Open invitation to tender, deadline 20th May, 2008 for design of a 2.8 km bypass to road N-152 in Ribes de Freser in Girona province. The road currently crosses the municipality and a new road has to be designed. It includes a 1,520 m bidirectional single bore tunnel, with two 3.5 m lanes, two 1 m shoulders and a 0.75 berm. Read E-News Weekly 5/2005 & 7/2003. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=67661-2008, OJ S 49, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915978547 or 915978470. E-mail jmmendoza@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 14/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 23rd June, 2008 to design the 18.2 km Ribes de Freser bypass road-La Molina section on road N-152 in Girona province. The section includes the 1,790 m Toses tunnel, a single bore bidirectional tunnel for two 3.5 m lanes, two shoulders and a berm. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=91926-2008, OJ S 68, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915978547 or 915978470. E-mail jmmendoza@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 16/08.Apia XXI partnered with Geoplank to win a EUR1.9 million contract to design the 18.2 km Ribes de Freser bypass road-La Molina section on road N-152 in Girona province. The section includes the 1,790 m Toses tunnel, a single bore bidirectional tunnel for two 3.5 m lanes, two shoulders and a berm. Visit www.apiaxxi.es and www.geoplank.es 42/08.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 22nd April, 2008 for construction of lots A and B of the Las Lagunas-Cala de Mijas section on the Costa del Sol rail line. This section includes a 2 x 4 km tunnel. The two parallel tunnels will be bored using a pair of TBMs working towards La Cala de Mijas from the Fuengirola river. The time frame to complete the two contracts is 42 months. The first contract includes a shaft for the two TBMs, the electrical supply of the TBMs, the seaside, left tunnel, the cross passages to the parallel tube, a ventilation shaft, UIC track laying in the two tunnels and environmental restauration works. The second contract involves the hillside, right tunnel, the diaphragm wall station box for the future underground station in La Cala de Mijas, its internal structure and the external urban arrangements.The Costa del Sol rail line will enable high capacity trains with speeds of 220 to 250 km/h and suburban trains. The high capacity trains will provide very competitive services compared to private vehicles, with just 11.5 minutes from Estepona to Marbella and 10 minutes from Marbella to Fuengirola. The Ministry of development is responsible for the Fuengirola-Malaga section. So far, two thirds of the 30.4 km existing line has been dualled. The Andalusian regional government is in charge of the 56.6 km Estepona-Fuengirola section, which will run in majority underground in dense urban areas. Read E-News Weekly 10/2007, 50/2003. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=52060-2008 and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=52059-2008, OJ S 38, or contact Ferrocarriles de la Junta de Andalucí­a, Sevilla, fax +34 955007573. E-mail carmen.camacho@ferrocarrilesdeandalucia.es 12/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 20th May, 2008 for site supervision during construction of the Las Lagunas-Cala de Mijas section on the Costa del Sol rail line, including a 2 x 4 km tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=66452-2008, OJ S 48, or contact Ferrocarriles de la Junta de Andalucí­a, Sevilla, fax +34 955007573. E-mail carmen.camacho@ferrocarrilesdeandalucia.es 12/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 14th March, 2008 for upgrade of the equipment in the Miravete tunnel on the A-5 in Caceres province. The Miravete tunnel consists of two tubes of 1,141 m and 1,154 m. Read E-News Weekly 1/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=10956-2008, OJ S 10, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915978547 or 915978470. E-mail jmmendoza@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 05/08.Ferrovial Agroman with Grupisa Infraestructuras has been awarded the EUR5.6 million contract to upgrade equipment in the twin-tube 1.15 km-long Miravete tunnel on the A5 motorway in Caceres province. Visit www.ferrovial.es and www.grupisa.es 45/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 06.02.2009, for supervision of modernization works on the 1.15 km-long twin tube Miravete tunnel on the A5 motorway in Caceres province. Contact J M Mendoza at Ministry of Public Works, Madrid, fax +34 915978547, e-mail jmmendoza@fomento.es. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=313716-2008 51/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd November, 2007 for construction of the extension to Sabadell of the Barcelona-Sabadell line operated by FGC, the Catalan railways. This is a railway for two tracks of 4,975 metres and 4,947 metres. Altogether, 6,904 metres will be bored by means of a 6.74 m-diameter EPB TBM and 2,169 metres using the cut-and-cover method. The internal diameter of the bored tunnel is 6 m: Each tube will be connected by cross-passages each 250 metres. There are also five underground stations (Sabadell Estacií³, Plaí§a Major, Eix Macií , Plaí§a Espanya and Ca n'Oriac). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=239128-2007, OJ S 197, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es. Also visit www10.gencat.net/ptop/AppJava/es/actuacions/departament/public/metro/valles/fgc_sabadell.jsp# 42/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 30th November, 2007 for construction management of the extension to Sabadell of the Barcelona-Sabadell line operated by the Catalan railways. Click es/143. Other tenders in E-News Weekly 43/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=244427-2007, OJ S 201, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 44/07.The government of Catalonia awarded for EUR218.1 million the extension of its rail line in Sabadell to a joint venture formed by Acciona, Comsa and Acsa Sorigué. The project will add five stations and a rail yard, initially planned next to Ca n'Oriac station. The contract envisions the construction of two parallel tunnels, nearly 5 km in length each, to be built by two 6.8 m-diameter TBMs and the cut-and-cover method. The TBMs will start from the launch shaft near the football field in Ca n'Oriac and will exit at another shaft at Sabadell station's existing surface car park. Sabadell station, the existing end of the line, will be sunk underground. Visit www.acciona.es, www.comsa.com and www.acsa.es 07/08.The construction management of the extension to Sabadell of the Barcelona-Sabadell line operated by the Catalan railways will be performed by GPO, SGS Tecnos and Amberg Engineering. Their contract is worth EUR11.5 million. Visit www.gpo.es, www.es.sgs.com and www.amberg.ch 07/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th July, 2008 for work control and construction supervision of the railway line extension in Sabadell. Click es/143. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=136949-2008, OJ S 102, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail esm@gisa.cat 23/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 21st May, 2007 for concession contract for the design, construction and operation of the transverse road axis C-25 between Cervera and Caldes de Malavella. The project consists in dualling the existing road. The 44.4 km Cervera-Manresa section includes one tunnel. The 43 km Manresa-Vic section includes the 668 m Fontfredra tunnel. The 55.4 km Vic-Caldes de Malavella section includes 12 tunnels, whereof the 1,440 m Joanet tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 21/2004 & 14/2004. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=80363-2007, OJ S 66, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 16/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 21st May, 2007 for assessment and supervision for the Cervera-Manresa section on the dualling of the transverse road axis C-25. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=80837-2007, OJ S 66, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 16/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 21st May, 2007 for assessment and supervision for the Manresa-Vic section on the dualling of the transverse road axis C-25. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=80838-2007, OJ S 66, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 16/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 21st May, 2007 for assessment and supervision for the Vic-Riudellots de la Selva section on the dualling of the transverse road axis C-25. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=80839-2007, OJ S 66, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 16/07.Payma Cotas in JV with Cetres Enginyers have been awarded a EUR2.1 million contract to assess and supervise the Cervera-Manresa section on the dualling of the transverse road axis C-25. The 44.4 km Cervera-Manresa section includes one tunnel. Visit www.paymacotas.com 29/07.Cicsa and Typsa received a EUR2.5 million contract to assess and supervise the Manresa-Vic section on the dualling of the transverse road axis C-25. The 43 km Manresa-Vic section includes the 668 m Fontfredra tunnel. Visit www.cicsa.es and www.typsa.es 29/07.Ineco and Euroestudios have teamed up to secure a EUR3.2 million contract to assess and supervise the Vic-Riudellots de la Selva section on the dualling of the transverse road axis C-25. The 55.4 km Vic-Caldes de Malavella section includes 12 tunnels, whereof the 1,440 m Joanet tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 21/2004 & 14/2004. Visit www.ineco.es and www.euroestudios.es 29/07.The Catalan government awarded a EUR692.1 million 35-year concession contract to Cedinsa Concessionaria to design, build and operate the Cervera-Caldes de Malavella section of the transverse road axis C-25 which will link Girona to Lleida without having to drive to Barcelona. Cedinsa Concessionaria includes FCC (27.2%), Caixa de Catalunya (20%), Comsa (17.6%), Copisa (7.6%) and Copcisa (7.6%). The 153 km road C-25 is a dual carriageway motorway only on short sections between Cervera and Oluges and the Manresa and Vic bypass roads. The existing single-carriageway road will be dualled to provide two 3.5 m-wide lanes per direction, an additional lane for heavy vehicles where necessary, 2.5 m-wide outer shoulders, 1.5 m-wide inner shoulders and a 5 to 8 m-wide central separation strip. Altogether, 142.8 kilometres will be dualled and a new 2 km motorway section will also be constructed. Fourteen tunnels will be built. The total length of mined tunnels is 3,653 metres. The total length of cut-and-cover tunnels is 528 metres. The first is on the 44.4 km Cervera-Manresa section. The second, the 668 m Fontfreda tunnel, is situated between Manresa and Vic (43 km). Another 12 tunnels, either mined on in cut-and-cover, are on the 55.4 km Vic-Caldes de Malavella section. Among these is the 1,440 m-long Joanet tunnel. Construction, 50% of which will be subcontracted, is scheduled to commence by year end or early 2008 to end in 2010-11. Visit www.fcc.es, www.comsa.com, www.copisa.com and www.copcisa.com 30/07.Open invitation to tender, deadline 20th May, 2008 for quality control for the Cervera-Manresa section on the dualling of the transverse road C-25. Click es/140 for more. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=86771-2008, OJ S 64, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail correu@gisa.es 15/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd April, 2007 for design studies of a 1.2 km in Cullera under the Oro mountain, to link the coast with road N-332 and El Saler road. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=56795-2007, OJ S 46, or contact Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, fax +34 963867349. 13/07.The design of a 1.2 km tunnel to cross the Cullera mountain and shorten the distance between the N-332 and the beaches has been commissioned to Iva Leying for EUR399,000. The company has seven months to complete the designs of the tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 6/2008. Visit www.iva-leying.es 06/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 27th December, 2006 for construction of the suburban railway access to Madrid Barajas airport. The project encompasses a 8.8 km line between Chamartin station and terminal T-4 of the airport, that will provide a fast connection in five minutes between both points. The contract forms the main part of the access (6.9 km) and complements the 1.9 km section that ADIF has under construction as part of the refurbishment of Chamartin station. The existing Hortaleza dual track, about 3 km long, will have to be doubled up to the M-40 junction. The underground access to Barajas, which is 3.950 m long, starts from the M-40. After Valdebebas Park, the path reaches in tunnel the future station at the new terminal T-4. Read E-News Weekly 44/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=227036-2006, OJ S 212, or contact the Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 49/06.A JV formed by Ferrovial Agroman and Azvi has clinched a EUR109.5 million deal to build a new suburban line to Madrid Barajas airport. The time frame for construction is 34 months. The length of the new airport access, between Chamartin station and Terminal T-4, will be 8.8 km. The contract represents the main part of the line, 6.9 km in all, and complements the contract currently implemented by ADIF in the first 1.9 km, as part of the complete refurbishment of the north area at Chamartin station. The new infrastructure is divided in two sections. The first section will quadruplicate the twin-track railway in Hortaleza, on an approximate length of 2,200 metres running from the junction with the upgrading works commissioned by ADIF in the north area of Chamartin station to the crossing with the M-40 motorway. On this section, a station will be built in Manotera, at the crossing of the new suburban line with the Pinar de Chamartin-Sanchinarro-Las Tablas tram line. The station will also make the area more accessible and provide and intermodal interchange between the two transport means.The second section is a new dual track, fully underground. The tunnel length is 4.7 kilometres, whereof 2 km will be built using cut-and-cover methods and 2.7 km mining method. On this section there will be a crossing under the Valdebebas Park roundabout and a station in Valdebebas. It is a subterranean station situated in the area concentrating an extension of the Juan Carlos I trade fair, the Real Madrid sports facilities and the Campus of Justice. After Valdebebas Park, the line crosses in tunnel the La Plata stream. There, channelling of the waters is planned to facilitate the crossing. From there on, the line will travel in a mined tunnel, until the crossing with the north-south axis and the airport authority's land, connecting finally from south with diaphragm walls already built at the south head of Barajas station. Visit www.ferrovial.com and www.azvi.es 11/07.GPO Ingenierí­a secured a EUR2.3 million contract for on-site supervision for the suburban rail line to Madrid Barajas airport. Click es/137. Visit www.gpo.es 12/07.GPO Ingenierí­a scooped a contract to supervise and manage the construction of a railway access to Madrid Barajas airport. GPO's tasks consist in supervising and controlling the works, until the end of the project scheduled in end 2009. The 8.8 km scheme from Chamartin station to Terminal T4 includes a 4.7 km tunnel and three stations. The project's cost amounts to EUR162 million. The new line will connect Madrid's city centre with Terminal T4 in 11 minutes from Chamartin, included stops in the stations. Click es/137. Visit www.gpo.es 28/08.

  Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for construction management of the connection between the Llobregat and Ter potable water treatment plants, section Fontsanta-Trinidad, tunnel and Fontsanta-Trinidad pipeline between the Sant Just Desvern rill and the Trinidad supply station. The section has a length of 14,960 m, whereof 12,035 m in tunnel to cross Collserola. The outer diameter will be 5.8 m and the inner diameter 5.2 m. There will also be a 5 m-diameter 75 m-deep surge shaft, two 21 sq m intermediate access adits of 744 m and 350 m, and a third adit of 28 sq m and 813 m in length. The expected geology is brown and sericitic slates, granodiorites, schists, calcareous silicated rock and porphyric intrusions. It is planned to use two double shield TBMs and line the tunnel with prefabricated reinforced concrete segments. A muck train will be used for rock haulage. Tenders for construction are scheduled to be invited in October. Work to start in the first quarter of 2007 for completion in the fourth quarter of 2009. The estimated cost amounts to EUR130 million. The engineering consultancy who will be awarded the construction management contract will assist Aigues Ter Llobregat, the owner, to finish the design. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=154248-2006, OJ S 143, or contact Aigues Ter Llobregat, Sant Joan Despi, fax +34 933732322. E-mail rmorros@atll.net 31-32/06.Payma Cotas and Pigra Engineering won a EUR3.8 million contract to manage the construction of the connection between the Llobregat and Ter potable water treatment plants, section Fontsanta-Trinidad, tunnel and Fontsanta-Trinidad pipeline between the Sant Just Desvern rill and the Trinidad supply station. The section has a length of 14,960 m, whereof 12,035 m in tunnel to cross Collserola. The outer diameter will be 5.8 m and the inner diameter 5.2 m. Click es/133. Visit www.paymacotas.com and www.atll.es 50/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 4th April, 2007 for construction of complementary works, package 1, on the water line between the Llobregat and Ter potable water stations, section Fontsanta-Trinidad between the Sant Just rill and the Trinidad supply station. The contract mainly includes the Sant Just shaft; 166 metres of conventional tunnel; 5,312 metres of TBM-driven tunnel; intermediate gallery A; cavern A; a surge tank; a connecting tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=36538-2007, OJ S 30, or contact Agues Ter Llobregat, Sant Joan Despi, fax +34 933732322. E-mail rmorros@atll.net 10/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 3rd April, 2007 for construction of complementary works, package 2, on the water line between the Llobregat and Ter potable water stations, section Fontsanta-Trinidad between the Sant Just rill and the Trinidad supply station. The contract mainly includes the Trinidad shaft; 51 metres of conventional tunnel; 6,130 metres of TBM-driven tunnel; intermediate gallery B and cavern B connecting with the main tunnel; and intermediate gallery C and cavern C connecting with the main tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=35326-2007, OJ S 29, or contact Aigues Ter Llobregat, Sant Joan Despi, fax +34 933732322. E-mail rmorros@atll.net 10/07.A double shield TBM will be used, with installation of precast concrete segments, grouting behind the rings, specific ground treatment, etc. Ancillary installations include a mucking-out system, ventilation system, water drainage and others. 10/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 16th July, 2007 for quality control during construction of the Fontsanta-Trinidad section of the water line between the Llobregat and Ter potable water stations (packages 1 and 2), including extensive tunnelling. Click es/133. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=129822-2007, OJ S 105, or contact Aigues Ter Llobregat, Sant Joan Despi, fax +34 933732322. E-mail jalbalate@atll.net 25/07.FCC and Copisa won the EUR57.4 million contract package 1, for complementary works for the water line between the Llobregat and Ter potable water stations, section Fontsanta-Trinidad between the Sant Just rill and the Trinidad supply station. The contract mainly includes the Sant Just shaft; 166 metres of conventional tunnel; 5,312 metres of TBM-built tunnel; intermediate gallery A; cavern A; a surge tank; and a connecting tunnel. Visit www.fcc.es and www.acsa.esOHL and Acsa bagged the EUR47.9 million contract package 2, for complementary works for the water line between the Llobregat and Ter potable water stations, section Fontsanta-Trinidad between the Sant Just rill and the Trinidad supply station. The contract mainly includes the Trinidad shaft; 51 metres of conventional tunnel; 6,130 metres of TBM-built tunnel; intermediate gallery B and cavern B connecting with the main tunnel; and intermediate gallery C and cavern C connecting with the main tunnel. Visit www.ohl.es and www.acsa.es 26/07.A joint venture of LGAI, Inema and Intemac won a EUR1.8 million contract for quality control during construction of the Fontsanta-Trinidad section of the water line between the Llobregat and Ter potable water stations (packages 1 and 2), including extensive tunnelling. Visit www.lgai.es, www.intemac.es and www.inema.es 43/07.FCC and Copisa have subcontracted to SELI the construction of the 5,716 m Sant Just water tunnel which will link the Fontsanta and Trinitat potable water stations, respectively located in Sant Just Desvern and Barcelona. The subcontract amounts to EUR10.7 million. The bored diameter is 5.98 m, which is a cross-section of 28.09 square metres, while the inner diameter equals 5.20 m after lining with precast concrete segments. Geology consists of slates and quartzitic slates, metamorphic rock composed of limestone and silicate, schists and quartzite, granodiorite and granitic porphyries. SELI will use a TBM DSU 0598.119 that it supplied together with the associated back-up equipment and train. The rock will be taken out of the tunnel by an H+E conveyor belt. The official launch of the TBM took place on 19th September. Visit www.selitunnel.com and www.helogistik.deFCC and Copisa will construct several other associated works: a connecting tunnel to the TBM-driven tunnel, a ventilation shaft and a cavern for the TBM disassembly. Access to the tunnel has been built using traditional means. The other parts of the project will use a Liebherr mobile crane, a FIAT-Kobelco excavator and a Sandvik jumbo. Visit www.liebherr.com, www.fiatkobelco.com and www.miningandconstruction.sandvik.com 38/08.

Open call for tenders, deadline 12th January, 2006 for draft design for the construction and operation of the completion of the M-50 orbital motorway, section A-6 to M-607 between Madrid and Las Rozas. This prpject includes a very long tunnel under Mount El Pardo. Read E-News Weekly 42/2005. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=227163-2005, OJ S 230, or contact Consejerí­a de Transportes e Infraestructuras, Madrid, fax +34 915803140. 50-51/05.Typsa received a EUR732,800 contract for the draft design for the construction and operation of the completion of the M-50 orbital motorway, section A-6 to M-607 between Madrid and Las Rozas. This section includes a long double tunnel under Mount El Pardo. Visit www.typsa.es 10/06.

Open call for tenders, deadline 4th October, 2005 for construction of section I of the Segarra-Garrigues canal in Lleida province. This section includes two 4.7 m-diameter tunnels: Rialb (1,207 m) and Ponts (631 m). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=145067-2005, OJ S 145, or contact Canal Segarra-Garrigues, Tarrega, fax +34 973310458. Also visit www.casega.es and subscribe to E-News Weekly 36/2005. 36/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 4th October, 2005 for work supervision for section I of the Segarra-Garrigues canal. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=145058-2005, OJ S 145, or contact Canal Segarra-Garrigues, Tarrega, fax +34 973310458. Also visit www.casega.es and subscribe to E-News Weekly 36/2005. 36/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 21st December, 2006 for construction of section II, subsection A of the Segarra-Garrigues canal. It includes the Oliola tunnel, 4,470 metres of which will be bored and 521 metres dug in cut-and-cover. The tender estimate amounts to EUR37.4 million and the time frame for construction is 24 months. Read E-News Weekly 36/2005. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=221597-2006, OJ S 208, or contact Canal de Segarra-Guarrigues, Tarrega, fax +34 973310458. E-mail alba@casega.es 47/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 21st December, 2006 for work control and site supervision during construction of section II, subsection A of the Segarra-Garrigues canal. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=221954-2006, OJ S 208, or contact Canal de Segarra-Guarrigues, Tarrega, fax +34 973310458. E-mail alba@casega.es 47/06.Acciona and M. y J. Gruas received a EUR30.1 million contract to build section II, subsection A of the Segarra-Garrigues canal. It includes the Oliola tunnel, 4,470 metres of which will be bored and 521 metres dug in cut and cover. Visit www.acciona.es and www.mjgruas.com 13/07.Cygsa bagged a EUR1 million contract for work control and on-site supervision during construction of section II, subsection A of the Segarra-Garrigues canal. Visit www.cygsa.com 13/07.Emap and its partner Entorn concluded a EUR110,250 deal for the environment management during construction of sections IIb and III of the Segarra-Garrigues canal. Section III includes the 2,379 m-long Tarrega tunnel, featuring an inner diameter of 4.15 metres. Read E-News Weekly 19/2007 & 36/2005. Visit www.entorn.com 29/07.Atenea received a EUR123,000 contract for health and safety consultancy for the same sections. Visit www.ateneasa.com 29/07.A consortium of Bruesa and Ploder has been awarded a EUR51.1 million construction contract for the third section of the Segarra-Garrigues canal in Lleida. The project encompasses the construction of 21 additional kilometres of this canal until the municipality of Tarrega (Urgell). It includes the construction of the 2.4 km Tarrega tunnel. Once this third phase is completed, the Segarra-Garrigues canal will stretch for 42.5 kilometres out of the planned 84.7 km length. Read E-News Weekly 36/2005. Visit www.bruesa.com and www.ploder.es 48/07.

Fifth section of Segarra-Garrigues canal project underway, including 5 km-long x 4.1 m-diameter Bessons tunnel awarded to JV Acciona/ACSA Sorigue/Rubau. Original TBM M-949M supplied to Acciona in 2005 has been converted by Herrenknecht, from 3.5 m-diameter cutterhead with universal ring lining system to 4.1 m-diameter cutterhead for CBE honeycomb dowel system lining on this project, with facility to convert back in future. Full history of project at tunnelbuilder archive es/127. More from www.cbe-tunnels.com, www.acciona.com and www.herrenknecht.com. 32/11.