Following spectacular success with current phase of expansion in which some 35 km of underground lines with 33 stations and 20 km surface line with 4 stations were constructed and commissioned in a four year span, Pta 128,400 million set aside to finance building of metro line to south of Madrid taking in the suburbs of Alcorcon, Leganes, Getafe, Mostoles and Fuenlabrada. 35.2 km tunnels with 29 stations. Construction will not commence until after July, 1999 elections and will then be completed within four years. February 1999.   Extension of Line 8 to Barajas airport completed using NFM TBM. June 1999.   FCC contracted to tunnel 1.3 km by traditional method to Valdelasfuentes station and onward 1.7 km to Avenida de Espana using NFM TBM. August 1999.   Extension of Line 1 for 3.2 km to Vallegas with 3 new stations for 2004 opening likely to be next award at $75 million. August 1999.   6 km extension of Barajas airport line from Mar de Cristal to Nuevos Ministerios connecting with Cercanias RENFE station and interchanging with Lines 6 and 10 of the metro. Travel time from downtown Madrid to airport will be 12 minutes. Work starts November, 1999 for commissioning October, 2001. Two EPBs will be employed. August 1999. www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro   Comunidad de Madrid announced contract award for 6.5 km Line 8 connection to the airport from downtown Nuevos Ministerios to jv of ACS-Necso-Ferrovial in value $160 million using two EPB TBMs already in ownership. Two stations, one of which is a major interchange. Visit www.grupoacs.com December 1999.   Herrenknecht 9.38 m TBM will commence 3.5 km drive on line 8 extension from shaft presently under construction at Mar de Cristal station to terminate at shaft to be constructed alongside M-30 ring road. From here conventional tunnelling will be used. Colombia station at approximately halfway position will form interchange with line 9. Visit www.necso.es and www.ferrovial.es for more details. February 2000. FCC/Necso/ACS jv awarded $23 million contract to construct 1.3 km of line 9 of Madrid metro at Riva in an 8 m-deep cut-and-cover trench in eight months. Financed by Tres Cantos, a state-owned enterprise. The contract also includes extensions to the train depot and building of a new electricity substation. Visit www.necso.es June 2000.   Herrenknecht 9.38 m-diameter EPB under erection in start shaft at Mar De Cristal in readiness for Line 8 extension drive commencing 21st August. There are currently 37 slurry wall machines at work on this line. Visit www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro July 2000. Dragados Lovat 7.4 m EPB underway on line 10 extension south to connect with Metrosur achieving up to 36 x 1.2 m rings/day having placed 346 rings in 18 days to 11th November. Visit www.dragados.es and www.lovat.com November 2000. 9.38 m-diameter NFM EPB Adelantada, working for FCC on Line 10 extension, has completed 939 m of tunnel in 31 days to 20th February, 2001. This is claimed as a world record advance for EPBs. Visit www.fcc.es Also, Lovat 7.4 m-diameter EPB on line 10 built 41 x 1.2 m rings, advancing 49 m in 24 h on 20th February, 2001. Visit www.dragados.com and www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro 09/01.Tunnel linking Mar de Cristal, Colombia and Nuevos Ministerios on Line 8 reported completed by jv Necso-ACS-Ferrovial. Direct connection from Paseo de la Castellana to the Barajas airport to open in March, 2002. 50/01.Dragados also reported that 7.4 m-diameter Lovat TBM 'Cibeles' has reached Alcorcí³n on Line 10 extension to Metrosur circle Line 12. Average speed of 19.6 metres a day with record daily speed of 51.6 metres and a highest monthly speed of one kilometre in October, 2001. Cost of €86 million. Construction underway at stations in Casa de Campo, Colonia Jardí­n, Cuatro Vientos, Alcalde Joaquí­n Vilumbrales, and Puerta del Sur. Opening at spring, 2003. Visit www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro 50/01.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004 for design of the La Castellana extension of the metro. Tender budget: €1.2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214915-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of Line 1 extension to Chamartí­n and Hortaleza. Tender budget: €1.7 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214916-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of Line 3 extension to Villaverde (5.4 km with six stations). Tender budget: €1.8 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214919-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of the new Pinar del Rey station on Line 8. Tender budget: €516,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214920-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of Line 11 extension to Caravanchel Alto (1.6 km with two stations). Tender budget: €830,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214926-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of Line 2 extension to La Elipa (1.2 km with one station). Tender budget: €700,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214928-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of the new Bolí­var station on Line 6. Tender budget: €516,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214929-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of Line 5 extension to Alameda de Osuna (2 km with two stations). Tender budget: €830,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214930-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 11th February, 2004 for design of Line 4 extension to San Chinarro and Las Tablas (3.8 km with four stations). Tender budget: 1.3 million euros. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=001460-2004, OJ S 2, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 03/04.Open call for bids, deadline 15th March, 2004 for quality control and inspections during construction of the new Aviacií³n Espaí±ola station on Line 10. Tender values: EUR106,300 and EUR1.8 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=020317-2004 and http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=020319-2004, OJ S 23, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 4880598 or 4111724. 07/04.Open call for bids, deadline 15th March, 2004 for quality control and inspections during construction of Line 1 extension to Ensanche de Vallecas. Tender values: EUR804,100 and EUR2.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=020320-2004, OJ S 23, and http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=021275-2004, OJ S 24, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 4880598 or 4111724. 07/04.Open call for bids, deadline 22nd March, 2004 for construction of the Line 1 extension to Ensanche de Vallecas. Tender budget: EUR91.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=025971-2004, OJ S 29, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 09/04.Open call for bids, deadline 12th April, 2004 for construction of Parque Europa station on Line 10 extension to Metrosur. Tender value: EUR13.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035286-2004, OJ S 40, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 12/04.Open call for bids, deadline 17th August, 2004, for construction of a Line 1 extension, section Plaza de Castilla-Chamartin interchange. Tender budget: EUR100 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117589-2004, OJ S 137, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 13th August, 2004 for construction of extension to Lines 1 and 4, section Chamartin interchange-Parque de Santa Maria. Tender budget: EUR170 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=116694-2004, OJ S 136, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 13th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 2 extension to La Elipa. Tender budget: EUR57.4 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117593-2004, OJ S 137, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 17th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 3 extension to Villaverde, section Legazpi-San Cristobal de los Angeles. Tender budget: EUR192 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117590-2004, OJ S 137, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 19th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 5 extension to La Alameda de Osuna. Tender budget: EUR107.4 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117591-2004, OJ S 137, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 19th August, 2004 for construction of the new Arganzuela station on Line 6. Tender budget: EUR39 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117587-2004, OJ S 137, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 13th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 7 extension, section 1 Las Musas-M-40. Tender budget: EUR77.7 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=116682-2004, OJ S 136, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 13th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 7 extension, section 2 M-40-Coslada. Tender budget: EUR57.6 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=116679-2004, OJ S 136, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 13th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 7 extension, section 3 Coslada-San Fernando de Henares. Tender budget: EUR181.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=116698-2004, OJ S 136, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 19th August, 2004 for construction of Pinar del Rey station on Line 8. Tender budget: EUR29.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=116696-2004, OJ S 136, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 17th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 11 extension. Tender budget: EUR76.2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117592-2004, OJ S 137, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 3rd September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of a line 1 extension, section Plaza de Castilla-Chamartin interchange. Tender budget: EUR2.2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=124343-2004, OJ S 144, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. The 1,850 m Plaza de Castilla-Chamartin section includes a single station at a transport interchange. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 17th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 1 extension, section Plaza de Castilla-Chamartin interchange. Tender budget: EUR725,300. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=127434-2004, OJ S 147, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 1st September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of an extension to Lines 1 and 4, section Chamartin interchange-Parque de Santa Maria. Tender budget: EUR2.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=123383-2004, OJ S 143, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. The 4.5 km Chamartin-Santa Maria section includes four stations. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 15th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of an extension to Lines 1 and 4, section Chamartin interchange-Parque de Santa Maria. Tender budget: EUR985,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=126443-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 1st September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of a line 2 extension to La Elipa. Tender budget: EUR1.8 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=123379-2004, OJ S 143, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. Line 2 will be extended by 1.6 km, with one station. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 15th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 2 extension to La Elipa. Tender budget: EUR415,800. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=126432-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 3rd September,, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of a line 3 extension to Villaverde, section Legazpi-San Cristobal de los Angeles. Tender budget: EUR2.4 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=123378-2004, OJ S 143, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. Line 3 will be lengthened from Legazpi to San Cristobal de los Angeles, which will add 6 km and 6 stations. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 17th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 3 extension to Villaverde, section Legazpi-San Cristobal de los Angeles. Tender budget: EUR1.1 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=126439-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 6th September, 2004 for inspection and work control of a line 5 extension to Alameda de Osuna. Tender budget: EUR2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=123385-2004, OJ S 143, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. Line 5 extension to Alameda de Osuna will span 2.4 km, with two stations. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 20th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 5 extension to Alameda de Osuna. Tender budget: EUR778,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=127441-2004, OJ S 147, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 6th September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of the new Arganzuela station on Line 6. Tender budget: EUR1.9 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=123381-2004, OJ S 143, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. This station is on the circle line 6. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 20th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of the new Arganzuela station on Line 6. Tender budget: EUR283,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=126426-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 1st September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of a line 7 extension, section 1 Las Musas-M-40 and section 2 M-40-Coslada. Tender budget: EUR2.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=123388-2004, OJ S 143, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. Section Las Musas-M-40 is 1.5 km in length with one station. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 15th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 7 extension, section 1 Las Musas-M-40 and section 2 M-40-Coslada. Tender budget: EUR980,300. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=126445-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 1st September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of a line 7 extension, section 3 Coslada-San Fernando de Henares. Tender budget: EUR2.4 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=124354-2004, OJ S 144, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. Section Coslada-San Fernando totals 4.8 km, with five stations. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 15th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 7 extension, section 3 Coslada-San Fernando de Henares. Tender budget: EUR1 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=126442-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 6th September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of Pinar del Rey station on Line 8. Tender budget: EUR2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=124350-2004, OJ S 144, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. This is an intermediate station on Line 8 to Barajas. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 20th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of Pinar del Rey station on Line 8. Tender budget: EUR212,200. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=127436-2004, OJ S 147, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 3rd September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of a line 11 extension to Carabanchel Alto. Tender budget: EUR2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=124344-2004, OJ S 144, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. The extension spans 2 km with two stations. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 17th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 11 extension to Carabanchel Alto. Tender budget: EUR552,200. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=126437-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 6th October, 2004 for construction of a Line 3 extension to Villaverde, section San Cristobal de los Angeles-Villaverde Alto. This is a 2.1 km section. Tender budget: EUR92.5 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=145843-2004, OJ S 169, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880098 or 914880598. 37/04.Open call for bids, deadline 22nd October, 2004 for quality management during construction of the infrastructure of Line 3, section San Cristobal de los Angeles-Villaverde Alto. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=157392-2004, OJ S 184, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 40/04.Open call for bids, deadline 21st October 2004 for work inspection and monitoring during construction of the infrastructure of Line 3, section San Cristobal de los Angeles-Villaverde Alto. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=157389-2004, OJ S 184, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 40/04.L. V. Salamanca Ingenieros won a EUR1.8 million contract for work inspection and monitoring during construction of Avenida de la Aviacion station on Line 10. Euroconsult won the quality management contract for the same station for EUR106,300. Visit www.lvsalamanca-ingenieros.es and www.euroconsult.es 43/04.Ferrovial Agroman will build Line 1 extension to Ensanche de Vallecas for EUR84.8 million. Visit www.ferrovial.com 43/04.Work inspection and monitoring for Line 1 extension to Ensanche de Vallecas has been awarded to a JV of Ingenieria Basica de Proyectos and Incoydesa for EUR2.3 million while Geocisa has been awarded the quality management contract for EUR720,500. Visit www.incoydesa.com and www.geocisa.com 43/04.Begar will build Parque de Europa station on Line 10 for EUR12.2 million. Visit www.begar.es 43/04.Ferrovial Agroman secured a EUR93.1 million contract for construction of a Line 1 extension, section Plaza de Castilla-Chamartin interchange. Visit www.ferrovial.com 50/04.Sacyr Vallehermoso clinched a EUR157.5 million deal for construction of extension to Lines 1 and 4, section Chamartin interchange-Parque de Santa Maria. Visit www.gruposyv.com 50/04.OHL will construct an extension to La Elipa on Line 2, for EUR54.8 million. It is a 1,619 m section for two tracks, featuring a horseshoe-shaped section. The first 400 m will be built in cut-and-cover, 7.3 m wide x 6.22 m high. Then, the Madrid tunnelling method, aka Belgian method, will be used for the next 925 m, 9.2 m wide x 7.52 m high (6.35 m high inner diameter after lining), with timber supports and concrete formwork. Then follows La Elipa station (105 m) and lastly, the final 80 m will also be built using the Madrid method. Geology consisting of coarse ground, sandy clays and clayey sands with fines content. Visit www.ohl.es 50/04.FCC secured a EUR176.7 million contract for construction of a Line 3 extension to Villaverde, section Legazpi-San Cristobal de los Angeles. The company has also been awarded a EUR87 million contract to build the next stretch, San Cristobal de los Angeles-Villaverde Alto (2.8 km). An EPB shield will be used to drive a 8.43 m-ID tunnel lined with 32 cm-thick concrete segments. Visit www.fcc.es 50/04.Ferrovial Agroman has pocketed a EUR94.4 million contract for building Line 5 extension to La Alameda de Osuna. Visit www.ferrovial.com 50/04.Comsa and Ortiz will build the new Arganzuela station on Line 6, for EUR35.1 million. Visit www.comsa.com 50/04.Sacyr Vallehermoso will build section 1 Las Musas-M-40 on the east extension to Line 7. The contract has a value of EUR70 million. This is a 1.1 km section approximately for two tracks and a cut-and-cover station. Visit www.gruposyv.com 50/04.ACS Dragados will build the following section on the extension to Line 7, section 2 M-40-Coslada, for EUR50.9 million. It is a twin bored tunnel (2 x 1,986 m, 7.38 m excavated diameter) to be driven with a Lovat TBM owned by Dragados. No station will be built for the moment but only provisions for two future stations, one of them being an interchange hub in the residential area where the 2012 Olympic village will be built if Madrid is chosen as host city. Time frame for construction: 24 months. Visit www.lovat.com and www.grupoacs.com 50/04.ACS Dragados has also secured section 3 Coslada-San Fernando de Henares on the Line 7 extension, for EUR168.4 million. It is a 3,941 m single bore tunnel, 9.38 m outer diameter, and five stations (three in Coslada and two in San Fernando). A Herrenknecht TBM owned by Dragados will be used. Visit www.herrenknecht.com and www.grupoacs.com 50/04.Constructora San Jose and Cimsa will build Pinar del Rey station on Line 8, for EUR25.8 million and a time frame of 21 months. Visit www.grupo-sanjose.com 50/04.ACS Dragados won a EUR66.6 million contract for construction of a Line 11 extension to Carabanchel Alto. It is a 1,286 m single tunnel, 9.38 m OD, to be driven by means of a NFM Technologies TBM owned by Dragados. Visit www.nfm-technologies.com and www.grupoacs.com 50/04.A EUR90,000 geotechnical investigation contract has been awarded by Mintra to Intecsa-Inarsa for core drills in the subsoil, which will study the route of a Line 11 extension from Carabanchel Alto to La Fortuna in Leganes. Technically, the route will start with a 215 m cut-and-cover tunnel in Madrid. Then, a TBM will drive a 3.1 km double-track tunnel until the Leganes district. From that point, the tunnel divides in two single-track branches: one towards the metro station in the area and the other to the rolling stock depot. Visit www.intecsa-inarsa.es 09/05.Notice of public works concession, deadline 27th March, 2006 for concession contract for the construction and operation of the Line 8 extension from Barajas to the new Madrid airport terminal T-4, inaugurated on 4th February, 2006. Extending Line 8 will require to construct a 2.5 km twin tunnel from the old to the new terminals. The underground station at the new terminal is practically built since it was planned in the project of the new terminal building at Barajas. The two tunnels have to be bored and the internal finishings of the station are pending. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=026272-2006, OJ S 24, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. E-mail maite.martin@mintramadrid.es 07/06.The Madrid regional government has awarded to a JV between FCC and bank Caja Madrid the 20-year concession contract to build and operate the extension to Madrid Barajas airport's terminal T-4, for an amount nearing EUR45 million. Visit www.fcc.esThe project consists in extending Line 8, which currently serves terminal T-2, from the terminus station at Barajas Pueblo. The 2.5 km-long twin bored section will predominantly be built using a TBM. FCC will use one of the two TBMs employed to excavate the Line 3 extension to Villaverde. Work starts immediately and the line will be operational at the end of the first semester of 2007. 19/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 8th February, 2007 for extension of Line 11 to La Fortuna. The 3,372 m-long section starts in PAU de Carabanchel to reach La Fortuna. The end of the line will be connected to the Cuatro Vientos rolling stock depot on Line 10, which is only 500 m distant. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=260749-2006, OJ S 243, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 01-02/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 8th August, 2007 for design of the Line 2 extension to Las Rosas. Read E-News Weekly 29/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=155819-2007, OJ S 127, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 31/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 8th August, 2007 for design of the Line 3 extension to El Casar. Read E-News Weekly 29/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=155818-2007, OJ S 127, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 31/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 8th August, 2007 for design of the Line 9 extension to Mirasierra. Read E-News Weekly 29/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=155808-2007, OJ S 127, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 31/07.Open invitation to tender, deadline 19th May, 2008 for design of a new metro line from Chamartin to Torrejon de Ardoz (infrastructure and fit-out). The new line, 7.5 km in length, includes three stations (Avenida de la Constitucií³n, Londres and Soto del Henares) and will run below ground through the industrial parks of San Fernando de Henares and in Torrejon de Ardoz. The line will start from San Fernando de Henares near the M-45 then heading north to Torrejon de Ardoz and Soto del Henares. It then emerges to the surface near the M-50 and connects with the Madrid-Barcelona rail line and ends at Chamartin station, providing interchange with lines 1 and 10. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=100497-2008, OJ S 74, or contact Mintra, Madrid, fax +34 914880598. 17/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 11th August, 2008 for construction of a 4.75 km extension from La Elipa to Las Rosas on Line 2, with four stations. The section will be built by TBM. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=157271-2008, OJ S 118, or contact Mintra, Madrid, fax +34 914880598. E-mail maite.martin@mintramadrid.es 26/08.A 9.4 m-diameter NFM Technologies EPB tunnel boring machine was officially launched on 10th June, 2008 by officials, as part of the 2007-2010 transport expansion programme, to bore the 3.4 km extension of Line 11 from La Peseta to La Fortuna in Leganes. The machine was last used to build a previous extension of Line 11 from Pan Bendito to La Peseta in Carabanchel. Previously, it completed the Atocha-Nuevos Ministerios section of the newly opened cross-city railway tunnel connecting Atocha and Chamartin central stations in Madrid, sections of the Metrosur Line 12 and a Line 2 extension. Click here. The construction contract has been awarded to Dragados. Of the 3,400 metres in tunnel, 25 metres to connect with La Peseta will be mined manually using Madrid's traditional method. Visit www.nfm-technologies.com and www.dragados.com 32-33/08.A consortium of FCC and Acciona has scooped a EUR134.9 million contract to extend Line 2 of the Madrid metro. The consortium will build 4.5 new kilometres of tracks to link La Elipa with the Las Rosas neighbourhood. The time frame to complete the works is 27 months. The project will add four new stations (Nicolas Salmerí³n, Alsacia, Guadalajara and Ginebra). Construction will begin before the end of the year. The builders will use a tunnel boring machine. Excavation will start from the end of the route and conclude where the line now ends and what will be the start of the future extension. The builders will take advantage of a cul de sac at La Elipa station (the last on the line at its eastern end), which was built as a reservation for future extensions during the previous eastern extension of the line. The entry shaft from where the TBM will be launched will be located next to the last of the four stations, in an area not built after crossing the M-40. Visit www.fcc.es and www.acciona.es 40/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 19.01.2009, for cut-and-cover construction of 2.9 km extension to Line 9 from Herrera Oria to Mirasierra with two stations. Contact Maite Martin at Mintra, tel +34 91 488 0540, e-mail maite.martin@mintramadrid.es. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=310324-2008 51/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 17.04.2009, five separate contracts for ventilation and fire-prevention installations for Line 11 Madrid metro extension to Barrio de la Fortuna as follows: value EUR1.2 million, duration 9 months, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=065122-2009; value EUR2.6 million, duration 10 months, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=065126-2009; value EUR2.3 million, duration 9 months, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=065123-2009; value EUR4.6 million, duration 9 months, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=065120-2009; value EUR2.3 million, duration 9 months, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=065121-2009, OJ S 45. Contact MINTRA, Alcorcí³n, Mr Juan Carlos Araniguria Rodrigo, tel +34 914880-540, fax -598, e-mail contratacion@mintramadrid.es. Visit www.mintramadrid.es 11/09.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 24.08.2009, for construction of the Line 9 extension of Madrid Metro to Mirasierra. Contract value EUR112.5 million, duration 20 months. Contact Juan Carlos Araniguria Rodrigo, MINTRA, C/ Estocolmo, Alcorcon, tel +34 9148805-40, fax -98, e-mail contratacion@mintramadrid.es. http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=191696-2009. 30/09.

Awards for equipment for Line 11 Madrid metro extension to Barrio de la Fortuna as follows: EMTE, S.A.U. (Madrid), contract for ventilation and fire-prevention installation works, value EUR943,993. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214703-2009. Dimetronic, SA (San Fernando de Henares), contract for installation of signalling equipment, value EUR2,419,373. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214702-2009. Instalaciones Inabensa, S.A. (Seville), contract for installation of telecommunications equipment, value EUR1,771,306. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214705-2009. Sociedad Espaí±ola de Montajes Industriales S.A. (Madrid), contract for substation construction work, value EUR2,930,939. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214706-2009. Sociedad Espaí±ola de Montajes Industriales S.A. (Madrid), contract for electrical installation works and catenary's construction works, value EUR1,382,953. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214704-2009. 38/09.

Dragados S.A., c/ Avenida de Tenerife, 4-6, E-San Sebastií¡n de los Reyes, Madrid won a EUR105.2 million contract for construction of a Madrid Metro Line 11 extension to Barrio de la Fortuna. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=316181-2009 and www.dragados-spl.com. For ten-year project history of extensions to Madrid Metro visit tunnelbuilder archive es/17. 48/09.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 22.03.2010, for execution of consolidation and reinforcement works in metro tunnel Ramal Opera to Principe Pio. Further information, specs and docs from Victor Jimenez Rodriguez at Metro Madrid, tel +34 91 3798800, fax +34 91 5017800, e-mail victor_jimenez@mail.metromadrid.es. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=052798-2010. 08/10.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 06.04.2010, for tunnel consolidation and reinforcement on section Arguelles-San Bernardo of line 4 of Madrid metro. Contract duration 3 months. Further information, specs and docs from Ví­ctor Jimenez Rodriguez, Metro de Madrid, Madrid, tel +34 91 3798800, fax +34 91 5017800, e-mail victor_jimenez@mail.metromadrid.es. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=065252-2010. 11/10.

Contract for tunnel consolidation and reinforcement on section Arguelles-San Bernardo of line 4 of Madrid metro awarded to Acciona Infraestructuras of Alcobendas, value EUR1,881,366, duration 3 months. More from jcampo3@acciona.es, tel +33 916633039 and Ví­ctor Jimenez Rodriguez, Metro de Madrid, tel +34 91 3798800, fax +34 91 5017800, e-mail victor_jimenez@mail.metromadrid.es. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=157674-2010. 22/10.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 06.11.2012, for maintenance of 192 ventilation shafts in stations and tunnels of Metro Madrid. Two lots, for a total amount of EUR417,578, VAT included. Contract duration 12 months after award. Contact Metro Madrid, tel +34 913798800, fax +34 915017800, e-mail Ger.Contratacion@metromadrid.es. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=336123-2012. 44/12.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 12.11.2015, for maintenance and repair of tunnels for Metro Madrid. Lot 1, Lines 7, 8 and 9, value of the contract is EUR1.23 million, excluding VAT;  lot 2 , Lines 2, 3, 6 and 11, value EUR1.5 million, excluding VAT; lot 3 , Lines 10, 11 and 12, value EUR1.13 million, excluding VAT;   lot  4 , Lines 4 and 5, value EUR1.10 million, excluding VAT. Contract duration will be 48 months after the award. For electronic access to information http://www.metromadrid.es/es/acceso_proveedores/licitaciones//index_en_curso.html and for electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate http://www.metromadrid.es/es/acceso_proveedores/Presentar_Ofertas/index.html. Contact Metro de Madrid, Madrid, tel +34 913798800, fax +34 915017800, e-mail ger.contratacion@metromadrid.es. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=369454-2015. Ref.n. LICITACION 6011500210. 45/15.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 12.02.2016 for the repairing and waterproofing of the Cuatro Caminos-Anton Martin and the Anton Martin-Portazgo tunnel sections of the Metro Madrid Line 1. This is split into two lots. The total value is EUR22.32 million, excluding VAT. The contract duration will be 4 months after the award has been made. For electronic access to information go to http://www.metromadrid.es/es/acceso_proveedores/licitaciones/index.html and for electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate http://www.metromadrid.es/es/acceso_proveedores/Presentar_Ofertas/index.html. Contact Metro de Madrid, Madrid, tel +34 913798800, fax +34 915017800, e-mail Ger.Contratacion@metromadrid.es and visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=28483-2016. Bid n. 6011600008. 05/16.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 12.02.2016, for the installation of the overhead contact line and works associated with that installation in the tunnels of Line 1 of the Metro Madrid. Total value of the contract is EUR13.29 million, excluding VAT. The contract duration will be 4 months after the award. For electronic access to information go to http://www.metromadrid.es/es/acceso_proveedores/licitaciones//index_en_curso.html  and for electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate http://www.metromadrid.es/es/acceso_proveedores/Presentar_Ofertas/index.html. Contact Metro de Madrid, Madrid, tel +34 913798800, fax +34 915017800, e-mail Ger.Contratacion@metromadrid.es. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=28486-2016. Bid n. 6011600009. 05/16.

Tedecon Servicios y Obras, S.L. from Mostoles secured the EUR1.22 million contract, excluding VAT,  for maintenance and repair of tunnels for Metro Madrid Lines 7, 8 and 9 (Lot 1) and the EUR1.10 million contract, excluding VAT, for Lines 4 and 5 (lot  4); Troya Construcciones Ferroviarias, S.L. from Madrid secured the EUR1.5 million contract, excluding VAT, for Metro Madrid Lines 2, 3, 6 and 11 (lot 2) and the EUR1.13 million contract, excluding VAT, for Lines 10, 11 and 12 (lot 3 ). For further information contact Metro de Madrid, Madrid, tel +34 913798800, fax +34 915017800, e-mail Ger.Contratacion@metromadrid.es. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=71901-2016. Ref.n. LICITACION 6011500210. 13/16.

Prior Information Notice without call for competition for the Arroyo Fresno station for the Metro Madrid Line 7. The new station will be between Lacoma and Pitis stations. The contract value is EUR 7.18 million, excluding VAT. The duration of the contract is 12 months from the award. Contact Consejería de Transportes, Vivienda e Infraestructuras, Madrid, tel +34 915803576, fax +34 915803140, e-mail contratacion.transportes@madrid.org. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=168876-2016. 20/16.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 17.08.2016, for works on the platform of Line 8, Metro Madrid, between Nuevos Ministerios and Mar de Cristal stations (Lot 1) and between Mar de Cristal and Barajas stations (Lot 2). Value contract EUR11.71 million, excluding VAT. For electronic access to information www.metromadrid.es/es/acceso_proveedores/licitaciones//index_en_curso.html. For Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate www.metromadrid.es/es/acceso_proveedores/Presentar_Ofertas/index.html. Contact Metro de Madrid, Madrid, tel +34 913798800, fax +34 915017800, e-mail Ger.Contratacion@metromadrid.es. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=240740-2016. Ref.n. 6011600153. 28/16.

Vías y Construcciones secured the EUR4.88 million contract, excluding VAT, for the Arroyo Fresno station for the Metro Madrid Line 7. Contact Comunidad de Madrid, Consejeria de Transportes, Vivienda e Infraestructuras, Madrid, tel +34 915803576, fax +34 915803140, email contratacion.transportes@madrid.org. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=064469-2018.

Ref.n. A/OBR-002013/2017. 07/18.

Electren SA from Madrid secured the EUR567,073.50 contract, excluding VAT, for maintenance of the 249 ventilation shafts in stations and tunnels for Metro Madrid Lines. Contact Metro de Madrid, Madrid, tel +34 913798800, fax +34 915017800, email Ger.Contratacion@metromadrid.es. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=258192-2018.

Bid n. 6011700281. 25/18.

Telefonica de Espana Sau from Madrid secured the EUR5.90 million contract, excluding VAT, for installation of the railNET communication systems for the Metro Madrid Line 8. Contact Metro de Madrid, Madrid, tel +34 913798800, fax +34 915017800, e-mail contratacion@metromadrid.es. Visit

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=005645-2019

and

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=408828-2018.

Ref.n. LICITACION 6011800066. 02/19.

Control y Montajes Industriales (CYMI) SA from Madrid secured the EUR 503,959.88 contract excluding VAT, and Hemag SA from San Sebastian de los Reyes secured the EUR98,990 contract, excluding VAT, for lighting and power maintenance service in the main tunnel and emergency exits (Lot 1 and Lot 2 respectively). For further information click here and here. Contact Metro de Madrid, Madrid, tel +34 913798800, fax +34 915017800, email Ger.Contratacion@metromadrid.es. Ref.n. 6012000090. 42/20.

Eurocontrol SA from Madrid secured the EUR281,267.40 contract, excluding VAT, for topographic services for the bolts installation, collection of track data, tunnel sections, geometrization of the route and proposal for improvement on Line 6 of the Madrid Metro. Contact Metro de Madrid, Madrid, tel +34 913798800, fax +34 915017800, email Ger.Contratacion@metromadrid.es. For further information on the tender, please click here. Ref.n. 6012000180. 03/21. 

The award to Eurocontrol SA from Madrid of the EUR281,267.40 contract, excluding VAT, for topographic services for the bolts installation, collection of track data, tunnel sections, geometrization of the route and proposal for improvement on Line 6 of the Madrid Metro, has been formalized . Contact Metro de Madrid, Madrid, tel +34 913798800, fax +34 915017800, email Ger.Contratacion@metromadrid.es. For further information on the tender, please click here. Ref.n. 6012000180. 07/21.  

The following contracts were awarded for the maintenance of the fire protection systems on the Madrid metro network: 

• Techco Seguridad Sl from Madrid, contract for EUR1.99 million, excluding VAT, for fire protection systems in warehouses, garages and other branches (Lot 1); 
• Siemens Spa from Tre Cantos (Madrid), contract for EUR2.45 million, excluding VAT, for fire detection and alarm systems in stations (Lot 2); 
• Prosegur Soluciones Integrales de Seguridad Espana SL from Madrid, contract for EUR1.17 million, excluding VAT, for systems in electrical substations (Lot 3); 
• Securitas Seguridad Espana SA from Madrid, contract EUR779,807, excluding VAT, for fire extinguishers in stations (Lot 4); 
• Sistemas y Montajes Industriales SA from Getafe (Madrid), contract for EUR166,600, excluding VAT, for the gas detection probes on Line 8 (Lot 5); 
• Sistemas Integrados de control y software SL from Madrid, contract for EUR2.27 million, excluding VAT, for the remote control system (TCE) and SAIS in stations, substations and tanks (Lot 6); 
• Sistemas y Montajes Industriales SA from Getafe (Madrid), contract for EUR519,735.20, excluding VAT, for photoluminescence in tanks, garages and other outbuildings and substations (Lot 7); 

Contact Metro de Madrid, Madrid, tel +34 913798800, fax +34 915017800, email Ger.Contratacion@metromadrid.es. Visit  http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=557240-2021. Ref.n. 6012000397. 44/21. 

Open invitation to tender, deadline 11/03/2022, for the extension of metro Line 11 from the Plaza Elíptica station to the Conde de Casal station in Madrid. Click here for tender documents and here where tenders must be sent. The contract value is EUR 554 million, excluding VAT. The duration of the contract will be 48 months. Contact Consejería de Transportes e Infraestructuras de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, tel +34 915803576, fax +34 915803140, email contratacion.transportes@madrid.org. Visit

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=042439-2022. Ref.n. A/OBR-036452/2021. 04/22. 

Open invitation to tender, deadline 28/03/2022, for the integral maintenance of 290 ventilation shafts and platforms. Click here for tender documents and here to send your tender application. The value of the contract is EUR1.07 million, excluding VAT. Duration of the  contract will be 48 months. Contact Metro de Madrid SA, attn Licitations Service, Madrid, tel +34 913798800, fax +34 915017800, email Ger.Contratacion@metromadrid.es. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=107589-2022. Ref.n. 6012200021. 09/22.

Spain-Madrid: Repair and maintenance services

Ministry of Development studying submissions from candidates bidding for 30 km tunnel. These are Bechtel (Spain); jv of Dragados, Tecsa and Nesco; jv of Dumez-GTM, AZVI and Ploder; jv of FCC, ACS, Ferrovial and others; and jv of Hochtief, Lain, Obrascon, Huarte and others. Bids invited by September, 1999. Estimated value Pta 350 billion. March 1999.   Contract awarded March 3rd for twin tunnels with cross passages every 300m. Tunnel in granite and gneiss using four closed face TBMs of either single or double telescopic design. April 2000. GIF has announced contract awards as follows: lot 1 south tube Madrid side to jv of Necso/Dragados/Tecsa, value $216.6 million; lot 2 north tube Madrid side to jv of OHL/Hochtief/Sacyr/Guinovart/Comsa, value $216.5 million; lot 4 north tube Valladolid side to FCC/ACS-Ví­as y Construcciones/Ferrovial-Agromí¡n, value $186.8 million. Lot 3 south tube Valladolid side has yet to be awarded. Construction times vary from 49 months to 57 months, and the exact meeting points in each tube have not yet been finalised. Tunnelling should commence in Spring, 2001 using four shielded TBMs erecting concrete segmental lining with i.d. 8.5 m. Visit www.necso.es and www.gif.es June 2000.   Lot 3 for TBM-driven south tube from Valladolid end awarded to consortium of FCC/ACS-Ví­as y Construcciones/Ferrovial-Agromí¡n value $150 million. Lot 5, value $70 million, for railway construction from portals to Segovia, awarded to Dumez GTM-Azvi. Visit www.gif.es December 2000.   Unity is strength. ACS, Comsa, Dragados, FCC, Ferrovial-Agromí¡n, Hochtief, Necso, OHL, Sacyr, and Tecsa, the ten contractors appointed to drive two 25 km tunnels through granite under the Guadarrama mountain on the high speed railway between Madrid and Valladolid, joined their forces to buy four 8.5 m-diameter TBMs needed for this mammoth job. The coordinated negotiation made it possible to pay Ptas12 billion for the four machines, two Herrenknecht and two Wirth, with a 10% discount, and to cut delivery periods from 19 to 14 months. Both Herrenknecht and Wirth agreed to deliver the TBMs completely mounted, ready for tunnelling. The FCC-Ferrovial-ACS jv will receive two TBMs, one Herrenknecht and one Wirth, to excavate from the northern portals (contracts 3 and 4). The Dragados-Necso-Tecsa jv will use a Wirth TBM to drive the tunnel from one of the south portals (contract 1), while OHL, Sacyr, Comsa and Hochtief will use the second Herrenknecht TBM, from the second south portal (contract 2). The muck will be removed using a conveyor belt. It is expected excavation will start in August, 2002. Engineers estimate the TBMs will bore at an average daily speed of 25 metres or 500 metres a month. Meanwhile, FCC, Ferrovial, and ACS have started the preparatory works from the north portals on the Segovia side. The total cost for both tunnels is €179.6 million. Visit www.herrenknecht.com 50/01.  TBM progress at the Guadarrama tunnels, the greatest civil engineering project ever built in Spain, reached a milestone with a best day of 80 metres. The average daily progress is fourty metres. Benigno Blanco, the infrastructure state secretary, is confident that the 28,377 m-long twin tunnels on the Madrid-Segovia-Valladolid high speed line will be concluded towards the end of 2006 or in early 2007. Tunnelling began in mid-October 2002 in the north drive on the Segovia side. To date, progress has reached 1,800 m on the west tube and 1,500 m on the east tube, both Segovia side. On the south drives (Madrid side), the TBMs drill at the same speed so that about 6 km of tunnel has already been bored out of the 56.7 km. Breakthough is programmed in 30 months. The 9.5 m-diameter tunnels are spaced at a 25 m interval and will be connected by branches every 250 m. Up to 120 tunnellers work in four shifts of six hours. The total investment required is €1.1 billion. Visit www.wirth-europe.com and www.herrenknecht.com 14/03.

  FCC reports its involvement in the construction of the 11.6 km Caravia to Llovio stretch of the Autovia del Cantabrico dual carriageway with three tunnels of total length 2.35 km. Overall value of the ongoing contract is $130 million. More detail from www.fcc.es April 2000. Ute Sella, a jv of Dragados and FCC, is working on three twin-tube tunnels on an 11.6 km-long section of the Autovia del Cantabrico near Ribadesella. El Fabar 54 sq m top heading is being developed to the halfway point at 700 m from the east portals using two Atlas Copco L2C drillrigs and three Wagner ST8B Scooptrams. The whole operation will then be moved to the west portals in order to keep the LHD tramming distances realistic. A 3 m bench will be excavated through the tunnel after completion of the top heading. Geology is limestone with slate, and quartzite with karst cavities filled with clay. Round depth limited to 1.5 m, with steel arches, mesh, Swellex rockbolts and steel fibre reinforced shotcrete for support. Some 4 m/day advance is being achieved in each face. Tezangos tunnel is 470 m long and is advancing from the east in slates and sandstones using similar techniques and equipment, and the Llovio tunnel is yet to start. More from www.atlascopco.com May 2000. Shortlist for the design/construct contract for the section of N-632 from Infanzon to Grases with two tunnels 1.27 km and 2.41 km long comprises Sacyr/Obras Subterraneas/Necso; ACS/Ferrovial; FCC/Dragados/Obras y Proyectos; and OHL/Corsan/Corviam/Tableros y Puentes. Announcement 12th December, 2000. Visit www.mma.es November 2000. Award of 3-year construction contract for 9 km-long Grases to Infanzon section of Gijon-Villaviciosa motorway to Dragados/FCC including twin-tube 1.2 km Branaviella and 2.3 km Nievares tunnels. Visit www.dragados.es 05/01. Work control and assistance contract won by Eptisa for €3 million to supervise the Grases-Infanzí³n section of highway N-632 including the 4,800 m Niévares tunnel. Twin tube 11.8 m-wide to be driven by sequential excavation using NATM through Jurassic rocks consisting of limestone, dolomites and marls. Rockbolts, fibre-reinforced shotcrete and TH steel arches. Visit www.eptisa.com 44/01. Central government approved 6.8 km Variante de Navia on western Autoví­a del Cantí¡brico for Ptas11.9 billion with time frame of 32 months. Includes 850 m tunnel under Mount Jarrio. 45/01. Open tendering, deadline 13th February, 2002 for the 6 km Variante de Navia on the Autoví­a del Cantí¡brico including a twin tunnel (871 + 826 metres) under Mount Jarrio. Cost of €72 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int, document S 234-160924 or contact Ministry of Development, fax +34 915978330. 51/01. Navia variant on Autoví­a del Cantí¡brico awarded to FCC. The 6.4 km section includes a dual 850 m tunnel under Mount Jarrio. Visit www.fcc.es 19/02. Open call for bids, deadline 2nd October, 2002 for work management of the Variante de Navia on the Cantabrian highway which includes a 2 x 850 m tunnel. Value €2 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=127140-2002, OJ S 158, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915978537 or +34 915978470. 35/02. Iberinsa and Ideam have been awarded for €1.75 million the work control and construction management of the Navia bypass on the Cantabrian highway, including a twin 850 m tunnel under Mount Jarrio. Visit www.iberinsa.es 14/03.Intecsa-Inarsa has won a €1.26 million contract for the design of the Otur-Villapedre section of the Cantabrian highway, including a 1.2 km tunnel under Mount Inferní³n. Visit www.intecsa-inarsa.es 23/03.

Open tendering for 9 km-long motorway extension with two tunnels of 1.27 km and 2.41 km. Deadline 1st September, 2000. Tenders should be addressed to Ministerio de Fomento, Direccion General de Carreteras, Paseo de la Castellana 67, 28071 Madrid, Spain, tel +34 91 597 8340. April 2000.

Extension to Kabiezes planned for completion 2006. February 1999.   Tenders closed 21st December, 2000 for first 919 m-long x 60 sq m twin-track, single-tube tunnel on second phase of line 2. Roadheaders will be used in limestone marls and claystone with layers of volcanic rock with steel arches, rockbolts, mesh and shotcrete as support. Value $15 million, for commencement mid-2001. Contact transport and public works department, fax +34 9 4501 9018 or visit www.fulcrum.es December 2000.   Open tendering for the design of the superstructure of the Urbinaga-Sestao and Bolueta-Etxebarri sections of Line 2. Deadline 26th February, 2002. The Urbinaga-Sestao section includes a 920 m double-track tunnel plus an underground station and ventilation shafts. Time frame of 24 months. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 6, document 4549-2002 or contact Consorcio de Transportes de Bizkaia, Bilbao, fax +34 944231088. Also visit www.cotrabi.com 05/02.Award to Saitec of the design of the Ariz-Basauri stretch of Line 2 for €271,000. Visit www.metrobilbao.net 05/02.   Preinformation notice for the construction of the Sestao-Portugalete section of Line 2 including a 1,760 m tunnel in rock, two cavern stations at Abatxolo and Portugalete, and shafts. Tender value of €44 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 27, document 20388-2002 or contact the Basque government, Public works and transport division, Bilbao, fax +34 945019786. E-mail di-trans@ej-gv.es 07/02.   Open call for tenders, deadline 31st October, 2002 for construction of the 1,760 m Sestao-Portugalete section of Line 2 with two stations in Abatxolo and Portugalete. Construction using a roadheader with bolts and steel arches as support. Tender value €42.7 million. Opening in mid-2006. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=152818-2002, OJ S 194 or contact Basque government, Bilbao, fax +34 945019786 or 944329189. Visit www.ej-gv.net. More in E-News Weekly # 28. 41/02.  Cinsa is technical advisor in geotechnical engineering to Imebisa for the tunnelling works of the Urbinaga-Sestao section of Line 2. NATM to be used. Visit www.imebisa.es and www.cinsaep.org 12/03.Open call for bids, deadline 4th April, 2005 for construction of section Portugalete-Santurtzi on Line 2. This is a 1.6 km section, with two stations in Penota and Santurtzi. Both stations will be mined, consisting of a cavern with two mezzanines and two entrances/exits. Tender estimated at EUR51.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=024847-2005, OJ S 26, or contact the Basque government, Vitoria-Gasteiz, fax +34 945019785. E-mail trans@ej-gv.es. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 46/2004 & 28/2002. 11/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 28th June, 2005 for work management, control and monitoring during construction of the 1.6 km Portugalete-Santurtzi section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=108001-2005, OJ S 108, or contact Red Ferroviaria Vasca, Bilbao, fax +34 944329189. E-mail jortega@ets-rfv.es 24/05.The Biscay transport authority awarded the construction of the Portugalete-Santurtzi extension of Line 2 to a JV of Nortunel, Urazca and Balzola, for EUR37.5 million. This is a 1.6 km tunnel with two stations. Visit www.cotrabi.com, www.nortunel.com, www.urazca.com and www.balzola.com 43/05.Saitec secured a EUR887,000 contract for the work management, control and monitoring during construction of the 1.6 km Portugalete-Santurtzi section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. Visit www.saitec.es 06/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 15th May, 2006 for construction of section Ariz-Basauri on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. This is an approx. 2 km section for two tracks, section 60 sq m. There will be also four accesses, excavated section 35 sq and total length of 200 metres as well as 13 shafts, for ventilation and elevators, excavated diameter 3.6 m and total length of 425 metres, to be built using raise boring. Geology consists of two different facies, with a very altered zone in between: 30 to 50 MPa marly limestone in the first facies and sandstone and claystone in the second. The tunnel will be built using roadheaders and mechanical means. Support with bolts, wire mesh, shotcrete with/without reinforcing fibres, HEB supports and jet grouting. Mucking-out with loaders and dumpers. Estimated cost: EUR69.1 million. The contract will be awarded in July 2006 for work commencement in September 2006. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=061224-2006, OJ S 59, or contact Basque government, Vitoria-Gasteiz, fax +34 945019451 or 944329189. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 19/06.A JV of Obras Subterraneas, Excavaciones Viuda de Sainz, and Excavaciones Cantabricas will build the Aritz-Basauri section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. The section goes from the present rolling stock depot in Aritz to the centre of Basauri, near the city hall. The successful bid submitted by the JV is 16% cheaper than the tender estimate and construction will take four months less than planned, once works commence next December. The JV has proposed EUR57,903,530.14 and a time frame of 38 months to do the job. The Aritz-Basauri section will be 2,372 m long, whereof 100 metres in open cut and the remainder in a new underground tunnel. The contract also includes two new stations, one named Aritz and the other one named Basauri. Both stations will be mined caverns, matching the style of the other stations in service on Lines 1 and 2 designed by architect Norman Foster. Visit www.obrassubterraneas.es and www.excavacionescantabricas.es 40/06.Geoconsult Espaí±a bagged a EUR1 million contract for site supervision of the Aziz-Basauri section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. This section runs almost fully underground, except for a short portion of only 300 metres near the Ariz workshops. The section also includes the Ariz and Basauri stations. Visit www.geoconsult.es 06/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 4th February, 2008 for conceptual design of the extension to Galdakao of the Bilbao metro. This is a 4.5 km section, 2.5 km of which will run in tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=292744-2007, OJ S 240, or contact Basque government, Bilbao, fax +34 945019018. 52/07-01/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 28th October, 2008 for construction of the Santurtzi-Kabiezes section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. The total length of this dual track section is 2.4 km, whereof 2.3 km will run in tunnel, 40 metres at grade and 112 metres is for the new Kabiezes station. The minimum radius is 250 metres and the maximum gradient is 4.7%. Construction of this section is scheduled to commence at the end of the year. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=253605-2008, OJ S 192, or contact Basque government, Bilbao, fax +34 945018931 or 944316895. E-mail am-aciriano@ej-gv.es 41/08.

Pre-information procedure for installation of E&EM equipment in Ariz-Basauri section, on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro, in construction. Contract value EUR7,706,008, excluding VAT. Scheduled date for start of award procedures: 31.3.2010. Contract duration 16 months. Contact Basque government, att.n Ií±aki Amondarain, Vitoria-Gasteiz, tel +34 945019754, fax +34 945019742, e-mail respcontract-trans@ej-gv.es. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=013499-2010. 04/10.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 20/02/2023, for the construction of the 2.8 km Aperribai-Galdakao section of the Metro Line 5 in Bilbao. The contract includes  Bengoetxe and Galdakao stations and the Olabarrieta and Abusu ventilation and emergency shafts. Click here for bid documents and here where tenders must be sent. Value of contract EUR91.30 million, excluding VAT. Duration of contract 48 months. Contact ETS - Euskal Trenbide Sarea, Bilbao, tel +34 946572600,  email kontratazioa@ets-rfv.eus. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=728162-2022 and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=616085-2022. Ref.n. P20023532. 52/22. 

The joint venture of Acciona (25%), Sacyr (25%), Altuna y Uria (25%) and Bycam (25%) secured the EUR 88.1 million contract for the construction of the 2.8 km Aperribai-Galdakao section of the Metro Line 5 in Bilbao. The contract includes  Bengoetxe and Galdakao stations and the Olabarrieta and Abusu ventilation and emergency shafts. Contact ETS - Euskal Trenbide Sarea, Bilbao, tel +34 946572600,  email kontratazioa@ets-rfv.eus. Visit https://www.acciona.com. Ref.n. P20023532. 26/23.. 

Some 6 km required: 3 km pipejacked at 1.5 m and 1.2 m internal diameter from Lamiako to University awarded to Ferrovial; and 2.3 km at 3.6 m outside diameter to be bored by Robbins TBM through hard rock from 15 m-diameter shaft by jv of ACS, Obras Subterraneas and Sycasa commencing in mid-1999. February 1999.   Open tendering, deadline 6th March, 2002 for the construction of a 3,750 m interceptor sewer in landfill and rock. A 1.2 m-diameter shield boring machine will be used on 50% of the length, traditional means on 10% and open cut on 40 %. Mechanised tunnelling with pipejacking. Tender value of €12.1 million. Commissioning in December, 2004. Engineering consultancy Saitec designed the project. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 14, document 10573-2002 or contact Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia, Bilbao, fax +34 944873110. 08/02.   Open tendering, deadline 6th March, 2002 for the construction of a 2,300 m tunnel to divert the Elguera stream. Outer diameter of 3.60 m and inner diameter of 3 m. A TBM will be used. Shales, marls and limestone. Support with rockbolts, shotcrete, mesh and TH16 steel arches. Tender value of €10 million. Award in June, 2002. Works start in July, 2002 for completion in November, 2004. Engineering consultancy Tecnoconsult designed the project. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 14, document 10574-2002 or contact Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia, Bilbao, fax +34 944873110. 09/02.  Award to a jv of Tecsa and Cavosa of a €9.5 million contract to build the 3,750 m Udondo-Erandio interceptor. 39/02.Necso has secured the construction of the 2.3 km tunnel to divert the Elguera stream for €8.1 million. 39/02.Open call for bids, deadline 27th October, 2003 for construction of the Nervion interceptor, section San Miguel-Arriaga-Miraballes. There are four pipejacked sections in rock, total length around 1.5 km, inner diameter 1,600 mm, with two crossings under river Nervií³n. A microtunnelling machine will be used. Depth: 16 to 18 m. Tender value: €10.5 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=157717-2003, OJ S 174, or contact Consorcio de Aguas de Bilbao Bizkaia, Bilbao, fax +34 944873110. 38/03.Ferrovial-Agroman has secured a EUR7.7million contract to build the Nervion interceptor, section San Miguel-Arriaga-Miraballes, including four pipejacked sections in rock, total length around 1.5 km, inner diameter 1,600 mm, with two crossings under river Nervion. A microtunnelling machine will be used at a depth of 16-18 m. Visit www.ferrovial.es 15/04.Open call for bids, deadline 7th April, 2006 for construction of the Ugarte-Kareaga sewer, consisting of a microtunnel of 1.1 km approximately, to be built using a 1,200 mm closed face microtunnelling machine and reinforced concrete jacked pipes, trenches and secondary works. The tender estimate is EUR11.1 million, whereof about EUR7 million for the microtunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035935-2006, OJ S 33, or contact Consorcio de Aguas, Bilbao, fax +34 944873110. Also visit www.consorciodeaguas.com 10/06.

Public Works Director Jose Basozabal.Concession and contract to build awarded to jv of Agroman, Cintra and Ferrovial. Three tunnels involved: 1,200 m three-lane at Artxanda; 645 m two-lane at Ugasko-La Salve; and 1,145 m two-lane at Ugasko-Txorierri. Value Pta 15 billion. Work commences 1999, duration 2 years. Concession period 50 years. October 1998.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 31.01.2012, for maintenance and management of the three tunnels at Artxanda: La Salve-Txorierri (three-lane, 1,270 m); Ugasko-Txorierri (two-lane, 1,073 m); and La Salve-Ugasko (two-lane, 1,073 m). Contract value EUR8,753,890.22, duration 15 months. Contact Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia - Diputacion Foral de Bizkaia - Departamento de Obras Publicas y Transportes, Bilbao, tel +34 944067104-6169, fax +34 944067111, e-mail herri_lanak_kontratazioa@bizkaia.net; for specs and docs contact Cianoplan SA, Bilbao, tel +34 944247160, fax +34 944316895, e-mail ajur@cianoplan.es. Time limit for accessing documents: 27.01.2012. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid= 401823-2011. 02/12.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 15.03.2013, for conservation, maintenance and operation of South Metropolitan Bypass in Bilbao and of the tunnels at Artxanda. Contract duration 96 months, value EUR74 million, excluding VAT. Contact Interbiak Bizkaiko Hegoaldeko Akzesibilitatea, Bilbao, tel +34 944057000, fax  +34 944057001, e-mail info@interbiak.com. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=032781-2013. 06/13.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 09.12.2015, for a geological and geotechnics study of the three tunnels at Artxanda: La Salve-Txorierri (three-lane, 1,270 m); Ugasko-Txorierri (two-lane, 1,073 m); and La Salve-Ugasko (two-lane, 1,073 m). Contract value EUR375,941 excluding VAT, duration of the contract is 15 months. Contact Interbiak Bizkaiko Hegoaldeko Akzesibilitatea SA, Bilbao, tel +34 944057000, fax +34 944057001, e-mail info@interbiak.com. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=374050-2015. Ref.n. Exp 023/2015/Arm /exp. 45/15.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 14.02.2017, for the upgrading of equipment in a tunnel on the AP-8. The EUR16.05 million contract, excluding VAT, is composed of three lots and includes the following tunnels : Urdinbide (695 m,  693 m)/Autzagane and Uretamendi (590 m, 590 m) on the Amrebieta-Muxika section and the Ermua South Bypass Variante Sud, Artxanda and Zaldibar (599 m, 594 m). Contact Interbiak Bizkaiko Hegoaldeko Akzesibilitatea SA, Bilbao, tel 944057000, fax 944057001, e-mail info@interbiak.eus. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=465008-2016, GU S 252 and http://interbiak.bizkaia.eus/ca_detalle_listado_contratista.asp?idContrato=168. Ref.n. Exp. 066/2016/ARM/AT. 01/17.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 20.11.2017, for the integrated engineering services contract to act as Tunnel inspection body of the Bizkaia road network according to the Tunnel Safety Decree 135/2006. Duration of the contract is from 19/02/2018 to 19/02/2021. Value contract EUR3.81 million, excluding VAT. Contact Diputacion Foral de Bizkaia, Bilbao, attn Seccion de Obras de Contratacion, tel +34 944067934, fax +34 944067819, email contratacionobrapublica@bizkaia.eus. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=403026-2017. Ref.n. 2017/025/073/08. 41/17.

Postponed from 06.03.2019 to 13.03.2019 the deadline of the open invitation to tender for the refurbishment, maintenance and operation of 3.07 km-long Bielsa-Aragnouet tunnel on A138 and its access roads from 2019 to 2022. Estimated contract value EUR6.79 million, excluding VAT, duration 36 months. For bid documents  https://contrataciondelestado.es/wps/poc?uri=deeplink:detalle_licitacion&idEvl=SFKzcov8m3Uuf4aBO%2BvQlQ%3D%3D.

Contact Consorcio para la gestion, Conservacion y Explotacion del Tunel de Bielsa-Aragnouet y sus Accesos, Parzan, email mlorenzo@bielsa-aragnouet.org. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=072734-2019.

Ref.n. (A02010378)-A1/2019. 07/19.

The contract for the main civil works (lot 2) for the second phase of Upper Kotmale hydro power project that amounts to Rs10.7 billion was signed between the Ceylon Electricity Board and Maeda of Japan. The contract will cover the construction of a 35.5 m-high dam at Talawakelle Town, and underground works including a 12,890 m-long headrace tunnel; circular shape, 4.5 m-5.2 m in diameter; a 98 m-high 12 m-diameter upstream surge tank; a 791 m-long underground inclined penstock shaft, 4.5 m-1.45 m in diameter; a 78 m-long draft tunnel, 3 m in diameter; a 58 m-high downstream surge chamber, 8 m in diameter; a 459 m-long tailrace tunnel, 4.5 m in diameter; a 18.8 m-wide, 36.5 m-high and 66.3 m-long underground powerhouse complex; a 451 m-long access tunnel, 5 m wide and 5. m high; a 469 m-long cable tunnel, 4 m wide and 3 m high. Construction of the second phase will be inaugurated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in January next year. When commissioned, the Upper Kotmale hydro power plant will add 150 MW to the national grid. The total cost is being funded by the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). The project is expected to be completed by 2010. Read E-News Weely 27/2005. Visit www.ukhp.lk and and www.maeda.co.jp 51-52/06.

Lahmeyer International to prepare feasibility study for multipurpose water resources development scheme in north-central Sri Lanka to include 1,050 m-wide dam, 60 m high on Amban Ganga tributary which will provide increased water supplies and may also drive a 10 MW power station. Visit www.lif.de for more details. May 2000.