Preannouncement of invitation to tender for design and construction of metro line 9 from Sagrera to Can Peixauet, Can Zam and Gorg. Contact GISA, fax +34 9 34 300124. Monitor http://ted.eur-op.eu.int 14/01. Three open invitations to tender, deadline 17th July, 2001, for 10 km-long x 11.9 m-diameter section of line 9 with thirteen 35-65 m-deep stations. Y-shaped line will run from Gorg and Can Zam to Bon Pastor and on to Sagrera Meridiana in mixed ground requiring hardrock TBM and EPB. Commencement early-2002 for completion end-2004. Further 30 km with 30 stations in design to be tendered as three sections. Contact fax +34 934 300124 or visit www.gisa.es 27/01. Two contracts awarded by the Catalan government for Line 9 to connect Gorg in Badalona and Can Zam in Santa Coloma, both forming the upper branches of a Y, with Parc Logí­stic. First section is open cut. Pta48.6 billion second section including subsections from Bon Pastor to Gorg and from Parc Logí­stic up to Zona Universitaria secured by Dragados, Necso, Comsa, ACS, and Sorigué. EPB shield to be used with launch shafts in Zona Universitaria and Gorg. Time frame of 54 months. Pta64.4 billion third section including subsections from Can Zam to Bon Pastor and from Zona Universitaria to Sagrera scooped by FCC, OHL, Ferrovial-Agromí¡n and Copisa. EPB TBM. Time frame of 64 months. All tunnels 10.9 m-diameter with two levels for both directions. Excavation to start in 2002 at a depth of 35-60 m. Three machines needed altogether. Section between Can Zam, Gorg and Sagrera to open in 2004. Sagrera-Parc Logí­stic stretch to open in 2006. Visit www.gencat.es and www.gisa.es 44/01. A jv of Riazu, Tec-Cuatro, and GPO Ingenierí­a has secured the work supervision for a 3 km section of Line 9 for €1.8 million. Visit www.gencat.es and www.gisa.es 51/01. Work supervision for the bulk of Line 9, including the bored tunnels, awarded to Paymacotas and Nicola Della Valle for €16.4 million. Visit www.paymacotas.com and www.nicdv.it 03/02. Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of the infrastructure and stations for Line 9, section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsection Llobregat-Parc Logí­stic, and section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parc Logí­stic-Fira. Includes the construction of stations Mercabarna, Parc Logí­stic and Fira de Barcelona, and one tunnel between river Llobregat and the Fira station. Tender value: €149.2 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001119-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03. The 44 km-long line 9 will be the longest in Europe connecting Badalona and Santa Coloma de Gramanet with the port and the airport, running through the exhibition and fair area. It is also the first metro line in the world for trainsets in each direction in a single two-level tunnel. The project requires to invest approximately €2 billion. Construction will not be finished before mid-2007. 02/03. Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for structural work inside the section 2 tunnel, track laying and catenary installation. Tender value: €71.9 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001115-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of the tunnel on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacií³, section Bifurcacií³-Fira. Tender value: €93.7 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001107-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of the stations on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³, and subsection Bifurcacií³-Start shaft in Motors street. Tender values: €63.4 million and €57.8 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001117-2003 and http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001118-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of infrastructure, stations, workshops and depots on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Start shaft in Motors street-Zona Franca Zal. Tender value: €154.9 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001108-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for structural works inside section 3 tunnel, track laying and catenary installation. Tender value: €59.1 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001109-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of stations Zona Universitaria, Campus nord, Manuel Girona and ventilation shafts, section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Tender value: €41.7 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001111-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of stations Prat de la Riba, Sarrií , Mandri and ventilation shafts, section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Tender value: €49.7 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001112-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of stations Putxet, Lesseps, Muntanya and ventilation shafts, section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Tender value: €39.3 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001116-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of stations Sanllehy, Guinardí³, Maragall and ventilation shafts, section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Tender value: €42.3 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001120-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for installation of escalators and lifts in the 40 stations. Tender value: €52.9 million and €58.8 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001110-2003 and http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001121-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for installation of ticketing equipment. Tender value: €28.3 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001113-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.The total budget of these tenders amounts to €963 million. The administration will pay for the works, interests included, as the construction companies complete and commission the sections.To date, section 4 has been fully awarded (Can Zam and Gorg branches to Sagrera-Meridiana) and work is underway as well as the tunnels on almost all section 2 and all section 3. It is foreseen that section 4 will be operational in 2004. Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003, for construction of the infrastructure and stations of line 9, section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsection km 4+500 to Llobregat. Budget: €197.6 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=002625-2003, OJ S 4, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. 03/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th March, 2003, for design and construction of the telecom systems for line 9. Traction substations, power substations and energy distribution system. Budget: €161.2 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=002632-2003, OJ S 4, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. 03/03. Open invitation to tender, deadline 11th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9, section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universití ria, subsection Bifurcacií³, stretch Bifurcacií³-Fira, and subsection Start shaft in Motors street-Zona Franca Zal. Tender value: €6 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=031751-2003, OJ S 37, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9 for the ATC, signalling and Centralized Control Room as well as the platform edge doors (PEDs) system. Tender value: €3.2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035370-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9, section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsections Airport Terminal to km 4+500, km 4+500 to Llobregat and Llobregat to Parc Logí­stic, and section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parc Logí­stic-Fira. Tender value: €10.5 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035364-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision for the stations of Line 9, section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsections Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³ and Bifurcacií³-Start shaft in Motors street. Tender value: €4 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035381-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9 for telecom systems, traction substations, power substations and energy distribution system. Tender value: €3.5 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035374-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9 for the ticketing system, and installation of elevators and escalators. Tender value: €2.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035371-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03. Open invitation to tender, deadline 11th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9, section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universití ria, subsection Bifurcacií³, stretch Bifurcacií³-Fira, and subsection Start shaft in Motors street-Zona Franca Zal. Tender value: €6 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=031751-2003, OJ S 37, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9 for the ATC, signalling and Centralized Control Room as well as the platform edge doors (PEDs) system. Tender value: €3.2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035370-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9, section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsections Airport Terminal to km 4+500, km 4+500 to Llobregat and Llobregat to Parc Logí­stic, and section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parc Logí­stic-Fira. Tender value: €10.5 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035364-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision for the stations of Line 9, section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsections Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³ and Bifurcacií³-Start shaft in Motors street. Tender value: €4 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035381-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9 for telecom systems, traction substations, power substations and energy distribution system. Tender value: €3.5 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035374-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9 for the ticketing system, and installation of elevators and escalators. Tender value: €2.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035371-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03. The construction of the tunnel on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacií³, section Bifurcacií³-Fira on Line 9 has been commissioned to FCC, Copisa and Comapa for €74.2 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.fcc.es and www.copisa.com 22/03.Dragados, Copcisa, Construcciones Rubau and Comapa have been appointed to build the infrastructure, stations, workshops and depots on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Start shaft in Motors street-Zona Franca Zal. Contract value: €128.9 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.dragados.es and www.copcisa.com 22/03.Dragados, Necso, Comsa, ACS and Sorigué have scooped a €59 million contract for structural works inside the section 2 tunnel, track laying and catenary installation, section Start shaft in Motor street-Zona Universitaria. Visit www.gisa.es, www.dragados.es and www.necso.es 22/03.Copisa, FCC, Copcisa, OHL and Ferrovial-Agromí¡n have been awarded a €51 million contract for structural works inside section 3 tunnel, track laying and catenary installation on section Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Visit www.gisa.es, www.copisa.com and www.fcc.es 22/03.A JV of Dragados, Necso, Comsa and Sorigué has won for €124 million the construction of the infrastructure and stations, section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsection Llobregat-Parc Logí­stic, and section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parc Logí­stic-Fira. Includes the construction of stations Mercabarna, Parc Logí­stic and Fira de Barcelona, and one tunnel between river Llobregat and Fira station. Visit www.gisa.es, www.dragados.es and www.necso.es 22/03.The stations on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³ will be built by Dragados, Necso and ACS at a cost of €54.7 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.dragados.es and www.necso.es 22/03.The stations on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacií³-Start shaft in Motors street will be built by Scrinser, Comsa and Sorigué for €49.8 million. Visit www.gisa.es and www.comsa.es 22/03.Corsí¡n-Corviam will construct stations Zona Universitaria, Campus nord, Manuel Girona and the ventilation shafts on section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Contract value: €35.6 million. Visit www.gisa.es and www.corsan-corviam.es 22/03.Copcisa, FCC, Ferrovial-Agromí¡n, OHL and Copisa will build stations Prat de la Riba, Sarrií , Mandri and the ventilation shafts on section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Contract value: €42.3 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.copcisa.com and www.fcc.es 22/03.Copcisa, FCC, Ferrovial-Agromí¡n, OHL and Copisa will also build stations Putxet, Lesseps, Muntanya and the ventilation shafts on section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Contract value: €33.6 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.copcisa.com and www.fcc.es 22/03.Copcisa, FCC, Ferrovial-Agromí¡n, OHL and Copisa will finally build stations Sanllehy, Guinardí³, Maragall and the ventilation shafts on section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Contract value: €36 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.copcisa.com and www.fcc.es 22/03.FCC, Ferrovial-Agromí¡n, OHL, Scrinser and Copisa will construct the infrastructure and stations on section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsection km 4+500 to Llobregat. Contact value: €169 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.fcc.es and www.ferrovial.es 22/03.Indra Sistemas and Sainco Trí¡fico have won a €22.9 million contract for the supply and installation of the ticketing equipment. Visit www.gisa.es, www.indra.es and www.saincotrafico.com 22/03.ThyssenKrupp Elevadores has won a €28.4 million contract for the supply and installation of escalators and another contract worth €32.3 million for the supply and installation of lifts in the 40 stations. Visit www.gisa.es and www.thyssenkrupp.com 22/03.A JV between Agelèctric, Elecnor, Emte, Instalaciones Inabensa and Isolux Wat has secured a €130.7 million design and equipment contract for line 9 including the telecom systems, the traction substations, the power substations and the energy distribution system. Visit www.elecnor.es, www.grupemte.com, www.inabensa.com and www.isolux.es. Work supervision goes to Auditorí­as e Ingenierí­as and Sener for €2.9 million. Visit www.sener.es 29/03.Typsa, Europrincipia and Idom have won a €3.26 million contract for work supervision for the stations on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsections Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³ and Bifurcacií³-Start shaft in Motors street. Visit www.typsa.es and www.idom.es 29/03.GPO Ingenierí­a, Catalana d'Ingenyeria and Payma Cotas have won a €4.3 million contract for work supervision of stations Campus nord, Manuel Girona, Prat de la Riba, Sarrií , Mandri, Putxet, Lesseps, Muntanya and the associated ventilation shafts on section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Visit www.gpo.es and www.paymacotas.com 29/03.A JV between Payma Cotas, Riazu and Tec-Cuatro has pocketed a €8.5 million contract for work supervision of the infrastructure and stations on section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsections Airport terminal to Km 4+500, Km 4+500 to Llobregat, Llobregat to Parc Logí­stic, and section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parc Logí­stic-Fira. 29/03.A JV of AZM Ingenyers, SGS Tecnos, Ardanuy Ingenierí­a and Sener has gained a €1.8 million contract for work supervision of the ticketing system, elevators and escalators. Visit www.ardanuy.com and www.sgs.es 29/03.Sener has won a €2.6 million contract for work supervision for the ATC, signalling and Centralized Control Room as well as the platform edge doors (PEDs) system. 29/03.Open call for bids, deadline 9th February, 2004 for construction of section Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsection Terminal station between runways-Km 4+500. Cut-and-cover method from Terminal station between runways to Km 1+250 and EPB TBM. The tunnel will accomodate two tracks and feature an outer diameter of 9.07 m and inner diameter of 8.43 m. Includes also three cut-and-cover stations. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=220683-2003, OJ S 248, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. Visit dlh@gisa.es 02/04.GISA has awarded the construction of subsection Terminal between runways-Km 4+500 of Line 9 between the airport and Parc Logistic which will connect the Mas Blau business park to the new airport terminal to a JV between FCC, Ferrovial-Agroman, Scrinser, OHL and Copisa. The contract is worth EUR139 million. Work will commence by two months and last 20 months. The section is 3,934 m in length, whereof 3,050 m in tunnel, with three stations temporarily known as Terminal entre pistas, Terminal actual and Mas Blau. The double-track tunnel features an outer diameter of 9.4 m and an inner diameter of 8.4 m. Visit www.fcc.es, www.ferrovial.com, www.ohl.es and www.copisa.com 14/04.Open call for bids, deadline 10th May, 2004 for construction of the Sagrera Meridiana interchange on Line 9. Tender value: EUR105.9 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=051109-2004, OJ S 60, or visit GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 16/04.It was initially planned to construct in open cut the subsection running from Sagrera-Meridiana to the exit shaft of the TBMs near the future high speed station in La Sagrera. Because of a planning clash between the construction of this subsection and the future high speed railway station, the project has been modified and will be TBM-driven. GISA has awarded the construction of this subsection, running from Onze de Setembre station to Sagrera-Meridiana to Dragados, Necso, Comsa, ACS and Sorigué for EUR89.8 million and a time frame to complete the job of 24 months. The contract also includes an extension to Line 4 from Santander to Sagrera TAV and Sagrera-Meridiana, with a 12 m-diameter tunnel and the new Line 4 station at Sagrera-Meridiana. The Sagrera TAV - Sagrera-Meridiana stretch of Line 4 will be used by Line 9 trains while the Onze de Setembre - Sagrera-Meridiana parallel section is used for spoil removal when work continues on Line 9 between Sagrera-Meridiana and Zona Universití ria. The new Line 4 section will be commissioned as Line 9 without being connected to La Pau, the current head of the line. Construction of both sections implies therefore that Lines 9 and 4 will run in parallel in separated tunnels between Sagrera TAV and Sagrera Meridiana. Sagrera-Meridiana will also be an interchange station between four metro lines (4, 9, 1 and 5) and the Renfe station. These companies are currently excavating the Gorg-Bon Pastor section by means of a 12.06 m-diameter Herrenknecht EPB shield. This machine has excavated over 1 km and recently passed Llefia station. The other EPB shield, 11.95 m in diameter, built by NFM Technologies launched from Can Zam on 20th June, 2003 is on schedule, having driven 1.7 km. The machine is between Singuerlin and Esglesia stations. Visit www.gisa.es, www.gencat.net, www.herrenknecht.com and www.nfm-technologies.com 16/04.Open call for bids, deadline 19th July, 2004 for work management of the Sagrera Meridiana interchange on Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Tender budget: EUR3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=086071-2004, OJ S 105, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 25/04.Comsa, Scrinser and Isolux Wat will construct Sagrera Meridiana interchange on Line 9, for EUR75.1 million. Visit www.comsa.com 30/04.Idom, Europrincipia and Typsa have secured a EUR2.3 million contract for work management of the Sagrera Meridiana interchange on Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit www.idom.es, www.europrincipia.es and www.typsa.com 45/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd September, 2005 for quality control during construction of the infrastructure and stations on section 4t Bon Pastor-Can Zam and the tunnel on the Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana section and during the design of the infrastructure and station of the access to the railway triangle, as part of Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=133995-2005, OJ S 135, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 29/05.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd September, 2005 for quality control during construction of the infrastructure, stations, workshops and depots on section 2 Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Start shaft in Motors street-Zona Franca Zal. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=134039-2005, OJ S 135, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/05.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd September, 2005 for quality control during construction of section 2n Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacion, section Bifurcacion-Fira. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=134038-2005, OJ S 135, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/05.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd September, 2005 for quality control during construction of the infrastructure and stations on section 4t Bon Pastor-Gorg, of the tunnel on section Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria and of the infrastructure and stations on subsection Sagrera-TBM shaft (end of section at Sagrera high speed rail-Bon Pastor). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=134026-2005, OJ S 135, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 12th December, 2005 for design of the modified project for Line 9, stations on the subsection Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacion (Gornal, Torrassa, Collblanc, Campus Sud and Zona Universitaria). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=201911-2005, OJ S 204, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 45/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 12th December, 2005 for design of the modified project for Line 9, subsection Llobregat-Fira. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=201909-2005, OJ S 204, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 45/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 12th December, 2005 for design of the modified project for Line 9, subsection Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=202045-2005, OJ S 204, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 45/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 12th December, 2005 for design of the modified project for Line 9, subsection TBM shaft-Sagrera Meridiana. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=201956-2005, OJ S 204, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 45/05.Payma Cotas won a EUR530,000 contract to undertake the quality control during construction of the infrastructure and stations on section 4t Bon Pastor-Can Zam and the tunnel on the Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana section and during the design of the infrastructure and station of the access to the railway triangle, as part of Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit www.paymacotas.comEptisa secured a EUR590,000 contract to undertake the quality control during construction of the infrastructure and stations on section 4t Bon Pastor-Gorg, of the tunnel on section Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria and of the infrastructure and stations on subsection Sagrera-TBM shaft (end of section at Sagrera high speed rail-Bon Pastor). Visit www.eptisa.es 47/05.Eptisa also secured a EUR303,300 contract to undertake the quality control during construction of section 2n Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacion, section Bifurcacion-Fira. Visit www.eptisa.es 47/05.LGAI Technological Center and Applus Construccií³n Técnica pocketed a EUR887,300 contract to undertake the quality control during construction of the infrastructure, stations, workshops and depots on section 2 Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Start shaft in Motors street-Zona Franca Zal. Visit www.lgai.es and www.appluscorp.com 47/05.Open call for bids, deadline 10th April, 2006 for design of the airport loop on section 1 Airport-Logistic Park, between Mas Blau station (not included in the contract) at Km 0.750 of the original project and the terminal station between the runways (Km 3.595 in the original project). The alignment change to the project originally designed in 2002 is motivated by the need to serve the new airport city under development northeast of the airport. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=040175-2006, OJ S 37, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 09/06.Auding secured a EUR304,000 contact to design the modified project for Line 9, subsection TBM shaft-Sagrera Meridiana. Visit www.auding.com 12/06.Tec-Cuatro, Intraesa and Geocontrol received three contracts to design the modified project for Line 9. The first contract, worth EUR210,800, is to design subsection Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria. The second contract is to design the stations on subsection Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacion (Gornal, Torrassa, Collblanc, Campus Sud and Zona Universitaria). It is worth EUR370,700. The third contract is to design subsection Llobregat-Fira. It is worth EUR210,340. Visit www.tec-cuatro.es, www.intraesa.com and www.geocontrol.es 12/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd May, 2006 for conceptual design of section 3r Zona Universitaria-Sagrera meridiana on Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=054507-2006, OJ S 52, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 13/06.The call for tenders for the conceptual design of section 3r Zona Universitaria-Sagrera meridiana on Line 9 of the Barcelona metro has been cancelled. Click es/48. 19/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 29th May, 2006 for general supervision of safety and health during construction of Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=088116-2006, OJ S 83, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 93 4444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 20/06.Peyco and Inpasa secured a EUR563,500 contract to design the airport loop (tunnel, stations and ventilation shaft) on section 1 Airport-Logistic Park, between Mas Blau station (not included in the contract) at chainage 0.750 of the original project and the terminal station between the runways (chainage 3.595 in the original project). Visit www.peyco.es 23/06.Darzal Consultoria y Prevencion received a EUR327,600 contract for general supervision of safety and health during construction of Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. 29/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 15th September, 2006 for quality control on Line 9 on the Barcelona metro, section 1 Airport- Parque Logistico, subsection Terminal between runways-Ch 4,500 and Ch 4,500-Llobregat. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=158878-2006, OJ S 147, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 33-34/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 15th September, 2006 for quality control on Line 9 on the Barcelona metro, section 2 Parque Logistico-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parque Logistico-Fira, and section 1 Airport-Parque Logistico, subsection Llobregat-Parque Logistico. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=158874-2006, OJ S 147, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 33-34/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 15th September, 2006 for quality control on Line 9 on the Barcelona metro, section 2 Parque Logistico-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacion-Launch shaft in Motors Street. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=158866-2006, OJ S 147, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 33-34/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for quality control of studies and projects for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=161116-2006, OJ S 149, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 33-34/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 26th September, 2006 for conceptual design of section 3, Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana (tunnel and stations) on Line 9 on the Barcelona metro. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=169694-2006, OJ S 157, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/06.Intemac received a EUR540,300 contract for quality control on Line 9 on the Barcelona metro, section 2 Parque Logistico-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parque Logistico-Fira, and section 1 Airport-Parque Logistico, subsection Llobregat-Parque Logistico. Visit www.intemac.es 46/06.Payma Cotas won a EUR260,800 contract for quality control on Line 9 of the Barcelona metro, section 2 Parque Logistico-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacion-Launch shaft in Motors Street. Visit www.paymacotas.com 46/06.LGAI Technological Center secured a EUR835,300 contract for quality control on Line 9 on the Barcelona metro, section 1 Airport-Parque Logistico, subsections Terminal between runways-Ch. 4+500 and Ch. 4+500-Llobregat, and Fira station on section 2. Visit www.lgai.es 46/06.Typsa has bagged a EUR1.2 million contract for quality control of studies and projects for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit www.typsa.es 46/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd January, 2007 for quality control during construction of the Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacion subsection on section 2 Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria on Line 9. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=232019-2006, OJ S 216, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail cpublic@mfom.es 50/06.Payma Cotas received a EUR290,000 contract to control quality during construction of the Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacion subsection on section 2 Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria on Line 9. Visit www.paymacotas.com 08/07.Open invitation to tender, deadline 20th May, 2008 for safety and health coordination for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro related to subsection Bifurcacií³n-Fira, in particular ground improvement; subsection Entry shaft in Motors Street-Zona Franca Zal (infrastructure, stations, workshops and rolling stock depot); subsection Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³n (stations); Torrassa interchange station; subsection Bifurcacií³n-Entry shaft in Motors Street and its stations; subsection Entry shaft in Motors Street-Zona Universitaria (complementary interior fit-out, tracks and catenaries as well as ground improvement measurements); and section Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria (tunnel). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=86772-2008, OJ S 64, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail correu@gisa.es 15/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 2nd June, 2008 for safety and health coordination for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro related to the infrastructure, stations and installations of several sections. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=98894-2008, OJ S 73, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail correu@gisa.es 17/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 9th June, 2008 for design for stations Zona Universitaria, Campus Norte, Manuel Girona and ventilation shafts, as part of the revised section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana of Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=104396-2008, OJ S 77, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail correu@gisa.es 18/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th July, 2008 for work control and construction supervision of the New airport terminal-Parc Logistic section 1r. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=136952-2008, OJ S 102, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail esm@gisa.cat 23/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th July, 2008 for work control and construction supervision of the Parc Logistic-Bifurcation shaft and Zona Franca entry shaft-Zona Universitaria section 2n. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=136951-2008, OJ S 102, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail esm@gisa.cat 23/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th July, 2008 for work control and construction supervision of the Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana section 3r and section 4t. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=136950-2008, OJ S 102, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail esm@gisa.cat 23/08.Cygsa secured a EUR565,100 safety and health coordination contract for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro related to subsection Bifurcacií³n-Fira, in particular ground improvement; subsection Entry shaft in Motors Street-Zona Franca Zal (infrastructure, stations, workshops and rolling stock depot); subsection Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³n (stations); Torrassa interchange station; subsection Bifurcacií³n-Entry shaft in Motors Street and its stations; subsection Entry shaft in Motors Street-Zona Universitaria (complementary interior fit-out, tracks and catenaries as well as ground improvement measurements); and section Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria (tunnel). Visit www.cygsa.com 30/08.Payma Cotas secured a EUR468,600 safety and health coordination contract for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro related to the infrastructure, stations and installations of several sections. Visit www.paymacotas.net 30/08.Auding received a EUR1.2 million contract to design the Zona Universitaria, Campus Norte and Manuel Girona stations and ventilation shafts, as part of the revised section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana of Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit www.auding.com 36/08.Prior information notice for execution of construction work at Pozo Campus Norte on Barcelona metro line 9, value EUR6 million. Contract period 14 months commencing February, 2009. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=267741-2008 OJ S 202 Award procedures start 10.12.2008. Contact Gestio d'Infraestructures, tel +34 9 34 44 44 44, e-mail esm@gisa.cat 43/08.ATI, a consortium of OHL, FCC Construction and Copisa, has been awarded the EUR1 billion concession for construction, maintenance and management of section 1 of line 9 of Barcelona Metro involving 13 stations and 17 km of line serving Prat airport, Llobregat hospital and the terminus at Amadeu Torner station. Line 9 will be the longest metro line in Europe at 46.6 km. Visit www.ohl.es, www.fcc.es, and www.copisa.com. 48/08.

Open invitations to tender for engineering design of three sections of the high-speed railway line planned through the region, deadlines 23rd January, 2001 to 9th February, 2001. Fax Ministerio de Fomento at +34 91 597 9342 or visit www.gif.es 05/01. Open invitation to tender, deadline 31st July, 2001, for design of railway line to include tunnels. Contact Ministry of Works, Madrid, fax +34 91 5979341. Visit www.boe.es 28/01. Tenders imminent for the Variante de Bregua on the La Coruña-Santiago de Compostela section of the high speed train in Galicia that will connect together Ferrol, La Coruña, Santiago, Pontevedra, Vigo, and the Portuguese border. There will be a 2,834 m-long double-track tunnel. Tender value will be €63 million with a time frame for construction of 28 months. 10/02. Open tendering, deadline 1st April, 2002 for the work supervision of the Variante de Bregua on the La Coruña-Santiago de Compostela section of the high speed train. Includes a 2,834 m-long double-track tunnel. Tender value of €2.3 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 45, document 35365-2002 or contact ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979341/2/3. 11/02. Open tendering, deadline 20th May, 2002 for the construction of the Bregua variant between Boedo and Uxes on the La Coruña-Santiago de Compostela high speed link. Includes a 2.8 km-long double-track tunnel. Tender value of €63 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 77, document 59846-2002 or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915631574. 18/02. Call for tenders imminent further to government approval of the 7.7 km Portela-Portas subsection of the Ferrol-La Coruña-Santiago-Pontevedra-Vigo-Portuguese border high speed line. Includes the 4 km Lantaño tunnel. Cost of €77.6 million and construction time of 34 months. Visit www.gif.es 23/02. Call for tenders imminent further to government approval of the 7.2 km Variante de Ordes on the Santiago-La Coruña line. Includes two tunnels, 446 m and 570 metres in length. Cost of €54.5 million and construction time of three years. Already 20% of the 64.4 km line is under construction. Visit www.gif.es 24/02. Award to Euroconsult of the Variante de Bregua work supervision on the La Coruña-Santiago de Compostela section of the high speed train. Includes a 2.8 km double-track tunnel. Contract value of €1.5 million. 26/02. Open call for bids, deadline 22nd July, 2002 for construction of section 1 Portela-Portas of the Variante de Portas in Pontevedra. The 4 km Lantaño tunnel will be built on this section. Tender value €77.6 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/static/home/en/homepage.ini, OJ S 122, document 94905-2002 or contact ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979942 or +34 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es and cpublic@mfom.es 27/02. Open call for bids, deadline 25th July, 2002 for construction of the Variante de Ordes in La Coruña. Tender value €54.5 million. Includes two tunnels, 446 m and 570 m. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/static/home/en/homepage.ini, OJ S 124, document 96614-2002 or contact ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979942 or +34 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es and cpublic@mfom.es 28/02. Two open call for bids, deadline 28th August, 2002 for work supervision. First is for the Portela-Portas section, including a 4 km tunnel. Tender value €2.7 million. Second is for the Ordes variant, including two tunnels totalling approximately 1 km. Tender value €2.6 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=112289-2002 and http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=112297-2002, OJ S 142, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979942 or +34 915979342. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es and cpublic@mfom.es 31/02. Award by the ministry of development to a jv of Sacyr, Construcciones Paraño and Cavosa of a €54.3 million contract to build the Bregua bypass between La Coruña and Santiago de Compostela including a single 2,834 m-long double-track tunnel. Drill/blast excavation. Visit www.sacyr.com and www.cavosa.es. E-mail marubio@mfom.es 40/02. Award to a joint venture of Aldesa Construcciones, Obras Subterráneas, Dicaminos, and Tableros y Puentes of a €58.7 million contract to build the Portelas-Portas section of the Variante de Portas in Pontevedra, including the 4 km Lantaño tunnel. E-mail marubio@mfom.es 41/02. OHL and its subsidiary Guinovart & Obras y Servicios Hispania have scooped a €46.8 million contract to dual the 7.2 km Oroso-Ordes section in La Coruña, known as Variante de Ordes. Two tunnels will be required, 446 m and 570 m in length. Time frame for construction 30 months. Visit www.ohl.es 45/02. Award to Norcontrol of a €1.8 million contract for work control and supervision of the Portela-Portas section in Pontevedra. Includes the 4 km Lantaño tunnel. Visit www.gif.es 48/02. Public inquiry is open for the León-Ponferrada high speed rail section. The inquiry is based on option 1 from the draft design study undertaken by Iberinsa. This 112.4 km-long option has an estimated cost of €573.7 million. Ten tunnels will be necessary, the longest of which being 3.4 km in length. 13/03. The Ministry of development has requested the environment impact study to the Ministry of environment for the Vigo-Pontevedra high speed section. Option 2 has been selected, 27.7 km in length for an estimated budget of €293.1 million. There are 11 km of tunnels on the alignment. There will be one tunnel under the Vigo-Pontevedra highway, two 5,910 m-long one-track tunnels near A Madroa, a 1,225 m tunnel in Redondela, another two tunnels prior to arriving in Arcade (2,155 m and 925 m) and a 720 m tunnel at the exit of Arcade. 13/03. Open call for bids, deadline 3rd June, 2003 for engineering for section Cerceda-Meirama (8 km) on the high speed train link in Galicia, including two tunnels (190 m and 1,770 m). Tender value: €966,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=076913-2003, OJ S 86, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es 20/03. Open call for bids, deadline 30th June, 2003 for construction of the Queixas bypass on section Santiago-La Coruña. Length is 6.1 km, whereof a 2,140 m double-track tunnel. Tender budget: €43.9 million. Time frame for construction: 32 months. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=087065-2003, OJ S 97, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es and cpublic@mfom.es 22/03. Open call for bids, deadline 30th June, 2003 for construction of the Portas-Vilagarcía bypass, section II. The length is 6.6 km, whereof the El Pousadoiro double-track tunnel (2,355 m). Tender budget: €43.9 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=087070-2003, OJ S 97, or contatc Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es and cpublic@mfom.es 22/03. Open call for bids, deadline 30th July, 2003 for consultancy and assistance during work control and supervision of section Portas-Vilagarcía de Arousa on the Portas bypass in Pontevedra province. This section includes the Pousadoiro tunnel, 2,355 m in length, for a double track. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=109945-2003, OJ S 122, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 8470. E-mail cpublic@mfom.es 28/03. A €590,950 contract has been awarded to Ginprosa for assistance to the design of the Cerceda-Meirama section of the high speed train in La Coruña province. This section includes two tunnels, 190 m and 1,770 m in length. 32/03. The ministry of development has awarded to Intecsa-Inarsa the design of the Meirama-Bregua section of the high speed line that will link Ferrol, La Coruña, Santiago, Pontevedra, Vigo and the Portuguese border. Includes a 3,390 m tunnel. Budget estimated at €71.5 million. Design will take 12 months. Visit www.intecsa-inarsa.es 35/03. A JV of Aldesa Construcciones, Dicaminos, Tableros y Puentes, and Obras Subterráneas has won a contract to build the Queixas bypass, 6.1 km in length, including a 2,140 m-long 13.3 m-wide single-tube double-track tunnel. Contract value: €33.4 million. Time frame for construction: 32 months. The Queixas bypass is part of the Santiago-La Coruña high speed link. Visit www.aldesaconstrucciones.es and www.obrassubterraneas.es 42/03. Coprosa in JV with Construcciones Sánchez Domínguez have secured a €52.8 million contract to build the second section of the 6.6 km Portas bypass. This section between Portas and Vilagarcía de Arousa includes the 2,355 m-long dual-track Pousadoiro tunnel. Time frame for construction: 28 months. The Portas bypass is part of the Santiago-Vigo high speed rail link. Visit www.coprosa.es 42/03. GPO Ingeniería has secured a €1.2 million contract for work supervision and construction management of the Queixas bypass, which includes a 2,140 m-long 13.3 m-wide dual-track tunnel. Visit www.gpo.es 46/03. Open call for bids, deadline 6th February, 2004 for design and construction of subsection Silleda (Dornelas)-Vedra (6.4 km) and Vedra-Boqueixon (6.9 km) on section Lalin-Santiago. There are six tunnels: O Portino (600 m), O Curro (870 m), Castro (475 m), Caldelas (623 m), O Reboredo (810 m) and Ardilleiro (725 m). Tender budget: 174.4 million euros. Time frame: 36 months. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=000484-2004, OJ S 1, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. 03/04. Open call for bids, deadline 28th January, 2004 for design and construction of subsections Amoeiro-Maside (6.3 km) and Maside-Carballino (5.8 km) on section Ourense-Lalin. There are three tunnels: the first is 1,140 m in length, Mundin (1,112 m) and Os Palleiros (360 m). Tender budget: 154 million euros. Time frame: 24 months. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=001270-2004, OJ S 2, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. Open call for bids, deadline 28th January, 2004 for design and construction of subsections Carballino-O Irixo (6.7 km) and O Irixo-Lalin (6.5 km) on section Ourense-Lalin. There are three tunnels: Piteira (2,135 m), Barro (1,494 m) and Outeiro (2,866 m). Tender budget: 196.5 million euros. Time frame: 34 months. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=003056-2004, OJ S 4, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. For other tunnels tendered, read E-News Weekly 3/2004. 03/04. Open call for bids, deadline 26th February, 2004 for design of the Das Maceiras-Redondela section in Pontevedra province. This 4 km section includes a 1,225 m tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=016390-2004, OJ S 19, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 8470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es or cpublic@mfom.es 07/04. Open call for bids, deadline 26th February, 2004 for design of the Redondela-Soutomaior section in Pontevedra province. This 3.5 km section includes a 2,155 m tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=016364-2004, OJ S 19, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 8470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es or cpublic@mfom.es 07/04. Open call for bids, deadline 26th February, 2004 for design of the Vigo-Das Maceiras section in Pontevedra province. This 9 km section includes a 5,910 m twin bore tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=017269-2004, OJ S 20, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 8470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es or cpublic@mfom.es 07/04. Open call for bids, deadline 4th March, 2004 for design of the Uxes-Pocomaco section in La Coruña province. This 4.3 km section includes two tunnels, 320 m in length and 1,850 m under Mount do Espinle. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=020232-2004, OJ S 23, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 8470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es or cpublic@mfom.es. Read E-News Weekly 34/2003. More tunnels tendered in E-News Weekly 7/2004. 07/04. Corsan-Corviam has pocketed a EUR90.8 million contract to build the 6.4 km Ourense-Amoeiro section of the Ourense-Santiago line. Includes two tunnels, 679 m and 4,062 m in length. Visit www.corsan-corviam.es 11/04. OHL secured a EUR57.4 million contract for the design and construction of subsection Boqueixon-Santiago de Compostela. This 5.84 km stretch runs entirely in La Coruna province and requires the building of two tunnels in Marrozos (1,260 m) and Santiago (620 m). Visit www.ohl.es 11/04. Construction management and work control of the Ourense-Lalin line goes to Getinsa, for EUR7.6 million. Visit www.getinsa.es 11/04. FCC and Comsa have won a EUR117.8 million contract for the design and construction of subsection Amoeiro-Maside-Carballino (12.1 km) on section Ourense-Lalín, including three tunnels totalling 3.6 km (1,140 m, 1,112 m and 360 m). Time frame for design: six months. Time frame for construction: 21 months. Visit www.fcc.es and www.comsa.com 12/04. Sacyr Vallehermoso, Cavosa and Obras y Servicios de Galicia y Asturias won a EUR115.7 million contract for the design and construction of subsection Carballino-O Irixo-Lalin (13.2 km) on section Ourense-Lalin, including three tunnels totalling 6.5 km (2,135 m, 1,494 m and 2,866 m). Visit www.sacyr.com and www.cavosa.es 12/04. Construction management of section Lalin-Santiago has been awarded to a JV between Idom Internacional and Geocontrol. Subsection Lalin (Baxan)-Lalin (Anzo)-Silleda (Carboeiro), 14.4 km in length, includes five tunnels for a total of 4,725 m (810 m, 1,215 m, 490 m, 790 m and 1,420 m). Subsection Silleda (Dornelas)-Vedra-Boqueixon, 13.3 km in length, includes six tunnels totalling 4,103 m. Subsection Boqueixon-Santiago incorporates two tunnels, 1.2 km and 620 m in length. There are also tunnels on subsection Silleda (Carboeiro)-Silleda (Dornelas). Read E-News Weekly 3/2004. Visit www.idom.es and www.geocontrol.es 12/04. Dragados and Tecsa won a EUR109.5 million contract to design and build subsection Silleda (Dornelas)-Vedra (6.4 km) and Vedra-Boqueixon (6.9 km) on section Lalin-Santiago. There are six tunnels in O Portino (600 m), O Curro (870 m), Castro (475 m), Caldelas (623 m), O Reboredo (810 m) and Ardilleiro (725 m). Visit www.dragados.com 16/04. Payma Cotas has been apppointed designer of the 4.3 km Uxes-Pocomaco section in La Coruna province, which includes two tunnels, 320 m and 1,850 m in length. Contract value: EUR448,900. Visit www.paymacotas.com 24/04. Typsa won a EUR829,190 contract for the design of the 9 km Vigo-Das Maceiras section in Pontevedra province. The section includes a 2 x 5,910 m-long single-track tunnel. Visit www.typsa.es 24/04. Proser won a EUR408,760 contract to design the 3.5 km Redondela-Soutomaior of the high speed line in Pontevedra province. This 3.5 km section includes a 2,155 m tunnel. Visit www.proser.es 26/04. GPO Ingenieria secured a EUR430,900 contrac to to design the 4 km Das Maceiras-Redondela section in Pontevedra province, including the 1,225 m A Madroa tunnel. Visit www.gpo.es 26/04. Open call for bids, deadline 19th August, 2004 for design of the Lalin (Baxan)-Lalin (Anzo)-Silleda (Carboeiro) section, 14.4 km in length, which includes five tunnels for a total of 4,725 m (810 m, 1,215 m, 490 m, 790 m and 1,420 m). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=107740-2004, OJ S 127, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. This is a rebid further to the decision of the Ministry of public works to cancel a previous design and build tender and to invite tenders separately for design and construction. 29/04. Apia XXI will design the 7.5 km Puebla San Julian bypass, on the Orense-Monforte-Lugo high speed line. The contract is worth EUR1 million. There will be a 570 m tunnel under Mount Castelvelo and a 1,520 m tunnel under Mounts Chaia and Porqueiro. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 19/2003. Visit www.apiaxxi.es 41/04. Apia XXI has secured a EUR1.3 million contract to design section Lalin (Baxan)-Lalin (Anzo)-Silleda (Carboeiro) on the Ourense-Santiago line. This 14.4 km section includes five tunnels (810 m, 1,215 m, 490 m, 790 m and 1,420 m). Visit www.apiaxxi.es 42/04. Open call for bids, deadline 7th February, 2005 for construction of section Ordes-Queixas (3.9 km), which includes two tunnels totalling 1 km. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=221251-2004, OJ S 255, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es or cpublic@mfom.es 02/05. Open call for bids, deadline 24th January, 2005 for work control and supervision during construction of section Ordes-Queixas (3.9 km), which includes two tunnels totalling 1 km. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=213102-2004, OJ S 247, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es or cpublic@mfom.es 02/05. Norcontrol secured a EUR972,500 contract for work control and management of the 3.9 km Ordes-Queixas section, including two tunnels for a total length of 1 km. Visit www.norcontrol.es 16/05. Corsan-Corviam and Copasa won a EUR28.4 million contract for construction of the 4,298 m Ordes-Queixas section, which includes two twin-track tunnels (233 m and 1.023 m). This section connects the Ordes and Queixas bypasses. Visit www.corsan-corviam.es 21/05. Open call for tenders, deadline 11th August, 2005 for construction management of section Cerceda-Meirama (8 km) in La Coruna province. This section includes two tunnels, 190 m and 1,770 m. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=125922-2005, OJ S 127, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. 28/05. Open call for tenders, deadline 5th September, 2005 for work control and inspection during construction of section Meirama-Bregua, including a 3,390 km tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=137814-2005, OJ S 139, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. 30/05. Open call for bids, deadline 8th September, 2005 for construction of the 9 km Lalin (Baxan)-Lalin (Anzo) section. This section includes three tunnels: A Pena (810 m), Vilar do Xestal (1.215 m) and Anzo (540 m). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=148601-2005, OJ S 149 or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 35/05. Open call for bids, deadline 8th September, 2005 for construction of the 5.3 km Lalin (Anzo)-Silleda (Carboeiro) section. This section includes two tunnels, 790 m and 1,420 m in length. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=148592-2005, OJ S 149 or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 35/05. Open call for bids, deadline 19th September, 2005 for construction of the 5 km Meirama-Bregua section. This section includes a 3,469 m tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=152716-2005, OJ S 153 or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es or cpublic@mfom.es 35/05. Open call for bids, deadline 28th September, 2005 for construction of the 8.1 km Cerceda-Meirama section. This section includes two tunnels, 1,735 m and 180 m. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=155729-2005, OJ S 156, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es or cpublic@mfom.es 36/05. A consortium including Sacyr (35%), its affiliate Cavosa (30%), and GEA 21 (35%) will build section Meirama-Bregua on the high speed line in La Coruna province, for EUR75.65 million. The project will convert an existing non-electrified single-track section into a dual track suitable for high speed. The new alignment spans 5.34 km, whereof 88% represents a tunnel and a viaduct. The 3.47 km Meirama tunnel under Mounts Xalo will have two emergency exits (three galleries), advanced safety equipment and plates on the tracks to facilitate the driving with rescue vehicles. Visit www.gruposyv.com, www.cavosa.es and www.gea21.es 44/05. In addition, ADIF awarded contracts worth EUR187.4 million for the construction of sections Lalin (Baxan)-Lalin (Anzo) and Lalin (Anzo)-Silleda (Carboeiro), two sections on the Ourense-Santiago high speed connection. The first bidding process had been cancelled by the ministry of public works to separate design and construction in different contracts. The first section, 9 km in length, will be built by Ferrovial Agroman. It includes three tunnels: A Pena (810 m), Vilar do Xestal (1.215 m) and Anzo (540 m). Visit www.ferrovial.com 44/05. The second section between Lalin (Anzo) and Silleda (Carboeiro), 5.3 km in length, has been awarded to Comsa. It includes two tunnels, 790 m and 1,420 m in length. Visit www.comsa.com 44/05. GPO secured a EUR1.6 million contract for work control and inspection of the 8.1 km Cerceda-Meirama section in La Coruna province, which includes two tunnels (1,735 m and 180 m). Visit www.gpo.es 47/05. Apia XXI secured a EUR1.4 million contract for the work control and inspection during construction of section Meirama-Bregua, including a 3,390 km tunnel. Visit www.apiaxxi.es 48/05. Ferrovial Agroman will construct, for EUR53.4 million, section Cerceda-Meirama (8.1 km) in La Coruna province. This section includes two tunnels, 1,735 m and 180 m in length. Visit www.ferrovial.com 03/06. Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd February, 2006 for construction of the Uxes-Pocomaco section (4.3 km) in La Coruna province, including two tunnels, 1,880 m and 490 m long. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=08578-2006, OJ S 8, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 o 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es 05/06. Open call for tenders, deadline 4th April, 2006 for control and work supervision during construction of sections Uxes-Pocomaco and Pocomaco-San-Cristobal in La Coruna province. Section Uxes-Pocomaco includes two tunnels (1,880 m and 490 m) while section Pocomaco-San-Cristobal has two (387 m and 282 m). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=045618-2006, OJ S 43, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es 11/06. Open call for tenders, deadline 10th May, 2006 for design of the Vilargarcia de Arousa-Catoira section (8.3 km) of the Atlantic coast high speed line in Pontevedra province, including three tunnels (1,320 m, 950 m and 490 m). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=077756-2006, OJ S 74, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 18/06. Open call for tenders, deadline 10th May, 2006 for design of the Rialino-Padron section (8.7 km) of the Atlantic coast high speed line in La Coruna province, including one tunnel (1,700 m). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=077730-2006, OJ S 74, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 18/06. Open call for tenders, deadline 27th June, 2006 for safety equipment in a 2,140 m double-track tunnel on the Queixas bypass and in two tunnels totalling 1 km on the Ordes-Queixas bypass on the Santiago-La Coruna high speed link. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=105901-2006, OJ S 99, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es 23/06. Open call for tenders, deadline 10th July, 2006 for work control and supervision during installation of the safety equipment in a 2,140 m double-track tunnel on the Queixas bypass and in two tunnels totalling 1 km on the Ordes-Queixas bypass on the Santiago-La Coruna high speed link. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=116842-2006, OJ S 109, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 25/06. ACS, through its affiliated companies Dragados and Tecsa, has bagged a EUR51.11 million contract for the construction of section Uxes-Pocomaco on the Atlantic corridor, the high speed link which will connect La Coruna, Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra and the Portuguese border. This is the first section, 4,346 metres in length, of the two on the 8 km Uxes-La Coruna railway bypass, which will connect the Bregua bypass with La Coruna San Cristobal station. The section includes two tunnels, 490 metres and 1.8 km long. Visit www.dragados.com and www.tecsa.es 27/06. Open call for tenders, deadline 25th September, 2006 for supervision of construction works of the Vigo-Das Maceiras section (9 km) on the Atlantic coast high speed link between La Coruna and Vigo. This section includes the 2 x 6 km Das Maceiras tunnel under Mount A Madroa. Both tubes will lie 30 metres apart and be cross connected every 250 metres. Read E-News Weekly 46/2004. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=167256-2006, OJ S 155, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 91 5979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 35/06. Open call for tenders, deadline 27th September, 2006 for construction of the Redondela-Soutomaior section (3.5 km) on the Atlantic coast high speed link between La Coruna and Vigo. This section includes a 2,155 m tunnel in Arcade. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=168630-2006, OJ S 156, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 91 5979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 35/06. AEPO signed a EUR806,000 contract to design the Vilargarcia de Arousa-Catoira section (8.3 km) of the Atlantic coast high speed line in Pontevedra province, including three tunnels (1,320 m, 950 m and 490 m). Visit www.aepo.es 39/06. Inocsa pocketed a EUR660,000 contract to design the Rialino-Padron section (8.7 km) of the Atlantic coast high speed line in La Coruna province, including one tunnel (1,700 m). Visit www.inocsa.es 39/06. GPO received a EUR1.6 million contract to control and supervise the construction of sections Uxes-Pocomaco and Pocomaco-San-Cristobal in La Coruna province. Section Uxes-Pocomaco includes two tunnels (1,880 m and 490 m) and section Pocomaco-San-Cristobal has two as well (387 m and 282 m). Visit www.gpo.es 41/06. The bidding process for supervision of construction works of the 3.5 km Redondela-Soutomaior section on the Atlantic coast high speed link between La Coruna and Vigo has been cancelled. This section includes a 2,155 m tunnel in Arcade. 41/06. Dimetronic won a EUR5 million contract for safety equipment in a 2,140 m double-track tunnel on the Queixas bypass and in two tunnels totalling 1 km on the Ordes-Queixas bypass on the Santiago-La Coruna high speed link. Visit www.dimetronic.es 44/06. Open call for tenders, deadline 20th November, 2006 for work control and supervision during construction of the 9 km Vigo-Das Maceiras section on the Atlantic coast high speed link between La Coruna and Vigo. This section includes the 2 x 6 km Das Maceiras tunnel under Mount A Madroa. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=212891-2006, OJ S 200, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 91 5979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 45/06. Open call for tenders, deadline 18th December, 2006 for construction of the 2,540 m-long Soutomaior-Vilaboa section on the Atlantic coast high speed line, including the Xesteira tunnel (782 m), the Pontesampaio tunnel (176 m) and a 243 m cut-and-cover tunnel to cross the N-550 in Arcade. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=231655-2006, OJ S 216, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 and 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es and cpublic@fomento.es 50/06. Open call for bids, deadline 23rd January, 2007 for construction of the Redondela-Soutomaior section in Pontevedra province. This 3.5 km section includes the 2,155 m-long Arcade tunnel. This is a re-bid. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=256552-2006, OJ S 240, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@mfom.es or cpublic@mfom.es 01-02/07. Ferrovial Agroman and Obras Subterraneas pocketed a EUR78 million contract to build the Puebla de San Julian railway bypass on the new Orense-Monforte-Lugo high speed line in Lugo province. The section includes three tunnels, of 300 m, 520 m y 1.450 m respectively. Visit www.ferrovial.es and www.obrassubterraneas.es 01-02/07. FCC and Acciona Infraestructuras secured a EUR157.9 million contract to build the Vigo-Das Maceiras section on the Atlantic coast high speed line. This 7,123 m-long section runs from the intersection of the railway with Buenos Aires Avenue in Vigo up to Das Maceiras valley in Redondela. A 6 km tunnel will be built, consisting of two single-track bores built 30 metres apart and connected to each other by safety cross passages every 250 metres. Visite www.fcc.es y www.acciona.es 01-02/07. Applus Norcontrol secured a EUR159,352 contract for site supervision during installation of the safety equipment in a 2,140 m double-track tunnel on the Queixas bypass and in two tunnels totalling 1 km on the Ordes-Queixas bypass on the Santiago-La Coruna high speed link. Visit www.appluscorp.com 03/07. Sener and Geoconsult España secured a EUR3.1 million contract for site supervision during construction of the 9 km Vigo-Das Maceiras section on the Atlantic coast high speed link between La Coruna and Vigo. This section includes the 2 x 6 km Das Maceiras tunnel under Mount A Madroa. Visit www.sener.es and www.geoconsult.es 03/07. Ineco pocketed a EUR1.7 million contract for site supervision during construction of the Puebla de San Julian railway bypass on the new Orense-Monforte-Lugo high speed line in Lugo province. The section includes three tunnels of 300 m, 520 m and 1,450 m respectively. Read E-News Weekly 44/2006. Visit www.ineco.es 03/07. Open call for tenders, deadline 20th February, 2007 for construction of the Das Maceiras-Redondela section on the Atlantic coast high speed line from Ferrol to the Portuguese border through La Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra and Vigo. This 3,922 m-long subsection, in Pontevedra province, requires to construct the 1,220 m-long 88 sq m twin-track Novelle tunnel and cut-and-cover tunnels in Sampaio de Abajo and Anselle de Abajo, 100 m and 60 m in length. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=18199-2007, OJ S 16, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 o 915979938. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 06/07. Open call for tenders, deadline 16th April, 2007 for on-site supervision and work control during construction of the 2.5 km Soutomaior-Vilaboa section on the Atlantic coast high speed line, including the Xesteira tunnel (782 m), the Pontesampaio tunnel (176 m) and a 243 m cut-and-cover tunnel to cross the N-550 in Arcade. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=50463-2007, OJ S 41, or contact Ministry of Development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 and 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es and cpublic@fomento.es 12/07. Open call for tenders, deadline 8th May, 2007 for work control and on-site supervision on the Atlantic coast high speed link between Vigo and Pontevedra for the 3.9 km Das Maceiras-Redondela section, including the 1.2 km Novelle tunnel and cut-and-cover tunnels in Sampaio de Abajo and Anselle de Abajo, 100 m and 60 m in length, and for the 3.5 km Redondela-Soutomaior section, including a 2,155 m tunnel in Arcade. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=70472-2007, OJ S 57, or contact Ministry of Development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 14/07. Comsa bagged a EUR34.1 million contract to construct the 2,540 m-long Soutomaior-Vilaboa section on the Atlantic coast high speed line, including the 782 m Xesteira tunnel, the 176 m Pontesampaio tunnel and a 243 m cut-and-cover tunnel to cross the N-550 in Arcade. Visit www.comsa.com 22/07. Construction of the 3.9 km Das Maceiras-Redondela section on the Atlantic coast high speed line from Ferrol to the Portuguese border through La Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra and Vigo has been awarded to Vias y Construcciones and Corsan-Corviam. This EUR39.9 million subsection includes the 1,220 m-long 88 sq m twin-track Novelle tunnel and cut-and-cover tunnels in Sampaio de Abajo and Anselle de Abajo, 100 m and 60 m in length. Visit www.vias.es and www.corsan-corviam.es 23-24/07. A EUR37.8 million contract has been awarded to Copasa and Tableros y Puentes to construct the Redondela-Soutomaior section in Pontevedra province. This 3.5 km section includes the 2,155 m-long Arcade tunnel. Visit www.copasa.es and www.tapusa.es 23-24/07. Saitec pocketed a EUR2.3 million contract for on-site supervision and work control during construction of the 2.5 km Soutomaior-Vilaboa section on the Atlantic coast high speed line, including the Xesteira tunnel (782 m), the Pontesampaio tunnel (176 m) and a 243 m cut-and-cover tunnel to cross the N-550 in Arcade. Visit www.saitec.es 27-28/07. Open call for tenders, deadline 4th September, 2007 for site supervision and work inspection during construction of the 6.2 km Cerponzons-Portela section on the Atlantic coast high speed line in Pontevedra province. This section includes the 1.3 km San Amaro tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=167802-2007, OJ S 136, or contact Ministry of Development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es and cpublic@fomento.es 30/07. Open call for tenders, deadline 6th September, 2007 for construction of the 6.2 km Cerponzons-Portela section on the Atlantic coast high speed line in Pontevedra province, including the 1.3 km San Amaro tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=174770-2007, OJ S 141, or contact Ministry of Development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 5978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es and cpublic@fomento.es 31/07. Typsa signed a EUR3 million contract for supervision of construction works on the Das Maceiras-Redondela and Redondela-Soutomaior sections, respectively 3.9 km and 3.5 km long, on the Atlantic coast high speed link between La Coruna and Vigo. The first section includes the 1.2 km Novelle tunnel and cut-and-cover tunnels in Sampaio de Abajo and Anselle de Abajo, 100 m and 60 m in length. The second section includes the 2,155 m Arcade tunnel. Visit www.typsa.es 31/07. Open call for bids, deadline 13th September, 2007 for design of the safety and telecommunication equipment for the Vilagarcía de Arousa-Padrón section on the Atlantic coast high speed link. The Vilagarcía de Arousa-Catoira subsection includes three tunnels, of 1,320, 950 and 490 metres in length. The A Vacariza-Rialiño subsection includes two tunnels, of 300 and 650 metres in length. The Rialiño-Padrón subsection includes a 1.7 km tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=184135-2007, OJ S 148, or contact ADIF, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 33/07. Enmacosa secured a EUR2 million contract for site supervision and work inspection during construction of the 6.2 km Cerponzons-Portela section on the Atlantic coast high speed line in Pontevedra province. This section includes the 1.3 km San Amaro tunnel. Visit www.enmacosa.com 45/07. Ardanuy scooped a EUR374,500 contract to design the safety and telecommunication equipment for the Vilagarcía de Arousa-Padrón section on the Atlantic coast high speed link. The Vilagarcía de Arousa-Catoira subsection includes three tunnels, of 1,320, 950 and 490 metres in length. The A Vacariza-Rialiño subsection includes two tunnels, of 300 and 650 metres in length. The Rialiño-Padrón subsection includes a 1.7 km tunnel. Visit www.ardanuy.com 47/07. Open call for tenders, deadline 14th March, 2008 for construction of the 8.6 km Rialiño-Padrón section on the Atlantic coast high speed line. This section includes the 1,460 m-long 85 sq m Bustelo tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=46794-2008, OJ S 34, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 09/08. Open call for tenders, deadline 22nd April, 2008 for construction of the Vilagarcia de Arousa-Catoira section in Pontevedra province on the Atlantic coast high speed link. This 8.3 km section includes the 1,970 m Quinteiro tunnel, the 1,335 m Valicobas tunnel, the 625 m Abalo tunnel and the 560 m Outeiro cut-and-cover tunnel. All will accommodate two tracks and feature a minimum cross-section of 85 square metres. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=74297-2008, OJ S 55, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 14/08. Open call for tenders, deadline 22nd April, 2008 for construction of the A Vacariza-Rialiño section in La Coruña province on the Atlantic coast high speed link. This 8 km section includes the 372 m Monte Ceán tunnel and the 866 m Monte Pozas tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=74296-2008, OJ S 55, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 14/08. Open call for tenders, deadline 13th May, 2008 for construction supervision of the 8 km A Vacariza-Rialiño and 8.6 km Rialiño-Padrón sections in La Coruña province on the Atlantic coast high speed link. This includes the 372 m Monte Ceán tunnel, the 866 m Monte Pozas tunnel and the 1,460 m Bustelo tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=78663-2008, OJ S 58, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 14/08. Open invitation to tender, deadline 12th June, 2008 for execution of works to install the safety systems on the Cerceda-Meirama-Bregua section. The 8.1 km Cerceda-Meirama section includes two tunnels (1,735 m and 180 m) and the 5 km Meirama-Bregua section includes a 3,469 m tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=105360-2008, OJ S 78, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 18-19/08. Open invitation to tender, deadline 17th June, 2008 for work management during installation of the safety systems on the Cerceda-Meirama-Bregua section on the Atlantic coast high speed line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=110301-2008, OJ S 81, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 19/08. The Ministry of development has awarded a joint venture of FCC and Convensa the construction of the A Vacariza-Rialiño section, in La Coruña province, at a price of EUR91.4 million and a time frame for execution of 36 months. This 8 km section forms part of the Atlantic coast line that goes from Ferrol to the border with Portugal. Of particular interest are the Monte Cean and Monte Pozas tunnels, 372 and 866 m in length respectively. Visit www.fcc.es 29/08. The Ministry of development has awarded a joint venture of Acciona Infraestructuras and Obras Subterraneas the construction of the Vilagarcia de Arousa-Catoira section, in Pontevedra province, at a contractual price of EUR126.4 million and a time period for execution of 36 months. This 8.3 km section forms part of the Atlantic coast high speed line from Ferrol to the Portuguese border. The project includes the construction of several tunnels: Quinteiro (1,970 m), Valicobas (1,335 m), Abalo (625 m) and a cut-and-cover tunnel in Outeiro (560 m), all of them being dual-track tunnels. The new line abandons the route followed by the current line, which runs along the Arousa estuary and the Vilagarcia urban area, to adopt an hinterland path across the hills of Monte Xiabre to connect with the Ulla river. South of Vilagarcia de Arousa, it connects with the Portas railway bypass, which is going to be put in service soon, and in the north with a viaduct on the Ulla river, which will be awarded soon. Visit www.acciona-infraestructuras.es and www.obrassubterraneas.es 29/08. Ferrovial Agroman scooped a EUR82.1 million construction contract for the 8.6 km Rialiño-Padrón section on the Atlantic coast high speed line. This section includes the 1,460 m-long 85 sq m Bustelo tunnel. Visit www.ferrovial.es 31/08.Ineco pocketed a EUR2.9 million contract for construction supervision of the 8 km A Vacariza-Riali?o and 8.6 km Riali?o-Padr?n sections in La Coru?a province on the Atlantic coast high speed link. This includes the 372 m Monte Ce?n tunnel, the 866 m Monte Pozas tunnel and the 1,460 m Bustelo tunnel. Visit www.ineco.es 34-35/08.

  Feasibility studies approved for 155 km-long railway with 7 tunnels of total length 18 km. Proceeding to design. Visit www.gif.es November 2000. Award of contract for 40 boreholes totalling 14,000 m and geotechnical investigation for 25 km-long, twin-tube, 8.5 m-diameter base tunnel to consortium of Geoconsult, Ineco and CGS. Alignment and construction methods will be established. Visit www.geoconsult.at December 2000. Tenders imminent after government approval for the 1.8 km double-track Gobantes tunnel worth Ptas6.5 billion and the 2 x 7 km Abdalají­s tunnels with diameters between 8.5 and 9 m, to be connected by safety cross passages every 350 metres. Stretch including single-track east tunnel worth Ptas20.8 billion with time frame of 45 months. Work to be completed in 2006. Stretch including single-track west tunnel worth Ptas21.8 billion with same time frame. Visit www.gif.es 43/01. Three tenders invited for tunnelling. First is for the east Abdalají­s tunnel for Euro125.3 million, deadline 29th November, 2001. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, document S 210-144184. Second is for the west Abdalají­s tunnel for Euro131.3 million, dealine 28th November, 2001. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, document S 210-144185. Third is for the Gobantes tunnel for Euro39 million, deadline 28th November, 2001. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, document S 210-144190. Visit www.gif.es 46/01. Call for bids imminent further to government approval for sections 17, 18 and 19 between ílora and Cí¡rtama including five tunnels in ílora (800 m), El Espartal (2 km), Tevilla (927 m), Gibralmora (3.2 km), and Cí¡rtama (2.5 km). Budget of €200 million. Visit www.gif.es 01/02. Three construction contracts awarded by GIF. First subsection including the 1,792 m Gobantes tunnel has been awarded to Ploder for Ptas5.5 billion. Time frame of 21 months. Second subsection with the 7 km west Abdalají­s tunnel has been secured by a jv of Sacyr and Somague Engenharia for Ptas20.4 billion. Time frame of 45 months. Third contract with 7 km east Abdalají­s tunnel scooped by a jv of Dragados, Tecsa, SELI of Italy, and Jäger Baugesellschaft of Austria for Ptas19.6 billion. Time frame of three years. Visit www.gif.es 02/02. Three calls for bids for construction of the ílora-Cí¡rtama section. First is for the 2.5 km Cí¡rtama tunnel worth €54.2 million. Deadline 11th February, 2002. Second is for the 927 m-long Tevilla tunnel and the 3.2 km Gibralmora tunnel, worth €65.2 million. Third is for the 800 m-long ílora tunnel and the 2 km El Espartal tunnel worth €80.6 million. Deadline 4th February, 2002 for the last two bids. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 5, documents 3801-, 3806- and 3808-2002 or contact GIF, Madrid, tel. +34 917004755. Also visit www.gif.es 03/02. Four bids invited for work supervision. The first is for the Cí¡rtama tunnel. Tender value of €2.3 million. The second is for the Tevilla and Gibralmora tunnels. Tender value of €2.3 million. The third is for the Alora and El Espartal tunnels. Tender value of €2.7 million. Deadline 5th April, 2002 for all. The fourth is for the Gobantes tunnel. Tender value of €1.2 million. Deadline 11th April, 2002. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 33, documents 25453-, 25454-, 25455- and 25456-2002 or contact GIF, Madrid, tel. +34 917004755. 09/02. GIF has awarded a €56.5 million contract to a jv of Obras Subterrí¡neas and Salvador Rus Lí³pez Construcciones to build the section which includes the 927 m Tevilla tunnel and the 3,187 m Gibralmora tunnel. Time frame for construction of 32 months. To date, 127.4 km out of the total 155 km have been awarded (82%). Visit www.gif.es 11/02. Two work supervision contracts have been awarded. The first, for the 1.8 km Gobantes tunnel, goes to a jv of Idom and Geocisa for €1.28 million. The second, for the 7 km east and west Abdalají­s tunnels, has been secured by a jv of Ayesa and Geocontrol for €3.2 million. Visit www.gif.es 16/02. The 3.6 km ílora-Cí¡rtama section, comprising the 842 m ílora tunnel and 2 km El Espartal tunnel, has been awarded to Ferrovial-Agromí¡n for €72.65 million. Time frame of 39 months. Visit www.ferrovial.es. A second ílora-Cí¡rtama section, 3 km in length, with the 2.4 km Cí¡rtama tunnel has been commissioned to FCC and Convensa for €50.25 million. Time frame of 32 months. Visit www.fcc.es and www.gif.es 18/02. Two work supervision contracts awarded. First has been scooped by Iberinsa for the Tevilla and Gibralmora tunnels, 927 m and 3.2 km in length respectively. Value €1.57 million. Visit www.iberinsa.es. Second secured by a jv of Idom and Geocisa for the Alora and El Espartal tunnels, 842 m and 2 km. Value €1.83 million. Visit www.idom.es and www.geocisa.com 26/02. Award to Eptisa of the work supervision of the 2.5 km Cí¡rtama tunnel. Contract value €1.5 million. Visit www.eptisa.es and www.gif.es 32/02.The Ministry of development and the City of Malaga have signed a technical agreement for the penetration of the high speed line in Malaga. The trains will run 2.6 km underground from the Cortijo de Torres trade fair area, near the west ring road, to the central station. Putting underground the existing railtracks will cost €132 million. Construction to end before 2007. 14/03.Open call for bids, deadline 5th November, 2004 for designing the underground cross city section of the high speed train in Malaga (section 22). A 2.4 km section must be put underground from the west ring road to Juan XXIII Avenue. The project will cost EUR115 million, financed by the central government (64%), the Andalusian government and the city of Malaga (18% each). If all goes as planned, construction may commence before the end of 2005. Tender budget: EUR1.6 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=163918-2004, OJ S 192, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 42/04.The company in charge of the design of section 22, the last on the Cordoba-Malaga high speed line, will be Ayesa, for EUR950,000. This 4.5 km section requires to transfer underground 2.4 km. Visit www.ayesa.es 53/04-01/05.Open call for bids, deadline 6th June, 2005 for technical management and support to specialised teams during construction of the Cordoba-Malaga high speed link (second phase). The assignment deals with coordination of specialised teams (geology, geotechnics, structures, urbanism and machinery for the construction of tunnels). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=074569-2005, OJ S 77, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 17/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 28th November, 2005 for construction of the final section of the high speed link in Malaga. The contract corresponds to the urban penetration of the high speed line in Malaga and the upgrading of the conventional line, for a total length of 3 km. Noticeable structures include two parallel cut-and-cover tunnels, with a length of 1,932 m, one for two IUC tracks and the other for two Spanish gauge tracks. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=196021-2005, OJ S 199, or contact the Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 44/05.The Ministry of public works awarded the high speed train section in Malaga, the last section which will finalise the new Cordoba-Malaga high speed link, to Sacyr (80%) and its subsidiary Cavosa (20%). The section spans three kilometres and will cost EUR144.6 million to build, making it the most expensive section of the Cordoba-Malaga high speed line. The cost per kilometre amounts to EUR48 million. The project consists in transferring underground the tracks on a distance of 2.2 km. The section begins in the vicinity of the Cortijo de Torres congress centre and ends at Renfe railway station. The section below ground will start before the west ring road to end after the flyover at Juan XXIII avenue. The scheme requires the construction of twin cut-and-cover tunnels, 1,932 m in length. Time frame for construction is 31 months, although a maximum of 20 months will be necessary to ensure the arrival of high speed services to the city. The project will be finished at the end of 2007. The Ministry of public works will finance 64% of the total cost, while the Andalusian government and the City of Malaga will equally share the remaining 36%. Visit www.gruposyv.com and www.cavosa.es 02/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd January, 2006 for work supervision during construction of the high speed section in Malaga and upgrading of the conventional line. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=241768-2005, OJ S 245, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 02/06.Getinsa received a EUR2.2 million contract for work supervision during construction of the high speed section in Malaga and the upgrading works of the conventional line. Visit www.getinsa.es 19/06.

Open tendering, deadline 17th July, 2000, for technical assistance for the construction of metro Line 5. Contact Ministry of Public Works, Generalitat Valenciana, fax +34 963 866404. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int July 2000. Work underway on single-tube, 45-50 sq m section, 2.4 km-long cut-and-cover extension of line 5 between Alameda and Parque de Ayora with two intermediate stations. Design by Iberinsa, construction by Necso, Dragados and Torres Camara for completion mid-2003. Visit www.iberinsa.es 13/01. Open invitation to tender for engineering design for extension to line 5. Contact FGV, Valencia, fax +34 96 3976580. Visit www.boe.es and http://ted.eur-op.eu.int 30/01. Civil engineering consulting contract awarded to a jv of Gestec and Prointec for €1.2 million, dealing with the construction of a 2.2 km metro access to Torrent, one kilometre of which will be underground, plus a new 75 m-long double-track station, beneath Plaza Unií³n Musical. Lines 1 and 3, both single track, already serve Torrent using the Valencian autonomous railway station. Visit www.cop.gva.es/fgv 11/02. Works to sink 3 km of existing tracks between Quart de Poblet and Manises, west of Valencia, on the future Line 5 extension from Mislata to Ribarroja and Manises airport are set to commence early-2003. Completion in 2005. The six stations will all be underground. 16/02. Award to Ferrovial of a 2.2 km access to Torrent, 1 km of which underground, plus an underground station. Contract value of €20 million. Visit www.ferrovial.es and www.cop.gva.es/fgv 17/02.Award to Dimetronic of a €3.35 million contract for the signalling, communication and control systems on Line 5 between La Alameda and Parque de Ayora. Visit www.dimetronic.es 17/02. Open call for bids, deadline 10th February, 2003 for construction (infrastructure, architecture and station equipment) of the Mislata-Quart de Poblet section on Line 5. This is the first out of three sections planned to extend the line to the airport. The extension starts in Mislata-Almassil station, crosses the V-30 and Turia river, runs on the left side of V-30, crosses the Valencia-Ribarroja railway and carries on the left side of it. The line ends in the vicinity of the Refracta plant. There will be two stations in Faitanar and Quart de Poblet. TBM excavation to start in March 2003. Tender value: €30.6 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=199065-2002, OJ S 249, or contact Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, fax +34 963976580. E-mail juan.caraval@coput.m400.gva.es 01/03. Open call for bids, deadline 11th March, 2003 for consultancy services for the construction of line 5, sections Mislata-Quart del Poblet and Quart del Poblet-Manises. Tender value: €3.5 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=012544-2003 or contact FGV, Valencia, fax +34 963976580. E-mail juan.caraval@coput.m400.gva.es and vicente.serranol@coput.m400.gva.es 05/03. Necso, Dragados and Torrescamara y Cí­a de Obras have been awarded a €21.7 million contract to build the Mislata-Quart de Poblet section of Line 5 extension to the airport. TBM excavation. 16/03.Gestec has won the work control and construction management of sections Mislata-Quart de Poblet and Quart de Poblet-Manises of Line 5, for €2.7 million. Visit www.coput.gva.es 21/03.Open call for tenders, deadline 3rd January, 2005 for construction of section Quart de Poblet-Manises on metro line 5, a 2.1 km extension west of the line, and architecture and equipment of three stations in El Carmen, Manises Centro and Manises Mercado. Work to commence in April 2005. Budget: EUR42.2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=193872-2004, OJ S 225, or contact Generalitat valenciana, Valencia, fax +34 963866425. 49/04.Dragados, Necso and Torrescamara signed a EUR27.7 million deal to build section Quart de Poblet-Manises on Line 5. This is a 2.1 km extension west of the line. The contract also includes architectural services and equipment of El Carmen, Manises Centro and Manises Mercado stations. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 25/2005. Visit www.dragados.com and www.necso.es 26/05.Open call for bids, deadline 12th March, 2007 for preliminary design of the Line 1 extension of Valencia’s metro, section Angel Guimera-Peris y Valero. The Line 1 extension has been divided into two subsections. One runs from Angel Guimera to Peris y Valero while the other goes from Peris y Valero to the new La Fe hospital. The total investment for this project is estimated at EUR172 million. It includes the construction of a new 3.5 km subterranean stretch with four stations (Bailen, Peris y Valero, Ausias March and La Fe). The first phase, between Angel Guimera and Peris y Valero, is 2.1 km long and includes the first two stations. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=21238-2007, OJ S 18, or contact GTP, Valencia, fax +34 963976465. E-mail cotino_pab@gva.es or quesada_est@gva.es 08/07.Typsa scooped a EUR900,000 contract to do the preliminary design of the Line 1 extension of Valencia's metro, section Angel Guimera-Peris y Valero. The extension includes the construction of a new 3.5 km subterranean stretch with four stations (Bailen, Peris y Valero, Ausias March and La Fe). The first phase, between Angel Guimera and Peris y Valero, is 2.1 km long and includes the first two stations. Visit www.typsa.es 20/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th February, 2008 for design of the Plaza de Ayuntamiento-Antiguo Cauce section of Line 2 of the metro tram in Valencia. This section is a 1,584 m-long twin bored section to be constructed using a TBM. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=307192-2007, OJ S 250, or contact GVA, Valencia, fax +34 963976465. E-mail galdon_sus@gva.es 02/08.

The open invitation to tender for construction of 1.28 km-long twin track Aginaga tunnel on Bilbao-Donostia line will not now be published. Instead, expressions of interest have to be sent directly to the contracting entity: attn Arantza Diaz de Cerio Garcia, ETS, Bilbao, tel +34 9465726-00, fax -01, e-mail ets@ets-rfv.es. For project history visit tunnelbuilder archive es/35 and for more detail on this specific contract visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=264235-2009. 40/09.

Guadarrama - es/32HighwayInvitation to tender expected July 2001 for $50 million 2.62 km-long, 52.5 sq m section single tube highway tunnel in Sierra de Guadarrama for Castellana de Autopistas SA. Construction to commence October, 2001 for completion 2003. Check Spanish official state bulletins at www.boe.es July 2000. Invitation to tender for $40 million, 2.8 km-long, 10.5 m-wide, 5.0 m-high single tube drill/blast tunnel in granite on A6 motorway Enlace Valle de los Caidos to San Rafael section. Support by rockbolts and shotcrete. Start expected July 2001 for completion in two years. Client is Castellana de Autopistas. October 2000. The ministry of development has definitively approved the Valle de los Caí­dos-San Rafael section to increase the capacity of the A-6 in Madrid and Segovia province. A third tunnel under the Guadarrama mountains is required. One-way, three-lane 3 km-long with 2% gradient. Opening scheduled in 2006. Read E-News Weekly # 1 & 5. Visit www.iberpistas.es 07/03.The Ministry of development has approved the final project to build a third lane on highway A-6 between km 39.3 in Villalba and km 47.4 in Valle de los Caí­dos for a cost of €18.8 million. Includes a third tunnel under the Sierra de Guadarrama, 2.7 km in length. Read E-News Weekly 1/2002 & 5/2002. Visit www.iberpistas.es 45/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th May, 2004 for expansion of toll highway AP-6, section Valle de los Caí­dos interchange-San Rafael. A new dual-lane carriageway will be constructed, including a third tunnel under Sierra de Guadarrama, 3 km in length. The section has a total length of 13.3 km. Tender value: EUR90.5 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=061734-2004, OJ S 73, or visit Castellana de Autopistas, Madrid, fax +34 915730687. E-mail desarrollo@iberpistas.es. Read E-News Weekly 2/2004, 5/2002 & 1/2002. 17/04.Dragados and Acsa Agbar Construccion have secured a EUR81.4 million contract to build a new dual-lane carriageway on toll highway AP-6 Villalba-Adanero, section Valle de los Caidos-San Rafael, including a new 3 km tunnel under Guadarrama mountains. Visit www.dragados.com 30/04.Open call for bids, deadline 1st September, 2004 for work control and construction management of the new Valle de los Caidos-San Rafael section on highway AP-6, including a third 3 km tunnel under Guadarrama mountains. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=111664-2004, OJ S 131, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 91 915978537 or 8470. E-mail cpublic@mfom.es 30/04.Ineco secured a EUR1.1 million contract to supervise the construction of the Valle de los Caidos-San Rafael section on highway A-6, including the third Guadarrama tunnel (3.2 km). Visit www.ineco.es 07/05.

  7.4km drive by Agroman-OSSA for completion end-February, 1999. February 1999. Butarque 2 awarded to Agroman as a design/build contract to be driven using Lovat EPB in gypsum and clay and lined at 2.25 m internal diameter. Lead consultants Halcrow. August 1999.Lovat reports that its MP105SE Series 19000 EPB has achieved average advances of 21.6 m/day and 148 m/week, with a best week of 292 m or 292 rings. Visit www.lovat.com Sept 2000.

  39 km-long, 26 station elliptical underground metro line joining five cities to the southwest of Madrid: Alcorcon, Leganes, Getafe, Fuenlabrada, and Mostoles. Additional nine interchange stations with RENFE, the national railway system. Two other cities, Parla and Pinto will be connected into the new metro by commuter trains from Cercanias, increasing the total population served to 1.2 million. Metrosur will connect to Madrid Metro along an 8 km extension to Line 10. Overall total of 47 km twin-track tunnel could utilise the four large EPB TBMs and another two of smaller diameter released from recently completed extensions to Madrid Metro. At least one large-diameter EPB will have to be purchased to meet demanding schedule. Design commenced 14th July, 1999 for works to start February, 2000 with a view to commissioning the entire network for Christmas, 2002. August 1999.   Final design contracts completed for 14 contracts concerning 40 km of Metro Sur ring and ready for bid in total value $920 million. Contact through www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro December 1999.   !2 sections of Metrosur ring divided into six contracts for allocation end-February, 2000 with a view to commencing civil works in March. The entire ring is now 40.5 km long and will be single twin-track tunnel throughout, constructed mainly by 9.3 m-diameter EPB TBM. Contract 3 comprises a 4 km-long section, 11 m-deep to invert, in open countryside west of Fuenlabrada which could be constructed by cut-and-cover using diaphragm walls. Contract 5 beneath the south-easterly town of Getafe will require a fifth 9.3 m-diameter TBM equipped for harder rock than the existing machines. Only the 8 km-long line 10 extension with four stations will be in twin tunnels. January 2000. The six main contract awards totalling $932 million for 40.857 route km of tunnels and 27 stations on the Madrid Metrosur ring were announced on Thursday 6th April as follows: contract 1 comprising sections 1, 12 and 11 total length 9.562 km with 5 stations awarded to ACS-VIAS value $225 million, period 30 months; contract 2 comprising sections 2 and 3 total length 7.303 km with 5 stations awarded to FFC value $160 million, period 30 months; contract 3 section 4 IIIB length 0.407 km with one station awarded to Sacyr value $13.6 million, period 15 months, section 4A length 1.226 km awarded to Sacyr value $8.16 million, period 15 months, and section 4B length 1.462 km with one station awarded to OHL value $39 million, period 20 months; contract 4 comprising sections 5 and 6 total length 6.515 km with 4 stations awarded to Necso value $150.6 million, period 30 months; contract 5 comprising sections 7, 8 and 9 length 7.316 km with 6 stations awarded to Ferrovial value $160 million, period 30 months; contract 6 comprising section 10 length 7.066 km with 5 stations awarded to DYC value $176 million, period 29 months. More information will be posted later at www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro April 2000.   Open tendering for 8 km-long line 10 extension from Batan in south-west Madrid to Alcorcon, one of the five towns to be linked by the Metrosur circle line. The first section from Batan to Campamento will be undertaken using the traditional Madrid Method of excavation; the second section from Campamento to Quattro Vientos will utilise the Mitsubishi NFM TBM M-1 which has been refurbished following completion of the recent extensions to Madrid Metro; from Quattro Vientos to the Metrosur connection at Alcorcon twin-tube tunnels will be driven using the smaller Lovat and Herrenknecht machines that were used on the Campo de las Naciones to Mar de Cristal section of Line 8. Projected cost/metre of Metrosur is $36.5 million, so it can be deduced that the line 10 extension is worth around $300 million.   Deadline for bids is 28th April. Details at www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro Open tendering for site supervision, and control and inspection, of the Metrosur construction packages is running in parallel on a different deadline of 17th April. April 2000. Shafts are nearly completed and first EPBs will start tunnelling 25th September. Visit www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro July 2000. New Herrenknecht 9.38 m-diameter EPB under erection in start pit to drive towards Getafe on contract 5 while refurbished NFM EPB ex Madrid Metro is made ready to drive from a separate pit in the opposite direction towards Leganes for contract 6. Herrenknecht ex line 8 metro extension is being assembled in start pit at Leganes for contract 1 launch October 15th. Second refurbished NFM will commence erection at Mostoles in two weeks time for contract 2. Visit www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro Sept 2000. Four 9.38 m-diameter TBMs now underway on 40.5 km-long single-tube project, with NFM EPB owned by Dragados making 738 m in first 38 days to 12th November, placing 492 x 1.5 m rings. Best day 24 rings on 29th October. Visit www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro and www.dragados.es November 2000. 9.38 m-diameter NFM TBMs Chata, Dragados, and Alvaro completed 2 km in 100 calendar days to 20th February, 2001, while the new Herrenknecht 9.38 m-diameter TBM reached Espartales station, Getafe, at a rate of 18-19 rings/day. Visit NFM company profile and www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro 10/01. Completion of excavation of 40.5 km-long circle line announced exactly two years to the day after start. Excavation and concrete work on 27 stations well advanced. Contracts for equipment have been placed. Commissioning will take place on time. 25/01. Comunidad de Madrid reports 20 km of EPB tunnels complete, together with seven cut and cover sections and 600,000 sq m of diaphragm walls in just nine months. Visit www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro 31/01. Contract award of €2.2 million to Ví­as y Construcciones and Electren for ventilation equipment on the Leganés-Mí³stoles section of Metrosur. Visit www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro 43/01. Comunidad de Madrid reports 31 km of EPB tunnel completed in 380 days, with 8 km to go. TBM Adelantada is crossing its last station in Mí³stoles for FCC, having recorded 1,020 m advance in 31 days. TBM Mares del Sur is crossing the interchange in Getafe for Ferrovial-Agromí¡n, with two stations to go. TBM La Chata completed its record-breaking 6 km run for Dragados beneath Leganes on 21st September, 2001. TBM Almudena is crossing its final station, while La Paloma is crossing its first station in Fuenlabrada for Necso. Lovat Cibeles has only 700 m to complete on its twin-tube drives at Line 10 extension. To read pdf files of Metrosur - Commuting in the 21st Century, click here. Visit www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro, www.metromadrid.es and www.ctm-madrid.es 45/01. Tenders invited, deadline 21st January, 2002 for lifts and escalators on the Parque Europa-Arroyo Culebro, San Nicasio-Parque Oeste, and El carrascal-Leganés Central sections of the Metrosur line. Values of €9.8 million, €9 million, and €13 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int, documents S 231-159197, 159198, and 159199 or contact Madrid Infraestructuras del Transporte, fax +34 914111724. Contract awards for the Mí³stoles 1-Mí³stoles 5 section, value €8.7 million, to Macosa Elevacií³n, and for the Fuenlabrada 1-Fuenlabrada 2 section, value €4.2 million, to Schindler. To read pdf files of Metrosur - Commuting in the 21st Century, click here. Visit www.metropla.net/eu/mad/metrosur.htm 50/01. Tenders invited, deadline 28th January, 2002 for ventilation equipment in the stations on the Getafe 7-Getafe 2 section of the Metrosur line. Value of €1.9 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int, document S 237-163487 or contact Madrid Infraestructuras del Transporte, fax +34 914111724. 52/01.Tenders invited to install anti-fire systems, value of €1.2 million, and ventilation systems, value €2 million, in the stations on the Getafe 2-Fuenlabrada 2 section of the Metrosur line. Deadline 7th February, 2002. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int, documents S 246-169700 and S 246-169701 or fax +34 914111724, Madrid, Madrid Infraestructuras del Transporte. To read pdf files of Metrosur - Commuting in the 21st Century, click here. 02/02.

Dragados to construct 2.5 km of line with 3 stations at Canyelles, Mundet and Valdauray. 22 months duration. Second stage 635 m to Barris station. May 1999. Tenders expected November, 2000 for 36.8 km-long, 9 m-diameter, twin-track, single-tube system with 37 stations to be constructed as four sections starting end-2001 and opening between end-2003 and 2005. Total cost around $1.2 billion with up to 30% funding by EU. Route will be Gorg/Singuerlin-Sagrera-Sarria-Zona Franca-Barcelona Airport with 13 interchange stations with existing metro and rail lines. Contact Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Authority or monitor www.mma.es or http://ted.eur-op.eu.int October 2000. Public consultation prior to tender for: 3.35 km single-tube, twin-track extension of line 1 with three stations from Fondo to connect with line 2 at Badalona; and 3.5 km single-tube, twin-track extension of line 1 from Feixa Llarga to El Prat de Llobregat. Further 2.5 km extension to line 5 construction is planned from Horta to Vall d'Hebron on line 3, with stations at Carmel and Teixonera-Coll, the latter 90 m-deep. Total cost estimated $120 million. Visit www.mma.es November 2000. Entry in service of the Euro84.1 million Line 3 extension between Mundet, Valldaura and Canyelles in Nou Barris district on 20th September, 2001. Further extension with two new stations at Roquetes and Trinitat Nova has been approved for €81 million. Open tendering, deadline 13th June, 2002 for the construction of a 2.7 km extension to the blue Line 5 between Horta and Vall d'Hebron. Stations in El Carmel, La Teixonera and Coll-Vallcarca. La Teixonera station will be built at a depth of 75 metres. The other two stations will be excavated at a depth of 40 metres. Award around the summer. Construction to start early-2003. Commissioning in end-2005 or early-2006. Tender value of €101 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 79, document 61432-2002 or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. 18/02. Open tendering, deadline 8th July, 2002 for work management of the 2.7 km extension to Line 5 between Horta and Vall d'Hebron. Tender value €2.1 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/static/home/en/homepage.ini, OJ S 100, document 79163-2002 or contact GIASA, fax +34 934300124. Also visit www.gisa.es 22/02. Award to a jv of FCC, Copisa and Comsa of a €93.7 million contract to build the 2.5 km Horta-Vall d'Hebron extension of Line 5, which consists of a 2.5 km double-track single tunnel and two stations. Visit www.gisa.es and www.fcc.es 34/02. Award to a jv of Tec-Cuatro and Geocontrol of a €1.9 million contract for the work supervision (infrastructure, superstructure and electrification) of the Horta-Vall d'Hebron extension on Line 5. 39/02. Open call for bids, deadline 7th July, 2003 for construction of the infrastructure, superstructure and catenary works for the Canyelles-Trinitat Nova section on Line 3. There will be two stations in Roquetes and Trinitat Nova. The Roquetes station will be built 50 m under the surface. The new 1.8 km-long tunnel will start in Canyelles. A 6.5 m-diameter TBM will be used to drive two parallel tunnels, each with one track. The final part of the alignment will be built in cut-and-cover. Tender value: €84 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=085451-2003, OJ S 95, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 21/03. Open call for bids, deadline 18th July, 2003 for work management during construction of the infrastructure, track and catenary superstructure for section Canyelles-Trinitat Nova of Line 3. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=094268-2003, OJ S 105, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. 24/03.GISA awarded for €65 million to Dragados and Benito Arní³ e Hijos the construction of a 1,826 m-long extension to Line 3 from its present stop in Canyelles to Trinitat Nova, where interchange will be provided with line 4 and with the Ciutat Meridiana light rail. The JV will be responsible for the infrastructure, trackworks and catenary works. There will be two stations in Roquetes and Trinitat Nova. Visit www.gisa.es and www.dragados.es 31/03.A JV between Auditorí­a e Ingenierí­as and Geocontrol will be responsible for the work supervision of the infrastructure, and track and catenary superstructure for Line 3, section Canyelles-Trinitat Nova. Contract value: €1.8 million. Visit www.geocontrol.es 40/03.The draft design for extending Line 2 from Sant Antoni to Fira 2 is under way. The designers are Tec-Cuatro and Intraesa, who won a €956,900 contract. The section is 4.5 km in length, running in tunnel and serving five stations in Poble Sec, Fira I, INEF, Foc Cisell y Fira 2. Three of these will be open cut stations and two of them will be mined. The tunnelling method will be chosen depending on the geotechnical studies due to be completed at the end of 2003. In principle, it is planned to build part of the extension in cut-and-cover and part in a bored tunnel, possibly using a TBM. The tunnel will be a dual-track single tube and the TBM, if this method is chosen, would be 9.4 m in diameter. Time frame for construction estimated to last between 36 and 48 months depending on geotechnics and the tunnelling method eventually chosen. Visit www.gisa.es 48/03.The Catalan government awarded the new design for the infrastructure, superstructure and electrifying of the Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5 to Catalana d'Enginyeria, for EUR188,500, and geotechnical works to Eurogeotecnica for EUR55,303. The companies will have to study the possible locations for a new service tunnel. A collapse occurred on this section in January (subscribe to E-News Weekly 8/2005). Visit www.censa-cat.net and www.eurogeotecnica.com 21/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for design of the Line 2 extension from Sant Antoni to Parc Logistic. This 5.2 km extension will serve five stations (Poble Sec, Fira 1-MNAC, INEFC, Foc Cisell and Fira 2). From Fira 2, the new section will connect with Parc Logistic, from where Line 2 and Line 9 will share the same tunnel between Parc logistic station and El Prat airport. More information in E-News Weekly 35/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=162261-2006, OJ S 150, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 93 4444448. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for topographical and geotechnical auscultation during construction of the modified project (infrastructure, superstructure and electrification) of section Horta-Vall d'Hebron on Line 5. A collapse in a service tunnel occured in January 2005 (read E-News Weekly 14/2006 & 8/2005 and click here). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=162257-2006, OJ S 150, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 93 4444448. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for quality control during construction of the modified project (infrastructure, superstructure and electrification) of section Horta-Vall d'Hebron on Line 5. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=162325-2006, OJ S 150, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 93 4444448. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/06.Acciona Infraestructuras, Corsan-Corviam and Proinosa will finish the Carmel tunnel. The Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5 will be built in a time frame of two and a half years, for completion scheduled in 2009, at a price tag of EUR111.6 million. Construction will recommence in December, in accordance with a modified project and implementing highly reinforced security measures. The new construction project will be based on complementary geotechnical investigation undertaken to know the subsoil composition, which will update the geological mapping and identify mines and wells, and on the revision of the works already executed. Sixteen new core drills have been planned, in addition to the 39 boreholes already done. On the other hand, preliminary inspections will be carried out to evaluate the status of the buildings situated in the influence zone of the tunnel. To maximize security and whatever the ground type that crews encounter at any time, all the tunnel will be supported with steel arches placed at short distance and a thick concrete layer.In January 2005, a collapse in a service tunnel obliged to evacuate a total of 1,276 people from their homes. Since then, work has been halted. The remaining 2.5 km stretch still to be bored will commence in the existing Horta station, then will continue until El Carmel station, which will be located in the cavern already partially excavated, to later run to the new Taxonera-Coll station and the last one in Vall d'Hebron, where Line 5 will connect with Line 3. Click here. Read E-News Weekly 14/2006 & 8/2005. Visit www.acciona-infraestructuras.es, www.isoluxcorsan.com and www.proinosa.com 43/06.A JV of IIC and Geopayma signed a EUR2.2 million contract for topographical and geotechnical auscultation during construction of the modified project (infrastructure, superstructure and electrification) of the Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5. Visit www.iic-grupoep.com and www.geopayma.com 46/06.Ardanuy pocketed a EUR223,200 contract for safety and health coordination during construction of the revised Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5. Visit www.ardanuy.com 46/06.LGAI Technological Center secured a EUR1.6 million contract for quality control during construction of the revised Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5. Visit www.lgai.es 46/06.A JV formed by Censa and Eurogeotecnica have inked a EUR4.7 million agreement to design the 5.2 km Line 2 extension from Sant Antoni to Parc Logistic. Read E-News Weekly 35/2006. Visit www.censa-cat.net and www.eurogeotecnica.com 46/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd January, 2007 for conceptual design of the Line 3 extension from Zona Universitaria to Torreblanca in Sant Feliu de Llobregat. This is a 5.8 km extension to the existing line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=233090-2006, OJ S 217, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 51-52/06.Ineco received a EUR345,000 contract for quality control during extension of Line 2 between Sant Antoni and Parque Logistico, where it will connect with Line 9. Visit www.ineco.es 05/07.Payma Cotas received a EUR500,500 contract to do the conceptual design of the Line 3 extension from Zona Universitaria to Torreblanca in Sant Feliu de Llobregat. This is a 5.8 km extension to the existing line. Visit www.paymacotas.com 07/07.Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th July, 2008 for work control and construction supervision of the Horta-Vall d'Hebron extension of Line 5 (infrastructure, overhead structures and electrification). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=136954-2008, OJ S 102, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail esm@gisa.cat 23/08.

Breakthrough of 5.292 km tunnel between Huermeda and Paracuellos and work under way on another 1.82 km drive from Santa Maria de Huerta monastery to Arcos de Jalon. Further extension to connect Alicante and Albacete mooted. Nov 1998. 44 contracts involve 22 tunnels of total length 22 km. Wirth 12.47 m-diameter reaming TBM has completed 2.5 km of 4.78 km Paracuellos tunnel working south to north. Contractors are FCC and Necso for client GIF. More information from jmfdcas@iies.es February 2000. Wirth reaming TBM nearing breakthrough at Paracuellos after 2.8 km drive in which 7 m/day target was often exceeded with maximum advance 22.4 m/day recorded. Roof and sides shotcreted on advance using CIFA track-mounted snorkel mounted close to reamer head. Circular steel arches set 6 m behind face. Aliva wheeled shotcrete jumbo in invert. Large material +20 cm is screened at TBM and trucked away while smaller material is conveyed. Any rock needed for backfilling invert is ploughed of the belt and the remainder is used for embankments or dumped. Concreting underway with gantry erecting welded PVC membrane ahead of concrete forms achieving 170 m/week. For the record, the pilot drive by Murer used their Wirth 4.7 m TBM at 40 m/day in the pre-Cambrian rocks with black schist and graphite covered by quartzite and some sandstone. Visit www.gif.es June 2000. Eighth section of Madrid-Zaragoza stretch under construction by Necso with 1.82 km-long x 137 sq m Sagides tunnel in mixed ground conditions due for completion March, 2001 using drill/blast and roadheader. Visit www.necso.es December 2000.   Open invitation to tender, deadline 19th February, 2001, for two twin tunnels, 1.72 km and 415 m long, in Tarragona on Lerida-Barcelona line. Visit www.gif.es 06/01.   Tenders imminent for construction of $800 million connection to Barcelona on alignment Cornella-Airport-Sants-La Sagrera, requiring three major 11.2 m-diameter EPB bored single tunnels in sands, clay and mud of lengths 4.5 km, 7.3 km and 4 km, with 18 km of cut and cover and three single-track junctions. Awards expected end-2001 for start Spring, 2002 and completion end-2004. Visit www.gif.es 26/01.   Necso appointed to construct subsection VII-B of the Lleida-Barcelona high-speed link between Roda de Barࠡnd El Vendrell for Pta5.95 billion (Euro35.78 million). Two twin tunnels of 1,750 m required. Time frame of 26 months to build full stretch. Visit www.necso.es 41/01.   Call for bids imminent further to government approval of the 2.9 km Sant Lloren砤'Hortons-Sant Esteve Sesrovires section in Barcelona province. The section requires to build four tunnels totalling 2,083 metres. Cost of ?39.5 million. 30/02.   Open call for bids, deadline 19th September, 2002 for construction of the 2.9 km Sant Lloren砤'Hortons-Sant Esteve Sesrovires section in Barcelona. Includes four tunnels totalling 2,083 metres. Tender value ?39.5 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=124681-2002, OJ S 156, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. 34/02.   Open call for bids, deadline 7th October, 2002 for construction of 2.1 km L'Hospitalet-Can Tunis section between Martorell and Barcelona, for access of both Spanish gauge and international gauge trains to the Barcelona harbour and the Can Tunis freight station. Includes a double-track tunnel. Value ?96.5 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=124688-2002, OJ S 156, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. 35/02.   OHL has been awarded the construction of the Sant Lloren砤?Hortons-Sant Esteve Sesrovires section in Barcelona for ?35 million and a time frame of 13 ? months. There will be four tunnel totalling 2,083 metres. Visit www.gif.es 47/02.FCC and Comsa have won the contract for the L?Hospitalet-Can Tunis stretch. A 1,430 m double-track tunnel is required. Contract value ?62 million. 47/02.Open call for bids, deadline 23rd February, 2004 for reinforcement of the Lilla tunnel on section Lleida-Martorell in Catalonia. Budget: 53.9 million euros. Time frame: 10 months. Work will consist in reinforcing the lining and strengthening the invert. Cracks, craters and other abnormalities appeared in the tunnel due to the expansive ground comprising argilite and gypsum-bearing lutite with high contents of anhydrite. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=004002-2004, OJ S 5, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. Read E-News Weekly 47/2003 & 11/2003. 03/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 23th February, 2004 for reinforcement of the Camp Magr頡nd Puig Cabrer tunnels on section Lleida-Martorell in Catalonia. Budget: EUR26.2 million. Time frame: seven months. Work will consist in reinforcing the lining and strengthening the invert. Cracks, craters and other abnormalities appeared in the tunnel due to the expansive ground comprising argilite and gypsum-bearing lutite with high contents of anhydrite. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=006500-2004, OJ S 8, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. 04/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 4th February, 2004 for work control and management during reinforcement of the Camp Magr頡nd Puig Cabrer tunnels, section Lleida-Martorell of the Madrid-Barcelona high speed link. Budget: EUR1 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=005099-2004, OJ S 6, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. Read E-News Weekly 47/2003 & 11/2003. 04/04.Open call for bids, deadline 12th March, 2004 for design and work supervision of the high speed rail tunnels in Girona and Sarriଠapproximate lengths of 4 km for the IUC gauge line and 4.8 km for the Spanish gauge line, and the Girona station. Tender budget:EUR8 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=024978-2004, OJ S 28, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. Read E-News Weekly 9/2002. 09/04.Getinsa and Geocontrol won a EUR632,400 contract for work control and management during reinforcement of the 2,065 m-long 90 sq m Lilla tunnel, the 984 m-long 110 sq m Camp Magre tunnel and the 704 m-long 113 sq m Puig Cabrer tunnel, section Lleida-Martorell of the Madrid-Barcelona high speed link. Visit www.getinsa.es y www.geocontrol.es 16/04.Ferrovial-Agroman has pocketed a EUR41.2 million contract for reinforcement works of the walls and invert of the 2,065 m x 90 sq m Lilla tunnel between Lleida and Barcelona. Visit www.ferrovial.es 17/04.Corsan-Corviam has pocketed a EUR19.7 million contract for reinforcement works of the lining and invert in the 984 m 110 sq m Camp Magre tunnel and the 704 m 113 sq m Puig Cabrer tunnel on section Lleida-Martorell. Visit www.corsan-corviam.es 18/04.Iberinsa and AEPO have secured a EUR4.9 million contract for design and work supervision of the high speed rail tunnels in Girona and Sarria, approximate lengths of 4 km for the IUC gauge line and 4.8 km for the Spanish gauge line, and the Girona station. Visit www.iberinsa.es and www.aepo.es 31-32/04.Typsa has secured a EUR2.9 million contract for the design of the Sant Julia de Ramis-Pontos subsection on the Girona-Figueras section on the high speed line between Barcelona and the French border. This 16 km subsection includes five tunnels for a total length of 8,315 m, whereof two of 2.8 km and one of 1,550 m. Visit www.typsa.es 45/04. Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd february, 2005 for construction of the 4.1 km Sant Joan Despi-Sant Boi de Llobregat section in Barcelona. This section includes a 2,356 m tunnel. Tender estimate: EUR88.3 million. Time frame for construction is 21 months. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=012024-2005, OJ S 13, or contact Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF), Madrid, fax +34 917005771. 04/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd february, 2005 for construction of the 2.7 km Hospitalet-La Torrassa section in Barcelona. This section includes a 2,163 m tunnel. Tender estimate: EUR122 million. Time frame for construction is 22 months. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=012033-2005, OJ S 13, or contact Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF), Madrid, fax +34 917005771. 04/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd february, 2005 for construction of the 2.1 km La Torrassa-Sants section in Barcelona. This section includes a 1.8 km tunnel. Tender estimate: EUR106 million. Time frame for construction is 24 months. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=012027-2005, OJ S 13, or contact Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF), Madrid, fax +34 917005771. 04/05.The ministry of public works awarded the construction contracts for the three most critical high speed rail sections to access to Barcelona, located between Sant Joan Despi and Sants station, worth a total amount of EUR275.7 million. High speed trains will arrive in Sants in April 2007, if the project meets the time frame. Section La Torrassa-Sants, which runs in majority in tunnel, has been awarded to Sacyr, Scrinser and Cavosa for EUR79 million. This 2.1 km section includes a 1.8 km tunnel. The contractors committed to building the section in 23 months and a half, not included the month necessary to sign the contract. Visit www.sacyr.com and www.cavosa.es 15/05.Section Sant Joan Despi-Sant Boi, 4.1 km in length, has been awarded to Necso for EUR66 million and a time frame to complete the job of 19 months. This section includes a 2,356 m tunnel. Visit www.necso.es 15/05.Section L'Hospitalet-La Torrassa, worth EUR92.8 million with a time frame of 20 months, has been awarded to OHL and Agrupacion Guinovart Obras y Servicios Hispania. This 2.7 km section includes a 2,163 m tunnel. Visit www.ohl.es and www.guinoshsa.com 15/05.Open call for bids, deadline 23rd May, 2005 for consulting and assistance for the follow-up, planning management and progress of the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border line and coordination of works in Barcelona and its urban area. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=061900-2005, OJ S 64, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 16/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 28th June, 2005 for consulting and assistance aiming at reinforcing safety during construction of the access tunnels to Sants station in Barcelona and La Roca-Ruidellots section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line. The assignment consists in following up the project and proposing improvements to safety measures to avoid any accidents or collapse in the tunnels and their consequences for the construction itself and the neighbouring facilities and buildings, working in coordination with the planning control teams and supporting these teams with regard to tunnelling safety. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=088720-2005, OJ S 90, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 21/05.Euroconsult secured a EUR534,000 contract for consulting and assistance to reinforce safety during construction of the access tunnels to Sants station in Barcelona and La Roca-Ruidellots section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line. Click es/20. Visit www.euroconsult.es 36/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 12th December, 2005 for safety and health coordination during the construction of section Vila Franca del Penedes-Barcelona on the Madrid-Lleida-Barcelona-French border high speed line. Con飴ese a http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=217522-2005, DO S 220, o contᣴese con el ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005771. 48/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 29th May, 2006 for inspection of buildings near the tunnel works between Sants and La Sagrera in Barcelona, which is the city access of the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border line. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=079310-2006, OJ S 75, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 17/06.Intemac won a EUR1 million contract to inspect buildings near the tunnel works on the Sants-La Sagrera section in Barcelona, which is the central city access of the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border line. Visit www.intemac.es 36/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 13th November, 2006 for construction of the Sant Julia de Ramis-Cornella del Terri section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line in Girona province. This 3.3 km section includes two mined tunnels: La Garriga, 758 m and Sant Andreu, 649 m. Both tunnels will have a cross section of 110 sq m. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=210172-2006, OJ S 198, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 43/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 13th November, 2006 for construction of the Cornella del Terri-Vilademuls section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line in Girona province. This 7.1 km section includes two mined tunnels: Llogaia, 1,713 m and Feixes d'en Vidal, 1,372 m. Both tunnels will have a cross section of 90 sq m. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=209095-2006, OJ S 197, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 43/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 13th November, 2006 for construction of the Vilademuls-Pontos section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line in Girona province. This 5.66 km section includes one mined tunnel in Les Cavorques, 2,939 m and 85 sq m of cross section. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=210176-2006, OJ S 198, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 43/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 11th December, 2006 for construction of the Trinidad junction-Montcada section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line. The 4.75 km section includes a 3,709 m-long tunnel, whereof 2,900 metres will be bored by an 11,300 mm-outer diameter TBM. The cross section will be 64.77 sq m. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=229310-2006, OJ S 208, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 47/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd January, 2007 for work control during construction of the Mollet del Valles-Montomes del Valles y Montomes del Valles-La Roca del Valles sections on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line. These sections are 3.4 km and 10.2 km long and include five cut-and-cover tunnels of 1,220 m, 616 m, 146 m, 469 m and 658 m. The Barcelona-Port Bou line in Montmelo will also be sunk underground. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=230920-2006, OJ S 215, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 47/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd January, 2007 for work control during construction of the Sant Julia de Ramis-Pontos section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line. This is the reunion of three sections of 3.3 km, 5.7 km and 5.7 km, including five tunnels of 758 m, 649 m, 1,713 m, 1,372 m and 2,938 m. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=230919-2006, OJ S 215, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 47/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 5th February, 2007 for construction of the 10.3 km-long Montornes del Valles-La Roca del Valles section. Construction will take 21 months. This section includes four cut-and-cover tunnels of 616 m, 146 m, 469 m and 658 metres respectively. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=4099-2007, OJ S 4, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 03/07.Coprosa secured a EUR46 million contract to build the 3.3 km-long Sant Julia de Ramis-Cornella del Terri section in Girona province. Construction will take 18 months. This section includes the 758 m-long Garriga tunnel and the 649 m-long Sant Andreu tunnel. Visit www.coprosa.es 03/07.A JV formed by Sacyr and its subsidiaries Cavosa and Scrinser signed a EUR93.2 million deal to build the 7.1 km-long Cornella del Terri-Vilademuls section, in Girona province. Construction will take 17.5 months. This section includes the 1,713 m-long Santa Llogaia tunnel and the 1,372 m-long Feixes d'en Vidal tunnel. Visit www.sacyr.com or www.gruposyv.com and www.cavosa.es 03/07. A EUR85.1 million contract has been awarded to a JV of FCC and Servia Canto to build the 5.66 km-long Vilademuls-Pontos section, in Girona province. Construction will take 19.5 months. This section includes the 2,939 m-long Les Cavorques tunnel. Visit www.fcc.es and www.servia-canto.com 03/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 5th February, 2007 for construction of the 3.3 km-long Mollet del Valles-Montornes del Valles section. This section includes a 1,220 m-long cut-and-cover tunnel and an underground station in Montmelo. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=5110-2007, OJ S 5, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 04/07.Construction of the 4.75 km Trinidad junction-Montcada i Reixac section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line has been commissioned to Corsan-Corviam, Copasa, and Vias y Construcciones. The contract is worth EUR127.6 million. The section includes a 3,709 m-long tunnel, whereof 2,900 metres will be bored by an 11.3 m-diameter TBM. Visit www.corsan-corviam.es, www.copasa.es and www.vias.es 12/07.The contract for construction of the 3.3 km-long Mollet del Valles-Montornes del Valles section has been awarded to a JV of Ferrovial Agromᮠand Compa񭡠de Obras Castillejos for EUR105.5 million and a time frame of 30 months. The most important structure is a 1,220 m-long cut-and-cover tunnel in Montmelo through which the new IUC gauge trains and the existing Spanish gauge trains will run. Visit www.ferrovial.es 15/07.The contract for construction of the 10.3 km-long Montornes del Valles-La Roca del Valles section has been awarded to a JV of Aldesa Construcciones and Construcciones Pai for EUR61.8 million and a time frame of 19 months. This section includes four cut-and-cover tunnels of 616 m, 146 m, 469 m and 658 metres. Visit www.aldesaconstrucciones.es 15/07.Geocisa and Typsa received a EUR2.7 million contract for work supervision during construction of the 17.7 km Mollet del Valles-Montornes del Valles-La Roca del Valles section. Visit www.geocisa.com and www.typsa.es 15/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 7th June, 2007 for inspection of buildings near the tunnels of the Trinidad junction-Montcada section in Barcelona. The 4.75 km section includes a 3,709 m-long tunnel, whereof 2,900 metres will be bored by an 11,300 mm-outer diameter TBM. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=98211-2007, OJ S 80, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 19/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 19th July, 2007 for construction of the 7.5 km Borrassa-Figueres section in Girona province, including a 1,750 m tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=139226-2007, OJ S 113, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 25/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 16th August, 2007 for construction of the urban tunnels and first phase of the station in Girona. The 3.6 km section includes two TBM-built tunnels of 1,297 metres and 1,564 metres, featuring an outer diameter of 11.75 metres and cross-section of 69 square metres, named Girona I and Girona II. The 1,564 m-long Girona II tunnel will connect with the next section, the 3,042 m-long Sarria tunnel, so that trains will travel through a 4,606 m-long tunnel altogether. The contract also includes the first phase of the new intermodal station. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=161971-2007, OJ S 132, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 29/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 16th August, 2007 for construction of the 5 km Sarria de Ter-Sant Julia de Ramis section, which includes two tunnels to be excavated by traditional method. The first tunnel, the 3,042 m-long Sarria tunnel, will connect to the previous section, the 1,564 m-long Girona II tunnel, so that trains will travel through a 4,606 m-long tunnel altogether. The second tunnel, the Montagut tunnel, is 475 m long. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=161950-2007, OJ S 132, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 29/07.Open call for bids, deadline 3rd September, 2007 for construction of the 5.6 km Sants-La Sagrera tunnel section in Barcelona. The first 422 metres and last 395 metres will be built using the cut-and-cover method while 4,823 metres will be driven by TBM. There are also a main shaft at the end of the section, two intermediate shafts for start and exit of the TBM and 12 shafts for emergency exit from the tunnel, five of which will also be used for ventilation and two for groundwater pumping. Read E-News Weekly 26/2007, 18/2007, 27/2006, 5/2006, 8/2004 & 25/2002. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=183732-2007, OJ S 148, or contact ADIF, fax +34 917005751. 33/07.Asistencia Tecnica Industrial (Atisae) bagged a EUR390,000 contract to inspect buildings near the tunnels of the Trinidad junction-Montcada section in Barcelona. The 4.75 km section includes a 3,709 m-long tunnel, whereof 2,900 metres will be bored by an 11,300 mm-outer diameter TBM. Visit www.atisae.com 34/07.The bidding process for construction of the high speed railway tunnel in Barcelona between Sants and the future terminal in La Sagrera bordering the Sagrada Familia cathedral, estimated to a maximum of EUR246.2 million, has attracted eight candidates: Sacyr, and its two affiliates Scrinser and Cavosa; Dragados, its affiliate Tecsa, Constructora San Jos頡nd Obras Subterrᮥas; Comsa and Isolux Corsᮻ Construcciones Rubau, OHL and Acsa; FCC and Copisa; V� y Construcciones; Ferrovial Agromᮠand Copcisa; and Acciona. ADIF will award the contract in October. The project is a 5.64 km section between the two stations. The first 422 metres and last 395 metres of the path will be constructed using the cut-and-cover method, whereas the remaining 4.82 km will be bored by a TBM. The project also includes a 240 m-long 40 m-deep concrete wall along the Sagrada Familia to form a protection precinct and avoid that any ground movement generated by tunnelling affect the monument's foundations. These works will be performed before the passage of the TBM. Read E-News Weekly 26/2007, 18/2007, 27/2006, 5/2006, 8/2004 & 25/2002. 40/07.ADIF has delayed to November the contract award, initially scheduled for 26th October, 2007, for construction of the tunnel that will cross Barcelona between Sants and La Sagrera stations. The decision is the consequence of sinkholes affecting the L'Hospitalet-La Torrassa section. Local commuter services on three suburban lines operated by Renfe and one line operated by the Catalan railways have been interrupted since 20th October. A sixth sinkhole, appeared in Bellvitge station on 26th October, has led to halt work on that section. The work stoppage has amplified the controversy that the Sants-La Sagrera tunnel project has triggered in Barcelona because of the fact that its route passes near the Sagrada Familia cathedral. Read E-News Weekly 45/2007.The joint venture formed by Sacyr and its subsidiaries Scrinser and Cavosa is the best placed to pocket the contract, with a 35-month construction time (two years and 11 months). This contract consists in constructing a 5.64 km section that will connect the two stations. The first 422 metres and the last 395 metres of the route will be diaphragm wall supported station boxes, while the remaining 4,823 metres will be built by means of a TBM. The project also includes a main shaft situated at the end of the route, two additional shafts for the entrance and exit of the TBM and 12 shafts for emergency exit, five of which will be used also for ventilation and two for pumping of the groundwater. 44/07.Aldesa Construcciones bagged a EUR82.4 million contract to build the Sarriᠤel Ter-Sant Juliࠤe Ramis section in Girona. This 5 km stretch includes two tunnels to be excavated by traditional method. The first tunnel, the 3,042 m-long Sarria tunnel, will connect to the previous section, the 1,564 m-long Girona II tunnel, so that trains will travel through a 4,606 m-long tunnel altogether. The second tunnel, the Montagut tunnel, is 475 m long. Visit www.aldesaconstrucciones.es 44/07.FCC (40%), Dragados (30%), Copisa (20%) and Tecsa (10%) bagged a EUR278.6 million contract to build the urban tunnels and first phase of the station in Girona. The 3.6 km section includes two TBM-built tunnels named Girona I and Girona II. The 1,564 m-long Girona II tunnel will connect with the next section, the 3,042 m-long Sarria tunnel, so that trains will travel through a 4,606 m-long tunnel altogether. The contract also includes the first phase of the new intermodal station. Visit www.fcc.es, www.dragados.com, www.copisa.com and www.tecsa.es 45/07.A joint venture formed by Sacyr, Cavosa and Scrinser pocketed a EUR77 million contract to construct the 7.5 km Borrassa-Figueres section in Girona province, including a 1,750 m tunnel. Construction will last 20 months. Visit www.gruposyv.com and www.cavosa.es 45/07.On 18th January, ADIF - Spain's administrator of railway infrastructure - has awarded the construction of the Sants-La Sagrera high speed rail section to a joint venture of Sacyr and its affiliates Cavosa and Scrinser, who have been given a EUR179.3 million contract to complete in 35 months a project that will provide the final stage of the rail link between Madrid and the heart of Barcelona, and eventually into France. The project will be co-financed, up to 72.25%, by cohesion funds of the European Union. Diaphragm wall work will be implemented to build the first 422 metres and last 395 metres of the 5.64 km section, while the remaining 4,832 metres will be driven by an 11.4 m excavated diameter earth pressure balance TBM. The machine will be ordered immediately and should be ready in one year from now. Visit www.gruposyv.com and www.cavosa.esThe tunnel will not run anywhere along its path beneath buildings but always under the Mallorca, Diagonal and Proven硠streets. The tunnel will pass near the unfinished Sagrada Familia cathedral but prior to the excavation by a tunnel boring machine, a protective concrete wall formed by 1.5 m-diameter piles dug at a depth of up to 40 metres will be built to create a vibration-insulated system to protect the cathedral's foundations from the tunnelling works. Other preliminary works prior to excavation include the main entry and reception shafts, located at each end of the path, two other shafts for TBM operation, along with 12 shafts for emergency exits from the tunnel, five of which will also be used for ventilation and two for pumping of groundwater. Read E-News Weekly 3/2008, 26/2007, 18/2007, 27/2006, 5/2006, 8/2004 & 25/2002. 04/08.Open call for tenders, deadline 27th March, 2008 for work inspection of the 5 km Sarria de Ter-Sant Julia de Ramis section, which includes the 3,042 m Sarria tunnel and the 475 m Montagut tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=48730-2008, OJ S 35, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 09/08.ADIF commissioned the construction of the Sagrera-Trinidad junction section, divided in two contracts, on the Madrid-Barcelona-French border high speed link. The Sagrera contract has been awarded to CorsᮭCorviam for EUR67.9 million and a time frame of 19 months. The Sant Andreu contract has been awarded to Acciona Infraestructuras and Copcisa for EUR177.4 million and a time frame of 28 months. The two contracts represent a length of 4.24 km, running fully underground in a cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit www.corsan-corviam.es, www.acciona.es and www.copcisa.com 12/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 3rd June, 2008 for support to the construction management and follow-up of safety measures during construction of the tunnels on the Sants-La Roca del Valles and Riudellots-Figueras sections. These two sections include four TBM-built tunnels to cross Barcelona, Monteada and Girona stretching for a total of 10.6 km, eight tunnels built by conventional methods, stretching for a total of 13.6 km, seven cut-and-cover tunnels stretching for 4.3 km, and four false tunnels stretching for a total of 2.1 km. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=104690-2008, OJ S 77, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 18/08.Sener and KV Consultores scooped a EUR2.2 million contract for work inspection of the 5 km Sarria de Ter-Sant Julia de Ramis section, which includes the 3,042 m Sarria tunnel and the 475 m Montagut tunnel. Visit www.sener.es and www.kvconsultores.es 24/08.Geoconsult España won a EUR3.6 million contract for support to the construction management and follow-up of safety measures during construction of the tunnels on the Sants-La Roca del Vallès and Riudellots-Figueras sections. These two sections include four TBM-built tunnels to cross Barcelona, Monteada and Girona stretching for a total of 10.6 km, eight tunnels built by conventional methods, stretching for a total of 13.6 km, seven cut-and-cover tunnels stretching for 4.3 km, and four false tunnels stretching for a total of 2.1 km. Visit www.geoconsult.es 38/08.

Contract, value EUR7.4 million, awarded to jv of Sener, GPO and Inocsa for general work supervision at La Sagrera high speed train station in Barcelona. A second EUR7.3 million contract was awarded to a jv of Auding, Ayesa and Cicsa to supervise station construction. A third EUR5.8 million contract went to a jv of SGS Tecnos, Idom, Euro Geotecnica and Applus Norcontrol to supervise construction of the 220 m-long covered access from Puente de Bac de Roda to the station and a 780 m-long section from the station to the triangle railyard. All contract values exclude VAT. For project history since 1998 visit tunnelbuilder archive es/20. More from www.sener.es and www.adif.es. 38/10.