Contract under negotiation for construction of East Trunk sewer from Dunfermline to North Queensferry STW, 3.45 km-long x 2 m-diameter and gradient 1:300 at depths of 5-50 m through sedimentary and igneous rocks. Main consultant, Mott McDonald, Glasgow; hydraulics design, East of Scotland Water (Waterway Consultants) and University of Abertay; site investigations, WIMTEC; project sponsor, Jim Thomson, East of Scotland Water Authority, fax +44 1383 848417 or visit www.eswa.org.uk November 2000.

Contract award to Barhale Construction for 2.1 km-long x 1.2 m-diameter drainage tunnel value $3 million to be excavated using shielded TBM over 44 week period for Anglian Water and Cambridge city council. Visit www.barhale.co.uk October 2000.

Award of $140 million design/build contract for Loch Katrine scheme including two 1.8 m-diameter TBM tunnels totalling 1 km in length to Stirling Water consortium comprising Gleeson, Thames Water, and Montgomery Watson. Work at site to start mid-2002 for completion 2005. Visit www.thames-water.com 24/01.

Design and construction underway for 10m wide twin bore light rail cut-and-cover tunnels for an extension to passenger transit system at Stansted airport with station at Satellite Building No. 3 designed by the BAA/Brown & Root/Laing airport infrastructure team for completion early 2001. Visit www.halliburton.com August 2000.

City of London project comprising 2.8 km of 2.59 m and 2.44 m-diameter tunnels into which six 132kV circuits will be installed to enable linking of three inner London sub-stations. Designed by Brown & Root and constructed by J Murphy and Sons for London Electricity. Weaving alignment avoids other cable ducts, underground railways, large sewers and telecomms. Lovat ME116SE series 11400 2.95 m-diameter EPBM erecting Macrete concrete wedge block lining due to complete September, 2000. Further 1.2 km of tunnel in design to link a fourth sub-station into the network adjacent to the Tate Art Gallery includes a Thames crossing. Visit www.halliburton.com, www.macrete.com and www.lovat.com August 2000.Negotiated procedure, deadline 31st December, 2002 for construction of a 1.2 km-long 2.59 m-diameter tunnel through Woolwich and Reading Beds and London Clay to connect the Bankside main substation to Farrington Street. Work to commence in second quarter 2003 with completion by end-2004. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=186483-2002, OJ S 234, or contact 24seven Utility Services Ltd, Bexleyheath, fax +44 2082988104. 50/02.Restricted procedure, deadline 18th March, 2005 for design and construction of the Lower Lea Valley cable tunnels, consisting of one or two tunnels (between Hackney and West Ham substations) with diameters in the range 2.5 m to 6 m and a route length of approximately 5.6 km each, together with associated works. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=024856-2005, OJ S 26, or contact London Development Agency, London, fax +44 2076802040. E-mail andrewlomas@lda.gov.uk or tunnelworks@lda.gov.uk 07/05.J Murphy & Sons has been appointed to build massive tunnels which will replace overhead power lines that cut across a swathe of east London. The GBP70 million project is the first phase of a GBP200 million scheme, in which 50 huge electricity pylons will be removed. The removal of pylons will free up more than 40 hectares of land for development of the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games in London. Builders will construct 12 km of tunnels to replace power lines which run across the Lower Lea Valley. Two power tunnels will be constructed 20 m underground, one at 2.5 m for EDF Energy and the other 4 m in diameter for National Grid. The larger is on the same scale as a London metro tunnel and will have its own monorail running down the middle for inspection and servicing. The tunnelling work comprises two cable tunnels and associated shafts. The tunnels will each be approximately 6 km. Visit www.lda.gov.uk and www.murphygroup.co.uk 35/05.

National Grid Company undertaking 3 m-diameter x 20 km-long cable tunnel from Elstree to St John's Wood at 20 m depth with seven shafts 20 m to 40 m deep. Ventilation and control buildings will be sited at Kilburn, Cricklewood, Colindale, Canons Corner and Elstree. Bidding process complete and award due October. Shortlist contractors are Murphy, AMEC, Miller and Amey. Visit www.halliburton.com and www.nationalgrid.com June 2000. Contractors Amec and Murphy shortlisted for $60 million, 20 km-long St Johns Wood to Edgware segmentally lined TBM tunnel with 5 shafts for National Grid. Award expected early-2001 for immediate start. Visit www.halliburton.com November 2000.Appointment of Murphy as preferred contractor for 20 km x 3 m-diameter segmentally lined tunnel with five shafts from Elstree to St John's Wood. Three TBMs will drive concurrently from 20 m-deep shafts at Elstree and in both directions at Cricklewood. Visit www.murphygroup.co.uk 02/01.

British Waterways has awarded the contract to construct a $2.4 million, 150 m-long, 7m-diameter tunnel to connect the disused Forth & Clyde and Union canals near Falkirk to regenerate the canal corridor across the Scottish Lowlands, from Glasgow through to Grangemouth and Edinburgh. Main contractors for the scheme are a jv of Morrison Construction Ltd and Bachy-Soletanche. The tunnelling work is sub-contracted on a design and construct basis to Spray Concrete Ltd in association with Joseph Gallagher Ltd whose tunnel designer is High-Point Rendel. Excavation in boulder clay overlying coal measures strata will be carried out using a Schaeff ITC 112 E3 backhoe/loader and the tunnel will be lined with sprayed concrete. A novel feature of the tunnel will be that it will pass above abandoned claystone workings and will be required to withstand possible future collapse. To achieve this the tunnel, and canal base, will be specially strengthened to bridge an anticipated maximum void created by a roof failure in the room and pillar workings some 20m below the tunnel invert. The tunnel also passes below the remains of the Antonine Wall, a 60 km-long Roman earthworks structure dating from the second century AD and constructed some 160 km north of the more famous Hadrian's wall. More from hprendel@btinternet.com March 2000.  Good progress reported on 147m-long, 7m-diameter Roughcastle tunnel, part of the new Millennium Link Canal connecting the Forth & Clyde and Union canals. Classical NATM method with single side drifts in the boulder clay of the upper half excavated using a Schaeff ITC 112 E3 backhoe/loader with a rock breaker attachment. Holethrough of first side drift expected next week. Bench to be excavated in sandstones and mudstones using a road planer. This method used successfully on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link North Downs tunnel in chalk (see uk/20). August 2000.

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

Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure for maintenance of mechanical and electrical and fire systems in Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly Lines on London Underground network. Expressions of Interest are invited for Lot 1 or Lot 2 or for both Lots. Contract value EUR57.3-68.7 million (GBP 50-60 million), duration 96 months. The programme may be for the M & E systems maintenance to commence in Summer, 2010 and for the fire systems maintenance potentially to be added in Spring, 2013. Contact Paul Headington at Tube Lines Limited, 15 Westferry Circus, Canary Wharf, London E14 4HD, tel +44 2070885880, e-mail paul.headington@tubelines.com. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=244469-2009. 36/09.

Invitation to tender using restricted procedure, deadline 07.06.2010, for SMEs and BMEs to support Mouchel prequalification process for TfL Engineering and Project Management Framework TFL 900001. Download documentation and submit tenders at www.competefor.com. TED document reference number GB003ZM8016. 21/10.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 19.12.2011, for Bank station capacity upgrade project which includes new surface ticket hall, diversion of southbound Northern line running tunnel for 570 m, and formation of new southbound platform. Contract starts 04.06.2013 for completion 31.12.2021. Expressions of interest by e-mail to BankSCUProjectProcurement@tfl.gov.uk. Pre-qualification questionnaires will be issued on 20.12.2011. Further information, specs and docs from Paul Wiltshire, Commercial Manager at London Underground Ltd in London, tel +44 2079180390, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=363980-2011. 47/11.

Periodic information notice for DeepTube Programme railway control system high bandwidth communications technology options for upgrade of Bakerloo, Piccadilly, Waterloo & City and Central lines. Further information from Neil McFadden at LUL in London, e-mail neil.mcfadden@tube.tfl.gov.uk. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=369366-2012. 52/12.

Periodic indicative notice without call for competition for technical dialogue feasibility stage for mechanization maintenance and renewals vehicles. The vehicles will be used in the deep tube tunnel environment and will need to be able to operate in the confined space of a single bore tunnel. Contact Ben Edwards, London Underground Ltd in London, tel +44 2070383019, e-mail trackprocurement@tfl.gov.uk. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=427573 -2013. 51/13.

Periodic information notice for Railway Control Systems in Piccadilly, Central, Bakerloo, and Waterloo & City lines for London Programme (NTfL). Expressions of Interest are required by noon on 08.09.2014. Further information from Stuart Hardy at London Underground Limited (LUL) in London, tel  +44 2070384285, e-mail ntflrcspin@tfl.gov.uk. Expressions of Interest are required by noon on 08.09.2014. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=233009-2014 and

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=288116-2014.

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Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 12.10.2015, for  the complete upgrade of 4 London Underground mid-tunnel ventilation systems. Three sites are on the Jubilee Line and one site is on the Northern Line. Works include removal of the existing ventilation systems, installation, commissioning and handover of upgraded systems on London Underground network. Duration of the contract is from 01.04.2016 to 31.12.2017.  For further information, electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate https://eprocurement.tfl.gov.uk/epps/home. Contact Ethnie Abbasali at Transport for London - London Underground (Line Upgrades), London, e-mail ethnieabbasali@tfl.gov.uk , julian.frost@tube.tfl.gov.uk . Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=325884-2015. 39/15.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 12.05.2016, for the provision of a new railway communications based train control (CBTC) system for the Piccadilly line which is part of the London Underground with options for Waterloo and City, Central and Bakerloo lines. Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents is 22.4.2016 - 12:00. The duration of the contract is from 29.10.2018 to 01.11.2058. Contact London Underground Ltd, London, e-mail NTFLSTCPIN@tfl.gov.uk. For electronic access to information  https://lucpd.bravosolution.co.uk. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=98608-2016. 12/16.

Dyer and Butler Ltd from Southampton secured the EUR 6.87 million contract, excluding VAT, for  the complete upgrade of 4 London underground mid-tunnel ventilation systems. Three sites are on the Jubilee Line and one site is on the Northern Line. Works include removal of the existing ventilation systems, installation, commissioning and handover of upgraded systems on the London Underground network. Contact Transport for London - London Underground (Line Upgrades), att.n Julian Frost, London, e-mail julian.frost@tube.tfl.gov.uk. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=167872-2016. 20/16.

Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 10.04.2019, for minor, additional and ad hoc FM Works within the TfL and London Underground infrastructures. The contract is composed of 5 lots. The value of the contract is EUR99.66 million (GBP 85 million). The duration of the contract is 48 months. For bid documents https://procontract.due-north.com where tenders must be sent. Contact Transport for London, London, attn Paul Booth,  email PAULBOOTH2@TFL.GOV.UK.. Visit

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=118260-2019.

Ref.n. DN391299. 11/19.

Transport for London has shortlisted the 4 bidders - Axia SC Consortium, BAI Communications, Cellnex UK Ltd and Wireless Infrastructure Group - for a contract to roll out 4G mobile connectivity across the underground sections of the London Underground network. TfL is working with the UK’s 4 mobile network providers to install 4G connectivity on a trial section of the Jubilee Line between Westminster and Canning Town. It expects connectivity within most stations and tunnels from March 2020; TfL plans to install more than 2,000km of cabling on this section.

Once the concession contract is awarded, the pilot area may be subject to changes. The pilot section is envisaged as the first step to rolling out mobile connectivity across the whole of the London Underground by the mid-2020s. Visit https://tfl.gov.uk. 30/19.

https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2019/july/4g-on-jubilee-line-tunnel-section-from-march-2020

Amalgamated Construction Company awarded $6 million contract for 1 km-long, 2.1 m-diameter bolted segment lined tunnel with three shafts up to 20 m depth and 600 m construction in opencut together with ancillary works. Tunnel alignment passes under a housing estate, two canals and a railway. Visit www.amco-construction.co.uk for more. December 1999.  A Dosco boom header shield complete with segment erector and full back-up equipment will be used to construct the bolted concrete segmental tunnel through coal measures. The remainder of the contract works include shafts, box culverts, an outfall structure, river crossings, pipejacking and conventional sewer installation in opencut. More from www.amco.co.uk March 2000.

West of Scotland Water Authority will invite tenders by the end of 1999 for 2 km-long, 2 m internal diameter sewer in the Kelvin valley. Sept 1999.