Invitation to tender using competitive dialogue, deadline 07.12.2011, for concept development for possible crossing of Sognefjord between Lavik and Oppedal with pontoon bridge or submerged floating tunnel. Contract duration 01.08.2012-01.11.2012. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=243303. Further information, specs and docs from Lidvard Skorpa at Statens vegvesen Region vest in Leikanger, tel +47 99227111, e-mail lidvard.skorpa@vegvesen.no, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Time limit for accessing documents 05.12.2011. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=354695-2011. 45/11.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 22/04/2020, for the purchase of a ventilation system for E16 Lærdals tunnel. The ventilation system must have equivalent function and capacity as the existing system, but must better facilitate inspections, maintenance and replacement of equipment.

End of contract: Fine: 30/03/2021. For tender documents please click here  where tenders must be sent. Contact Statens Vegvesen, attn Gunnar Lotsberg, Lillehammer, email gunnar.lotsberg@vegvesen.no. For further information on the tender please click here. Ref.n. 20/49137. 11/20.

Award to Aas-Jakobsen AS for NOK4.9 million of the detailed planning for road 150 Store Ringvei between Ulvensplitten to Sinsenkrysset, parts of road 163 í˜stre Aker vei as well as a local road in the Sinsen-í˜kern area. Includes a double-tube tunnel, with lengths of 940 and 700 m. Variable cross section, 74.41 sq m on the three-lane portion, 53.53 sq m on the two-lane portion and 37.23 sq m within the single-lane ramps. Hard rock sections to be bored using the drill/blast method in sedimentary rocks, mainly clay stone and shales. Support with rockbolts, shotcrete and possibly some cast in place concrete lining. Soft soil sections in cut-and-cover will mainly consists of soft to medium strength clay with some areas with quick clays. Bids for construction at spring 2004. Work start planned for May, 2005 with end in May, 2007. Tunnelling estimated at NOK540 million in 1999. Financing by the Norwegian state (45%) and toll revenues (55%). Visit www.aas-jakobsen.no 07/02.Norconsult has been awarded a NOK18 million contract for development plan, tender documents, work drawings as well as assistance in the construction period for road 150 Store Ringvei between Ulvensplitten to Sinsenkrysset, parts of road 163 í˜stre Aker vei as well as a local road in the Sinsen-í˜kern area. The third ring road includes a double-tube tunnel, lengths of 940 and 700 m. Visit www.norconsult.no 25/03.Open call for tenders, deadline 1st December, 2005 for construction of the third ring road between Ulven and Sinsen in Oslo, including the Loren and Okern tunnels. The Loren tunnel is a combination of rock tunnel and concrete construction. The rock tunnel comprises of two separate tubes with three lanes, each 900 m long and 12.5 m wide, and two 7 m-wide 550 m-long tubes (ramps) with a single lane. Concrete tunnels, with total length of 210 m, connect each end of the main rock tunnel. Other concrete tunnels, 520 m in length, connect the ramps. The Okern tunnel is a concrete construction for two lanes, length 320 m. Pre-injection of the rock is anticipated at a large extent, with bolts to secure the rock. Expected date for contract award is February 2006, for work start soon after. Scheduled finish in mid 2012. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=182101-2005, OJ S 184, or contact Statens vegvesen, Oslo, fax +47 22885951. E-mail torfinn.svendsen@vegvesen.no 40/05.Veidekke is the low bidder for the third orbital road between Ulven and Sinsen in Oslo, including the Loren and í˜kern tunnels, with an offer of NOK40.8 million. The two other bids have been presented by Skanska (NOK43.5 million) and PA Entreprení¸r (NOK53.7 million). Click no/46 for more details. 04/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 23rd May, 2008 for construction of the 2,905 m-long 12.5 m-wide Lí¸ren tunnel on Oslo's third ring road between í˜kern and Sinsen as well as the portal at Sinsen and parts of the portal at í˜kern. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=65460-2008, OJ S 47, or contact Statens vegvesen Region east, Lillehammer, tel. +47 22885959 or 90947695. E-mail nilsro@vegvesen.no 11/08.Veidekke signed a NOK622 million contract for the construction of the Lí¸ren tunnel on Oslo's third ring road. The Lí¸ren tunnel will stretch from í˜kern to Sinsen and consists of a 2.9 km twin tunnel, of which 900 metres of rock tunnel as well as concrete portions at each end. Construction is expected to commence in September 2008 and to last for five years. When the Lí¸ren tunnel is completed in 2013, the existing stretch of the third ring road between í˜kern and Sinsen will be converted to a local road. Visit www.veidekke.no 34-35/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 09.02.2009, for construction of classified road 150 Ring 3 Ulven-Sinsen, E22 Okern including new concrete tunnel on Ostre Aker road and construction of concrete portal for Okern end of Loren tunnel. Proposed start 25.05.2009 for completion 27.01.2014. Contact Torfinn Svendsen, tel +47 2288 5952, e-mail torfinn.svendsen@vegvesen.no Tender docs will be available at https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/ulven-sinsen/E22?public or http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=291141-2008 46/08.Oslo-based contractor Veidekke Entreprenor AS has been awarded the EUR25 million contract for alterations to the Okern underground station together with revision and upgrading of adjacent main roads, two roundabouts, local roads and footpaths. Details from rolf.jacobsen@vegvesen.no, tel +47 2288 5967 or visit www.veidekke.no/norge/in. For the construction history of Oslo Ring 3 tunnels visit tunnelbuilder archive, no/46. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=2130-2009 02/09.

Preinformation for the planning, design and preliminary engineering of a 10 km light rail system between the city centre and Nesttun. Includes four double-track tunnels totalling 2.1 km, 7.9 m-wide x 6.9 m-high, namely Wergeland-Sletten centre (400 m), Sletten-Fantoft (300), Fantoft-Paradis (1,100), and Paradis-Hop (300). No support, only rockbolts in weak areas. One underground station at the regional hospital, 30 m-deep x 60 m-long x 15 m-wide. Tenders for engineering design end-2003. Geological studies by Multiconsult and Noteby. Cost of €150 million. Financing by toll revenue plus funds from the County of Hordaland and the city. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int, document S 229-157825 or contact City of Bergen, fax +47 55565881. Also visit www.bergen.kommune.no. To get a tunnel profile view in Powerpoint format, e-mail thierry@tunnelbuilder.com.51/01.Restricted procedure, deadline 8th April, 2002 for the planning and engineering design of the 10 km light rail between Kaigarten, in the city centre, to Nesttun with a possible 2.5 km extension to Rí¥dal. Four lots, 2.1 km of tunnel. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 45, document 35495-2002 or contact City of Bergen, fax +47 55565881. E-mail hakon.rasmussen@bergen.kommune.no 11/02.Negotiated procedure, deadline 22nd September, 2005 for complete design and construction plans for the infrastructure of the Bergen light rail project, from the city centre to Nesttun. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=167537-2005, OJ S 168, or contact City of Bergen, Bergen, fax +47 55569575. E-mail ingrid.haukeland@bergen.kommune.no. Also visit www.bybane.no 37/05.Negotiated procedure, deadline 29th March, 2006 for ground investigation during detail design and construction of the Bergen light rail. The line comprises approximately 10 km of double track (5.4 km in existing road areas, 1.4 km on new rail alignment and 3.2 km in tunnels or culverts). See details in E-News Weekly 7/2006. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=039483-2006, OJ S 36, or contact Bergen kommune, Bergen, fax +47 55569360. E-mail ole.mortensen@bergen.kommune.no. Also visit www.bergen.kommune.no/bybane_/ekstern/english.html 09/06.Negotiated procedure, 11th April, 2007 for construction of the Wergeland-Fantoft stretch of the Bergen light rail. The works include two tunnels in rock and the tunnel portals. The lengths of the tunnels including portals are approximately 640 metres and 400 metres. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=57032-2007, OJ S 46, or contact City of Bergen, Bergen, fax +47 55569575. E-mail gunnar.gjaeringen@bergen.kommune.no 11/07.Negotiated procedure, 11th April, 2007 for construction of the Fantoft-Nesttun stretch of the Bergen light rail. The works include two tunnels in rock and the tunnel portals. The lengths of the tunnels including portals are approximately 1,280 metres and 450 metres. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=57033-2007, OJ S 46, or contact City of Bergen, Bergen, fax +47 55569575. E-mail gunnar.gjaeringen@bergen.kommune.no 11/07.The City of Bergen has commissioned Veidekke to build the 2.4 km section of the light rail line from Wergeland to Fantoft. The contract price is NOK292.7 million. The contract includes the construction of two tunnels, 640 m and 400 m long, and three stations. Work will start at the end of January 2008 and will be completed by 17th January, 2010. Visit www.veidekke.no and www.bybane.no/english.html 04/08.NCC Construction has been commissioned by the City of Bergen to build the Fantoft-Nesttun section of the new light rail. The order value amounts to NOK373.4 million. The contract relates to 3.2 km of double-track light rail. A part of this section will run above ground and another will run through two tunnels, 1,280 m and 450 m long. Work on this section will begin in January 2008 and is scheduled for completion in January 2010. Visit www.ncc.info and www.bybane.no/english.html 04/08.

Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 22.06.2010, for installation of 3.4 km of contact line system with rectifier stations and ancillary equipment for new line, stations and tunnels between Nesttun and Raedal. More information, specs and docs from Ole Mortensen at Hordaland Fylkeskommune in Bergen, e-mail ole.mortensen@post.hfk.no, website address www.bybanen.no. Tenders or requests to participate should be sent to Hilde Bjorkmann at FirstVentura in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 91842962, fax +47 55134479, e-mail hildeb@firstventura.com. Contractors who qualify and are invited to bid will receive tender documents and full specifications. For history of this project over the last eight years go to tunnelbuilder archive no/44. For this bid, visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=146932-2010. 20/10.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 11.06.2012, for blasting and associated rock removal work at Flesland airport to facilitate Central terminal construction with underground rail station approached by tunnel. Mass haulage 1 million cu m. Further information, specs and docs from Tom Quarsten at Sweco in Flesland, tel +47 552750-30, fax –01, e-mail tom.quarsten@sweco.no, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=257400. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=150995-2012. 20/12.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 30.11.2012, for Bergen Light Rail contract C11 Rastolen, Lagunen-Rastolen section of Bybanen, 2.7 km Lagunen-Sandslivegen, including simultaneous construction of 700 m-long Follsdals, 570 m-long Steinsvik, and 600 m-long Solheit tunnels with portals, and associated structures. Contract commences August, 2013 for completion October, 2015. Further information, specs and docs from Tom Ivan Kittelsen at Inventura in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 551344-80, fax –79, e-mail TomIvan.Kittelsen@inventura.no, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Invitations to tender will be dispatched on 17.12.2012. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=271637. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=348009-2012. 44/12.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 08.01.2013, for groundworks for Bergen Light Rail contract C12 Sandsli, which is a 1.7 km part of the 7.1 km-long Radal-Flesland section. Further information, specs and docs from Sturla Alvheim at Inventura in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 92489670, e-mail sturla.alvheim@inventura.no, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Invitations to tender will be dispatched on 23.01.2013. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=274124. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=377642-2012. 48/12.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 08.01.2013, for groundworks for Bergen Light Rail contract C13 Kokstad, which is a 1.7 km part of the 7.1 km-long Radal-Flesland section. Further information, specs and docs from Hilde Bjorkmann at Inventura in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 551344-80, fax -79, e-mail hilde.bjorkmann@inventura.no, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Invitations to tender will be dispatched on 18.02.2013. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=273385. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=377646-2012. 48/12.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 08.01.2013, for construction of bridges, road, culverts, tunnel and platforms for stage 3 for Bergen Light Rail contract C12 Sandsli, which is a 1.7 km part of the 7.1 km-long Radal-Flesland section. Further information, specs and docs from Sturla Alvheim at Inventura in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 92489670, e-mail sturla.alvheim@inventura.no, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Time limit for accessing documents 08.01.2013. Invitations to tender will be dispatched on 23.01.2013. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=275262. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=389142-2012. 49/12.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 25.06.2013, for C44 heavy current electrical works for stage 3 for Bergen Light Rail, part of the 7.1 km-long Radal-Flesland section. Further information, specs and docs from Erik Forde at Inventura in Fyllingsdalen, tel +47 55134480, e-mail erik.forde@inventura.no, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Time limit for accessing documents 25.06.2013. Invitations to tender will be dispatched on 15.08.2013. Register interest at www.doffin.no/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=294854. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=171708-2013. 22/13.

Award of contract C11 Rastolen to Veidekke Entreprenor AS of Oslo for construction of 2.7 km-long Lagunen-Sandslivegen section of Bergen Light Rail, including simultaneous construction of 700 m-long Follsdals, 570 m-long Steinsvik, and 600 m-long Solheit tunnels with portals, and associated structures. Contract commences August, 2013 for completion October, 2015. Further information from Bybanen Utbygging in Bergen, tel +47 40007400. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=237044-2013. 29/13.

Award of contract C12 Sandsli to Skanska Norge AS of Bergen for construction of bridges, road, culverts, tunnel and platforms for stage 3 for Bergen Light Rail, which is a 1.7 km part of the 7.1 km-long Radal-Flesland section. Further information from Bybanen Utbygging in Radal, tel +47 40007400. Visit no/44 for light rail tenders to date, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=320007-2013. 39/13.

  Three tenders invited for the doubling of the Sandvika-Asker railway, deadline 31st October. Contract JA1 is to build 3,225 m of double-track tunnels from Solstad to Hí¸nsveien, a 320 m access tunnel and option for a 400 m tunnel from Asker centre. Contract JA2 is for 2,715 m of double-track tunnels from Jong to í…stad, a 120 m access tunnel and option for a 200 m tunnel from Solstad to Asker. Contract JA3 is JA1 + JA2 contracts. Support with rockbolts, shotcrete and steel arches. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, documents S 197-135100, S 196-134351 and S 196-134352. Contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, fax +47 22 455860, e-mail utbygging@jbv.no or visit www.jernbaneverket.no 43/01. Cross section of 111 sq m. Hard rock TBM and drill/blast through Silurian sedimentary rock, mainly limestone. Norconsult involved as consulting engineers. JA3 tunnelling to cost US$100 million, of which US$55 million for JA2, to be 100% financed by Norwegian State. Bidders will be known early December, 2001. Contract awards for end-January, 2002. JA1 tunnelling to start in mid-summer, 2002. JA2 tunnelling to start early-February, 2002. Completion scheduled for mid-summer, 2004. Visit www.norconsult.no 44/01. Award to Veidekke of the Sandvika-Asker railway dualling requiring a 490 m 96 sq m double-track tunnel and two 480 m 56 sq m single-track tunnels. All cut-and-cover. Moraine (40%), clay (57.5%) and rock (2.5%). Double-track tunnel to cost €7 million and single-track tubes €3.2 million with time frame May 2002-March 2003 and March 2002-January 2003 respectively. Visit www.veidekke.no 05/02. Sandvik Tamrock has been awarded the contract to supply two computerized full data Axera tunnelling jumbos to be used by contractor Mika AS to excavate the tunnel from Asker to Jong, which is part of a double-track railway between Oslo and Asker. The equipment contract, valued at over NOK20 million, also covers the supply of drill steels as well as service for two years. Delivery will start in March, 2002. Visit www.sandviktamrock.com and www.sandvik.com 07/02.Sandvik Tamrock AS is delivering a third full-data tunnelling jumbo to Mika AS. The Tamrock Axera T11 DATA three-boom fully computerized jumbo with basket boom will start up a third face in May, 2003. Visit www.sandviktamrock.com 05/03.Negotiated procedure, deadline 17th October, 2003 for design and installation of contact lines, low voltage and remote control equipment on the new Sandvika-Asker double-track line, section Sandvika-Jong-Asker. Work to be done in the Jong-Solstad tunnel (3,485 m) and in the Solstad-Asker tunnel (3,790 m) and at grade between the tunnels (540 m). Contact line installations, ventilation fans (smoke and frost), emergency lighting installations, and high voltage and low voltage installations must be installed in the tunnels. Includes also works at Sandvika and Asker stations. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=172405-2003, OJ S 191, or contact Jernbaneverket, Sandvika, fax +47 22455860. E-mail hsg@jbv.no 42/03.Negotiated procedure, deadline 1st June, 2004 for detailed plans for a 5.5 km double-track rock tunnel between Lysaker and Sandvika on the Skoyen-Asker section. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=071793-2004, OJ S 84, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, fax +4722455800. E-mail anne.kathrine.kalager@jbv.no 19/04.Multiconsult won a contract for the detailed and construction plans for a 5.5 km double-track rock tunnel between Lysaker and Sandvika on the Skoyen-Asker section. Asplan Viak won another contract for development plans. Visit www.multiconsult.no and www.asplanviak.no 46/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 8th January, 2007 for construction of a 1.2 km railway tunnel, including securing, pre-injection, waterproofing and frost protection, etc. and approx. 800 metres of railway at ground level. Read E-News Weekly 19/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=205551-2006, OJ S 193, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, fax +47 22455800. E-mail kkn@jbv.no 42/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 29th January, 2007 for contracts LS-02 and LS-03 of the Lysaker-Sandvika double-track railway tunnel. Contract LS-02 Skallum comprises the tunnel works between Lysaker west and Fossveien. Contract LS-03 Fossveien comprises the tunnel works between Skallum and Sandvika east. Both railway tunnels are approx. 1,800 m long with a cross section of approx. 110 sq m. The construction of the tunnel has been divided into four contracts, one of which has been previously tendered. The final contract will be announced in the near future. Read E-News Weekly 19/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=223334-2006, OJ S 209, or contact Jernbaneverket Infrastruktur Utbygging, Oslo, fax +47 22455800. 46/06.Negotiated procedure, deadline 3rd January, 2007 for hire of an engineering design manager for the tunnel and open air zone for the Lysaker-Sandvika railway dualling. The project is divided up into four main contracts. The primary assignments for the engineering design manager are to assist the project manager/construction managers in following up the consultants for the tunnel and open air zone works as well as following up the development of work drawings and management, operations and maintenance documentation. Also included is coordination of the engineering design works for all trades in the project. Read E-News Weekly 19/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=238703-2006, OJ S 222, or contact Jernbaneverket Infrastruktur Utbygging, Oslo, fax +47 22455800. E-mail aie@jbv.no 48/06.Negotiated procedure, deadline 15th January, 2007 for construction management for the Lysaker-Sandvika railway dualling. Read E-News Weekly 46/2006 & 19/2006. Click no/43. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=249745-2006, OJ S 233, or contact Jernbaneverket Infrastruktur Utbygging, Oslo, fax +47 22455800. E-mail aie@jbv.no 51-52/06.Accelerated negotiated procedure, deadline 5th January, 2007 for vibration measurements as part of the construction of the new double track railway between Sandvika and Lysaker, including approx. 5.5 km of tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 46/2006 & 19/2006. Click no/43. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=255921-2006, OJ S 239, or contact Jernbaneverket Infrastruktur Utbygging, Oslo, fax +47 22455800. E-mail tvevid@jbv.no 51-52/06.Jernbaneverket, the Norwegian National Rail Administration, contracted Skanska to build a new railway section. The contract amount is NOK498.4 million. The contract involves the new construction of a 2.8 km section of double track between Skí¸yen and Asker, west of Oslo. The project is one of four sections of the new railway line between Lysaker and Sandvika. Skanska’s assignment includes all work except track laying. The section includes a 1.2 km railway tunnel, including securing, pre-injection, waterproofing and frost protection, etc. and approx. 800 metres of railway at ground level. Construction begins in March and is scheduled for completion in July 2011. Visit www.skanska.no 10/07.Veidekke has signed a contract with Jernbaneverket, the national rail administration, for the Skallum substructure (contract LS-02), which is part of the new double-track railway line between Skí¸yen and Asker. The contract price is NOK365 million. The contract involves tunnelling from an access tunnel at Skallum in Bí¦rum. Veidekke will establish the approximately 420 m-long access tunnel down to the main tunnel for the double-track line. It will drive approximately 800 metres of tunnel in the direction of Lysaker and 800 metres in the direction of Sandvika. Both tunnels will be driven to connect up with neighbouring contracts. The work includes rock blasting, securing and other structural work inside the tunnel. The work will commence on 11th April and be completed by 1st August, 2010. Visit www.veidekke.no 12/07.Negotiated procedure, deadline 16th April, 2007 for contracting of five control engineers for the Lysaker-Sandvika line, for assistance to the construction manager with quality control. Click no/43. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=69506-2007, OJ S 56, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, fax +47 22455800. E-mail aie@jbv.no 14/07.NCC Construction signed on 10th April an agreement worth approximately NOK372.7 million with Jernbaneverket, the railway infrastructure developer, for contract LS-03 Fossveien, which is part of the new double-track railway on the route between Skí¸yen and Asker on the Lysaker to Sandvika line, west of Oslo. A 240 m-long tunnel is to be constructed down by the main line for double-track railway services at Fossveien in Bí¦rum. Subsequently, a 1,050 m-long tunnel will be constructed towards Lysaker and a 750 m-long tunnel towards Sandvika. These two tunnels will connect with other tunnel contracts. Work will commence on 2nd May and is scheduled for completion on 1st August, 2010. The works include blasting, securing and other interior construction work in the tunnel. Visit www.ncc.info 16/07.SBV Consult pocketed a NOK6.3 million contract to undertake vibration measurements as part of the construction of the new double track railway between Sandvika and Lysaker, including approx. 5.5 km of tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 16/2007, 46/2006 & 19/2006. Click no/43. Visit www.sbv-consult.no 27-28/07.Negotiated procedure, deadline 13th December, 2007 for quality control and follow-up of works on the Lysaker-Sandvika railway dualling. Click no/43 to know details about the tunnels involved. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=268468-2007, OJ S 220, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, tel. +47 22455992. E-mail aie@jbv.no 47/07.Tunnel and GeoConsult, and independent consulting engineers Sigmund Bakk and Lise Backer have been contracted by the Norwegian National Rail Administration for quality control assistance to the construction manager for the Lysaker-Sandvika line. Read E-News Weekly 16/2007, 46/2006 & 19/2006. Visit www.tunnelandgeoconsult.com 48/07.Negotiated procedure, deadline 8th May, 2008 for electrical installations (high and low voltage systems) for the new 6.5 km double track railway between Lysaker and Sandvika, 5.5 km of which is in tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=71126-2008, OJ S 52, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, tel. +47 91656257. Visit solgei@jbv.no 13/08.Negotiated procedure, deadline 8th May, 2008 for telecom installations for the new 6.5 km double track railway between Lysaker and Sandvika, with approximately 5.5 km of tunnel. The installations include tunnel radio, emergency telephones and fibre installations. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=71125-2008, OJ S 52, or contact Jernbaneverket, Oslo, tel. +47 91656318. Visit jto@jbv.no 13/08.Contract for telecommunications installations for 6.5 km section of new double railway track in Baerum municipality for Lysaker-Sandvika, of which 5.5 km in tunnel, awarded by Jernbaneverket to T Connect AS of Manglerud, Oslo. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=292852-2008 More from Olaf Bjerknes, tel +47 9943 4144, e-mail olbj@jbv.no 46/08.Contract for high and low voltage electrical installations on 6.5 km section of Lysaker-Sandvika line through Baerum municipality, of which 5.5 km is in tunnel, awarded to YIT Building Systems of Etterstad, Oslo, value EUR12 million. Jernbaneverket contact is Jarle Tommervik, tel +47 9165 6318, e-mail jto@jbv.no. Visit archive file no/43 for a full history of the contracts for dualling of the Sandvika-Asker line. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=4562-2009 02/09

      Selmer Skanska to build Tyin hydro plant on í˜vre í…rdal river for Norsk Hydro. Contract value NOK512 million (SEK628 million) includes a subterranean power station, pumping facilities, shafts and 19 km of tunnels. Preparatory work has commenced. Completion October, 2004. Visit www.selmer.skanska.no 41/01.  1.54 km-long access tunnel completed June, 2002 and powerhouse excavation underway in granite. 2.7 km-long x 46 sq m tailrace under development for breakthrough June, 2003 using Atlas Copco Rocket Boomer WL3 C to drill 90 holes/round at 5.2 m-long x 48 mm-diameter under 1.5 km rock cover. 12-15 resin anchored bolts/round, 2.4 or 4.0 m-long, with shotcrete. Bi-directional drives underway from 350 m-long access tunnel at mid-point of headrace, using Atlas Copco 353 S drillrigs and Cat 963B loaders with Gjerstad side tipping buckets stationed at each face, with single crew alternating. Granite towards powerstation, phyllite towards lake. Surge shaft chamber complete, and Skanska Raise Boring mobilizing refurbished Robbins 97 RLC to bore 463 m-deep x 4.04 m-diameter shaft. 2.4 km-long draw off tunnel between Lakes Tyin and Toroholmen underway using Schaeff ITC 312 loader and Moxy MT25 trucks. Project on schedule. Visit www.selmer-skanska.no and www.skanskaraiseboring.com. Read E-News Weekly # 20. 46/02.Total of 4,500 rounds blasted to remove 680,000 cu m of rock, with some 27,086 rockbolts and 15,100 cu m shotcrete installed by 160 workers. Excavation completed during 2003, with the final blast in the tailrace end-May, and the headrace from Biskopsvatn to the power station breaking through on 10th July. The draw-off tunnel at Torolmen was finished at the end of July, with the lake tap left ready drilled for blasting, scheduled to take place in mid-2004. The piercing of Ardalsvatn from the tailrace will be carried out in Spring, 2004. Nearly 21 km of tunnel and 45,000 cu m of powerstation were excavated in just 19 months, involving 600,000 manhours, without a single serious accident. More from magnar.myklatun@skanska.no or visit www.boomer-rig.com 09/04.

Contract for excavation and ballasting of a 4.4 km sub-stretch of Barkaker-Tonsberg twin-track railway, including construction of a 1.7 km-long tunnel with 220 sq m cross-section together with portals and culvert, awarded to AF-Jarlsberg, a cooperation between Reinertsen Anlegg A/S and Leonhard Nilsen og Sonner A/S, value EUR52 million, including VAT @ 25%. Visit www.reinertsen.no and http://eng.lns.no/content/view/full/205. All work to be completed by Spring, 2011. More from Arild Herfindal at Jernbaneverket Utbygging in Oslo, tel +47 9153 7655, e-mail hear@jbv.no. For project history visit tunnelbuilder archive no/29. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=093165-200914/09.

Proposed 7.8 km-long drill/blast subsea road tunnel with 2/3 lanes with arched cross-sections of 44 sq m and 64 sq m in gneiss and quartz scheduled to commence construction in 2001. Support by rockbolts and shotcrete. More information from www.vegvesen.no November 1999.Open invitation to tender, deadline 19th April, 2004 for construction of lot 05 of the Eiksund connection on state road 653 comprising the 7,780 m Eiksund subsea tunnel and 900 m of access roads. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=032729-2004, OJ S 37, or contact Statens vegvesen, Alesund, fax +47 70175076. E-mail oddbjorn.pladsen@vegvesen.no or svein.skeide@vegvesen.no 10/04.Mesta won a NOK378 million contract to build the 7,765 m-long Eiksund tunnel in More & Romsdal county. It will be the world's deepest subsea road tunnel ever built, at -287 m below sea level. The Eiksund tunnel is a bidirectional two- and three-lane tunnel with maximum gradients of 9.6% on the Eika side and 7.6% on the mainland side. Drill/blast method. Eiksundsambandet is a 14,480 m crossing that will link the Hareid, Herí¸y, Sande and Ulstein municipal districts on Hareid island to the Eika island by the 405 m Eiksund bridge, followed by the Eiksund tunnel, then an at grade section, the Sí¸rheimsstranda-Hovdevatnet tunnel (1.160 m), another surface stretch and the Aasen tunnel (630 m) prior to connecting with the E39 motorway in í˜rsta/Volda on the mainland. Opening of the tunnel is planned in December 2007. Visit www.mesta.no 18/04.Open call for bids, deadline 9th June, 2005 for contract 07 Helgehorn and Morkaaes tunnels in Orsta and Volda municipalities, as part of the Eiksund crossing on classified road 653. This contract comprises of the construction of 2 tunnels, approx. 1,162 and 600 m long. Both tunnels to feature T8.5 profile (width 8.5 m) with a normal blasting cross section of 62.3 sq m. The Morkaaes tunnel (the shortest of the two) will be built first. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=073763-2005, OJ S 76, or contact Statens vegvesen, Molde, fax +47 71274101 or 70175076. E-mail firmapost-midt@vegvesen.no 17/05.Mesta is the lowest bidder (NOK85 million) to construct the Helgehorn and Morkas tunnels in Orsta and Volda municipalities, as part of the Eiksund crossing on classified road 653. The other bidders are Volda Maskin (NOK91 million) and Leonhard Nilsen & Sonner (NOK105 million). The contract includes two tunnels, approximate lengths 1,162 and 600 m, excavated section 62.3 sq m. 31-32/05.Open call for bids, deadline 7th July, 2006 for delivery of booster fans for three tunnels (lengths: 630 m, 1,160 m and 7,765 m) on the Eiksund fixed link on road Rv 653. Click no/21. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=099940-2006, OJ S 93, or contact Statens vegvesen Region central, Molde, fax +47 71274101 or 70175076. E-mail firmapost-midt@vegvesen.no or helene.andreassen@vegvesen.no 21/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 19th September, 2006 for electrical installations for the Eiksund tunnel (7,765 m), Helgehorn tunnel (1,162 m) and Morkaas tunnel (600 m), all single-tube tunnels, on national road 653. Click here. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=150934-2006, OJ S 140, or contact Statens vegvesen Region central, Molde, fax +47 71274101 or 70175076. E-mail firmapost-midt@vegvesen.no or sylvi.sater@vegvesen.no 31-32/06.OFAS tunnel pocketed a NOK3.1 million contract for delivery of booster fans for three tunnels (lengths: 630 m, 1,160 m and 7,765 m) on the Eiksund fixed link on road Rv 653. Click no/21 and here. Read E-News Weekly 38/2006. 42/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 22nd August, 2007 for delivery, assembly, commissioning, training and documentation of the radio equipment for the tunnels of the Eiksund crossing on national road Rv 653, including the 7,770 m Eiksund tunnel, the 1,160 m Helgehorn tunnel and the 630 m Morkaí¥s tunnel. Click here. Read E-News Weekly 38/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=163861-2007, OJ S 133, or contact Statens vegvesen Region central, Molde, fax +47 71274101 or 57655986. E-mail firmapost-midt@vegvesen.no or torn.hellebo@vegvesen.no 31/07.

  Five tunnels totalling 3.8 km and excavated volume of 253,000 m3 under construction in sandstone with some syenite to duallise E18 south of Drammen towards Kristiansand. Contractor AF Spesialprosjekt using Atlas Copco 353 drillrigs with Bever Control achieving 22 rounds/week apiece including all rockbolt drilling. Orsta bolts and shotcreting with steel fibre using Meyco equipment. May 1999.Open call for tenders, deadline 17th January, 2005 for construction planning and engineering design for the 4 km Frydenhaug-Eik section of highway E18, including a 1.8 km-long 9.5 m-wide single-tube tunnel parallel to the existing Kleivene tunnel and emergency exit tunnels for a total length of approximately 650 m. Geology is mostly solid rock and granite. Drill/blast method with a combination of rock bolts and shotcrete for support. For frost and water insulation, the inside of the tunnel will be covered with a lining of concrete elements. Loaders and dumper trucks for mucking-out. Planned construction period from early 2006 to late 2007. Estimated cost of all road section is NOK645 million (2004 value). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=197597-2004, OJ S 229, or contact Statens vegvesen, Arendal, fax +47 32210161. E-mail sor@vegvesen.no 49/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 10th January, 2006 for construction of section Frydenhaug-Eik on the E18, contract north. A new southbound lane from Bangeloakka to Kobbervikdalen will be constructed, including the new Kleivene tunnel. The single-tube tunnel is 1,880 m long and will carry two lanes. Southbound traffic will use the new tunnel while northbound traffic will use the old tunnel. The tunnel width is 9.5 m. The geology is porphyric stone (50 m) and granite. The excavation method will be drilling and blasting. Bolts and shotcrete with steel fibres will be used for support. In unstable areas, steel arches may also be used. Loaders and dumper trucks for rock haulage. The excavation start is scheduled for 15th March, 2006 for completion in December 2007. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=206228-2005, OJ S 209, or contact Statens vegvesen Region south, Drammen, fax +47 32210161. E-mail roakje@vegvesen.no 47/05.With NOK227 million, Mesta is the low bidder for the Freydenhaug-Eik section of the E18. This is NOK48 million less than Veidekke (NOK275.5 million). Then follow NCC Construction (NOK281.2 million) and Skanska (NOK283.6 million). The project includes the 1,880 m-long Kleivene single-tube tunnel. Click no/17 for more. Visit www.mesta.no 14/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 14th June, 2006 for engineering services for the construction of a new motorway bridge, the new Kleivene tunnel (1,880 m) and connecting roads, and Ovre Sund bridge. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=082435-2006, OJ S 78, or contact Statens vegvesen Region south, Arendal, fax +47 32210161. E-mail bjorn.kleppesto@vegvesen.no 18/06.

The following five companies: NCC (EUR204.39 million), Implenia (EUR174.73 million), Skanska (EUR187.74 million), Veidekke (EUR157.15 million) and Aldeso (EUR201.83 million) have been sent the offers for contract K11 (Radal-Nordas-Flyplassvegen), part of E39 Svegatjorn-Radal project, including the construction of Ra and Soras tunnels (cross section from T9.5 to T27) and of one 1.5 km-long water tunnel (cross section T5). Click no/13 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://www.vegvesen.no/Vegprosjekter/e39svegatjornradal/Nyhetsarkiv/fem-tilbod-p%C3%A5-e39-svegatj%C3%B8rnr%C3%A5dal.19/15.

The following seven companies: Leonard Nilsen & Sons (EUR292.28 million), Strabag AG, Austria (EUR392.22 million), Skanska Norway AS (EUR 286.26 million), AF Gruppo Norway AS (EUR 285.60 million), CMC of Ravenna, Italy (EUR340.51 million), Haehre Entreprenor AS (EUR283.23 million) and Veidekke Entreprenor AS (EUR274.33 million) have been sent the offers for contract K10 (Svegatjorn-Fanavege), part of E39 Svegatjorn-Radal project, including the construction of Skogafjells tunnel, 1.5 km T11.5 and Lyhorn tunnel, 9.2 km T9.5, as well as one water tunnel, 1.7 km T5. Click no/13 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://www.vegvesen.no/Vegprosjekter/e39svegatjornradal/Nyhetsarkiv/sju-tilbod-p%C3%A5-stor-kontrakt. 19/15.

Pakistan's federal government approved the 969 MW Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project at a cost of PKR128.4 billion in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. The project will be built by a consortium consisting of China Gezhouba Group Corp. (CGGC) and CMEC China. The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) had already approved award of the contract to the CGGC-CMEC joint venture in March 2007 at the contract price of PKR90.9 billion. The project will also be executed through Neelum-Jhelum Project Co., a government-owned unit, which has since been set up and the debt ratio of the project will be around 50/50. The project envisages the diversion of the Neelum river at Nosairi in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, through a 32.5 km headrace tunnel to a power station. Three tunnels would be built under the project design: the first two would be 15 km long and 40 square metres and the second would be 17 km long and 80 square metres. The project will be completed in eight years. Read E-News Weekly 2/2006. Visit www.gzbgj.com/english/index.asp and www.cmec.com 52/07-01/08.The joint venture Neelum-Jhelum Consultants led by MWH and consisting of MWH, Pakistani firms Nespak, ACE and NDC, and Norwegian firm Norplan has been selected by the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to provide design, construction drawing preparation and construction management services for the Neelum-Jhelum hydroelectric project. The contract is worth PKR4.1 billion and covers a period of eight years. The project, expected to cost approximately PKR130 billion to build, will include a concrete gravity diversion dam, a headrace tunnel, a surge chamber and an underground powerhouse that will have four turbine-generating units. The total length of headrace tunnel is 28.5 km. A 15.1 km stretch of the tunnel from the Nauseri will be constructed as a twin tunnel system each with a cross-section of 42 square metres. The remaining headrace tunnel down to the surge chamber will be a single tunnel having a cross-section of 82 square metres. The tunnels are shotcrete lined with a concrete invert. The tunnel crosses the Jhelum river approximately 380 m below its bed. The tunnel will be accessed by seven adits for removal of excavated spoil. The surge chamber consists of a 340 m-high riser shaft. A 820 m-long surge tunnel, four steel-lined penstock tunnels, 150 m long and having 3.8 m internal diameter will also be constructed. The underground power station will house four units with a total capacity of 969 MW. Located in the Muzaffarabad district in the state of Azad Jammu Kashmir, approximately 138 km from Islamabad, the Neelum-Jhelum project is one of several major projects planned to increase Pakistan's hydroelectric generation capabilities to meet the growing energy needs of the country. Click pk/21. Visit www.wapda.gov.pk, www.mwhglobal.com, www.nespak.com.pk and www.norplan.com 25/08.