Thames Water has awarded AMEC a GBP28 million contract to construct a 4.5 km-long 2.85 m-diameter concrete-lined tunnel will run from an existing shaft at Thames Water's reservoir site in Stoke Newington and join the Ring Main at the New River Head pumping station in Finsbury. The geology will consist of varying ground conditions, ranging from London clay to Thanet sands. AMEC will use a Lovat EPB TBM to tunnel under Highbury and Islington, crossing under six London Underground tunnels, five Network Rail tunnels, a canal tunnel and two major sewers. The contract involves also the sinking of two 50 m-deep launch and reception shafts for the TBM. Detailed design begins immediately with work on site scheduled to start in July this year. Completion is planned for spring 2010. The project forms part of a GBP90 million strategic improvement to the Ring Main, which also includes the construction of a new tunnel from the Honour Oak reservoir in Forest Hill to Brixton. Visit www.lovat.com, www.amec.com and www.thames-water.com 06/07.Morgan Est has been awarded a GBP38 million contract by Thames Water to design, construct and commission a 4.9 km tunnel in south London. The tunnel will extend the Thames Water Ring Main from an existing shaft in Brixton to a new pump out shaft at Honor Oak Reservoir. The tunnelled extension and provision of a new pump out facility at Honour Oak includes associated mechanical, electrical, instrumental, control and automation works. Work on site is due to start in March 2007 and will be completed in March 2010. Visit www.morganest.com and www.thames-water.com 07/07.

Periodic information notice, deadline 25th August, 2005 for design and construction of the Brighton and Hove wastewater treatment project, including mainly a wastewater treatment works and sludge recycling centre at Peacehaven, a new 11 km underground sewer from Black Rock in Brighton to the new waste treatment works, a new 2.5 km-long sea outfall at Friars' Bay (Peacehaven), two underground pumping stations at Marine Drive in Brighton and Portobello waste treatment works at Telscombe Cliffs, and underground shafts at Brighton Marina. The 11 km tunnel would be 2.4 m in diameter and constructed using TBMs between 45 m and 7 m below ground level. The TBMs would construct the new sewer in four distinct phases: from Ovingdean shaft to Portobello pumping station, from Ovingdean shaft to Marine Drive pumping station, from the new wastewater treatment works site to Portobello pumping station and from the new wastewater treatment works site to Friars' Bay. Geology is chalk. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=142017-2005, OJ S 142, or contact Southern Water, Worthing, fax +44 2903272047. E-mail james.may@southernwater.co.uk. Also visit www.southernwater.co.uk. Read E-News Weekly 31/2004. 33-34/05.

  Negotiated procedure, deadline 7th May, 2004 for design and build of a high voltage electricity cable tunnel between Beddington and Rowdown 400 kV substations. Route length of approximately 10 km. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=046754-2004, OJ S 54, or contact National Grid Company, Leeds, fax +44 1132908074/5. E-mail shelagh.graham@uk.ngrid.com or visit www.nationalgrid.com 14/04.Preinformation notice for design, manufacture, install, test and commission of a high voltage electricity cable tunnel between the 400 kV Beddington and Rowdown substations. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=128363-2004, OJ S 148, or contact National Grid Company, Leeds, fax +44 1132908074/5. E-mail slegagh.graham@uk.ngrid.com 35/04.Morgan Est has signed a GBP60 million contract with National Grid for the design, build and commission of a new 10 km cable tunnel between Beddington and Rowdown in the London Boroughs of Sutton and Bromley respectively. It is expected that the work will begin no earlier than August this year with the design work starting immediately. The project is due to be completed in January 2011. Visit www.morganest.com 06/06.Kellogg, Brown and Root will be in charge of the design, project and site management for the construction of the 10 km-long high voltage electricity cable tunnel between Beddington and Rowdown substations. Click uk/47. Visit www.halliburton.com/kbr 16/06.

  Construction of 10.5 km of tunnelled sewer is planned through the Belfast Catchment Area. The GBP100 million seven-year plan is designed to modernise Belfast's ageing sewerage system. It aims to improve the current sewerage system and reduce the pollutant load on the River Lagan and its tributaries by 85%. The exact route of the 4 m-diameter tunnel through the city centre is still to be finalised, and will be influenced by the geology, availability of sites for tunnel shafts and other logistical constraints. It will snake its way through the city centre from Glenmachan Street near the M1 to a pumping station at Belfast Wastewater Treatment Works in Duncrue Street near the M2. Also included is 19 km of new sewers, 26 stormwater tanks and the repair of 800 sewers.In July 2003, a consortium of Atkins and Amec was awarded the commission to provide project management and construction services for this project. The entire project will take almost seven years to complete and work will start before this summer, with tunnelling work planned to start 18 months later. Visit www.atkinsglobal.com and www.amec.com 09/04.Prior information notice for design and construction of civil, mechanical and electrical/instrumentation works including approximately 10.4 km of tunnelled sewers with diameters ranging from 1.2 to 4 m within the Belfast urban area. Start of work scheduled for January 2006. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=111862-2004, OJ S 131, or contact Department for regional development of Northern Ireland, Belfast, fax +44 2890354822. E-mail devadmin@waterni.gov.uk 30/04.Restricted procedure, deadline 6th October, 2004 for design and construction of civil, mechanical, electrical/instrumentation works, including approximately 9.5 km of tunnelled sewers with diameters ranging from 1.5 m to 4 m, access shafts, a terminal pumping station shaft, a storm screening facility, an outfall, and a new storm tank. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=142161-2004, OJ S 164, or contact Department for Regional Development for Northern Ireland, Belfast, fax +442890354822. E-mail malcom.brassey@atkinsglobal.com 36/04.Northern Ireland Water Service has awarded the stormwater management works contract, a three-year, GBP91.8 million scheme to upgrade Belfast's sewerage system, to Morgan Est and Farrans Construction. The scope of the contract includes the design, construction, testing and commissioning of 3.8 km 4 m ID tunnel (segmental) to be constructed using an EPB Lovat TBM in one drive; 3.8 km 2.4 m ID tunnel (segmental) to be constructed using an EPB Lovat TBM in several drives (main drive of 2.6 km, plus four connecting tunnels ranging in length from 160 m to 470 m); 1.3 km 1.95 m ID tunnel (pipejack) to be constructed using an EPB Lovat TBM (six drives), 170 m to 290 m in length; and 0.53 km 1.5 m ID tunnel (pipejack) to be constructed using either EPB or slurry TBM (two drives). Visit www.lovat.comThe contract, under the city centre to the Duncrue wastewater treatment works, also involves the construction of 20 segmental shafts for tunnel/sewer access varying in size from 6 m to 17.5 m up to 30 m deep, six bored shafts for side entry access to sewer, 1.6 m ID 12 to 30 m to invert level; a pumping station shaft, 37 m ID 36 m deep (the proposed construction technique is diaphragm wall down to rockhead, excavation and SCL lining in sandstone); a 16 cu m/sec pumping station housed inside a 40 m-diameter underground structure; a 18 cu m/sec stormwater screens facility (drum type); a 18 cu m/sec outfall diffuser structure; two stormwater tanks providing 6,000 cu m storage capacity; and ten connections to ex overflow structures. Visit www.morganest.com, www.farrans.com and www.waterni.gov.ukThe ground conditions consist of drift deposits (sleech, alluvial clay and glacial till) overlying Sherwood sandstone. Sub vertical dyke intrusions of dolerite exist within the sandstone. Majority of tunnelling work will be carried out within the glacial till, with some lengths of the 4 m and 2.4 m tunnels encountering sandstone.The modernisation of the city's sewerage system, which supports 250,000 people in the greater Belfast area, will result in improvements to both the water quality of the River Lagan and other watercourses. Flooding within Belfast city will also be reduced. Morgan Est is due to start work on the project this month and will take three years to complete. The engineer and planning supervisor is Atkins. The designer for the JV is Underground Professional Services and WDR & RT Taggart. Visit www.atkins.com and www.wdr-rt-taggart.com 37/06.

  Invitation to prequalify, deadline 15th August, 2003 for design and construction of the Glendoe hydro power scheme near Fort Augustus in north Scotland. Potential tenderers are invited to prequalify separately for civil works and mechanical & electrical works. Underground structures in the project include a power station in underground cavern close to the south east corner of the Loch Ness, a 8.5 km unpressurized aqueduct tunnel and a 8.5 km headrace pressure tunnel. Tunnels around 4 m in diameter. Aggressive hard rock with high quartz content. Hard rock TBM excavation and/or drill/blast. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=119024-2003, OJ S 132, or contact Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), Perth, fax +44 1738456255. E-mail grant.mcpherson@scottish-southern.co.uk. More info in E-News Weekly 20/2003. 30/03.The two civil contractors shortlisted by Scottish & Southern Energy for the final tender stage are Morgan EST / Skanska and Hochtief. A decision on the successful M&E tenderers is due shortly. The client is looking for submissions of a complete design and build contract with the M&E suppliers combining with one of the two remaining civil contractors. Contract award will hopefully occur in late 2004. The Glendoe hydro power scheme near Fort Augustus in north Scotland includes a power station in underground cavern close to the south east corner of the Loch Ness, a 8.5 km unpressurized aqueduct tunnel and a 8.5 km headrace pressure tunnel. Tunnel diameter will be 4 m approximately. Visit www.scottish-southern.co.uk 25/04.Hochtief is the preferred contractor selected by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) for the civil engineering works of the Glendoe hydro power scheme in north Scotland. The scheme will be situated on the western edge of the Monadhliath mountains, east of Fort Augustus, and will involve the construction of a 35 m-high 1,000 m-long dam at the head of Glen Tarff, the building of the power station in a cavern deep inside Borlum Hill on the shore of Loch Ness, a 8.5 km unpressurised aqueduct tunnel and a 8.5 km headrace pressure tunnel. Tunnel diameter is 4 m approximately. The Scottish Executive gave its go-ahead to the project on 28th July, 2005. The Glendoe scheme will generate up to 100 MW of electricity. The overall cost is expected to be around GBP140 million. Full construction will start in the spring of 2006. The new scheme is likely to be generating electricity commercially from the winter of 2008/09. Visit www.hochtief.de, www.scottish-southern.co.uk and www.scotland.gov.uk 33-34/05.Poyry has been awarded an engineering contract by the Hochtief Glendoe joint venture for the detailed design and construction support of the new Glendoe hydropower scheme in Scotland. The total value of the contract is approximately EUR5 million. The contract is covering all engineering services for access roads, tunnels, dam, powerhouse cavern and intake structures. The Glendoe hydropower scheme comprises a catchment area with 19 intakes, a 35 m-high concrete-faced rockfill dam, a deep cavern powerhouse on the shore of Loch Ness and two 8.5 km tunnels. The construction phase has already started and is estimated to last over three years. The commissioning of the hydropower plant is envisaged to take place in autumn of 2008. Click uk/44. Visit www.poyry.com 27/06.

Restricted call for bids, deadline 4th July, 2003 for technical, operational and environmental engineering services for the Edinburgh airport rail link. The preferred option is the 1.6 km runway tunnel option, involving a new rail link from the west of Edinburgh Park, under the airport and runway, linking to the Dalmeny Chord. Also new train station under the airport. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=093299-2003, OJ S 104, or contact Transport Initiatives Edinburgh, Edinburgh, fax +44 131 7184271. E-mail richard.hudson@tiedinburgh.co.uk and ron.hardwick@edinburgh.gov.uk. Read E-News Weekly 8/2003. 24/03.Scott Wilson and Halcrow have been awarded a GBP1.2 million engineering contract to design the rail link to Edinburgh Airport. Two 1.6 km single-track tunnels will extend from the terminal building under the runway and the River Almond before surfacing to the east of Carlowrie Estate. The GBP505 million route will split into two at Carlowrie, with one heading to Glasgow and the other to Fife, allowing direct services to Edinburgh Airport from all over Scotland. A new low level station will also be constructed near the southeast corner of the airport terminal building. From there the new link will pass close to the existing Hilton Hotel before tunnelling under the A8 and rejoining the Edinburgh-Glasgow main line near Ratho. Work on the project is expected to begin in 2006 with transport chiefs hoping the Edinburgh Airport rail link will open in 2010. Read E-News Weekly 8/2003. Visit www.scottwilson.com and www.halcrow.com 08/04.Restricted procedure, deadline 7th October, 2005 for technical support and design services for the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL). The 16 km double-track line would include 2.6 km of twin tunnel as part of the runway tunnel option and a station within the tunnel near the south east corner of the airport terminal building. This option would connect at its western and eastern extremities with the Edinburgh to Glasgow (E&G) line via a new railway between Winchburgh and Edinburgh Park Station with the alignment passing under the airport runway. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=161986-2005, OJ S 162, or contact tie Ltd, Edinburgh, fax +44 1316228301. E-mail shirley.mushet@tie.ltd.uk. Also visit www.earlproject.com and read E-News Weekly 12/2003 & 8/2003. 36/05.Restricted procedure, deadline 14th October, 2005 for geotechnical consultancy for the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=161985-2005, OJ S 162, or contact tie Ltd, Edinburgh, fax +44 1316228301. E-mail shirley.mushet@tie.ltd.uk 36/05.

Mott MacDonald appointed to provide design services for Crossrail route one, the first phase of the £6 billion project. Design work includes services for all tunnels and underground stations for line 1 as well as for surface railways to the east. Line one will run from east to west linking Heathrow to Paddington then to Liverpool street in the City, with branches to Stratford and the Docklands. It includes 9 km twin tunnels starting west of Paddington station, with new deep stations at Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road and Farringdon. Construction to begin in 2006. Visit www.crossrail.co.uk and www.mottmac.com 24/02. Jacobs Engineering Group will provide design services, risk assessment, and preliminary costing for approximately 18 stations and 56 km of track west of Paddington, including buildings, track, bridges, tunnels, and all civil works. The scheme will require a twin 9 km tunnel between Paddington and Liverpool Street. Visit www.crossrail.co.uk and www.jacobs.com 32/02. Periodic information notice, deadline 15th February, 2003 for engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works for Crossrail Line 1. Consultants will undertake civil, mechanical and electrical design services for the purpose of preparing a parliamentary bill and subsequently for the procurement of a design and build concession or concessions for the construction of line 1. The range skills required includes tunnel design expertise in the London environment, structural design capability for railway and highway bridges, stations, depots and other ancillary structures, trackwork and signalling design, electrification design, rolling stock design and telecom design. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=014507-2003, OJ S 18, or contact Cross London Rail Links Ltd, London, fax +44 20 74917703. E-mail henrysnow@crossrail.co.uk 06/03.The UK government has revealed that the cost of Crossrail had risen to up to £15 billion and that it would take more than a decade to build. Transport secretary Alistair Darling said the plan to build Crossrail could be delayed by a further round of public consultation. This would mean Crossrail would not be built before the 2012 Olympics, which could hold back a bid by Britain to host the event. The east-to-west link includes twin 9 km mainline rail tunnels under London linking Paddington and Liverpool Street stations. They would cost about £5 billion. Crossrail would also include two branches east of Liverpool Street to Stratford and Docklands, with options to take the lines on to Ebbsfleet and Shenfield. The Department for Transport refused to say why the costs had grown by almost 50% but the Treasury is treating estimates with great scepticism after being forced to fund huge cost overruns on the Jubilee Line extension and the Channel Tunnel rail link. Visit www.crossrail.co.uk 19/03.Geotechnical Consulting Group has pocketed a £500,000 contract to undertake civil, mechanical and electrical design services. Visit www.gcg.co.uk and www.crossrail.co.uk 39/03.Restricted procedure, deadline 27th September, 2005 for requests to participate in the competition for a development manager for the design development phase of Crossrail. An outline scheme has been prepared and the project is now entering the design development phase. Details of the scheme are available at http://billdocuments.crossrail.co.uk. Crossrail's east-west line includes 9 km twin bored tunnels between Paddington and Liverpool street and six underground stations. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=161087-2005, OJ S 161, or contact Cross London Rail Links, London, fax +44 2071508804. E-mail contract1194@crossrail.co.uk. Read E-News Weekly 9/2005. 35/05.Restricted procedure, deadline 13th October, 2005 for requests to participate in the competition for multi-disciplinary consultancy services (four lots). The four packages will be: Package 1 - Surface West and North East (works on and about existing railway infrastructure); Package 2 - Central West (new tunnels and subsurface stations); Package 3 - Central East (new tunnels and subsurface stations); Package 4 - South East (new tunnels and stations and works on or about operational railway). Crossrail's east-west line includes 9 km twin bored tunnels between Paddington and Liverpool street and six underground stations. Details of the scheme are available at http://billdocuments.crossrail.co.uk. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=172086-2005, OJ S 173, or contact Cross London Rail Links, London, fax +44 2071508804. E-mail CEcontract1194@crossrail.co.uk. Read E-News Weekly 9/2005. 38/05.Restricted procedure, deadline 14th October, 2005 for technical consultancy for assessing and providing advice on CLRL's engineering proposals for the development of the Crossrail infrastructure including the planned approach to construction, the treatment of related environmental matters, and making proposals for the consideration of alternative approaches; identifying potential cost saving and risk mitigation measures; considering CLRL's programme for the development phase of Crossrail, including the allocation of resources and related costs and advising on progress against the timetable and expenditure against budget. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=173033-2005, OJ S 174, or contact Cross London Rail Links, London, fax +44 2079448440. E-mail andrea.clarke@dft.gsi.gov.uk 38/05.Bechtel received a GBP6.7 million contract to be the development manager for the design development phase of Crossrail. Read E-News Weekly 9/2005. Visit www.bechtel.com 09/06.Arup and Atkins have secured the design contract (lot 2) for Crossrail's Central West branch (new tunnels and subsurface stations). Visit www.arup.com and www.atkinsglobal.com 28/06.Mott MacDonald has been appointed for the design of the Central East branch (lot 3, new tunnels and subsurface stations). Visit www.mottmac.com 28/06.Halcrow will be responsible for the design of the South East branch from Stepney Green through to the eastern terminus at Abbey Wood (lot 4). Comprising a mixture of underground and surface running and with a minimum of three stations, the section includes the major underground Isle of Dogs station at Canary Wharf, three portals and six intermediate shafts. Visit www.halcrow.com 28/06.The new consultants will join Crossrail's existing development team which is led by Bechtel and already includes Scott Wilson Railways and Taylor Woodrow. Crossrail's east-west line includes 9 km twin bored tunnels between Paddington and Liverpool street and six underground stations. Read E-News Weekly 14/2006, 15/2005, 9/2005, 44/2004, 34/2004, 14/2004, 45/2003, 38/2003, 26/2003 & 9/2003. Visit www.crossrail.co.uk 28/06.Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 16th May, 2008 for the appointment of a delivery partner or partners (two separate lots). Lot 1 concerns a programme delivery partner in order to fulfil CLRL’s obligations under the enabling legislation to safely deliver the overall programme, to time, to the desired quality and within the forecast outturn cost. Lot 2 concerns a project delivery partner responsible on a day to day basis for the delivery of the central tunnel section of the programme and its constituent contracts, to time, to the desired quality and within the forecast outturn cost, while fulfilling CLRL's obligations under the enabling legislation. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=88136-2008, OJ S 65, or contact Cross London Rail Links, London, tel. +44 2030239504. E-mail contract2072@crossrail.co.uk 15/08.Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 12th May, 2008 for Crossrail design consultant frameworks.The frameworks will be used for development of the design for Crossrail to a pre-construction design status; specialist studies and technical support to CLRL; detailed design arising from changes during construction; and checking of contractor's design during construction. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=89463-2008, OJ S 66, or contact Cross London Rail Links, London, tel. +44 2030239504. E-mail contract2073@crossrail.co.uk 15/08.Negotiated procedure, deadline 19th September, 2008 for Crossrail enabling works, advance works civils framework. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=202669-2008, OJ S 150, or contact Cross London Rail Links Ltd, London, tel. +44 2030239504. Click here. Visit www.crossrail.co.uk 34-35/08.Cross London Rail Links (CLRL) has announced the names of companies and consortia bidding to become delivery partner, programme partner, and for design framework agreements for the GBP16 billion Crossrail scheme.For programme partner, to manage the overall scheme, the four shortlisted bidders are: Legacy 3 - a joint venture between Parsons Brinckerhoff and Balfour Beatty Management; Bechtel/Halcrow/Systra joint venture; Transcend - a joint venture between Aecom, CH2M Hill and Nichols Group; and Mouchel.For delivery partner, to manage the central London tunnelled sections, the five shortlisted bidders are:Legacy 3 - a joint venture between Parsons Brinckerhoff and Balfour Beatty Management; Bechtel/Halcrow/Systra joint venture; Laing O'Rourke Holdings; Flare - a joint venture between Fluor, Ove Arup and E C Harris; and a joint venture between Capita Symonds and NNN.Fifteen companies are also bidding for design framework agreements: Aedas Group; Atkins; BDP; Capita Symonds; a joint venture between Faber Maunsell and Gifford; Halcrow; Hyder Consulting; Jacobs Engineering; Mott MacDonald; Mouchel; Ove Arup & Partners International; Parsons Brinckerhoff; Scott Brownrigg; Scott Wilson Railways; and WSP UK. Visit www.crossrail.co.uk 36/08. Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 22nd October, 2008 for appointment of a project representative who will provide timely advice and assurance that the project is delivering the Sponsors' requirements within the budgeted parameters of cost, time and quality. The Sponsors are a joint team of the Department for Transport and Transport for London. Click here. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=246396-2008, OJ S 186, or contact Department for Transport, London, fax +44 2079442177. E-mail christopher.clark@dft.gsi.gov.uk 40/08.Negotiated procedure, deadline 01.12.2008, for Works and Services contract(s) that may be awarded in connection with the Tottenham Court Road Station Upgrade Project, during a period of 18 months to April 2010. Visit click here, OJ S 208 and contact London Underground Limited, Mr John P Corcoran, fax (44) 20 31 02 54 01, e-mail: john.corcoran@tube.tfl.gov.uk More at www.tube.tfl.gov.uk 45/08.

Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 15.12.2009, for construction of access shafts and station tunnels at Liverpool Street (Lot 1) and Whitechapel (Lot 2) using SCL methods. Lot 1, contract 500, duration 47 months. Lot 2, contract 510, duration 37 months. Contact Crossrail Ltd, 25 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, UK-London E14 5LQ. Further information, specs and docs from www.crossrail.bravosolution.co.uk, where tenders must be sent. Visit tunnelbuilder archive uk/40 for project history and, for this tender, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=312074-2009. 46/09.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 24.03.2010, for construction of Lot 310, Drive H, Thames Tunnel comprising twin 2.6 km-long, 6.2 m-diameter bored tunnels from Plumstead portal to North Woolwich portal and all associated works. Contract duration 47 months. Express interest and complete pre-qualification questionnaire at e-sourcing portal www.crossrail.bravosolution.co.uk. For project history over the last eight years visit tunnelbuilder archive uk/40. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=047969-2010. 07/10.

Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 25.06.2010, for Contract 350 construction of main civil works at Pudding Lane portal of Crossrail. Further information, specs and docs from https://crossrail.bravosolution.co.uk where tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Helpdesk tel +44 08000 112470, fax +44 2070 600-480 (or -490 outside UK). Contract duration 47 months. For project history over the last eight years visit tunnelbuilder archive uk/40. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=162987-2010. 23/10.

Award to Morgan Sindall of Rugby of Contract 350 construction of main civil works at Pudding Lane portal of Crossrail. Further information from https://crossrail.bravosolution.co.uk. Helpdesk tel +44 2032299100, e-mail helpdesk@crossrail.co.uk. Contract duration 47 months. For project history over the last eight years visit tunnelbuilder archive uk/40. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=160246-2011. 21/11.

Award to Dragados/Sisk JV of Contract C305 Lot 2 eastern running tunnels and to BAM Ferrovial Kier JV of Contract C300 Lot 1 western running tunnels. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=192991-2011. Award to BAM/Ferrovial/Kier JV of Contract C410 Bond Street and Tottenham Court Road station tunnels. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=192992-2011. Award to Balfour Beatty/Morgan Sindall/Alpine BeMo/Vinci Construction JV of Contract C510 Lot 1 Liverpool Street and Whitechapel station tunnels. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=192993-2011. Award to Vinci Construction of Contract C315 Connaught tunnel refurbishment and surface railway works. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=192994-2011. Award to Hochtief/Murphy JV of Contract C310 Thames tunnel and portals. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=192995-2011. Further information from https://crossrail.bravosolution.co.uk. Helpdesk tel +44 2032299100, e-mail helpdesk@crossrail.co.uk. For project history over the last eight years visit tunnelbuilder archive uk/40. 25/11.

Award to BFK JV of Contract C435 Farringdon main station works, tunnels, fit-out and M&E. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=075316-2012. Further information from Crossrail, tel +44 2032299100, e-mail helpdesk@crossrail.co.uk. For project history over the last ten years visit tunnelbuilder archive uk/40. 10/12.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 06.09.2013, for construction of Lot C530, Woolwich box and portal fit-out works. Contract duration 48 months, estimated value EUR86-115 million (GPB75-100 million) excluding VAT. Express interest and complete pre-qualification questionnaire at e-sourcing portal www.crossrail.bravosolution.co.uk. For project history over the last eight years visit tunnelbuilder archive uk/40. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=254640-2013. NUTS-Code UKJ. 31/13.

  Extensions to the Heathrow Express and the Piccadilly Line to Heathrow Airport have been approved by UK secretary of state for transport Stephen Byers. The Heathrow Express and the Piccadilly Line will be extended from the present Central Terminal Area at Heathrow to the proposed Terminal 5. Two 3.4 km single-track tunnels will be constructed for the Heathrow Express extension and two 3.5 km single-track tunnels will be built for the Piccadilly Line extension. A new underground people mover will link the new terminal building with satellite buildings. Visit www.sra.gov.uk 14/02.Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 08.12.2008, for three-year assets and facilities maintenance contract for shafts and tunnels and other installations of the Heathrow Express railway. Estimated value range EUR13.43 million to EUR19.7 million. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=293353-2008 Contact Mark Chestney, tel +44 2087 506600, e-mail hex@halcrow.com 46/08.

  Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Authority has decided on a new $140 million two-lane, immersed tube tunnel beneath the River Tyne to be financed, designed, built and operated by a private consortium. The new tunnel will effectively dual the existing A19, one of the key economic corridors in the North-East of England. Tenders will be issued in late-2003 and work is expected to begin in May, 2004 for an opening in December, 2006. More from bompr@compuserve.com or visit www.arup.com 25/01. Bid submitted by the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority to build a new £139 million Tyne tunnel. Public inquiry expected to be held in the autumn of 2002. If the scheme is approved, the new 1.6 km tunnel could be open by 2007. Immersed tube technique plus cut-and-cover. Visit www.twpta.gov.uk/ntc/index.htm 23/02.Preinformation notice for design, build and finance of a new vehicular tunnel between north and south Tyneside, all approach roads and associated works. Also operation and maintenance of the new tunnel, the existing vehicular tunnel and the existing pedestrian/cycle tunnels. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214500-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Authority, Newcastle, fax +44 1912116099. E-mail paul.fenwick@newcastle.gov.uk. Visit www.twpta.org.uk 02/04.Restricted procedure, deadline 3rd February, 2004 for construction-related highway services including new construction, improvements, refurbishments, traffic management, repairs and maintenance. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=002056-2004, OJ S 3, or contact Council of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle, fax +44 1912115909. E-mail john.ramsay@newcastle.gov.uk or jean.jarvis@newcastle.gov.uk 03/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 7th May, 2004 for design, build, finance, operation and maintenance of a new immersed tube tunnel, all approach roads and associated works. Also includes the upgrading of ventilation, communications, signing and emergency escapes in the 1,645 m-long existing tunnel as well as operation and maintenance of the existing tunnel and the existing pedestrian/cycle tunnels. DBFO contract expected to be awarded in autumn 2005. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=046374-2004, OJ S 54, or contact Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Authority, Newcastle, fax +44 1912116099. E-mail paul.fenwick@newcastle.gov.uk. Visit www.newtynecrossing.info 13/04.The four prequalified bidders for the second Tyne crossing are Balfour Beatty; John Laing; Bouygues; and a joint venture of Mowlem / Nuttall / Vinci. The four are now on the shortlist for the next stage of the procurement process. The project is to build a new 1.6 km immersed tunnel parallel to the existing crossing. The estimated capital cost is approximately GBP180 million at today's prices. Visit www.newtynecrossing.info 41/04.The Bouygues Travaux Publics-led consortium has been appointed preferred bidder designate for the New Tyne Crossing by the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority (TWPTA). The final 30-year concession contract to finance, design and construct a second vehicle tunnel alongside the existing Tyne tunnel and to operate and maintain all the tunnels (including the pedestrian and cycle tunnels) under the river, is expected to be signed in August this year. Bouygues beat the Balfour Beatty-led Connect North East consortium, which has been placed on stand-by should agreement not be reached with Bouygues. The Bouygues team includes Parsons Brinckerhoff, Wood Holmes Group, Hall Construction, Clancy Dowcra, Faber Maunsell, Insite Environments, Colas and Able UK. The New Tyne Crossing is a 1.5 km immersed tunnel and major and complex civil engineering project which will complete the dualling of the A19, a strategic road that links the North East's three largest conurbations. Click uk/36. Read E-News Weekly 6/2007, 5/2006, 44/2005, 34/2005 & 5/2003. Visit www.newtynecrossing.info, www.bouygues-construction.com, www.pbworld.com and www.fabermaunsell.com 17/07.After being named preferred bidder a few months ago, Bouygues Construction has signed the contract worth more than EUR500 million to build and operate the new Tyne crossing under-river tunnels in Newcastle. A concession operator named TT2 and made up of Bouygues Travaux Publics, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, HSBC Infrastructure Fund II and Bank of Scotland Corporate was selected to carry out the work, which is expected to take four years, followed by the operation of the tunnels. The contract includes the design and construction of a new tunnel, the renovation of the existing tunnel, financing and the operation of the whole system for 30 years (including the duration of the works). Visit www.newtynecrossing.info and www.bouygues-construction.comMotorway A19 that links Newcastle's north and south is a dual two-lane carriageway that narrows to one single lane in each direction in the tunnel. This bottleneck causes important disruptions. The new tunnel, which will duplicate the existing tunnel link, is 1,600 m long, whereof 360 m under the Tyne. For its crossing of the river, the tunnel will consist of 90 m-long precast concrete caissons. Bouygues proposed the TIMBY (standing for Tunnel IMmergé BouYgues) process developed by its engineers Pierre Longchamp, Philippe Autuori and Patrick Palbras in conjunction with Herrenknecht but the caissons will be built in the classical manner in a dry yard. Click here. The TIMBY concept has received in January this year the first innovation prize from the French federation for public works (FNTP). Visit www.fntp.fr/actualite/dp/DPinnovation26012007.pdfTyne & Wear Passenger Transport Authority (TWPTA) is to provide a subsidy of EUR160 million, HSBC Infrastructure Fund II, Bank of Scotland Corporate, and Bouygues Travaux Publics will provide EUR54 million in capital, and TT2 has contracted a EUR290 million senior debt loan from banks HSBC, Bank of Scotland Corporate and Natixis. Construction of the new tunnel, worth EUR355 million euros, will start first. When finished, all traffic will be diverted through the new tunnel while the existing tunnel is renovated and upgraded to current safety standards. Work is slated to commence in March 2008 for opening of the new tunnel and the renovated existing tunnel in December 2011. 49/07.In December, Arup has been appointed technical advisor during the construction phase which will see the existing Tyne tunnel double in capacity by introducing a new 1.6 km tunnel, including an immersed tube tunnel. The new tunnel will carry two lanes of southbound traffic while the existing tunnel will be converted to carry two lanes of traffic travelling northbound. Arup worked with the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Authority (TWPTA) for the last eight years to develop designs for the crossing and to help procure a concessionaire for the project. Construction of the new Tyne crossing is scheduled to begin next spring and take four years. Read E-News Weekly 4/2008. Click here. Visit www.arup.com and www.newtynecrossing.info 08/08.The contract to build the immersed tube section of Newcastle's GBP260 million Tyne tunnel has been awarded to specialist contractor Volker Stevin Marine by tunnel concessionaire TT2, a consortium led by French contractor Bouygues Travaux Publics. It handed Volker Stevin Marine the GBP16 million contract to manufacture, transport and submerse the tunnel units that will form the structure's 360 m immersed tube section. The contract involves the construction of four 90 m-long split sections of rectangular precast and reinforced concrete, which are 8.5 m by 15 m in size and altogether will require 14,400 cubic metres of concrete. The tunnel sections will be built in the dry dock before being floated down the Tyne adjacent to the existing tunnel where they are expected to be submerged in Autumn 2009. TT2 began preliminary works on the 1.6 km tunnel in April and is set to begin the cut-and-cover section of the structure this summer. The new Tyne crossing will run parallel to the existing Tyne tunnel between East Howdon on the north bank of the river Tyne and Jarrow on the south bank. The new tunnel will carry all southbound traffic, whilst the existing tunnel will carry all northbound traffic. Visit www.volkerstevin.co.uk and www.newtynecrossing.info 24/08.Meanwhile, consultant Halcrow has also been appointed to design the mechanical and electrical systems for the new Tyne crossing. The M&E design will include tunnel-related aspects of ventilation, fire and incident detection, fire suppression, traffic control, electrical supply arrangements, drainage and lighting. Visit www.halcrow.com 24/08.French-owned Bouygues Travaux Publics has appointed consultants HPR to design and manage the new Tyne crossing. The brief will include design coordination and designing components of the scheme, managing regulatory approvals and consents for the scheme, and design of highway works, the immersed tunnel, cut-and-cover tunnel approaches, bridges and buildings. The new Tyne crossing will deliver a second two-lane 1.6 km vehicle tunnel under the River Tyne to ease traffic congestion between East Howdon and Jarrow, and will complete the dualling of the A19 from its junction with the A1 in southeast Northumberland to north Yorkshire. The new tunnel is expected to open in 2010 and the refurbished existing tunnel complete in late 2011 to bring it up to modern safety standards. Construction costs are estimated at GBP260 million. Visit www.hprconsult.com and www.newtynecrossing.info 27/08.Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 26.01.2009, for asbestos removal and encapsulation works on caulking in central Newcastle tunnels owned by Nexus, the Tyne & Wear Passenger Transport Executive. Contract commencement 01.04.2009. Prequalification requirements, together with specs and docs, from Paul Claughton at Nexus, tel +44 19 1203 3355, e-mail paul.claughton@nexus.org.uk. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=336748-2008 01/09.

  Westminster, the final station on the Jubilee Line Extension, opened on 22nd December just in time to ferry members of Parliament to the Millennium Dome for the New Year celebrations. The line had been opening in sections since 14th May, 1999 and trains had been running along its full length since 20th November without stopping at Westminster. The new station extends 38.2 m below street level to service the JLE lines (which are stacked at this point) and interchanges with the existing Circle and District line. It has 17 escalators, two elevators and four fixed stairways from the JLE platforms to the ticket hall, and another two elevators and two staircases from the Circle and Disrict line. The station forms the foundation for Portcullis House, a new office block opposite Big Ben reputed to be the most expensive accommodation in London at $1.6 million/room. January 2000. The Crossrail and Chelsea-Hackney underground railway proposals have received a $200 million allocation to fund further design work, for which tenders will be invited soon. Administrators will be Sir Alastair Morton's Strategic Rail Authority and Mayor Livingstone's Transport for London, run by Bob Kiley. Both schemes have been on the back burner for years, with Crossrail having completed its final design in the early nineties. Mott MacDonald and Maunsell designed the Crossrail tunnels; Symons/Travers Morgan, Liverpool Street station; Babtie, Farringdon station; Mott MacDonald, Tottenham Court Road station; Halcrow, Bond Street station; and Benaim/Golder, Paddington station. Dr Sauer was NATM consultant. Halcrow had earlier completed the preliminary design for the Chelsea-Hackney line.Crossrail was kicked into touch in favour of the Jubilee Line Extension, a project subsequently consigned to the Chamber of Horrors on account of its time and cost overruns. Before Crossrail can be tendered, Messrs Morton and Kiley have to overcome the public resentment generated by the JLE debacle. In the meantime, they have briefs to remedy the infrastructural dereliction of both Railtrack and London Underground. With the best will in the world, they cannot do both, and Crossrail will be the inevitable loser. Visit www.dr-sauer.com 27/01.A team led by Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering including Balfour Kilpatrick for the mechanical and electrical works and Stent for ground improvement, has secured a GBP115 million contract. The scope of the work is predominantly below ground and comprises the construction of the Northern ticket hall adjacent to King's Cross main railway station. It includes construction and fitout of a three-storey concrete box which will provide improved access to the Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines via new escalators and accessible lifts. Fitout works include both architectural finishes and the installation of a full range of building services.Mobilisation has already started and work will start in the summer. The works will be undertaken without impeding the station's 80 million annual passengers. Partial completion of the works in 2008 will allow access for Network Rail to proceed with the redevelopment of the mainline station. When finished in 2011, the station is estimated to be handling 92,000 passengers during the daily morning peak. Works at both the underground and mainline stations will be completed for the 2012 Olympics. Visit www.balfourbeatty.com 23/06.The Morgan Est / Beton- und Monierbau joint venture (MBJV) has been awarded a GBP55 million programme of tunnelling works by Metronet Rail to provide additional underground pedestrian links at King's Cross station. The tunnelling works form part of the new Northern ticket hall that will link the metro station to the King's Cross and St Pancras main line stations and the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link terminus at St Pancras. The contractors will build over 300 linear metres of tunnels ranging from 4 metres to 9.5 metres in diameter. These will then connect and provide passengers with new underground links from the Northern ticket hall to the deep-level Piccadilly, Northern and Victoria lines. The works will also include the construction of stairways, escalator shafts and an elevator shaft which will provide lifts for the mobility impaired within the underground station. The project involves building new works underneath King's Cross main line station and adjacent to St Pancras Chambers, which are Grade I listed, and the Great Northern Hotel, which is Grade II listed. The tunnelling project is due for completion in spring 2008. View schematic here. Read E-News Weekly 23/2006. Visit www.morganest.com and www.bemo.net 23/06.Negotiated call for bids, deadline 4th February, 2008 for the Victoria station upgrade, comprising civil engineering, fit-out and services installations for a new subsurface Northern ticket hall, for extension to existing subsurface Southern ticket hall, new subsurface tunnels to provide access to existing platforms, and other minor works. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=7696-2008, OJ S 7, or contact London Underground Ltd, London, fax +44 2079183800. E-mail chris.eaglen@tube.tfl.co.uk 05/08.Negotiated procedure, deadline 03.11.2008, for design, supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of integrated distributed control system (TCCS) for cooling and ventilation equipment for a number of ventilation shafts and stations on the London Underground system, value STG4 million, duration of contract 48 months. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=260596-2008, OJ S 197. Contact Julian Frost at LUL, julian.frost@tube.tfl.gov.uk More at www.tfl.gov.uk 44/08.Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 20.02.2009, for repair and maintenance services of underground installations operated by Metronet. Five year overall value of contracts ranges from EUR517 million to EUR595 million. Companies expressing interest will be sent a prequalification questionnaire. Further information from Alan Chowles at Metronet, tel +44 2070 384504, e-mail TPSInfo@metronetrail.com. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=008978-2009 03/09.