Contract for 4.5 km x 45 m2 exploration drive at Vompt awarded to Jager. Contract for 2.5 km x 30m2 tunnel at Brixlegg Ost awarded to jv of Froschlobau/Grun & Bilfinger Berger. Both drill/blast. Consultant: Geoconsult E-mail office@gcs.co.at contact F L Jansky. April 1999. Two preinformation notices for a railroad section in Unterinntal, Tirol including the Wiesing/Jenbach tunnel and the eastern section of the Stans/Terfens tunnel between km 39.8 and km 48. The first is for construction, tender value of €210 million. The second is for work supervision, tender value of €4 million. There are 6,100 m of tunnel in soft soil plus a 700 m tunnel under a highway. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 29, document 21895- and 22168-2002 or contact Brenner Eisenbahn, Innsbruck, fax +43 512 5309110. E-mail bw@beg.co.at 08/02.Two preinformation notices for the geological studies and the work supervision of a 7.8 km tunnel to be bored using NATM. Tender values of €400,000 and €4 million, respectively. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 29, documents 22159- and 22162-2002 or contact Brenner Eisenbahn, Innsbruck, fax +43 512 5309110. E-mail bw@beg.co.at 08/02. Open call for bids, deadline 7th October, 2002 for construction of the 7.8 km-long Stans/Terfens tunnel, west tube. 5.3 km for a double track (4.3 km of which in loose ground) and 2.5 km for a triple track. Value €112 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=129632-2002, OJ S 161, or contact Brenner Eisenbahn, Innsbruck, fax +43 5125309110. E-mail bw@beg.co.at 35/02. Open call for bids, deadline 9th October, 2002 for work management of the 7,855 m Stans/Terfens tunnel. Both NATM and TBM excavation. Tender value €7 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=138008-2002, OJ S 173, or contact Brenner Eisenbahn, fax +43 5125309110. E-mail bw@beg.co.at 37/02. Open call for bids, deadline 17th October, 2002 for NATM-related geological services for the 7.8 km double-track Vomp/Terfens tunnel. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=143139-2002, OJ S 181, or contact Brenner Eisenbahn, Innsbruck, fax +43 5125309110. E-mail bw@beg.co.at 39/02. Open call for tenders, deadline 3rd December, 2002 for work coordination of the 7.8 km Vomp/Terfens tunnel (lot H5) and the 1.3 km Terfens gallery (lot H6). Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=158800-2002, OJ S 201, or contact Brenner Eisenbahn, fax +43 5125309110. E-mail bw@beg.co.at 43/02. Award to Dipl.-Ing. Bernhard Felder of a €112,000 contract for worksite coordination for the 7.8 km Vomp/Terfens tunnel and the Terfens cut-and-cover tunnel (1.3 km) on section Kundl/Radfeld-Baumkirchen on the Unterrintal railway. 15/03. Construction was launched in August at the 7,735 m Stans/Terfens double track single-tube tunnel awarded to Strabag, Hochtief and Zueblin. The tunnel is part of the Unterinntal line in Tyrol that will provide access to the future Brenner base tunnel. NATM to be used. The tunnel runs 4.3 km in loose material and 3.3 km in rock. There is also 100 m in cut-and-cover. Cross section between 111 sq m in stable rock and 125 sq m in loose ground. Cross section of 202 sq m on a length of approximately 2,270 m to accommodate three tracks. Excavated materials will generate about 1.2 million cubic metres. A 5.7 km-long existing pilot tunnel parallel to the future main tunnel must be lengthened and converted into a rescue tunnel. Contract value: €139.7 million. Visit www.beg.co.at, www.bauholding.at,   www.hochtief.de and www.zueblin.de 39/03.Geodata and AVD secured a €2.1 million contract to undertake geotechnical measurements for lots H5 and H6 regarding the Stans/Terfens tunnel (7.7 km) and the Terfens tunnel (1.3 km), section Kundl/Radfeld - Baumkirchen. Visit www.geodata.at 39/03.A consortium between Bernard+Partner and Verbundplan has secured a €6.8 million contract for work supervision and project management for the 7.7 km NATM-driven Stans/Terfens tunnel (lot H5). Visit www.bernard-partner.at and www.verbundplan.at 39/03.Contracting jv of Strabag, Zueblin and Hochtief started top headings of 7.8 km-long Vomp/Terfens two/three-track tunnel in unconsolidated ground for 220 m from west portal and 664 m from east portal using Alwag AT-Casing pipe roofing system with Atlas Copco Rocket Boomer drillrigs, and are now excavating in soft rock using 6 m-long MAI SDA grouted anchors in roof, and similar 20 m-long connectable anchors in face. Lattice girders, mesh and shotcrete installed using Normet machines. More from www.arge-avt.at or visit www.mai-systems.com, www.alwag.com, www.normet.com 17/04.Open call for bids, deadline 7th March, 2005 for construction of contract H4-3 in Stans, including a 2,615 m west tunnel, and a stop in Stans. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=200865-2004, OJ S 233, or contact Brenner Eisenbahn, Innsbruck, fax +43 512576887. E-mail bws@beg.co.at 50/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 9th March, 2005 for construction supervision and contract management for contract H4-3 in Stans (2.6 km) including soft ground tunnelling. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=013363-2005, OJ S 14, or contact Brenner Eisenbahn, Innsbruck, fax +43 512576887. E-mail bws@beg.co.at 04/05.Alpine Mayreder and Grund-, Pfahl- und Sonderbau secured contract H4-3, worth EUR103.9 million, including a 2,615 m west tunnel and a stop in Stans. Visit www.alpine.at and www.gps-bau.com 31-32/05.A JV formed by Mueller & Hereth, Intergeo and IBB secured a EUR4.1 million contract for construction supervision and contract management for section H4-3 in Stans (2.6 km) including soft ground tunnelling. Visit www.mueller-hereth.com, www.intergeo-consulting.com and www.ibb-bgw.de 41/05.AIT secured a EUR548,000 contract for geotechnical measurements and inspections, as part of lot H4-3 which includes 2.8 km of tunnel in Stans. Visit www.ait-ingenieure.de 43/05.Trevi won a EUR17 million bid for ground reinforcement and waterproofing works as part of the construction of the 2,615 m Stans tunnel. Alpine Bau heads consortium H4-3 Stans. The contract takes effect immediately and will be completed in 2006. Visit www.trevifin.com 44/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 8th February, 2007 for geological and hydrogeological engineering during construction of lot H4-3 of the Lower Inn valley railway, including a tunnel built using the NATM. Click at/44. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=22545-2007, OJ S 19, or contact Brenner Eisenbahn, Innsbruck, tel. +43 51253090. E-mail bwd@beg.co.at 06/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 29th March, 2007 for control and supervision measurements on the new Kundl/Radfeld-Baumkirchen stretch of the Lower Inn valley line, required after termination of the structural works. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=56979-2007, OJ S 46, or contact Brenner Eisenbahn, Innsbruck, tel. +43 5125309. E-mail bwd@beg.co.at 11/07.AIT Ingenieure bagged a EUR163,000 contract for control and supervision measurements on the new Kundl/Radfeld-Baumkirchen stretch of the Lower Inn valley line, required after termination of the structural works. Visit www.ait-ingenieure.de 22/07.Geoconsult and Fuerlinger received a EUR350,000 contract for geological and hydrogeological engineering during construction of lot H4-3 of the Lower Inn valley railway, including a tunnel built using the NATM. Visit www.geoconsult.at and www.geologie-salzburg.at 26/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 24th September, 2007 for construction supervision and control measurements on lots H1 and H2-2 on the Kundl/Radfeld-Baumkirchen section of the Inn valley railway. Lot H2-2 is a 2.4 km cut-and-cover tunnel section. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=215110-2007, OJ S 175, or contact Brenner Eisenbahn, Innsbruck, fax +43 512576887. E-mail bwd@beg.co.at 38/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 29th October, 2007 for construction site coordination for technical equipment for lots A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A10, H1, H2-2 and O1 on the Kundl/Radfeld-Baumkirchen section of the Inn valley railway. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=209951-2007, OJ S 170, or contact Brenner Eisenbahn, Innsbruck, fax +43 512576887. E-mail bwd@beg.co.at 38/07.Dibit Messtechnik received a EUR150,500 contract for construction supervision and control measurements on lots H1 and H2-2 on the Kundl/Radfeld-Baumkirchen section of the Inn valley railway. Lot H2-2 is a 2.4 km cut-and-cover tunnel section. Visit www.dibit-scanner.at or http://dibit.itz.cc 20/08.Bernard Ingenieure ZT pocketed a EUR1.06 million contract for site coordination for the technical equipment for lots A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A10, H1, H2-2 and O1 on the Kundl/Radfeld-Baumkirchen section of the Inn valley railway. Visit www.bernard-ing.com 20/08.Alpine Bau GmbH and Rhomberg Bahntechnik GmbH, as Alptransit Brenner JV, have been awarded a EUR260 million contract for railroad engineering equipment by Brenner Eisenbahn GmbH to equip the first part of the north entry line into the Brenner Base Tunnel.Visit www.beg.co.at, www.alpine.at and www.bahntechnik.com 45/08.