A feasibility study for a Transrapid rail link from Munich city to its airport is to be presented to the German transport ministry. There would be a 8.06 km tunnel for an estimated cost of €339 million. The stretch would cost €1.5 billion altogether, with €31 million of annual profits expected. Transrapid is a high-speed electromagnetic levitation train built by Siemens and ThyssenKrupp. Visit www.bmvbw.de and www.transrapid.de 05/02.Negotiated procedure, deadline 17th November, 2005 for study of engineering requirements for the future tunnels on the magnetic levitation line planned between Munich main station and Munich airport. There will be three tunnels segments totalling 2 x 8 km of tunnel and the cross passages. Read E-News Weekly 31/2002. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=194600-2005, OJ S 197, or contact Deutsche Bahn, Berlin, fax +49 3029 58459. E-mail Bimal.Mazumder@bahn.de 43/05.Negotiated procedure, deadline 1st August, 2006 for full design, construction and 20-year maintenance of the maglev line planned between the central station and the airport in Munich. The project includes tunnels. Read E-News Weekly 31/2002. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=082410-2006, OJ S 78, or contact DB Magnetbahn, Munich, fax +49 8913082559. E-mail roland.b.mueller@bahn.de 19/06.

Prior information notice indicating that award procedures will now commence on 02.06.2012 for railway and tunnel construction works on Karlsruhe-Basel line starting 01.07.2012 for completion 31.12.2020. Contract ABS/NBS Karlsruhe Pfa-Basel 1.0, estimated value EUR808 million. Further information, specs and docs from Erik Mannal at Deutsche Bahn, tel +49 72193862-63, fax –79, to whom tenders, requests to participate or expressions of interest should be sent. Visit de/54 and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=148863-2012. 20/12.

  Engineering design complete for 6.8 km-long Finne, 6.4 km-long Bibra, and 2 km-long Osterberg tunnels to be TBM driven with NATM connections, value $2 billion. Awaiting German government finance. 37/01.Periodic notice, deadline 30th March, 2006 for executive design and construction of the 2 x 6,886 m Finne tunnel on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed railway. The tunnel will be built by TBM and conventional method. Tenders to be invited in end-April. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=033369-2006, OJ S 30, or contact DB Netz, Leipzig, fax +49 34121651191. Also visit www.db.de 08/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for executive design, construction and equipment of the 2 x 6,886 m Finne tunnel on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed railway. The tunnel will be built by TBM (approx. 9.3 km) and the sprayed concrete lining method. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=092480-2006, OJ S 87, or contact DB Netz, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399 or 34123424009. E-mail annekatrin.richter@bahn.de 20/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 13th September, 2006 for project management for the 2 x 6,886 m Finne tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=170837-2006, OJ S 158, or contact DB ProjektBau, Leipzig, fax +49 3514613079. E-mail petra.wylensek@bahn.de 35/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 9th November, 2006 for construction supervision of the 2 x 6,886 m Finne tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=206621-2006, OJ S 194, or contact DB ProjektBau, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399 or 3419687259. E-mail roswitha.becker@bahn.de 42/06.A JV of Wayss & Freytag, Porr and Max Boegl received a EUR248 million contract for the executive design, construction and equipment of the 2 x 6,886 m-long Finne tunnel, which will cross Rastenberg, in Thuringia, and Bad Bibra, in Saxony-Anhalt, with a maximum cover of 60 metres. Both tubes will lie at an average distance of approximately 25 metres. Each tube will feature a cross section with an internal radius of 4.65 m on two-thirds of the length, and a horseshoe-shaped cross section in the remaining length. The tunnel will be built by TBM and the sprayed concrete lining method. Work should begin in 2007 and be completed at the end of 2011. Visit www.wf-sfbau.de, www.porr.at and www.max-boegl.de 04/07.Pöyry is designing the Bibra and Osterberg tunnels, respectively 2 x 6.8 km and 2 x 2.4 km, for the Erfurt-Halle/Leipzig high speed line. The contract also includes preparation of the tenders for construction. Read E-News Weekly 33/2006. Visit www.poyry.com 12/07.Open call for bids, deadline 26th October, 2007 for construction and E&M equipment planning as well as civil works of the 2 x 6,414 m-long Bibra tunnel and construction of a 1.3 km section. Six cross-passages will also be built between the twin tunnels. The shotcrete lined method will be used. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=187192-2007, OJ S 150, or contact DB Netz, Leipzig, fax +49 34123424009 or 3419687259. 33/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 29th February, 2008 for planning and construction of the 2 x 2,070 m Osterberg tunnel in Saxony on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. The tunnel will be built using the sprayed concrete lining method. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=15958-2008, OJ S 13, or contact DB Netz, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399. E-mail annekatrin.richter@bahn.de 04/08.A joint venture led by Marti Tunnelbau, with its sister company Marti Austria and Johann Bunte Bauunternehmung of Germany as partners, pocketed a EUR200 contract to build the Bibra tunnel, which consists of two parallel single-track tubes, 6,414 m long each, and a 1.3 km open air stretch on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. Visit www.martiag.ch/en/180/start.asp and www.johann-bunte.de 07/08.Open call for tenders, deadline 4th March, 2008 for construction supervision of the 2 x 6.4 km Bibra tunnel on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=32010-2008, OJ S 24, or contact DB ProjektBau, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399. E-mail Roswitha.Becker@bahn.de 07/08.Open invitation for tenders, deadline 16th April, 2008 for construction supervision of the 2 x 2,070 m Osterberg tunnel in Saxony on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=77295-2008, OJ S 57, or contact DB ProjektBau, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399. E-mail jochen.ehrhardt@bahn.de 14/08.A joint venture of Porr Tunnelbau, Jaeger Bau and Ostu-Stettin won the tender for planning and construction of the 2 x 2,082 m-long 70 sq m Osterberg tunnel in Saxony on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. The twin single-track tunnel will be built using the sprayed concrete lining method. The two tubes will be connected by six cross-passages. Visit www.porr-ag.de or www.porr.at, www.jaegerbau.com and www.oestu-stettin.at 16/08.

Prior information notice of scheduled start of award procedures on 02.08.2010 for construction of 4.137 km-long, twin tube Hirsch Hagen tunnel on 6.05 km stretch of A44 Kassel-Herleshausen between Helsa-Ost and Hessisch-Lichtenau West with associated portals, retaining walls, culverts and bridge, value EUR285 million excluding VAT. Construction starts 01.08.2011 for completion 31.07.2015. More information from ASV Kassel, tel +49 5617667-0, fax -150. For construction tender history of this motorway, visit tunnelbuilder archive de/46. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=110282-2010. 16/10.

  Tenders invited for engineering design of 3.9 km-long extension to S-Bahn on negotiated contract, deadline 9th October, 2000. Contact Stadt Koeln, fax +49 221 2212 8717. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int for OJEC dated 29/09. October 2000. Six consultants, Speikermann, Arcadis, Kreps & Kiefer, Jessberger, Zerna, and DE-Consult, prequalified for one-year contract for engineering design of 3.9 km-long north-south railway line with 3.6 km in tunnel. Construction tenders expected mid-2002 for a start in 2003 using shielded TBM. Visit www.de-consult.de and www.arcadis.de 14/01. Restricted call for bids, deadline 4th April, 2002 for the construction of a 3.9 km section, of which 3.6 km will be in tunnel, as well as three shafts and eight stops, of which seven underground. Shield machine to be used. The 500 m portion between Breslauer Platz and Bahndamm Hohenzollernbrücke has a diameter of 5.7 m while the Kurt-Hackenberg Platz-RolandstraíŸe section has a diameter of 7.3 m. Cut-and-cover method for two of the stops. Work start in December, 2002. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 46, document 36213-2002 or contact Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe, fax +49 221 5473648.Also published a negotiated procedure for construction site supervision services. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 45, document 35440-2002 or same contact as above. 11/02.Negotiated procedure, deadline 27th December, 2002 for engineering for TBM excavation of the north-south city train. Construction to cost €350 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=186489-2002, OJ S 234, or contact Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe, Cologne, fax +49 2215473648. 50/02.Hochtief, Bauer Spezialtiefbau, Brückner Grundbau and Keller Grundbau have won a €94.6 million contract to build the 680 m section Breslauer Platz - Kurt-Hackenberg Platz, 5.7 m inner diameter. Visit www.hochtief.de 48/03.A consortium formed by Bilfinger Berger, Wayss & Freytag and Züblin will build the next section Kurt-Hackenberg Platz - Markt StraíŸe for €385 million. The length is 3,260 m for two tunnel tubes, outer diameter 8.2 m and inner diameter 7.3 m. Two TBMs will be used. The six stations will be constructed using mining advance techniques. The line route involves driveage under buildings of historic significance in Cologne's old city centre. The ground will consequently need to be stabilised using techniques such as high pressure injection and freezing. Work will start in early 2004. The new underground railway is due to open in 2010. Visit www.bilfingerberger.de and www.nord-sued-stadtbahn.de 48/03.Negotiated procedure, deadline 17th March, 2006 for jet grouting as part of the construction by TBM of the north-south rail line in Cologne. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=046694-2006, or contact KVB, Cologne, fax +49 2215473648. E-mail klaus.kroner@kvb-koeln.de 11/06.

  Project linking Munich line to Berlin line by 4 km-long, 25 m-deep twin-tube tunnel beneath city with four underground stations at Bayer, Leuschener Platz, Markt and Liepzig main station will require 8.82 m-diameter slurry shield. Total cost $400 million of which $250 million is allocated to tunnels. Financed by Saxe 40%, DB 30%, City of Liepzig 30%. Invitations to tender imminent with view to starting construction this year. June 2000. Draft design underway for 3.6 km twin-tube Leipzig City Tunnel between Leipzig Hauptbahnhof and SemmelweisstraíŸe. Markt underground station to be 150 m-long, 30 m-wide and 23 m-high. Support with segmental lining and shotcrete. Cost estimated at DM1 billion. Tenders for consultancy by end of 2001 and for construction in the third quarter of 2002. Opening scheduled for 2007. Visit www.tunnel-leipzig.de 43/01.  Accelerated negotiated procedure, deadline 12th February, 2002 for engineering services for the railway city tunnel in Leipzig. Lot 1 involves, amongst other things, consulting for the hydroschield excavation between the Bavarian Bhf. and Hauptbahnhof stations, and alternative design for Unterfahrung Hbf. and Willy-Brandt-Platz. Lot 2 deals with the southern tunnel and ramp. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 19, document 14398-2002 or contact DEGES, Berlin, fax +49 3020243692. Also visit www.tunnel-leipzig.de 06/02.Negotiated procedure, deadline 18th October, 2003 for planning of the Leipzig city tunnel. It is a 3.9 km rail tunnel to connect Bayerische station and Leipzig central station. A shield TBM will be used.Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=164825-2003, OJ S 182, or contact DB Netz AG, fax +49 3020243692. More info in E-News Weekly 37/2003 & 36/2003. Visit www.citytunnelleipzig.de 40/03.Negotiated procedure, deadline 26th October, 2003 for general planning for the city tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=169644-2003, OJ S 188, or contact DB Netz und DB Station Service, Berlin, fax +49 3020243692. 41/03.Negotiated procedure, deadline 26th October, 2003 for work supervision during construction of the tunnel and stations. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=169645-2003, OJ S 188, or contact DB Netz und DB Station Service, Berlin, fax +49 3020243692. More info in E-News Weekly 37/2003 & 36/2003. Visit www.citytunnelleipzig.de 41/03.Open call for bids, deadline 21st November, 2003 for several works, including shaft construction work and building of the Markt underground station. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=182824-2003, OJ S 203, or contact DEGES, Berlin, fax +49 3020243390. E-mail kateiche@deges.de. Visit www.citytunnelleipzig.de 45/03.Negotiated procedure, deadline 27th November, 2003 for coordination, project planning and construction supervision as part of the city tunnel project. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=187724-2003, OJ S 203, or contact DEGES, Berlin, fax +49 3020243692. Visit www.citytunnelleipzig.de 45/03.Construction of the Markt underground station has been commissioned to Walter Bau, Alpine Bau and Trevi. Visit www.citytunnelleipzig.de, www.walter-bau.de, www.alpine.at and www.trevispa.com 24/04.Preinformation notice for construction of two sections of the City tunnel, including a 950 m double-track stretch south of Bayerischer station whereof 350 m in cut and cover (lot A) and a 2,080 m double-track section between Bayerischer station, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz, Markt and south of Leipzig central station. Distances between stations are: 2 x 620 m, 2 x 400 m and 2 x 430 m. Also two 9 m-diameter single-track connecting tunnels. These tunnels will be TBM-driven (lot B). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=087846-2004, OJ S 107, or contact DB Netz AG und DB Station & Service AG, Berlin, fax +49 3020243691. E-mail reisdorf@deges.de or hesseling@deges.de. Visit www.citytunnelleipzig.de 26/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 23rd July, 2004 for health and safety engineering as part of construction of four underground stations (Bayerischer Bahnhof, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz, Markt and Hauptbahnhof) and a shield-driven section as part of the City tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=102416-2004, OJ S 121, or contact DB Netz und DB Station & Service, Berlin, fax +49 3020243692. 27/04.Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th September, 2004 for construction of a 2,082 m section (contract B), including two single-track 9 m-diameter tunnels, to be TBM-driven between Bayerisher, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz, Markt, and the south of Leipzig central railway station. Distances between stations are: 2 x 620 m, 2 x 400 m and 2 x 430 m. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=110349-2004, OJ S 130, or contact DB Netz AG und DB Station & Service AG, Berlin, fax +49 3020243691 or 3020243390. E-mail kateiche@deges.de. Visit www.citytunnelleipzig.de 29/04.The main contract for the City Tunnel in Leipzig, including 2 x 2 km of tunnel and four stations (Central station, Markt, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz and Bayerischer), has been awarded to a JV of Walter Bau, Alpine Bau, Oevermann and Grund- und Sonderbau. Construction will first begin at Bayerischen station, the start point of the TBM later this year or in 2006. A tight construction schedule will attempt to complete surface works in time for the 2006 Football World Championship. The Saxony ministry of economic affairs stated that the fact that Walter Bau recently filed for bankruptcy will not compromise the contract award. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 6/2005, 4/2005, 37/2003 & 36/2003. Click de/30. Visit www.citytunnelleipzig.de, www.walter-bau.de and www.alpine-bau.de 08/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 31st August, 2005 for construction of an underground double-track section, consisting of Leipzig central station with a 215 m-long platform and its tunnels and ramps (794 m for the north ramp and 684 m for the west ramp). The part of the central station below the existing station building will be mined. The tunnels will be built using the cut-and-cover method. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=114613-2005, OJ S 116, or contact DB Netz und DB Station & Service, Berlin, fax +49 3020243691 or 3020243390. Visit www.citytunnelleipzig.de 25/05.Wayss & Freytag scooped a EUR77.5 million contract for construction of an underground double-track section, consisting of Leipzig central station with a 215 m-long platform and its tunnels and ramps (794 m for the north ramp and 684 m for the west ramp). The part of the central station below the existing station building will be mined. The tunnels will be built using the cut-and-cover method. Visit www.wf-ingbau.de 50-51/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 20th December, 2007 for planning and installation of railway technology equipment (eight lots) in the Leipzig city tunnel (3.2 km of tunnel, 1 km of ramps and 9.3 km of tracks, whereof 3.5 km for connection to the south railway network). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=234042-2007, OJ S 192, or contact DB Netz und DB Energie, Leipzig, fax +49 3419683420. 42/07.

  New Line 3 to be constructed with stations at Maxfeld north of the city and Sinterspuhl and Gustaf Attol Strasse to the south. Line 3 will utilise existing Line 2 track and stations through city centre, so will require only 1.8 km of new tunnel. Commissioning end-2004. Design underway. Contact Herr Kluger, fax +49 911 231 4978 for details. January 2000. Award of $30 million construction contract to AG of Max Boegl, Bilfinger & Berger, and Zueblin for two tunnels of 600 m and 700 m and Maxfeld station, all on U3 line. Visit www.bilfinger-berger.com 23/01.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd March, 2005 for removal of the old lighting system, and supply and assembly of a new lighting system on metro lines U1 and U2, stations and tunnel length of approx. 29 km. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=022393-2005, OJ S 23, or contact City of Nuremberg, Nuremberg, fax +49 9112314978. E-mail tu2el@stadt.nuernberg.de 06/05.

DB announced commencement of work on 89 km line with 9 tunnels totalling 25.6 km. Seven longest will be Goggelsbusch 2.3 km; Offenbau 1.33 km; Euerwang 7.7 km; Irlahull 7.26 km; Stammhan 1.32 km; Geisberg 3.3 km; and Audi 1.14 km, the latter to be driven by Walter Bau/Dywidag. The major contracts, value DM1.4 bn, were awarded in sections north, central and south to Bilfinger & Berger/Bogl, Hochtief, and Bergerbau/August Reiners Bau. Nov 1998. 80 km route length with 25 km in nine tunnels of which 22.5 km is NATM with sections ranging from 110m2 to 148 m2 and 3.14 km cut-and-cover 148-175 m2. Noteworthy are Goggelsbuch (2.29 km), Euerwang (7.7 km), Irlahull (7.26 km) and Geisberg (3.3 km). All drives under way with the longest two for completion 2001. March 1999. Bilfinger & Berger has commenced construction of the 2.3 km-long Goggelsbuch tunnel near Nuremberg. October 1999.   Meyco reports Hochtief has purchased ten of its Spraymobiles for Irlahuell and Euerwang tunnels where Meyco SA160 alkali-free accelerator is also in use. Tamrock also reports its Paramatic 205-90 two-boom jumbos are performing well here. Bilfinger & Berger has three Meyco Spraymobiles at Goggelsbusch. Product information at www.mbt.com and www.tamrock.com January 2000.   Walter Bau/Dywidag jv reports starting construction of the 1.1 km-long Audi tunnel, the final underground link on this line, at a contract value of $40 million. January 2000.   Clayton reports that it is supplying 2 x 25 t battery locomotives and associated equipment to Dyckerhoff & Widmann who are heading the consortium building a 1 km-long tunnel near Ingolstadt. More information from claton@dial.pipex.com February 2000.Contractors report Audi tunnel, which commenced 18 months ago and is the last on the line, is about to enter its most difficult phase where it will pass through water-bearing karsts at 14 m depth using compressed air. Visit www.dywidag.de July 2000.

Deutsche Bahn project to provide 50 km of new track with 26 km underground together with new central station to cut travelling times to Munich and to airport. Working group considering all options prior to arranging finance package. October 1999.   Further seed finance required to bolster promised $900 million before $2.5 billion scheme to excavate 8-track central station and bury existing lines can start. Visit www.stuttgart21.de 04/01.Negotiated procedure, deadline 3rd December, 2007 for general planning for lots PFA 1.2, PFA 1.6a and PFA 1.6b for the Stuttgart 21 project. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=260644-2007, OJ S 214, or contact DB ProjektBau, Stuttgart, tel. +49 71120927696 or fax +49 71120923690. E-mail ute.schmidt@bahn.de or wolfgang.grau@bahn.de.Lot PFA 1.2 runs from the central station to the Filder plain. It comprises 2 x 9,260 metres of single-track bored tunnels, in circular and horseshoe-shaped cross-sections, about 200 metres of cut-and-cover tunnel, and two single-track underpasses of approx. 450 m. The Filder tunnel connects lots PFA 1.1 and PFA 1.6a with lot PFA 1.3. The tunnel crosses different geological layers, in particular rock formations consisting predominantly of gypsum-bearing rock and anhydrite.Lot PFA 1.6a mainly contains also two single-track tunnels with a circular cross-section and the connection to the Stuttgart Untertuerkheim railway yard. The route length is 6.3 km from the central station to Stuttgart Obertuerkheim and Stuttgart Untertuerkheim.Lot PFA 1.6b is for a new railway yard in Stuttgart Untertuerkheim and associated technical facilities for maintenance. Click here to know more about the Stuttgart 21 project. Visit www.stuttgart21.de 46/07.Negotiated call for tenders, deadline 8th April, 2008 for cost control for the Stuttgart 21 project. Click here and here. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=49902-2008, OJ S 36, or contact Innenministerium Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, fax +49 7112315737. E-mail beate.schuler@im.bwl.de 09/08.Spiekermann has been assigned the general planning for lots PFA 1.2 and PFA 1.6 for the Stuttgart 21 project. Click de/22. Visit www.spiekermann.de and www.stuttgart21.de 36/08.Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 10th October 2008, for planning of lot PFA 1.3 of the Stuttgart 21 project. Lot PFA 1.3 includes single-track tunnels and an underground station at the Stuttgart airport, approx. 3 km long altogether, a 500 m tunnel and a 1.5 km dual-track tunnel box. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=231601-2008, OJ S 173, or contact DB ProjektBau, Stuttgart, fax +49 71193319391. E-mail jens.lukas@bahn.de 37/08.

Periodic information notice for refurbishment of the railway junction in Stuttgart. The Stuttgart21 project is going to replace the existing terminal station with a new 8 tracks underground station, linked by tunnel to the rail network, for a total of 57 km, with about 33 km underground. The main tunnels of this section are: Filder (2 x 9.5 km), 3.7 km of tunnels under the airport, Obertuerkheim (2 x 5.7 km) and Untertuerkheim (2 x 913 m) under construction; railway by-pass (800 m), Feuerbach (2 x 3.2 km) and Bad Cannstatt (2 x 3.8 km). Duration of contract 01.07.2009 - 31.12.2018. For more on Stuttgart21 project click here and visit tunnelbuilder archive de/22. Contact DB, Stuttgart21 project, Wendlingen-Ulm, Stuttgart, fax +49 6926521939, e-mail FaxInVEC5@deutschebahn.com. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=100407-2009.19/09.Periodic information notice for construction of the new AV Wendlingen – Ulm line, length 60 km, including the following tunnels: Albworland (2 x 7.9 km), Weilheim (225 m), Bossler (2 x 8.7 km), Steinbuehl (2 x 4.7 km), Autostrada A8 (378 m), Widderstall (963 m), AS Merklingen (424 m), Imberg (499 m) and Albabstieg (2 x 5.9 km). Duration of contract 01.07.2009 – 31.12.2018. DB contact details in TED 100407 above.http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=100408-2009.19/09.Negotiated procedure, deadline 29.05.2009, for construction site supervision services of Albabstieg tunnel (2 x 5.9 km) and other works on the new AV Wendlingen-Ulm line. Contract duration 01.08.2009 – 31.12.2016. Contact DB, Joachim Miehle, Stuttgart, tel +49 71193319-366, e-mail: joachim.miehle@deutschebahn.com. http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=114259-2009. 19/09.Negotiated procedure, deadline 29.05.2009, for construction site supervision services of Lot PFA 1.4, Stuttgart21 project, the 10 km Stuttgart-Wendlingen line linking to AV Wendlingen-Ulm and including a tunnel under A8 Highway, a double track tunnel, a 770 m cut & cover tunnel and a 500 m rock tunnel. Contract duration 27.07.2009 – 31.12.2019. DB contact details in TED 114259 above. http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117196-2009. 19/09.

Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 20.05.2010, for construction of Lots 1A and 1B twin-tube tunnels. Lot 1A is the 18.7 km-long Filder tunnel to be excavated in Keuper gypsum/marl and marl/sandstone and including 19 compound structures of 17-24 m-long, 250 m-long underground rescue access, 1.3 km-long intermediate section, and 255 m-long open cut tunnel. Lot 1B is the 12.3 km-long Untertuerkheim connection to be excavated with associated structures in Keuper marls and Upper Quaternary deposits. NATM or TBM methods can be used in both lots. Further information, specs and docs from Axel Heintel at Deutsch Bahn AG in Stuttgart, tel +49 71193319-361, fax +49 69-26521939, to whom tenders or requests to participate should be sent. For full history of Stuttgart 21 project over the last 10 years visit tunnelbuilder archive de/22. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=130705-2010. 18/10.

Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 25.10.2010, for design and construction of new 2.3 km-long S-Bahn railway line from Stuttgart main station to Stuttgart North with 1.5 km shell covered tunnel, 260 m-long Mittnachstrasse station, and associated structures. Contract starts 14.04.2011 for completion 31.12.2019. Further information, specs and docs from BBA (TEC 5) at DB AG in Stuttgart, fax +49 6926521939, e-mail einkauf-s21nbs@deutschebahn.com. For Stuttgart 21 project history visit tunnelbuilder archive de/22. For this contract notice visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=302725-2010. 41/10.

Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 28.06.2011, for design and construction of 17 km of new S-Bahn railway line in three lots from Unterturkheim to Bad Canstatt and Oberturkheim with tunnels, stations, and associated structures. Contracts lots 2A, 2B and 3 start 28.10.2011 for completion 31.12.2019. Further information, specs and docs from BBA (TEI 3) at DB AG in Stuttgart, fax +49 6926521939, e-mail einkauf-s21nbs@deutschebahn.com. For Stuttgart 21 project history visit tunnelbuilder archive de/22. For this contract notice visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=187618-2011. 24/11.

Award of contract to Porr International of Austria for construction of Lots 1A and 1B twin-tube tunnels on Stuttgart-Ulm project. Lot 1A is the 9.5 km-long Filderstadt tunnel to be excavated in Keuper gypsum/marl and marl/sandstone. Lot 1B is the 12.3 km-long Ober-Untertuerkheim connection to be excavated with associated structures in Keuper marls and Upper Quaternary deposits. NATM or TBM methods can be used in both lots. Further information from Axel Heintel at Deutsch Bahn AG in Stuttgart, tel +49 71193319-361, fax +49 69-26521939. For full history of Stuttgart 21 project over the last 10 years visit tunnelbuilder archive de/22. Visit www.porr.at. 31/11.

Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 11.01.2012, for construction in mainly karst of twin-tube, single-track, 4.7 m-diameter Boessler tunnel in two lots of 3.67 km and 820 m with 280 m cover, and 4.82 km Steinbuehel tunnel as Lot 3 with 120 m cover, all with crosspassages at 500 m intervals. Further information, specs and docs from BBA (TEI 3) at DB AG in Stuttgart, fax +49 6926521939, e-mail einkauf-s21nbs@deutschebahn.com, to where tenders or requests to participate must be sent. For full Stuttgart 21 project history visit tunnelbuilder archive de/22. For this contract notice visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=349672-2011. 45/11.

Award of contract to Bietergemeinschaft Porr/Porr of Muenchen for design and construction of lots 2A and 3 of 17 km-long new S-Bahn railway line from Unterturkheim to Bad Canstatt and Oberturkheim with tunnels, stations, and associated structures. Further information, specs and docs from BBA (TEI 3) at DB AG in Stuttgart, fax +49 6926521939, e-mail einkauf-s21nbs@deutschebahn.com. For Stuttgart 21 project history, visit tunnelbuilder archive de/22. For this contract notice visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=230212-2012. 30/12.

Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 20.03.2015, for construction works for 9.5 km-long section including Albvorland tunnel on Wendlingen-Ulm line (PFA 2.1, Lot 2). Contract duration 46 months from award. Contact DB Projekt Stuttgart-Ulm GmbH, Stuttgart, fax +49 6926521939, e-mail einkauf-s21nbs@deutschebahn.com. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-deliver&language=en&docid=52875-2015. Ref.n. 15TEI14773. 07/15.

  Twin tunnels required at German end at Rosstal (1.125 km) and Coschutz (2.355 km). March 1999.$140 million contract for 3.6 km section of motorway awarded to Walter Group includes 1.082 m-long Dolzschen and 2.33 km-long Coschutz twin-tube drill/blast tunnels and 234 m-long connecting viaduct which will provide access for second Coschutz face. Excavated volume nearly 1 million cu m. July 2000. Award of engineering studies contract for 2 x 1.08 km Doelzschen tunnel and 2 x 2.353 Coschutz tunnel on A17 motorway in Saxony to Bung GmbH, Heidelberg. December 2000.  Walter Bau progressing 1.07 km-long Doelzschen and 2.337 km-long Coschutz twin-tube, 150 sq m oval section tunnels on A7 Dresden-Prague motorway using drill/blast sequential excavation in soft, mixed ground and syenite with 10% quartz. Eight Atlas Copco 352 drillrigs and four Normet Spraymec shotcrete jumbos working four 72 sq m top headings from furthermost ends of alignment. Benching will start when faces reach 300 m mark, followed by invert excavation. Four 10 m-long x 4 m-diameter cross passages in Doelzschen, seven in Coschutz. Extensive use of Swellex rockbolts for immediate support. Visit www.walter-bau.de and www.atlascopco.com 06/01.