean-yves.peltier@ltf-sas.com 12/06.Negotiated procedure, deadline 27th March, 2006 for a ground investigation drilling (F140) for the base tunnel in the Maurienne valley. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=053750-2006, OJ S 51, or contact LTF, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail jean-yves.peltier@ltf-sas.com 12/06.Negotiated procedure, deadline 3rd May, 2006 for environmental studies for the Lyon Saint-Exupery-Chapareillan section, divided into two subsections: Lyon Saint-Exupery to entrance of the Chartreuse tunnel (54 km whereof 16 km of tunnel) and entrance of the Charteuse tunnel to Chapareillan (23 km of tunnel). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=083764-2006, OJ S 79, or contact RFF, Lyon, fax +33 472846571. E-mail sylvie.girard@rff.fr 18/06.Negotiated procedure, deadline 3rd May, 2006 for environmental studies for the Laissaud - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne section, divided into two subsections: the Belledonne tunnel (20 km) and two route alternatives in La Chambre in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (8 km at grade and a 4 km tunnel under the Rocheray massif or 3 km at grade and a 9 km tunnel under Rocheray). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=083762-2006, OJ S 79, or contact RFF, Lyon, fax +33 472846571. E-mail sylvie.girard@rff.fr 18/06.Negotiated procedure, deadline 3rd May, 2006 for geological investigations for the Lyon-Chapareillan section and the Laissaud - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne section. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=083760-2006, OJ S 79, or contact RFF, Lyon, fax +33 472846571. E-mail sylvie.girard@rff.fr 18/06.A EUR2.8 million contract for construction management of the remaining 2.9 km of the Modane-Villarodin Bourget access adit to the Lyon-Turin base tunnel went to Lombardi. Read E-News Weekly 2/2006. Visit www.lombardi.ch and www.ltf-sas.com 21/06.Negotiated procedure, deadline 14th June, 2006 for geological surveying, measurements and mapping in several areas of the international section of the Lyon-Turin base tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 2/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=110595-2006, OJ S 103, or contact LTF, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail geraldine.decarre@ltf-sas.com 24/06.CSI has bagged a EUR583,000 contract for three ground investigation drillings (F130, F131, F132) for the Lyon-Turin base tunnel in the Maurienne valley. 30/06.Foraco received a EUR3.6 million contract for three ground investigation drillings (F133, F134, F135) for the Lyon-Turin base tunnel in the Maurienne valley. Visit www.foraco.com 30/06.COFOR received a EUR1.7 million contract for one ground investigation drilling (F136) for the Lyon-Turin base tunnel in the Maurienne valley. They also received another contract, also worth around EUR1.7 million, for another ground investigation drilling (F140) for the Lyon-Turin base tunnel in the Maurienne valley. Visit www.spac.fr 30/06.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 30th October, 2006 for follow-up of ground and infrastructure movements, and geodesy for the La Praz, Modane and Saint-Martin-la-Porte access adits to the Lyon-Turin base tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=195876-2006, OJ S 184, or contact LTF, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail delphine.croizier@ltf-sas.com 42/06.Antea, BRGM and Geodata secured a EUR337,600 contract for geological surveying, measurements and mapping in several areas of the international section of the Lyon-Turin base tunnel. Visit www.antea-ingenierie.fr, www.brgm.fr and www.geodata.it 11/07.Atlas Espace Dimension (AED), Gascogne Génie Civil and Geoworks bagged a EUR693,200 contract to follow up ground and infrastructure movements and perform geodesy works at the La Praz, Modane and Saint-Martin-la-Porte access adits to the Lyon-Turin base tunnel. Visit www.aed-montagne.com, www.ggctopo.com and www.geoworks.com 11/07.Negotiated procedure, deadline 7th May, 2007 for studies (seven contract packages) for the international section of the Lyon-Turin high speed line. These seven contracts are for operation and maintenance (lot 1), safety (lot 2), civil engineering, geology and environment (lot 3), railway and other equipment (lot 4), follow-up for the fulfilment of these contracts (lot 5), specialist assistance (lot 6), and economic and socio-economic studies (lot 7). Read E-News Weekly 15/2007, 7/2007, 1/2007, 2/2006, 50/2005, 46/2005 & 34/2005. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=86272-2007, OJ S 70, or contact LTF, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail michel.bogacz@ltf-sas.com 16/07.Negotiated call for tenders, deadline 10th September, 2007 for engineering services for the approx. 80 km international cross-border section between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in France and Susa valley in Italy. The 53 km base tunnel is the major challenge on that section. The studies deal with operation and maintenance (lot 1), safety (lot 2), civil engineering, geology and environment (lot 3), railway technology and other equipment (lot 4), construction follow-up (lot 5), specialised consultancy (lot 6), economic and socio-economic studies (lot 7), geodesy and topography (lot 8), soil and rock exploration and surface exploration (lot 10). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=194966-2007, OJ S 156, or contact LTF, Chambery, fax +33 479685683. E-mail michel.bogacz@ltf-sas.com 34/07.Negotiated procedure, deadline 01.12.2008, for contract to review project studies for the joint working party of the Lyon-Turin railway. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=285629-2008, OJ S 214, or contact Stéphanie Nicoud at Lyon Turin Ferroviaire, Chambery, fax +33 4 79 68 56 83, e-mail stephanie.nicoud@ltf-sas.com 45/08.

Fama has signed with the JV Spie Batignolles, Ghella, Cogeis, CMC Ravenna, Eiffage TP, which has as project director Florent Martin, the contract for the supply of the production segments and their accessories for the construction of the New Transalpine Railway Turin-Lyon as far as Saint Martin La Porte. Visit http://www.famaspa.it/en/News/44/Firma-del-contratto-per-la-realizzazione-della-Nuova-Linea-Ferroviaria-Transalpina-Torino---Lione/ and http://tunnelbuilder.com/suppliers/FAMA/. 21/15.