Final tunnel in a series constructed along the Val d’Aosta to complete motorway link from Torino to the Mont Blanc tunnel awarded to jv of Impregilo and CMB. Twin 3 km tubes will have carriageway widths of 8.5 m. October 1999.

  Initial design for 3.5 km single tube tunnel between Mezzolombardo and La Rupe in the autonomous province of Trento-Higher Adige. Exploratory/service tunnel to be driven at 4.8 m-diameter on parallel alignment in about one year’s time, probably using roadheader in dolomite. Expect invitation to tender for main tunnel in 2002. October 1999.   Restricted invitation to tender for excavation of 4.8 m-diameter investigation tunnel in dolomite for 3.5 km-long Mezzolombardo road tunnel. Contact PAT in Trento, fax +39 046 123 7737. Notice appeared 8th February, 2001 in European Gazette and at http://ted.eur-op.eu.int 08/01.  Excavation of 3.7 km-long pilot tunnel started early March by a jv of Giolai Costruzioni and De.Mo.Ter, east of Mezzolombardo between north Trento and Rocchetta. Outer diameter of 5.2 m and inner diameter of 4.9 m. South portal is located nearby Rupe and north portal next to the crossroads between provincial road 64 'Fai della Paganella' and SS 43 in Val di Non. The contractors are using a Wirth TBM. Design by Studio Geoingegneria. Completion expected in September 2002. Tenders for the main tunnel to be invited in 2003. Visit www.wirth-europe.com 36/02.Open call for tenders, deadline 22nd January, 2004 for design and build contract for the Trento north-Rocchetta road link, section Zambana Vecchia-connection with trunk road SS 43 to Fai della Paganella. Includes the Rupe tunnel, a 3,710 m-long single-tube tunnel, whereof 500 m will be bored in Ladin dolomites, 400 m in clay, 350 m in Raibl dolomites and 2,460 in main dolomites. Cross section: 155 m², width: 14.2 m and height: 8.4 m. A 5 m-diameter pilot tunnel has been excavated parallel to the future tunnel and will be used as an emergency tunnel when the new tunnel opens. Excavation cost: €33 million. Financing by Trento province. Time frame: 1,200 days from awarding date. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=186505-2003, OJ S 207, or contact Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Trento, fax +39 0461496460. E-mail rita.pancher@provincia.tn.it 47/03.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 28th September, 2005 for safety coordination during construction, measurements and operating management for the Trento north-Rocchetta roadway, section Zambana Vecchia-connection with road SS 43 to Fai della Paganella. The project includes the 3,710 m-long Mezzolombardo single-tube tunnel, whereof 500 m will be bored in Ladin dolomites, 400 m in clay, 350 m in Raibl dolomites and 2,460 in main dolomites. Cross section: 155 sq m. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=145944-2005, OJ S 146, or contact Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Trento, fax +39 0461496460. 35/05.The contract to design and build the 3,710 m-long Mezzolombardo single-tube tunnel on the Trento north-Rocchetta roadway, section Zambana Vecchia-connection with road SS 43 to Fai della Paganella, has been awarded to Collini, Cossi Costruzioni and IN.CO Ingegneri Consulenti, for EUR59.8 million. A pilot tunnel has already been bored. Click it/27. Visit www.cossi.com, www.incospa.it and www.provincia.tn.it/informa/bandi 35/05.Green light given by the technical committee for public works to construction of section Zambana Vecchia-Connection with road SS 43 to Fai della Paganella on the North Trento-Rocchetta section in Trento province. The project has been modified to include a twin bored tunnel in Mezzolombardo under Mount Corno, while only a single bored tunnel was planned initially. Work to start on 12th April for a duration of 1,250 days. The tunnel is also named Rupe.The north tunnel to Valle di Non is 3,633 m long (1,338 metres straight, 1,386 metres in curves and 908 metres of gradual change from straight to curved alignment). The south tunnel to Trento is 3,655 m long (1,436 metres straight, 1,409 of curves and 808 metres of gradual change from one type to the other). Maximum gradient of 1.63% in both tunnels. In view of the second bore added to the bypass, construction will cost EUR84,357,000. Tunnelling cost, including the cross passages between the two bores, iwill amount to EUR5,700 per metre. Click it/27. 15/06.A JV formed by Scetauroute, Presents, ATA Engineering, Studio Geo-Ingegneria and Stain Engineering received a EUR2.6 million contract for safety coordination during construction, measurements and operating management for the Trento north-Rocchetta roadway, section Zambana Vecchia-connection with road SS 43 to Fai della Paganella. The project includes a twin-tube tunnel under Monte Corno in Mezzolombardo, lengths of 3,633 m and 3,655 m. Click it/27. Visit www.scetauroute.fr, www.presents.fr, www.atagroup.com and www.stain-web.com/index2.html 26/06.The tunnel is built by Collini and Cossi Costruzioni, using a Hitachi Zaxis 350 excavator equipped with hydraulic hammer (north tunnel) and an Atlas Copco H 175 jumbo in a first stage at the south tunnel (500 metres) before shifting to a modern WL3C drill rig. Visit www.atlascopco.com and www.hitachi-c-m.com/global/products/index.html 26/06.

  30-year concession to design, build and operate system based on 9.6 km, 7.3 m excavated diameter twin-track tube running west-east at a depth of up to 22 m with 15 stations. 6.5 km to be shield-driven and the section between Paradiso and the depot will be cut-and-cover. Connection to state railway at Porto Susa station. Tenders to be invited in 2000 for awards late-2000 and completion 2005. August 1999.   Systra/Geodata awarded $13 million management contract for 11 km system of which 9.6 km in tunnel with 15 underground stations, 12 of which should be cut-and-cover. Construction expected to commence early-2001. Metro system will be fully-automatic with driverless trains. For more information contact geodata@geodata.it January 2000. Open invitation to tender for construction of 2.35 km-long tunnel with five stations, deadline 11th December, 2000. Contact SATTI, fax +39 011 576 4340. Details in European Gazette or visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int November 2000.   Award of lot 3 of $320 million single-tube, twin-track first phase to jv led by Grassetto comprises 3.2 km bored tunnel with five stations and four service shafts. Lot 4 comprising 2.6 km bored tunnel with five stations and five shafts let to Fincosit/SELI. Three 7.7 m-diameter EPBs required before end-2001 to work at depths of 10-25 m erecting 300 mm-thick precast segmental lining. Phase 2 with 4.5 km of tunnel and seven stations, value $154 million, will bid soon for construction start March, 2002. Visit geodata@geodata.it 19/01.   Open invitation to tender, deadline 1st August, 2001, for construction of 2.5 km of line 1 tunnels with five stations. More from SATTI, fax +39 011 576 4340 or visit www.geodata.it 27/01.   Award of design contract for 4.6 km-long phase 2 of line 1 with seven stations between Porta Nuova and Lingotto to consortium of Systra, Geodata, Metropolitana Milanese and Studio Quaranta. Invitations to tender for construction, value $150 million, expected early-2002. Visit www.geodata.it 32/01.   Lot 5 on the Collegno-Porta Nuova stretch of Line 1 awarded to a jv of Grandi Lavori Fincosit, SELI, CCC, Rodio, Interstrade, and CO.GE.FA. for Euro79.4 million. Includes the construction of five stations at XVIII Dicembre, Porta Susa, Vinzaglio, Re Umberto, and Porta Nuova plus a TBM-driven 2.5 km double-track tunnel, six intermediate shafts, the TBM launch shaft, and a 75 m connecting portion between the latter and Principi d'Acaja station. Visit www.satti.it and www.metrotorino.it 46/01. Lovat reports an order received in November, 2001 from a jv of Grandi Lavori Fincosit and SELI for the design and manufacture of a large 7.77 m-diameter TBM to excavate 3.5 km of tunnel. Earlier in June, 2001, Lovat had received a first order from the Grandi Lavori Fincosit-SELI-Grassetto jv for a first TBM, of the same diameter, to bore a 3.85 km section. The two EPB TBMs Model RME306SE will be used on Line 1. They are equipped with fully hydraulic bi-directional, variable speed mixed ground cuttingheads. The geology consists of cobbles, gravel, sand, and fines. A precast segmental concrete lining will be installed and the tunnels will have an inner diameter of 6.9 metres and an outer diameter of 7.5 metres. Visit www.lovat.com, www.metrotorino.it and www.satti.it 03/02.The second Lovat EPB shield TBM, named 'Madama Cristina', has started its job on 19th February at Principi d'Acaja station on metro line 1 in Turin. Contractors Grandi Lavori Fincosit and SELI will drive 2.6 km of tunnel up to Pozzo Strada (lot 4). The 70 m-long machine weighs 700 tonnes and is equipped with a 7.77 m-diameter cutting head and 38 hydraulic jacks. It is identical to the first Lovat TBM, named 'Valentina', which started its job on lot 3 Fermi-Pozzo Strada in early October 2002. Visit www.lovat.com, www.metrotorino.it and www.satti.it. 09/03.Open call for tenders, deadline 9th May, 2005 for construction of Porta Nuova-Lingotto section of metro line 1. Includes a 94 m curved bored section and its launch shaft (shaft A), a 197 m cut-and-cover stretch, a 276 m nearly straight dual-track bored tunnel and its launch shaft (shaft B) and other associated works. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=047517-2005, OJ S 49, or contact Gruppo Torinese Trasporti, Turin, fax +39 01157643 or 0115592750. E-mail fortunato.v@gtt.to.it. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 11/2003 & 33/2002. 12/05.Lauro and Cogefa pocketed a EUR14.3 million contract to build a 94 m curved bored section and its launch shaft (shaft A), a 197 m cut-and-cover stretch, a 276 m nearly straight dual-track bored tunnel and its launch shaft (shaft B) and other associated works, as part of section Porta Nuova-Lingotto on Line 1. Visit www.cogefacostruzioni.it and www.cogefanet.com 37/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 24th July, 2006 for construction of section Marconi-Lingotto on Line 1 consisting of six stations (Marconi, Nizza, Dante, Carducci/Molinette, Spezia and Lingotto), five intermediate shafts, a 2.9 km dual-track tunnel to be excavated with an EPB TBM and other ancillary works. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=111651-2006, OJ S 104, or contact GTT, Turin, fax +39 0115764330 or 0115592750. E-mail fortunato.v@gtt.to.it 24/06.Maire Engineering and Ghella will build the Marconi-Lingotto section on Line 1 consisting of six stations (Marconi, Nizza, Dante, Carducci/Molinette, Spezia and Lingotto), five intermediate shafts, a 2.9 km dual-track tunnel to be excavated with an EPB TBM and other ancillary works. Visit www.maireengineering.it/maire.htm and www.ghellagroup.com 51-52/06.Open invitation to tender, deadline 22nd April, 2008 for detailed design and safety coordination during design of the Lingotto-Bengasi section of Turin's driverless automated line 1. This 1,880 m section will run in a single bore, TBM-built tunnel, 7.70 m outer diameter and 6.60 m inner diameter. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=54468-2008, OJ S 39, or contact GTT, Turin, fax +39 0115764330 or 0115592705. E-mail fornunato.v@gtt.to.it 10/08.A team of Systra, Geodata and Studio Quaranta scooped a EUR880,900 contract for the detailed design and safety coordination during design of the Lingotto-Bengasi section of Line 1 in Turin. This 1,880 m section will run in a TBM-built single bored tunnel, 7.70 m outer diameter and 6.60 m inner diameter. Click here. Visit www.systra.com, www.geodata.it and www.quaranta.to 30/08.

A JV of Sifel SpA/F.lli Ronco SpA from Spigno Monferrato (AL) secured the four year contract, value EUR6.9 million, for the electrical installations for the Porta Nuovo-Lingotto section, metro Turin. Visit www.gtt.to.it, www.fratellironco.it, www.sifelspa.com and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=141346-2009.23/09A JV of Coopsette Soc. Coop./Kopa Engineering Spa/Otis Spa/Otis Servizi Srl at Castelnovo Sotto (RE) was awarded the contract, value EUR28.5 million, for the completion of civil equipment on the Porta Nuova – Lingotto section, Line 1 metro Turin (Lot 3). Visit www.gtt.to.it www.coopsette.it www.kopaeng.it www.otis.com and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=141323-2009. 23/09

Invitation for expressions of interest, duration 3 years, for construction of Lingotto-Bengasi section of line 1 of Turin driverless metro. Estimated contract value EUR77.2 million, excluding VAT. Requests to participate in the first selection no later than 28.02.2011. Contact Infratrasporti.To SRL Torino, tel +39 01155927-11, fax -50, e-mail infrato@infrato.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=374759-2010. 51/10.

Infratrasporti TO. S.r.l. ,JV Seli (capogruppo mandataria)/Coopsette secured the contract for the construction of Lingotto-Bengasi section of line 1 of Turin driverless metro. The new underground section, length 1.9 km, double track, includes two stations and two shafts. It will be built with a TBM EPB.Contract value EUR 71.8million, excluding VAT. For further information contact Infratrasporti.To SRL Torino, tel +39 01155927-11, fax -50, e-mail infrato@infrato.it. Visit www.infrato.it, www.selitunnel.com and www.coopsette.it. 49/11

Seli/Coopsette JV secured the construction contract for the Lingotto-Bengasi section of line 1 of Turin driverless metro. The new twin-track 1.9 km-long underground section includes two stations and two shafts. An EPB TBM will be used for the tunnels. Contract value EUR 71.8 million, excluding VAT. For further information contact Infratrasporti.To SRL Torino, tel +39 01155927-11, fax -50, e-mail infrato@infrato.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=028534-2012. 05/12.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 09.07.2012, for safety and health coordination during the construction of Lingotto-Bengasi section of line 1 of Turin driverless metro and complementary services. Contract value EUR1,062,118.40 excluding VAT, duration 44 months. Contact Infratrasporti To Srl, Turino, tel +39 01155927-11, fax -50, e-mail infrato@infrato.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=154213-2012. 21/12.

The JV Geodata Engineering SpA - Ing. Luigi Quaranta - Ing. Maria Vania Abbinante of Torino secured the EUR796,588.80 contract, excluding VAT, for safety and health coordination during the construction of Lingotto-Bengasi section of line 1 of Turin driverless metro and complementary services. Contact Infratrasporti To Srl, Turin, tel +39 01155927-11, fax -50, e-mail infrato@infrato.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=090070-2013. 12/13.

The technical and legal meetings between Infra.To, the Turin company mandated to implement the Metro, and the JV Edilmaco/CCC, ranked third in the awarding process for the Lingotto-Bengasi section construction, ended in a positive way. CCC (Consorzio Cooperative Costruzioni) and Edilmaco, composed by Cogefa and Mattioda, took over the contract previously awarded to Seli/Coopsette. The new section involves the construction of two stations (Italia'61 - Piedmont Region and Bengasi), three ventilation shafts and a 1.9 km-long tunnel to be driven with TBM. The work will start in full swing in May for a three years duration. Commissioning of the underground is in 2017. Visit

http://www.infrato.it/oggetti/467_2014_02_10_comunicato%20ripresa%20lavori.pdf.

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Open invitation to tender, deadline 09.05.2016, for the design of line 2 of the Turin driverless metro. The 14.5km driveless line will connect Rebaudengo station in the North-East with Cimitero Parco  station in the South West. There are 24 stations, and the option for future extensions. The contract value is  EUR 6,68 million, excluding VAT. The time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents is until 04.05.2016. For further information contact Turin Municipality, att.n Eng. Giorgio Marengo, Turin, tel +39 011/01123241, fax +39 011/0113-3239, e-mail giorgio.marengo@comune.torino.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=80257-2016. Ref.n. 16/2016. 11/16.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 27.10.17, for the preventive verification of the executive design of the 1750 m section Fermi-Collegno Centro (Lot 1) on the western extension Collegno-Cascine Vica  of Line 1 in Turin. The contract value is  EUR366 429.77, excluding VAT. Duration of the contract is from  01/11/2017 to 30/04/2018. For further information contact Infratrasporti.To Srl, attn arch. Vanni Cappellato, Turin, tel +39 0115592711, fax +39 0115592750, email infrato@infrato.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=379779-2017. 40/17.

The joint venture between Geodata Engineering SPA/AI Studio SPA/Neosia Tecnimont SPA/Studium SAS, secured the EUR564,509.37 contract, excluding VAT, for the design of the 1750 m section Fermi-Collegno Centro (Lot 1) on the western extension Collegno-Cascine Vica  of Line 1 in Turin. The section will include new stations Certosa  and Collegno Centro. The first part of the section and the stations will be built using the cut & cover system while the last part of the section will be excavated using the traditional method. Contact Infratrasporti, TO Srl, attn arch. Vanni Cappellato, Turin, tel +39 0115592711, fax +39 0115592750, email infrato@infrato.itVisit  http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=333103-2017. Ref.n. 2017/S 062 -116861. 40/17.

The joint venture between Sifel SpA/Mont-Ele Srl/Ciemmeci Srl secured the EUR3.71 million contract, excluding VAT, for the electrical systems for HT, terminal, channel, HT and LT cables connected to the VAL System and for the carpentry gangways on the Lingotto-Bengasi Section  of Line 1 in Turin. Duration of the contract will be 486 days.  For further information contact Infratrasporti.To Srl, attn arch. Vanni Cappellato, Turin, tel +39 0115592711, fax +39 0115592750, email infrato@infrato.it. Visit  http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=333103-2017. Ref.n. INFRA.TO N. 3/2017. 40/17.

The joint venture Studio Oikos Srl/Res.nova Spa at Turin secured the EUR1.52 million contract, excluding VAT, for the maintenance of general but not system equipment on the Fermi-Lingotto Section  of Line 1 in Turin: stations, shafts and tunnels. For further information contact Gruppo Torinese Trasporti Spa, attn Dr.ssa Laura Malabaila, Turin, tel +39 0113044-312, fax +39 0113044-311, email infogare@gtt.to.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=194551-2018. Ref.n. 42/2016. 18/18.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 23.07.2018, for the construction and for the equipment of the Fermi-Collegno Centro section (Lot 1) on the western extension of Line 1 in Turin. The contract value is EUR 62.29 million, excluding VAT. The duration of the contract is 1260 days. For further information contact Infratrasporti.To Srl, attn arch. Vanni Cappellato, Turin, tel +39 0115592711, fax +39 0115592750, email infrato@infrato.it. Visithttp://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=260123-2018.

Ref.n. 1/2018. 25/18.

The joint venture between Astaldi and NBI secured the EUR61,69 million contract, excluding VAT, for the construction and to provide the equipment for the Fermi-Collegno Centro section (Lot 1) on the western extension of Line 1 in Turin. For further information contact Infratrasporti.To Srl, attn arch. Vanni Cappellato, Turin, tel +39 0115592711, fax +39 0115592750, email infrato@infrato.it.

Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=520221-2018.

Ref.n. 1/2018. 48/18.

The JV between ICI Italiana Costruzioni Infrastrutture (Rome), Monaco Spa (Rome), Aleandri SpA (Bari) and Gimac Holding Srl (Caserta) secured the EUR58.21 million contract, excluding VAT, for the construction and supply of equipment for the Fermi-Collegno Centro section (Lot 1) on the western extension of Line 1 in Turin. Contact Infratrasporti.To Srl, attn arch. Vanni Cappellato, Turin, tel +39 0115592711, fax +39 0115592750, email infrato@infrato.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=171343-2019.

Ref.n. 1/2018. 15/19.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 18.09.2019, for the construction of the Collegno Centro - Cascine Vica section (Lot 2) on the western extension of Line 1 in Turin. The contract value is EUR78.15 million, excluding VAT. The duration of the contract is 1200 days. For further information contact Infratrasporti.To Srl, attn arch. Vanni Cappellato, Turin, tel +39 0115592711, fax +39 0115592750, email infrato@infrato.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=297318-2019.

Ref. n. 6/2019. 26/19.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 12/11/2019, for coordination on safety and health during construction the Collegno Centro - Cascine Vica section (Lot 2) on the Collegno - Cascine Vica extension of Line 1 in Turin. The contract value is EUR 961 037.46, excluding VAT. The duration of the contract is 1470 days. For further information contact Infratrasporti.To Srl, attn arch. Vanni Cappellato, Turin, tel +39 0115592711, fax +39 0115592750, email infrato@infrato.it. For tender documents click here. Ref. n. 7/2019. 45/19.

The JVI ICI spa / Gimac Holding Srl secured the EUR71.54 million contract for construction of the Collegno Centro - Cascine Vica section (Lot 2) on the extension of metro Line 1 in Turin: 1650 m in tunnel with two new stations Leumann and Cascine Vica and a intecharge park. Click here for further tender information. 04/20.

The JV ICI Italiana Costruzioni Infrastrutture (Rome)/ GIMAC Holding (Caserta) secured the EUR 71.74 million contract, excluding VAT, for the construction of the Collegno Centro - Cascine Vica section (Lot 2) on the western extension of Line 1 in Turin. Contact Infratrasporti.To Srl, attn arch. Vanni Cappellato, Turin, tel +39 0115592711, fax +39 0115592750, email infrato@infrato.it. For further information please click here.Ref. n. 6/2019. 16/20.

The JV SYSTRA S.A.(capogruppo)/TECNIMONT CIVIL CONSTRUCTION S.P.A./ITALFERR S.P.A./SYSTRA-SOTECNI S.P.A./AI STUDIO – ASSOCIAZIONE PROFESSIONALE/SAS Ar.théme Associés/STUDIUM S.A.S. DI FRIDA OCCELLI from Rome secured the EUR3.34 million contract, excluding VAT, for the outline proposals of line 2 of the Turin driverless metro. The 14.5km driverless line will connect Rebaudengo station in the North-East with Cimitero Parco  station in the South West. There are 24 stations, and the option for future extensions. Contact Turin Municipality, att.n Eng. Giorgio Marengo, Turin, tel +39 011/01123241, fax +39 011/0113-3239, email giorgio.marengo@comune.torino.it.  For tender information please click here Ref.n. 16/2016. 42/17.

Awarded the contracts for the assistance to Infra.To. for the design of the metro equipment involving stations, tunnels and structures on the metro in Turin.  

• RTI  Stain Engineering Srl, Sint Ingegneria Srl and Ferro Studio Di Ingegneria Srl, value contract EUR1.14 million
• Siip S.R.L. Servizi Ingegneria Innovativa Personalizzati, value of the contract is EUR829,691.81 , excluding VAT;

Contact Infratrasporti.To Srl, attn Eng. Roberto Crova, Turin, tel +39 0115592711, email infrato@infrato.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=190103-2022. Ref. n. 64/2022. 15/22.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 11/11/2022, for the construction of electrical systems for high currents, terminals, new channels and line cables for low currents to complete the construction of the Collegno - Cascine Vica extension of Line 1 in Turin. For tender documents, please click here where tenders must be sent. The contract value is EUR 16.14 million, excluding VAT. The duration of the contract is 595 days. Contact Infratrasporti.To Srl, attn arch. Fabio Bolognesi, Turin, tel +39 0115592711, email infrato@infrato.it.  Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=554677-2022. 42/22. 

The JV ITS Controlli Tecnici SpA/Socotec Construction SaS secured the EUR 1.40 million contract, excluding VAT, for the preventive verification of the Rebaudengo-Politecnico section definitive design,  metro Line 2,  Turin.  Contact Città di Torino, attn Eng Giorgio Marengo, Turin,  tel +39 01101123169, email infrastrutture.mobilita@cert.comune.torino.it. Visit  http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=109496-2022. Ref.n. 89/2021. 09 /22. 

Open invitation to tender, deadline 30/07/2024, for the assignment of the Project Management Consulting (PMC) and design verification service to support the extraordinary commissioner of the Turin automatic metro Line 2. The contract includes integrated engineering services to support the Commissioner Prof. eng. Chiaia for project management aimed at managing tenders regarding the choice of system and rolling stock; the construction of civil works on the Rebaudengo-Porta Nuova section (Lot 1); the option for services for the subsequent Porta Nuova-Politecnico section (Lot 2). The first section of Turin metro Line 2 will be 9.7 km long with 13 stations and a completely underground workshop depot.

Click here for bid/tender documents and where tenders must be sent. Value of contract EUR16.13 million, excluding VAT.  Contact Extraordinary Commissioner for construction of Turin metro Line 2, attn Arch. Fabio Bolognesi, Turin, tel +39 11 5592711, email infrato@infrato.it. Visit https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/386128-2024, GU S 125. 27/24.

The Joint Venture Proger (leader), Rina Consulting, SIIP, Progeca, Rina Check and Bureau Veritas Italia secured the EUR 15 million contract, excluding VAT,  for the Project Management Consulting (PMC) and design verification service to support the extraordinary commissioner of the Turin automatic metro Line 2. The contract includes integrated engineering services to support the Commissioner Prof. eng. Chiaia for project management aimed at managing tenders regarding the choice of system and rolling stock; the construction of civil works on the Rebaudengo-Porta Nuova section (Lot 1); the option for services for the subsequent Porta Nuova-Politecnico section (Lot 2). The first section of Turin metro Line 2 will be 9.7 km long with 13 stations and a completely underground workshop depot.

Contact Extraordinary Commissioner for construction of Turin metro Line 2, attn Arch. Fabio Bolognesi, Turin, tel +39 11 5592711, email infrato@infrato.it. Visit https://infrato.it/  and https://www.proger.it. 46/24.

Seven tunnels totalling 3.4 km on the San Stefano di Magra-Aulla-Chiesaccia line awarded to Pizzarotti. Excavation through clay, flysch and alluvia using shotcrete, steel arches and forepoling. Six tubes are twin-track at 65m2 and seventh is single-track at 31.5m2. August 1999.

  2.2 km twin tube Mori west tunnel awarded to Cariboni Paride to commence September, 1999. Support by rockbolts and steel arches. August 1999.  Cariboni established east portals of 2 x 2.2 km, 90 sq m Mori bypass tunnels with umbrella arches of 40-44 x 110 mm x 12 m micropiles for first 36 m, and then drill/blast using Atlas Copco WL3C computerised drillrig with ABC in 80% sedimentary and 20% volcanic strata. 4.5 m rounds with steel arches, rockbolts, mesh, and reinforced shotcrete. 350 m advance to date. Contract for hydrogeological studies for Brenner base tunnel itself awarded to jv of ILF and Geoconsulting International for completion end-2001. Visit www.cariboni.it and www.atlascopco.com 14/01.

Eleven contracting joint ventures prequalified for twin 6.1 km x 9 m-diameter single-track tunnels required for Bologna section including large central station. Tenders closed end-May for 1.27 km access tunnel in Bologna. Tunnels will also be required at San Ruffillo, south of Bologna, to connect with existing line. August 1999.   S. Ruffillo, a jv of Necso/Salini/Ghella, has purchased a new 9.4 m-diameter Lovat RME370SE TBM to excavate the 6.11 km Galleria Passante to connect the TAV high-speed railway to Bologna. At 30 m below water table, geology is: clay, 840 m; silt with gravel, 350 m; gravel with sandy-silt, 3.2 km; silty-clay and sand, 1.72 km. TBM has fully hydraulic bi-directional, multiple speed, mixed face cuttinghead with disc cutters interchangeable with ripper teeth, ground conditioning ports, and screw. It will negotiate a horizontal curve of 470 m minimum radius. Vacuum segment erector will install 1.5 m-wide x 9.1 m o.d./8.3 m i.d. segments. Visit www.lovat.com and www.necso.es November 2000.Lovat announced sale of second 9.4 m-diameter RME370SE TBM for delivery September, 2001 to Necso/Salini/Ghella for the parallel 6.11 km-long tube from San Ruffilo to Bologna city centre. Visit www.lovat.com December 2000.   Open invitation to tender, deadline 22nd October, 2001, for construction of Parma section of Milan-Bologna HSR link with two tunnels. Contact Cepav Uno, tel +39 025 205 2305. 41/01.  Two cut-and-cover tunnels under construction in Somaglia (1,069 m) in the Lodi Province and Fontanelatto (1,635 m) in the Parma Province by consortium Cepav Uno including Aquater, Consorzio Cooperative Costruzioni, Grandi Lavori Fincosit, Pizzarotti, Snamprogetti, and Saipem. Visit www.tav.it 50/01.

RFI Spa awarded two contracts for repair, maintenance and associated services related to railways and other equipment on Bologna-Milan High Speed Railway. Ansaldo STS SpA (Genova) secured the EUR 5.7 million contract. Bid Code DLE.BO.2010.005. Alstom ferroviaria SpA (Savigliano) secured the EUR1.9 million contract. Bid Code DLE.BO.2010.007. Contact RFI SpA, Bologna, tel +39 0512586036, fax +39 0512586016. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=119154-2010 and www.gare.rfi.it/cms-file/allegati/gare-rfi/BO_2010_005_ESITO.pdf and www.gare.rfi.it/cms-file/allegati/gare-rfi/BO_2010_007_ESITO.pdf. 17/10.

  Work proceeding on 75 km of difficult tunnels. August 1999.   Tunnelling commenced October, 1996 and is due for completion end-2002. Seven running tunnels are involved as follows, from Bologna to Firenze: Pianoro (10.7 km), Sadurano (3.77 km), Monte Bibele (9.1 km), Raticosa (10.39 km), Scheggianico (3.54 km), Firenzuola (15.06 km), and Vaglia (18.35 km). Also 12 access tunnels total length 8.8 km are required to split the route into sections of not more than 3.5 km.   Main contractor Cavet reports 20 km of 71 km alignment has been excavated to date, 60 % of which has also been fully lined. Some 32 x 130 m² faces open at present. The access tunnels are generally 60 m² with 14 % maximum gradient, and 2.4 km have been fully lined on Raticosa tunnel due to poor ground conditions. North portal of Firenzuola at San Pellegrino is being driven at 21 m wide for 600 m to accommodate siding for spare train. All equipment used in these tunnels is flameproofed. October 1999.   Boring of 6.5 km Vaglia segmentally-lined service tunnel to commence in June using Wirth double telescopic shield TBM from a quarry near the Firenze end of the proposed 18 km-long main tunnel. Geology is marly limestones and lime marls with marly strata. Contract also includes 2.7 km of access adits. The northernmost 7.5 km of Vaglia running tunnel was completed a year ago, and completion is now scheduled for 2005. Visit www.wirth-drilling.com May 2000.Restricted tendering for construction of section of 9.243 km Monte Bibele tunnel, deadline 1st August, 2000. Contact Cavet, fax +39 051 651 8327 and visit www.rocksoil.com July 2000.   Tunnel advance on 32 faces currently averaging 1.6 km/month with less than 5 % variation from budgeted cost. Crown excavation and lining of 728 m-long San Pellegrino chamber at the north end of Firenzuola tunnel nearly completed at 2-3 m/day average advance. Final design of 18 km-long Vaglia tunnel at south end of alignment includes 9.26 km-long x 5.6 m i.d. service tunnel to be driven using double telescopic shield Wirth TBM type 630 E/TS erecting 250 mm-thick trapezoidal reinforced concrete segmental lining. This will run parallel to main tunnel for 6.5 km, with connections at 250 m intervals. Main tunnel currently underway from Carlone access and north portal at 7 m/day of finished tunnel in marly limestones and lime marls with marly strata. Visit www.rocksoil.com and www.wirth-drilling.com July 2000.  Rocksoil has reported progress on the Bologna-Firenze (BO-FI) section of the Italian high speed railway. Around 59 km of main and service tunnels, constituting 64% of the total, and 10 km of access adits, have been completed.Some 7.2 km of the 10.71 km-long Pianoro tunnel is complete, and work continues on four faces. The 418 m-long caverns required for interconnection with the existing railway are still in design. The 3.77 km-long Sadurano has been completed at an average of 4 m/day of finished tunnel. Some 5.87 km of the 9.1 km Monte Bibele has been excavated, with 3 m/day average advance from the north portal, and 1.66 m/day from the south. Work has started from the base of the 1.54 km-long Quinzano adit on two faces, advancing around 1.2 m/day apiece. At Raticosa, 7.2 km of the 10.37 km-long main tunnel has been driven, and work is proceeding on the north face and two faces each from the Osteria and Castelvecchio adits. Excavation of the 3.56 km-long Scheggianico was completed in 1999, and lining is in progress, and 75% complete.The 14.34 km-long Firenzuola is being developed in sections, with the San Pellegrino chamber and 3 km of main tunnel at the BO end complete, together with 1.8 km in each direction from the San Giorgio adit, and 300 m in each direction from the Marzano adit. The central 1.5 km Osteto adit is also complete, and faces are being formed at its base. Four faces are being worked at present, one from Rovigo, two from Marzano, and one from San Giorgio. The 528 m-long Borgo Rinzelli shallow tunnel near Mugello was completed in May, 2001, and the adjacent and similar 654 m Morticine is underway. Excavation of the 18 km-long Vaglia main running tunnel is 50% complete, and the BO end is advancing off a single face from the Carlone adit at 5.8 m/day. The FI section is still in design. Some 1.6 km of the 9.26 km-long, 5.6 m-internal diameter Ginori service tunnel has been completed using an innovative Wirth TBM which is setting 25 cm-thick trapezoidal lining segments. The service tunnel will run parallel with the main tunnel with connections at 250 m intervals. More from rocksoil@tin.it. Visit www.rocksoil.com and www.tav.it 44/01.Italferr appointed Astaldi to build the underground station for high speed trains in Bologna. The 640 m-long 40 m-wide station will be dug 23 m under the surface on three levels. Contract value: €300.6 million. Visit www.italferr.it, www.tav.it and www.astaldi.it 43/03.Open call for tenders, deadline 24th March, 2006 for executive design, work supervision and construction of the high speed line in Florence for the Bologna-Florence fast trains. The new 9 km-long line includes a 2 x 5,574 m-long single-track tunnel to be built by TBM, the new underground station in Belfiore (600 m), trenches and cut-and-cover tunnels at the north portal in Rifredi (1,768 m) and the start shaft in Campo di Marte. Total value: EUR915.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=06936-2006, OJ S 6, or contact Italferr, fax +39 0649752445. E-mail appalti.italferr@legalmail.it. Visit www.italferr.it/gare/1018-ALL5b-ELENCO-VOCI.pdf and www.italferr.it/gare/1018-ALL1-SCHEMA-CONVENZIONE.pdf 04/06.The successful bidder for the executive design and construction of the high speed rail tunnel under Florence is a JV headed by Coopsette, with consortium Ergon Engineering and Contracting, whose partners are CO.ES.TRA., Inso and the Etruria consortium. The contract is worth EUR685 million and includes a 2 x 5,574 m-long single-track TBM-built tunnel from Ponte al Pino to Castello, the new underground station in Belfiore (600 m), trenches and cut-and-cover tunnels at the north portal in Rifredi (1,768 m) and the start shaft in Campo di Marte. The TBMs are scheduled to commence boring in the second half of 2008. Visit www.coopsette.it, www.coestra.it, www.inso.it, www.gruppoconsorzioetruria.com 13/07.

Open call for tenders, deadline 12/10/2022, for the execution and completion of the works on the High Speed Railway Bypass and the High Speed Station of the Florence Node and for the construction of the screen hill in the former mining area of S.Barbara using the earth from the excavation. Click here for tender documents and where tenders must be sent. Value of the contract will be EUR1.15 bn, excluding VAT, with EUR 343.03 million belonging to OG4 category. Duration of contract 2481 days. Contact Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA, att Luca Lancieri, Rome, email l.lancieri@rfi.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=438417-2022. Ref.n. DAC.0145.2022. 32/22.  

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) awarded to the consortium of Pizzarotti and Saipem the EUR 1.15 bn, excluding VAT, contract to build the 7km the High Speed Railway Bypass and the Belfiore High Speed Station in Florence, Italy. The two parallel tunnels will be constructed at an average depth of 20m using a TBM. The station has been designed by the architect Foster and engineering firm Ove Arup and partners. 

In recent months, the revamping of the TBM at the Campo Marte site has continued. The preparatory activities for the disassembly of the machine were started in August and will continue until March 2023. They will also continue with overhauling, replacing components and reassembling. By the end of March 2023, once all operations and preliminary tests have been completed, the TBM can be put into operation. 

Contact Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA, att Luca Lancieri, Rome, email l.lancieri@rfi.it. Visit  

https://www.rfi.it/en.html . Ref.n. DAC.0145.2022. 32/22.   

Invitation to tender for 2.25 km Monte Mario tunnel. August 1999.   ANAS, the national roads agency; has given the go-ahead to the 32.5 km Variante di valico between Sasso Marconi and Barberino di Mugello on highway A 1 linking Bologna to Florence, including a twin two-lane 8.6 km tunnel running under the Appennines between La Quercia and Aglio. There will be eight drives. Bids will be invited by the summer. The tunnel will cost €720 million. Time frame for construction of five years, commissioning in 2008. Visit www.enteanas.it 28/02.The European Investment Bank has loaned €450 million to Dexia-Crediop SpA who will grant the loan to Autostrade to build the highway. This is the first tranche of a €900 million loan. Visit www.eib.org 28/02.   Open call for bids, deadline 20th September, 2002 for construction of the 2 x 8.6 km La Quercia-Aglio basis tunnel through the Apennines between Sasso Marconi and Barberino di Mugello. Tender value €555.7 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=125810-2002, OJ S 157, or contact Autostrade, Rome, fax +39 0643634288. E-mail amanno@autostrade.it 34/02.   On section Casalecchio di Reno-Sasso Marconi, lot 3 has been awarded to Toto Costruzioni Generali and Carena, requiring two bored three-lane tunnels in Alloco (1.7 km) and Vado (1,130 m). Contract value €126.4 million. Lot 4 has been commissioned to Nino Ferrari and IRA. Includes the 2 x 240 m Campolungo bored tunnel and the 2 x 840 m Gardelletta cut-and-cover tunnel, with three traffic lanes and an emergency lane for each direction. Contract value €83.5 million. Work to last four years. Visit www.autostrade.it 40/02.   Tenders have been opened for the €555.75 million 8.7 km dual-lane twin-tube tunnel under the Appennines between La Quercia and Aglio required for the dualling of motorway A1 between Sasso Marconi and Barberino di Mugello (32.5 km). The lowest bidder is Consorzio Risalto, a consortium including contractors Rizzani, Salini and Todini, which proposed a -11.11% discount, followed by CCC, Grandi Lavori Fincosit, Coestra and SELI (-8.16%); Vianini, Toto Costruzioni, Cir and Carena (-7.26%); Condotte d'Acqua (-7.01%); Astaldi (-6.03%); and Strabag with Torno Internazionale and Lombardini (-5.3%). The best bid was actually proposed by a JV led by Baldassini-Tognozzi including Ira, Ferrari, Giustino and Locatelli (-13.59%) but the JV has been eliminated for failing to present a document. They have asked their bid to be reassessed and threatened to appeal. 15/03. Risalto, a consortium between Rizzani de Eccher, Salini and Todini has won the €555.7 million tender to upgrade the La Quercia-Aglio section of motorway A1 in the Appennines. The consortium proposed a 11.11% discount. The Lazio administrative court rejected shortly before the appeal presented by Baldassini Tognozzi. The scheme, better known as Variante di Valico, requires a double 8.6 km-long base tunnel. Visit www.autostrade.it, www.rizzanideeccher.com, www.salini.it and www.todini.it 31/03.Restricted procedure, deadline 18th September, 2003 for widening to three lanes of the Barberino del Mugello-Incisa Valdarno section, subsection Florence north-Florence south, stretch C, contracts 7 and 8. Includes the excavation of the Pozzolatico single-tube tunnel, length 2,255 m, cross section 170 sq m and the lenghening of the Brancolano tunnel, 17 m for the tunnel itself and 35 m for the portal. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=142307-2003, OJ S 156, or contact Autostrade, Rome, fax +39 0643634288. E-mail amanno@autostrade.it 35/03.Restricted procedure, deadline 19th September, 2003 for upgrading of the Sasso Marconi-Barberino del Mugello section, subsection La Quercia-Aglio, contract 12. Includes three twin cut-and-cover tunnels: Bollone 1 (81 m + 36 m); Bollone 2 (251 m + 180 m); and Bollone 3 (2 x 110 m). Width 13.7 m, cross section 75 sq m. Also includes two twin bored tunnels: Buttoli (510 m + 545 m) and Largnano (713 m + 680 m). Width 13.86 m, cross section 94 sq m. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=142312-2003, OJ S 156, or contact Autostrade, Rome, fax +39 0643634288. E-mail amanno@autostrade.it 35/03.Restricted procedure, deadline 26th July, 2004 for design and construction of section La Quercia-Badia Nuova, contract 5a, on the Bologna-Florence motorway A1, including tunnels. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=102947-2004, OJ S 122, or contact Autostrade per l'Italia, Rome, fax +39 0643634288. E-mail amanno@autostrade.it 29/04.Restricted procedure, deadline 26th July, 2004 for design and construction of section La Quercia-Badia Nuova, contract 5b, on the Bologna-Florence motorway A1, including tunnels. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=102948-2004, OJ S 122, or contact Autostrade per l'Italia, Rome, fax +39 0643634288. E-mail amanno@autostrade.it 29/04.Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 15th September, 2004 for construction of the 11.5 km Florence north-Florence south section on motorway A1. This tender includes three subsections. Subsection 4 spans 4,655 m and includes the Casellina cut-and-cover tunnel, a 2 x 460 m-long 17.5 m-wide 5.2 m-high tunnel. Subsection 5 spans 3,492 m and includes the 1,096 m 160 sq m three-lane Melarancio bored tunnel, the 77 m-long 14.7 m-wide 5.2 m-high Melarancio II cut-and-cover tunnel and the 160 m-long 14.7 m-wide 5.2 m-high Lastrone cut-and-cover tunnel. These three tunnels are single tubes. Subsection 6 includes bored tunnels in Le Romite (260 m, 85 sq m), Poggio Seco (1,231 m, 85 sq m) and Del Colle (678 m, 85 sq m). These three tunnels are single bores for two 3.75 m-wide lanes. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=135369-2004, OJ S 156, or contact Autostrade, Rome, fax +39 0643634288. E-mail amanno@autostrade.it 36/04.The design and construction of subsection 5A (7,638 m) on section La Quercia-Badia Nuova of the Bologna-Florence motorway A1 includes three bored tunnels, a single bore and two twin tubes, respectively located in La Quercia (332.5 m), Rioveggio 1 (347.3 m / 347.4 m) and Grizzana (2,321 m / 2,342.5 m) and two twin cut-and-cover tunnels in Casino (332.2 m / 353.45 m) and Rioveggio 2 (57 m / 70 m). The bored tunnels will accommodate two 3.75 m lanes and an emergency lane of the same width and a 0.7 m left shoulder. The cut-and-cover tunnels will accommodate two 3.75 m lanes and two 3.75 m emergency lanes and a 0.7 m left shoulder.The design and construction of subsection 5B (2,412 m) on section La Quercia-Badia Nuova of the Bologna-Florence motorway A1 includes a twin bored tunnel in Val di Sambro (877 m / 873.2 m) and a 75 sq m cross passage. The tunnel will accommodate two 3.75 m lanes, an emergency lane of the same width and a 0.7 m left shoulder. The bids are being assessed. Visit www.stradeanas.it 37/04.Ing. Nino Ferrari Impresa Costruzioni Generali, IRA Costruzioni Generali and Maire Lavori secured a EUR195.8 million contract for the design and construction of section La Quercia-Badia Nuova, contract 5a, on the Bologna-Florence motorway A1. This is a 7,638 m section including three bored tunnels: La Quercia (332.5 m), Rioveggio 1 (347.3 m / 347.4 m) and Grizzana (2,321 m / 2,342.5 m) and two twin cut-and-cover tunnels in Casino (332.2 m / 353.45 m) and Rioveggio 2 (57 m / 70 m). Visit www.ninoferrari.it 22/05.Autostrade per l'Italia has awarded a EUR97.2 million contract to CMB, CCC (Consorzio Cooperative Costruzioni), CFM, Electrowatt Infra and Politecnica Ingegneria ed Architectura to design and build subsection 5B (2,412 m) between La Quercia and Badia Nuova on the Bologna-Florence motorway A1 across the Apennines. This section includes a twin bored tunnel in Val di Sambro (877 m / 873.2 m) and a 75 sq m cross passage. The tunnel will accommodate two 3.75 m lanes, an emergency lane of the same width and a 0.7 m left shoulder. Visit www.cmbcarpi.it and www.ccc-acam.it 33-34/05.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 16th September, 2005 for construction of lots 6 and 7, section La Quercia-Badia Nuova on the Sasso Marconi-Barberino di Mugello section of motorway A1 Bologna-Florence. The length of lots 6 and 7 is 7.5 km, including the 3 km Val di Sambro tunnel (in addition to the 880 m built as part of lot 5b) and the approx. 2 km Sparvo tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=153845-2005, OJ S 154, or contact Autostrade per l'Italia, Rome, fax +39 06436342060. E-mail amanno@autostrade.it 35/05.Baldassini Tognozzi-Pontello secured a EUR220.9 million contract to build the 11.5 km Florence north-Florence south section on motorway A1. Subsection 4 spans 4,655 m and includes the Casellina cut-and-cover tunnel, a 2 x 460 m-long 17.5 m-wide 5.2 m-high tunnel. Subsection 5 spans 3,492 m and includes the 1,096 m 160 sq m three-lane Melarancio bored tunnel, the 77 m-long 14.7 m-wide 5.2 m-high Melarancio II cut-and-cover tunnel and the 160 m-long 14.7 m-wide 5.2 m-high Lastrone cut-and-cover tunnel. These three tunnels are single tubes. Subsection 6 includes bored tunnels in Le Romite (260 m, 85 sq m), Poggio Seco (1,231 m, 85 sq m) and Del Colle (678 m, 85 sq m). These three tunnels are single bores for two 3.75 m-wide lanes. Visit www.baldassinitognozzi.it 42/05.Contract package 7-8 for widening the roadway between Florence Certosa interchange and South Florence and building a new south carriageway farther north has been awarded to Baldassini Tognozzi-Pontello for EUR103.4 million. The contract includes the Pozzolatico single-tube tunnel (2,255 m, cross section 170 sq) and a 50 m extension of the Brancolano tunnel. Click here. Visit www.baldassinitognozzi.it and www.osservatorioterzacorsia.it 17/06.Toto secured a EUR142.3 million contract to build lot 13 of the 'Variante di valico' bypass through the Apennines between Aglio and Barberino di Mugello (6.1 km), including three tunnels: Puliana (1,353 m), Alteta (240 m) and Poggio Manganaccia (2,037 m). Read E-News Weekly 37/2005. Click here. Visit www.totospa.it 28/06.Vianini Lavori, Toto and Profacta signed a EUR361.1 million contract to build lots 6 and 7 as part of the upgrading of highway A1 Milan-Naples on its Apennine section between Sasso Marconi (Emilia Romagna) and Barberino di Mugello (Tuscany). This 7.5 km section includes the Val di Sambro and Sparvo tunnels, the latter having a length of 1,950 m, and the Molino di Setta cut-and-cover (360 m). The length of the Val di Sambro tunnel is 2,900 m, i.e. the length which is not part of lot 5B. Click here.Visit www.vianinigroup.it, www.gruppototo.it or www.totospa.it 23-24/07.

The 15.62 m-diameter, 4,500 t, 12,000 kW Herrenknecht EPB is under assembly at site for a July, 2011 start on the 2.5 km-long Sparvo tunnel first drive north. The machine is the largest ever built, and features a 1.6 m-diameter screw conveyor to handle muck from its 16-channel intake. The 70 cm-thick concrete segments weigh up to 16 t apiece. The conveyor system is from H+E Logistiks, VMT supplied the navigation system, and Euroform supplied the segment formwork. For 10-year project history visit tunnelbuilder archive it/21. More from www.herrenknecht.com/news/press-section/gigantic-tbm-for-italy.html. 22/11.

The company Sider Costruzione Srl (AG) secured the EUR144,095 contract for the extraordinary maintenance of crosspassages of 2.2 km Monte Mario, Campegne-Sasso Marconi section, motorway A1 Milano-Napoli. Visit http://www5.autostrade.it/applica/gare/gareapp.nsf/vwESDT/2F5B730D86A980CCC1257A08005DE3F7?opendocument&initPos=3&Lavori. Bid Code 470/BOLOGNA/A1. 22/12.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 22.10.2012, for delivery and installation of safety barriers on the section La Quercia-Aglio, base tunnel (ex lots 9, 10 and 11) of the Bologna-Florence motorway A1, including Val Bisenzio interchange. Contract value EUR3.3 million, duration 113 days. Contact Autostrade per l'Italia, Rome, tel +39 06 43634247, fax +39 06 43634226, e-mail gareappalti@autostrade.it. Visit  http://www5.autostrade.it/applica/gare/gareapp.nsf/vwBDDT/A6241EA04508318EC1257A8A002275B2?opendocument&initPos=3&Lavori. Bid Code N. 0869/A01. 41/12.

The JV Satrel/CITEM (Prato) secured the EUR403,976 contract for the completion of E&M systems in the tunnels in Lot 12 of the Bologna-Florence motorway A1. Visit

http://www5.autostrade.it/applica/gare/gareapp.nsf/0/F3159F1C359FC4E3C1257A84002E0263/$file/esito%200866-A01.pdf?openelement. Bid Code N. 0866/A01. 41/12.

Geom. Santalucia Matteo of Salerno secured the EUR2.29 million contract for delivery and installation of safety barriers on the section La Quercia-Aglio base tunnel (ex lots 9, 10 and 11) of the Bologna-Florence motorway A1, including Val Bisenzio interchange. Contract value EUR3.3 million, duration 113 days. Contact Autostrade per l'Italia, Rome, tel +39 06 43634247, fax +39 06 43634226, e-mail gareappalti@autostrade.it. Visit  http://www5.autostrade.it/applica/gare/gareapp.nsf/0/54F6D96E90752F74C1257AF40039F5C5/$file/ESITO%20GURI%200869-A01.pdf?openelement. Bid Code N. 0869/A01. 04/13.

The company CML Costruzioni Srl (IS) secured the EUR334,072 contract for the visibility improvement in Monte Mario tunnel (km 206+324), Campegine-Sasso Marconi section, motorway A1 Milano-Napoli. Visit http://www5.autostrade.it/applica/gare/gareapp.nsf/vwESDT/EF5B7186E14FA483C1257B5600468C84?opendocument&initPos=3&Lavori. Bid Code 499/BOLOGNA/A1. 18/13.

CP Technology won the contract to design and construct formworks for line section, parking area, by-pass, niches of the new 1,988 m Boscaccio tunnel on the Barberino del Mugello-Incisa Valdarno section of highway A1 Milan-Naples, widening to a third lane (lot 0). CP Technology's solution has been judged as best technical and economical study by Pavimental SpA. Delivery scheduled for April, 2014. Visit http://tunnelbuilder.com/Suppliers/CPtechnology/.  50/13.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 22.05.2017, for the refurbishment, Phase 2, Lot 2A, of tunnels Citerna (680 m, 668 m), Croci di Calenzano (842 m, 834 m), Melarancio (1144 m, 580 m) and San Donato (937 m, 937 m) all are part of the Milan-Naples A1vmotorway. The contract value is EUR7.03 million, excluding VAT. Duration of the contract is 420 days from award. Contact Autostrade per l'Italia, attn Mauro Moretti, Rome, tel +39 0643632525, fax +39 0643634206, email gareappalti@autostrade.it. Visit  http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=127066-2017. Contract n. 0948/A01. Order n. G156. 14/17.

The JV Valori Scarl/I.G. Group Srl from Rome secured the EUR5,11 million contract, excluding VAT, for the refurbishment, Phase 2, Lot 2A, of tunnels Citerna (680 m, 668 m), Croci di Calenzano (842 m, 834 m), Melarancio (1144 m, 580 m) and San Donato (937 m, 937 m) all are part of the Milan-Naples A1vmotorway. Contact Autostrade per l'Italia, attn eng.

Savino Seccia, Rome, tel +39 0643632253, fax +39 0643634206, email gareappalti@autostrade.it. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=544957-2018.

Contract n. 0948/A01. Order n. G156. 50/18.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 17.01.2019, for the supply of LED lighting in the adit section of the following 5 motorway tunnels: Melarancio (1144 m, 580 m) on Milan-Naples A1 motorway, San Marco (980 m, 770 m), Colle Marino (1004 m, 951 m), Colle Pino (586 m, 591 m) and Pianacce (966 m, 966 m) on the A14 motorway Bologna - Bari - Taranto. The contract value is EUR464.333,92, excluding VAT. The duration of the contract is 12 months.  Contact Autostrade per l'Italia SpA, attn Paolantonio Mazzarella, Rome, tel +39 0643632064, email paolantonio.mazzarella@autostrade.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=543094-2018.

Bid Code n. 27619. 50/18.

Hydrodata SpA from Turin secured the EUR261,660 contract, excluding VAT, for the hydrogeological monitoring of the Sparvo and Val di Sambro tunnels and of the sub horizontal drainage system at the stacks of the Rio Piazza viaduct on the Sasso Marconi-Barberino di Mugello section of motorway A1 Bologna-Florence. Contact Autostrade per l'Italia SpA, attn Eng. Andrea D'Addetta, Rome, email andrea.daddetta@autostrade.it. For tender information please click here. 05/20.

Open invitation to tender, deadline  18/05/2020, for the ordinary maintenance of the horizontal signs and painting the side walls of the tunnels on the following highways A01 Milan-Naples  km 210+100 -km 417+600; A01 Variante di Valico, km 0+000 - km 32+966; A11 Florence-Pisa North,  km 0+000 - km 81+700. Value of the contract is EUR12.40 million, excluding VAT.

Duration of the contract is 1095 days. For tender documents https://autostrade.bravosolution.com. Contact  Autostrade per l'Italia Spa, attn Simona Stella, Campi Bisenzio (FI), tel +39 554203299, fax +39 554203263, email simona.stella@autostrade.it. For further tender information please click here. Ref.n. 17/Firenze/2020. 13/20.

Open invitation to tender, deadline  20/07/2020, for the maintenance of the horizontal signs and the painting of the side walls of the tunnels on the following motorways: A1 Milan-Naples sections Campegine-Sasso Marconi from km 119+500 to km 210+100 and connection with R43; A13 Bologna-Padova, sections Bologna-Padova from km 0+000 to km 116+735; connection with SS16 at Ferrara South from km 0+000 to km  116+6+270; connection with SS16 at Padova South from km 0+000 to  km 4+338; A14 Bologna-Bari-Taranto, sections Bologna-Cattolica from km 0+000 to km 144+247; connection with Casalecchio from km 0+000 to km 5+700; ring  144+road Bologna from km 0+000 to km 22+231; green section from km 0+000 to km 3+300; section toward Ravenna from km 0+000 to km 29+800. For tender documents https://autostrade.bravosolution.com where tenders must be sent. The value of the contract is EUR17.48 million, excluding VAT. Duration of the  contract is 24 + (24 optional) months. Contact  Autostrade per l'Italia Spa, Casalecchio di Reno (BO), tel +39 051599419, fax +39 051599439, email acquisticontratti.3tronco@autostrade.it. For further tender information please click here. Ref.n. 002/BOLOGNA/2020. 23/20.

Invitation for Expression of Interest, deadline 30/03/2021, for the adaptation works of the Apennine crossing section between Sasso Marconi and Barberino del Mugello, Badia Nuova - Barberino del Mugello section. PREVAM Works (Landscape Restoration and Environmental Enhancement Project) connected to the Base Tunnel Lot (ex Lots 9-10-11). Value of the contract EUR2.69 million, excluding VAT. Duration of the contract 545 days. Contact Autostrade per L’Italia Spa, Rome, tel +39 06 43631, email autostrade@pec.autostrade.it. For further on the tender, please click here. Ref. n. 48571. 12/21. 

Prometeo Engineering Srl from Rome secured the EUR300,000 contract, excluding VAT, for the supply of the dynamic risk analysis system, Galleria Melarancio (right), on the A1 Milan - Naples motorway. Contact Autostrade per l'Italia SpA, attn Paolantonio Mazzarella, Rome, tel +39 0643632064, email paolantonio.mazzarella@autostrade.it.  For further on TED tender, please click here. Ref.n. 48900. 14/21. 

Safe Certified Structure Ingegneria Srl from Rome secured the EUR645,000 contract, excluding VAT, for the technical support for the analysis of investigations, monitoring and distortions of the Val di Sambro and Sparvo tunnels  on the Apennine section - between Sasso Marconi and Barberino di Mugello – of the A1 motorway Milan-Naples. Contact Autostrade per l'Italia SpA, Rome, email acquisti-operations@pec.autostrade.it. For further on the tender, please click here. 18/21. 

AVR Spa from Rome secured the EUR9.53 million contract, excluding VAT, for the ordinary maintenance of the horizontal signs and for painting the side walls of the tunnels on the following highways A01 Milan-Naples  km 210+100 -km 417+600; A01 Variante di Valico, km 0+000 - km 32+966; A11 Florence-Pisa North,  km 0+000 - km 81+700. Contact  Autostrade per l'Italia Spa, attn Simona Stella, Campi Bisenzio (FI), tel +39 554203299, fax +39 554203263, email simona.stella@autostrade.it. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=672062-2021. Ref.n. 17/Firenze/2020. 53/21. 

Invitation to tender for 1.6 km cut-and-cover. August 1999.  Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 31st July, 2001, for construction of 7 km-long metro extension to include 5 km cut and cover. Contact Ferrotramviaria, Bari, fax +39 080 5235480. 30/01.

Invitation to tender for construction of 3 km-long, 7 m-diameter section. Sept 1999.