Open invitation to tender, deadline 10/09/2019, for technical assistance for control and monitoring of electric traction substation works and associated auto - transformation centres, power remote control and double 20kv line on the La Robla - Pola de Lena section (Pajares bypass). Value of the contract is EUR447,869.65, excluding VAT. Duration of the contract will be 10 months. Contact Adif-Alta Velocidad, attn Rosa Samper, Madrid, tel +34 913007589, fax +34 917674490, email RSAMPER@ADIF.ES. Visit

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=358453-2019.

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    Preannouncement of invitation to tender for design and construction of metro line 9 from Sagrera to Can Peixauet, Can Zam and Gorg. Contact GISA, fax +34 9 34 300124. Monitor http://ted.eur-op.eu.int 14/01. Three open invitations to tender, deadline 17th July, 2001, for 10 km-long x 11.9 m-diameter section of line 9 with thirteen 35-65 m-deep stations. Y-shaped line will run from Gorg and Can Zam to Bon Pastor and on to Sagrera Meridiana in mixed ground requiring hardrock TBM and EPB. Commencement early-2002 for completion end-2004. Further 30 km with 30 stations in design to be tendered as three sections. Contact fax +34 934 300124 or visit www.gisa.es 27/01. Two contracts awarded by the Catalan government for Line 9 to connect Gorg in Badalona and Can Zam in Santa Coloma, both forming the upper branches of a Y, with Parc Logí­stic. First section is open cut. Pta48.6 billion second section including subsections from Bon Pastor to Gorg and from Parc Logí­stic up to Zona Universitaria secured by Dragados, Necso, Comsa, ACS, and Sorigué. EPB shield to be used with launch shafts in Zona Universitaria and Gorg. Time frame of 54 months. Pta64.4 billion third section including subsections from Can Zam to Bon Pastor and from Zona Universitaria to Sagrera scooped by FCC, OHL, Ferrovial-Agromí¡n and Copisa. EPB TBM. Time frame of 64 months. All tunnels 10.9 m-diameter with two levels for both directions. Excavation to start in 2002 at a depth of 35-60 m. Three machines needed altogether. Section between Can Zam, Gorg and Sagrera to open in 2004. Sagrera-Parc Logí­stic stretch to open in 2006. Visit www.gencat.es and www.gisa.es 44/01. A jv of Riazu, Tec-Cuatro, and GPO Ingenierí­a has secured the work supervision for a 3 km section of Line 9 for €1.8 million. Visit www.gencat.es and www.gisa.es 51/01. Work supervision for the bulk of Line 9, including the bored tunnels, awarded to Paymacotas and Nicola Della Valle for €16.4 million. Visit www.paymacotas.com and www.nicdv.it 03/02. Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of the infrastructure and stations for Line 9, section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsection Llobregat-Parc Logí­stic, and section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parc Logí­stic-Fira. Includes the construction of stations Mercabarna, Parc Logí­stic and Fira de Barcelona, and one tunnel between river Llobregat and the Fira station. Tender value: €149.2 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001119-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03. The 44 km-long line 9 will be the longest in Europe connecting Badalona and Santa Coloma de Gramanet with the port and the airport, running through the exhibition and fair area. It is also the first metro line in the world for trainsets in each direction in a single two-level tunnel. The project requires to invest approximately €2 billion. Construction will not be finished before mid-2007. 02/03. Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for structural work inside the section 2 tunnel, track laying and catenary installation. Tender value: €71.9 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001115-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of the tunnel on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacií³, section Bifurcacií³-Fira. Tender value: €93.7 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001107-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of the stations on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³, and subsection Bifurcacií³-Start shaft in Motors street. Tender values: €63.4 million and €57.8 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001117-2003 and http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001118-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of infrastructure, stations, workshops and depots on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Start shaft in Motors street-Zona Franca Zal. Tender value: €154.9 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001108-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for structural works inside section 3 tunnel, track laying and catenary installation. Tender value: €59.1 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001109-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of stations Zona Universitaria, Campus nord, Manuel Girona and ventilation shafts, section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Tender value: €41.7 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001111-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of stations Prat de la Riba, Sarrií , Mandri and ventilation shafts, section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Tender value: €49.7 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001112-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of stations Putxet, Lesseps, Muntanya and ventilation shafts, section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Tender value: €39.3 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001116-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for construction of stations Sanllehy, Guinardí³, Maragall and ventilation shafts, section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Tender value: €42.3 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001120-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for installation of escalators and lifts in the 40 stations. Tender value: €52.9 million and €58.8 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001110-2003 and http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001121-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003 for installation of ticketing equipment. Tender value: €28.3 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=001113-2003, OJ S 2, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es. 02/03.The total budget of these tenders amounts to €963 million. The administration will pay for the works, interests included, as the construction companies complete and commission the sections.To date, section 4 has been fully awarded (Can Zam and Gorg branches to Sagrera-Meridiana) and work is underway as well as the tunnels on almost all section 2 and all section 3. It is foreseen that section 4 will be operational in 2004. Open call for bids, deadline 25th February, 2003, for construction of the infrastructure and stations of line 9, section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsection km 4+500 to Llobregat. Budget: €197.6 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=002625-2003, OJ S 4, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. 03/03.Open call for bids, deadline 25th March, 2003, for design and construction of the telecom systems for line 9. Traction substations, power substations and energy distribution system. Budget: €161.2 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=002632-2003, OJ S 4, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. 03/03. Open invitation to tender, deadline 11th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9, section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universití ria, subsection Bifurcacií³, stretch Bifurcacií³-Fira, and subsection Start shaft in Motors street-Zona Franca Zal. Tender value: €6 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=031751-2003, OJ S 37, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9 for the ATC, signalling and Centralized Control Room as well as the platform edge doors (PEDs) system. Tender value: €3.2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035370-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9, section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsections Airport Terminal to km 4+500, km 4+500 to Llobregat and Llobregat to Parc Logí­stic, and section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parc Logí­stic-Fira. Tender value: €10.5 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035364-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision for the stations of Line 9, section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsections Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³ and Bifurcacií³-Start shaft in Motors street. Tender value: €4 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035381-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9 for telecom systems, traction substations, power substations and energy distribution system. Tender value: €3.5 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035374-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9 for the ticketing system, and installation of elevators and escalators. Tender value: €2.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035371-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03. Open invitation to tender, deadline 11th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9, section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universití ria, subsection Bifurcacií³, stretch Bifurcacií³-Fira, and subsection Start shaft in Motors street-Zona Franca Zal. Tender value: €6 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=031751-2003, OJ S 37, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9 for the ATC, signalling and Centralized Control Room as well as the platform edge doors (PEDs) system. Tender value: €3.2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035370-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9, section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsections Airport Terminal to km 4+500, km 4+500 to Llobregat and Llobregat to Parc Logí­stic, and section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parc Logí­stic-Fira. Tender value: €10.5 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035364-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision for the stations of Line 9, section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsections Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³ and Bifurcacií³-Start shaft in Motors street. Tender value: €4 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035381-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9 for telecom systems, traction substations, power substations and energy distribution system. Tender value: €3.5 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035374-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 15th April, 2003 for work supervision of Line 9 for the ticketing system, and installation of elevators and escalators. Tender value: €2.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035371-2003, OJ S 41, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 10/03. The construction of the tunnel on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacií³, section Bifurcacií³-Fira on Line 9 has been commissioned to FCC, Copisa and Comapa for €74.2 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.fcc.es and www.copisa.com 22/03.Dragados, Copcisa, Construcciones Rubau and Comapa have been appointed to build the infrastructure, stations, workshops and depots on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Start shaft in Motors street-Zona Franca Zal. Contract value: €128.9 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.dragados.es and www.copcisa.com 22/03.Dragados, Necso, Comsa, ACS and Sorigué have scooped a €59 million contract for structural works inside the section 2 tunnel, track laying and catenary installation, section Start shaft in Motor street-Zona Universitaria. Visit www.gisa.es, www.dragados.es and www.necso.es 22/03.Copisa, FCC, Copcisa, OHL and Ferrovial-Agromí¡n have been awarded a €51 million contract for structural works inside section 3 tunnel, track laying and catenary installation on section Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Visit www.gisa.es, www.copisa.com and www.fcc.es 22/03.A JV of Dragados, Necso, Comsa and Sorigué has won for €124 million the construction of the infrastructure and stations, section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsection Llobregat-Parc Logí­stic, and section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parc Logí­stic-Fira. Includes the construction of stations Mercabarna, Parc Logí­stic and Fira de Barcelona, and one tunnel between river Llobregat and Fira station. Visit www.gisa.es, www.dragados.es and www.necso.es 22/03.The stations on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³ will be built by Dragados, Necso and ACS at a cost of €54.7 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.dragados.es and www.necso.es 22/03.The stations on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacií³-Start shaft in Motors street will be built by Scrinser, Comsa and Sorigué for €49.8 million. Visit www.gisa.es and www.comsa.es 22/03.Corsí¡n-Corviam will construct stations Zona Universitaria, Campus nord, Manuel Girona and the ventilation shafts on section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Contract value: €35.6 million. Visit www.gisa.es and www.corsan-corviam.es 22/03.Copcisa, FCC, Ferrovial-Agromí¡n, OHL and Copisa will build stations Prat de la Riba, Sarrií , Mandri and the ventilation shafts on section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Contract value: €42.3 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.copcisa.com and www.fcc.es 22/03.Copcisa, FCC, Ferrovial-Agromí¡n, OHL and Copisa will also build stations Putxet, Lesseps, Muntanya and the ventilation shafts on section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Contract value: €33.6 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.copcisa.com and www.fcc.es 22/03.Copcisa, FCC, Ferrovial-Agromí¡n, OHL and Copisa will finally build stations Sanllehy, Guinardí³, Maragall and the ventilation shafts on section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Contract value: €36 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.copcisa.com and www.fcc.es 22/03.FCC, Ferrovial-Agromí¡n, OHL, Scrinser and Copisa will construct the infrastructure and stations on section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsection km 4+500 to Llobregat. Contact value: €169 million. Visit www.gisa.es, www.fcc.es and www.ferrovial.es 22/03.Indra Sistemas and Sainco Trí¡fico have won a €22.9 million contract for the supply and installation of the ticketing equipment. Visit www.gisa.es, www.indra.es and www.saincotrafico.com 22/03.ThyssenKrupp Elevadores has won a €28.4 million contract for the supply and installation of escalators and another contract worth €32.3 million for the supply and installation of lifts in the 40 stations. Visit www.gisa.es and www.thyssenkrupp.com 22/03.A JV between Agelèctric, Elecnor, Emte, Instalaciones Inabensa and Isolux Wat has secured a €130.7 million design and equipment contract for line 9 including the telecom systems, the traction substations, the power substations and the energy distribution system. Visit www.elecnor.es, www.grupemte.com, www.inabensa.com and www.isolux.es. Work supervision goes to Auditorí­as e Ingenierí­as and Sener for €2.9 million. Visit www.sener.es 29/03.Typsa, Europrincipia and Idom have won a €3.26 million contract for work supervision for the stations on section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsections Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³ and Bifurcacií³-Start shaft in Motors street. Visit www.typsa.es and www.idom.es 29/03.GPO Ingenierí­a, Catalana d'Ingenyeria and Payma Cotas have won a €4.3 million contract for work supervision of stations Campus nord, Manuel Girona, Prat de la Riba, Sarrií , Mandri, Putxet, Lesseps, Muntanya and the associated ventilation shafts on section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana. Visit www.gpo.es and www.paymacotas.com 29/03.A JV between Payma Cotas, Riazu and Tec-Cuatro has pocketed a €8.5 million contract for work supervision of the infrastructure and stations on section 1 Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsections Airport terminal to Km 4+500, Km 4+500 to Llobregat, Llobregat to Parc Logí­stic, and section 2 Parc Logí­stic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parc Logí­stic-Fira. 29/03.A JV of AZM Ingenyers, SGS Tecnos, Ardanuy Ingenierí­a and Sener has gained a €1.8 million contract for work supervision of the ticketing system, elevators and escalators. Visit www.ardanuy.com and www.sgs.es 29/03.Sener has won a €2.6 million contract for work supervision for the ATC, signalling and Centralized Control Room as well as the platform edge doors (PEDs) system. 29/03.Open call for bids, deadline 9th February, 2004 for construction of section Airport-Parc Logí­stic, subsection Terminal station between runways-Km 4+500. Cut-and-cover method from Terminal station between runways to Km 1+250 and EPB TBM. The tunnel will accomodate two tracks and feature an outer diameter of 9.07 m and inner diameter of 8.43 m. Includes also three cut-and-cover stations. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=220683-2003, OJ S 248, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. Visit dlh@gisa.es 02/04.GISA has awarded the construction of subsection Terminal between runways-Km 4+500 of Line 9 between the airport and Parc Logistic which will connect the Mas Blau business park to the new airport terminal to a JV between FCC, Ferrovial-Agroman, Scrinser, OHL and Copisa. The contract is worth EUR139 million. Work will commence by two months and last 20 months. The section is 3,934 m in length, whereof 3,050 m in tunnel, with three stations temporarily known as Terminal entre pistas, Terminal actual and Mas Blau. The double-track tunnel features an outer diameter of 9.4 m and an inner diameter of 8.4 m. Visit www.fcc.es, www.ferrovial.com, www.ohl.es and www.copisa.com 14/04.Open call for bids, deadline 10th May, 2004 for construction of the Sagrera Meridiana interchange on Line 9. Tender value: EUR105.9 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=051109-2004, OJ S 60, or visit GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 16/04.It was initially planned to construct in open cut the subsection running from Sagrera-Meridiana to the exit shaft of the TBMs near the future high speed station in La Sagrera. Because of a planning clash between the construction of this subsection and the future high speed railway station, the project has been modified and will be TBM-driven. GISA has awarded the construction of this subsection, running from Onze de Setembre station to Sagrera-Meridiana to Dragados, Necso, Comsa, ACS and Sorigué for EUR89.8 million and a time frame to complete the job of 24 months. The contract also includes an extension to Line 4 from Santander to Sagrera TAV and Sagrera-Meridiana, with a 12 m-diameter tunnel and the new Line 4 station at Sagrera-Meridiana. The Sagrera TAV - Sagrera-Meridiana stretch of Line 4 will be used by Line 9 trains while the Onze de Setembre - Sagrera-Meridiana parallel section is used for spoil removal when work continues on Line 9 between Sagrera-Meridiana and Zona Universití ria. The new Line 4 section will be commissioned as Line 9 without being connected to La Pau, the current head of the line. Construction of both sections implies therefore that Lines 9 and 4 will run in parallel in separated tunnels between Sagrera TAV and Sagrera Meridiana. Sagrera-Meridiana will also be an interchange station between four metro lines (4, 9, 1 and 5) and the Renfe station. These companies are currently excavating the Gorg-Bon Pastor section by means of a 12.06 m-diameter Herrenknecht EPB shield. This machine has excavated over 1 km and recently passed Llefia station. The other EPB shield, 11.95 m in diameter, built by NFM Technologies launched from Can Zam on 20th June, 2003 is on schedule, having driven 1.7 km. The machine is between Singuerlin and Esglesia stations. Visit www.gisa.es, www.gencat.net, www.herrenknecht.com and www.nfm-technologies.com 16/04.Open call for bids, deadline 19th July, 2004 for work management of the Sagrera Meridiana interchange on Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Tender budget: EUR3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=086071-2004, OJ S 105, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 25/04.Comsa, Scrinser and Isolux Wat will construct Sagrera Meridiana interchange on Line 9, for EUR75.1 million. Visit www.comsa.com 30/04.Idom, Europrincipia and Typsa have secured a EUR2.3 million contract for work management of the Sagrera Meridiana interchange on Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit www.idom.es, www.europrincipia.es and www.typsa.com 45/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd September, 2005 for quality control during construction of the infrastructure and stations on section 4t Bon Pastor-Can Zam and the tunnel on the Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana section and during the design of the infrastructure and station of the access to the railway triangle, as part of Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=133995-2005, OJ S 135, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 29/05.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd September, 2005 for quality control during construction of the infrastructure, stations, workshops and depots on section 2 Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Start shaft in Motors street-Zona Franca Zal. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=134039-2005, OJ S 135, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/05.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd September, 2005 for quality control during construction of section 2n Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacion, section Bifurcacion-Fira. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=134038-2005, OJ S 135, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/05.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd September, 2005 for quality control during construction of the infrastructure and stations on section 4t Bon Pastor-Gorg, of the tunnel on section Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria and of the infrastructure and stations on subsection Sagrera-TBM shaft (end of section at Sagrera high speed rail-Bon Pastor). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=134026-2005, OJ S 135, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 12th December, 2005 for design of the modified project for Line 9, stations on the subsection Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacion (Gornal, Torrassa, Collblanc, Campus Sud and Zona Universitaria). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=201911-2005, OJ S 204, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 45/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 12th December, 2005 for design of the modified project for Line 9, subsection Llobregat-Fira. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=201909-2005, OJ S 204, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 45/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 12th December, 2005 for design of the modified project for Line 9, subsection Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=202045-2005, OJ S 204, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 45/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 12th December, 2005 for design of the modified project for Line 9, subsection TBM shaft-Sagrera Meridiana. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=201956-2005, OJ S 204, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 45/05.Payma Cotas won a EUR530,000 contract to undertake the quality control during construction of the infrastructure and stations on section 4t Bon Pastor-Can Zam and the tunnel on the Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana section and during the design of the infrastructure and station of the access to the railway triangle, as part of Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit www.paymacotas.comEptisa secured a EUR590,000 contract to undertake the quality control during construction of the infrastructure and stations on section 4t Bon Pastor-Gorg, of the tunnel on section Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria and of the infrastructure and stations on subsection Sagrera-TBM shaft (end of section at Sagrera high speed rail-Bon Pastor). Visit www.eptisa.es 47/05.Eptisa also secured a EUR303,300 contract to undertake the quality control during construction of section 2n Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacion, section Bifurcacion-Fira. Visit www.eptisa.es 47/05.LGAI Technological Center and Applus Construccií³n Técnica pocketed a EUR887,300 contract to undertake the quality control during construction of the infrastructure, stations, workshops and depots on section 2 Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria, subsection Start shaft in Motors street-Zona Franca Zal. Visit www.lgai.es and www.appluscorp.com 47/05.Open call for bids, deadline 10th April, 2006 for design of the airport loop on section 1 Airport-Logistic Park, between Mas Blau station (not included in the contract) at Km 0.750 of the original project and the terminal station between the runways (Km 3.595 in the original project). The alignment change to the project originally designed in 2002 is motivated by the need to serve the new airport city under development northeast of the airport. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=040175-2006, OJ S 37, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 09/06.Auding secured a EUR304,000 contact to design the modified project for Line 9, subsection TBM shaft-Sagrera Meridiana. Visit www.auding.com 12/06.Tec-Cuatro, Intraesa and Geocontrol received three contracts to design the modified project for Line 9. The first contract, worth EUR210,800, is to design subsection Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria. The second contract is to design the stations on subsection Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacion (Gornal, Torrassa, Collblanc, Campus Sud and Zona Universitaria). It is worth EUR370,700. The third contract is to design subsection Llobregat-Fira. It is worth EUR210,340. Visit www.tec-cuatro.es, www.intraesa.com and www.geocontrol.es 12/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd May, 2006 for conceptual design of section 3r Zona Universitaria-Sagrera meridiana on Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=054507-2006, OJ S 52, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 13/06.The call for tenders for the conceptual design of section 3r Zona Universitaria-Sagrera meridiana on Line 9 of the Barcelona metro has been cancelled. Click es/48. 19/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 29th May, 2006 for general supervision of safety and health during construction of Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=088116-2006, OJ S 83, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 93 4444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 20/06.Peyco and Inpasa secured a EUR563,500 contract to design the airport loop (tunnel, stations and ventilation shaft) on section 1 Airport-Logistic Park, between Mas Blau station (not included in the contract) at chainage 0.750 of the original project and the terminal station between the runways (chainage 3.595 in the original project). Visit www.peyco.es 23/06.Darzal Consultoria y Prevencion received a EUR327,600 contract for general supervision of safety and health during construction of Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. 29/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 15th September, 2006 for quality control on Line 9 on the Barcelona metro, section 1 Airport- Parque Logistico, subsection Terminal between runways-Ch 4,500 and Ch 4,500-Llobregat. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=158878-2006, OJ S 147, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 33-34/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 15th September, 2006 for quality control on Line 9 on the Barcelona metro, section 2 Parque Logistico-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parque Logistico-Fira, and section 1 Airport-Parque Logistico, subsection Llobregat-Parque Logistico. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=158874-2006, OJ S 147, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 33-34/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 15th September, 2006 for quality control on Line 9 on the Barcelona metro, section 2 Parque Logistico-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacion-Launch shaft in Motors Street. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=158866-2006, OJ S 147, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 33-34/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for quality control of studies and projects for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=161116-2006, OJ S 149, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 33-34/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 26th September, 2006 for conceptual design of section 3, Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana (tunnel and stations) on Line 9 on the Barcelona metro. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=169694-2006, OJ S 157, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/06.Intemac received a EUR540,300 contract for quality control on Line 9 on the Barcelona metro, section 2 Parque Logistico-Zona Universitaria, subsection Parque Logistico-Fira, and section 1 Airport-Parque Logistico, subsection Llobregat-Parque Logistico. Visit www.intemac.es 46/06.Payma Cotas won a EUR260,800 contract for quality control on Line 9 of the Barcelona metro, section 2 Parque Logistico-Zona Universitaria, subsection Bifurcacion-Launch shaft in Motors Street. Visit www.paymacotas.com 46/06.LGAI Technological Center secured a EUR835,300 contract for quality control on Line 9 on the Barcelona metro, section 1 Airport-Parque Logistico, subsections Terminal between runways-Ch. 4+500 and Ch. 4+500-Llobregat, and Fira station on section 2. Visit www.lgai.es 46/06.Typsa has bagged a EUR1.2 million contract for quality control of studies and projects for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit www.typsa.es 46/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd January, 2007 for quality control during construction of the Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacion subsection on section 2 Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria on Line 9. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=232019-2006, OJ S 216, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail cpublic@mfom.es 50/06.Payma Cotas received a EUR290,000 contract to control quality during construction of the Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacion subsection on section 2 Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria on Line 9. Visit www.paymacotas.com 08/07.Open invitation to tender, deadline 20th May, 2008 for safety and health coordination for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro related to subsection Bifurcacií³n-Fira, in particular ground improvement; subsection Entry shaft in Motors Street-Zona Franca Zal (infrastructure, stations, workshops and rolling stock depot); subsection Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³n (stations); Torrassa interchange station; subsection Bifurcacií³n-Entry shaft in Motors Street and its stations; subsection Entry shaft in Motors Street-Zona Universitaria (complementary interior fit-out, tracks and catenaries as well as ground improvement measurements); and section Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria (tunnel). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=86772-2008, OJ S 64, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail correu@gisa.es 15/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 2nd June, 2008 for safety and health coordination for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro related to the infrastructure, stations and installations of several sections. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=98894-2008, OJ S 73, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail correu@gisa.es 17/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 9th June, 2008 for design for stations Zona Universitaria, Campus Norte, Manuel Girona and ventilation shafts, as part of the revised section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana of Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=104396-2008, OJ S 77, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail correu@gisa.es 18/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th July, 2008 for work control and construction supervision of the New airport terminal-Parc Logistic section 1r. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=136952-2008, OJ S 102, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail esm@gisa.cat 23/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th July, 2008 for work control and construction supervision of the Parc Logistic-Bifurcation shaft and Zona Franca entry shaft-Zona Universitaria section 2n. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=136951-2008, OJ S 102, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail esm@gisa.cat 23/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th July, 2008 for work control and construction supervision of the Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana section 3r and section 4t. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=136950-2008, OJ S 102, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail esm@gisa.cat 23/08.Cygsa secured a EUR565,100 safety and health coordination contract for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro related to subsection Bifurcacií³n-Fira, in particular ground improvement; subsection Entry shaft in Motors Street-Zona Franca Zal (infrastructure, stations, workshops and rolling stock depot); subsection Zona Universitaria-Bifurcacií³n (stations); Torrassa interchange station; subsection Bifurcacií³n-Entry shaft in Motors Street and its stations; subsection Entry shaft in Motors Street-Zona Universitaria (complementary interior fit-out, tracks and catenaries as well as ground improvement measurements); and section Parc Logistic-Zona Universitaria (tunnel). Visit www.cygsa.com 30/08.Payma Cotas secured a EUR468,600 safety and health coordination contract for Line 9 of the Barcelona metro related to the infrastructure, stations and installations of several sections. Visit www.paymacotas.net 30/08.Auding received a EUR1.2 million contract to design the Zona Universitaria, Campus Norte and Manuel Girona stations and ventilation shafts, as part of the revised section 3 Zona Universitaria-Sagrera Meridiana of Line 9 of the Barcelona metro. Visit www.auding.com 36/08.Prior information notice for execution of construction work at Pozo Campus Norte on Barcelona metro line 9, value EUR6 million. Contract period 14 months commencing February, 2009. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=267741-2008 OJ S 202 Award procedures start 10.12.2008. Contact Gestio d'Infraestructures, tel +34 9 34 44 44 44, e-mail esm@gisa.cat 43/08.ATI, a consortium of OHL, FCC Construction and Copisa, has been awarded the EUR1 billion concession for construction, maintenance and management of section 1 of line 9 of Barcelona Metro involving 13 stations and 17 km of line serving Prat airport, Llobregat hospital and the terminus at Amadeu Torner station. Line 9 will be the longest metro line in Europe at 46.6 km. Visit www.ohl.es, www.fcc.es, and www.copisa.com. 48/08.

Rosenqvist Entreprenad AB from Vallentuna have secured the EUR25.23 million (SEK287.02 million) contract, excluding VAT, for track, ground and power rail works for the section Kungstradgarden (KTG) up to and including Parish Plan (SOP), which is part of Stockholm metro blue line extension from Kungstradgarden to Nacka and the south. Contact Region Stockholm, Förvaltning for utbyggd tunnelbana, attn Lars Marmnas, Stockholm, tel +46-8-7372500 email lars.marmnas@sll.se.  Visit https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/573701-2024. Ref.n. FUT 2022-0019. 40/24.

Open call for bids, deadline 21st August, 2003 for project engineering for the Skantull-Solberga power tunnel. The complete tunnel between Skantull and Solberga via í–rby will be approximately 6.4 km in length, of which 5.1 km will be a new tunnel which will generate 90,600 cubic metres. The purpose is to move an existing aboveground power line into the tunnel. Cross sections: 17.7 sq m (new tunnel) and 12.5 sq m (existing tunnel). Geology is mostly granite. Drill/blast method from five drives. Support technique and mucking-out equipment not yet decided. Feasibility study by Scandiaconsult (SCC), WSP and Bergab. Tenders for tunnelling in April 2004. Estimated cost: SEK400 million financed by Stockholms Gatu- och fastigehetskontor. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=105172-2003, OJ S 117, or contact Stockholms Gatu- och fastigehetskontor, Stockholm, fax +46 850826301. E-mail kjell.engvall@gfk.stockholm.se and johan.arvidsson@carlbro.se 27/03.Open call for tenders, deadline 16th October, 2006 for construction of a 7 km cable tunnel from Skanstull to Solberga in south Stockholm, a work tunnel and terminal facility. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=133115-2006, OJ S 125, or contact Stockholms Stads Markkontor, Stockholm, tel. +46 84800000. E-mail tobias.kednert@mk.stockholm.se or ake.stiberg@carlbro.se 28/06.Details are available about the construction of the Skanstull-Solberga cable tunnel in Stockholm. The main tunnel includes sections of 18.3 sq m for a 5,560 m distance (height 5 m) and 20.3 sq m for a 780 m distance (height 5.5 m). For both tunnels the width is 4 m. There are also three work tunnels of 27.4 sq m with a total distance of 780 m and five vertical shafts for cables, ventilation and stairs. They are deep tunnels in rock (mainly gneiss) below the groundwater level. The new tunnel is not allowed to cause sinking of the groundwater level due to existing buildings at the surface and crossing tunnels above the new tunnel. The tunnel is planned to be built by conventional driving by jumbo and explosives in full section, but alternative solutions may be accepted. To stop groundwater, mainly drilling and concrete injection is planned. To support the rock, mainly bolts and shotcrete with and without fibres will be used. Concrete formwork at the tunnel ends. Steel construction in the five shafts. Small rooms for technical equipment are required underground. An invitation to tender is under way, for contact award in December 2006. Construction to start immediately after for end on 31st March, 2010. Click se/30. 33-34/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 29th October, 2006 for contract management for construction of the Skanstull-Solberga tunnel for electrical cables. The main responsibility of the assignment is to ensure, on behalf of the customer, that all contractual requirements are fulfilled. The contract management shall include expert advising and administrative work. Click se/30 for details about the tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=182698-2006, OJ S 171, or contact Stockholm Stad Markkontoret, Stockholm, fax +46 13312490. E-mail toblas.kednert@mk.stockholm.se or request@opic.com 38/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 22nd February, 2007 for construction of the Hjorthagen cable tunnel. This is an approx. 1.1 km tunnel, also including a vertical shaft and a 300 m work tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 41/2006 for more details. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=250227-2006, OJ S 234, or contact Markkontoret, Stockholm, fax +46 13312030. E-mail anna.pramsten@mk.stockholm.se 51-52/06.Oden Anläggningsentreprenad pocketed a SEK335 million contract to build a 7 km cable tunnel from Skanstull to Solberga in south Stockholm, a work tunnel and a terminal facility. Visit www.oden.nu 05/07.

Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 31.10.2011, for marine and land geotechnical and geological surveys along line of proposed TBM-bored City Link transmission tunnel for Stockholm Power division of Swedish Power. Further information, specs and docs from Rolf Axen at Svenska Kraftnaet in Sundbyberg, tel +46 702304426, e-mail rolf.axen@svk.se, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=290895-2011. 37/11.

Elektro Emanuel AB of Veddige secured the EUR394,855 contract, excluding VAT, for upgrading of electric power systems and associated control equipment in the bi-tube 715 m-long Gnistangs tunnel in Gothenburg. Contact Trafikverket, attn Emma Stenman, Borlange, tel +46 771921921, e-mail emma.stenman@trafikverket.se. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=51519-2015. Ref.n. TRV 2014/72582. 08/15.

AWK Group AG from Zurich secured the EUR894,675 contract, excluding VAT, for the E&M equipment project (power supply, lighting, signs, surveillance, communication, operation, cables, ventilation) for the increase from 6 to 8 lanes of the N02 section between Hagnau and Augst interchanges includes the  tunnels Schweizerhalle (1200 m, 900 m), during phases GP/EK,  AP/MK + MP (optional). For further information  http://www.simap.ch/shabforms/servlet/Search?NOTICE_NR=964351 (german) and/or http://www.simap.ch/shabforms/servlet/Search?NOTICE_NR=964969  (french). Visit Ofrou, Zofingen, tel +41 58 482 75 11,    fax  +41 58 482 75 90, email beschaffung.zofingen@astra.admin.ch. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=162422-2017. Ref.n. 160031. 16/17.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 10/11/2021, for the designer (Project author -PV) and local construction management (DLL) from planning (32) to commissioning phase (53) of the operational and safety systems (BSA),  FB1 (Power), FB2 (lighting), FB7 (Cablage), FB8 (ancillaries) and FB9 systems in the Airolo tunnel, part of the 2nd Gotthard road tunnel (2TG) project on the N02 motorway. The duration of the contract is from 01/06/2022 to 31/12/2032. For tender documents and more detailed information please click here (German), here (Italian) and here (French). Contact Ofrou, Bellinzona, tel +41 58 469 68 11, fax +41 58 469 68 90, email acquistipubblici@astra.admin.ch. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=501173-2021.  Ref.n. 120043. 42/21.    

BASF MEYCO Fireshield 1350 fire protection mortar was used on this project   Sinking of 800 m-deep Sedrun shaft commenced February, 1999 by jv of Murer, Shaft Sinkers, Locher, Marti, Zschokke and CSC. April 1999.   Tenders invited for 2,646 m-long Faido access tunnel at Mairengo and Amsteg access tunnel. Also Bodio service tunnel 3,162 m-long and 5 m-diameter with two cut-and-cover tunnels at 380 m each. May 1999.   North portal to Sedrun is 21 km; Sedrun to Faido is 19 km; Faido to south portal is 16 km. Sedrun and Faido are construction accesses and will be retained as emergency exits during operation of the railway. At Sedrun there will be two crossovers together with passenger unloading facilities in separately-ventilated galleries to be excavated off-line. Amsteg access is for construction and maintenance purposes only. At this stage it is anticipated that the Sedrun section will be advanced by drill/blast on four faces off the shaft starting February, 2000. Two TBMs will drive from the north portal position towards Sedrun and another two TBMs will drive from the south portal; two TBMs will drive south from Amsteg commencing early-2002 and another TBM will drive from Bodio following on 400 m of preparatory cut-and-cover in blocky alluvial ground and 420 m drill/blast with grouting; two TBMs will drive north from Faido starting end-2002; and the final launch should be from Erstfeld in mid-2003. The south end of the tunnels will be segmentally or concrete lined, and elsewhere shotcrete, waterprooof membrane and in-situ concrete will be standard. The invert will be concreted in-situ throughout. Rock temperature will be 45 degrees C, provoking maximum air temperature of 35 degrees C and humidity of 70 %. Working temperature will be reduced by circulating cooling water to the faces from refrigeration plants on surface. Sedrun already has a 10 MW plant. Project has been divided into five main contract lots. Each of the three central lots will employ 500 men; the south lot 400 men; and the north lot 300 men. See also ch/20 – 22 below. October 1999. Shaft Sinkers of South Africa reported completion of a 800-metre vertical shaft at Sedrun. The contract also included a ventilation shaft and a cavern more than 2,000 metres below the surface. A new phase in the construction of the world's longest railway tunnel is about to begin now with the drill-and-blast of two pairs of tunnels from the cavern in both directions between the middle of next year to the end of 2007. Visit www.alptransit.ch 42/01. Click ch/19 and ch/22 To complete the first stage of AlpTransit and finance the second stage, further investment will be necessary for a total of CHF600 to 800 million. The Swiss Parliament has to approve the new funding next summer. The cost estimate for the first stage of AlpTransit - which includes a first phase with the Lötschberg and Gotthard base tunnels and a second phase with the Mount Ceneri and Zimmerberg tunnels - is CHF14.7 billion. However, unforeseen geological conditions in Faido at the Gotthard base tunnel and the decision to build a twin tube instead of a bidirectional tunnel under Mount Ceneri or safety improvements in the tunnels will cost an extra CHF520 million. Consequently, reserves dropped to CHF249 million as of 31st December, 2002. Another CHF50 million will also be submitted in Parliament for the second stage, which includes the underground crossing of the Uri valley. This stage, programmed for the 2010-2020 decade, will consist in lengthening the Gotthard base tunnel so that the line will run in tunnel on 75 km instead of 57, from Brunnen to Bodio. A final decision will be made in 2007. The Lötschberg base tunnel is 75% complete while the Gotthard base tunnel is 20% complete. Visit www.alptransit.ch and www.blsalptransit.ch 15/03.Following an out-of-court agreement between the project owner AlpTransit Gotthard and Schweizer Bahntechnik Konsortium and once the contract is signed, which is scheduled for spring 2008, Transtec Gotthard will draw up the implementation plans to begin installing railway technology in the Gotthard base tunnel in 2009. On 4th May, 2007, Transtec Gotthard was awarded the contract for railway technology but the decision was attacked in justice by the defeated consortium Schweizer Bahntechnik. Read E-News Weekly 24/2007. The order is worth CHF1.69 billion and construction is scheduled to last until 2016. Zurich-based Atel Installationstechnik leads the Transtec Gotthard consortium, whose other members are Alcatel-Lucent, Thales Rail Signalling Solutions (TRSS), Alpine Mayreder and Balfour Beatty Rail. Visit www.transtecgotthard.ch, www.atel.eu, www.thalesgroup.com, www.alpine.at and www.bbrail.comTranstec Gotthard is also aided by a number of other partners, among which Kummler+Matter, Pöyry Infra and Scheuchzer. Visit www.kuma.ch, www.ewi.ch or www.poyry.com and www.scheuchzer.chOnce the federal office of transport has granted its approval, work on installation of the railway technology systems is scheduled to begin at the south portal in Biasca around the beginning of 2009, and at the north portal in Erstfeld around 2012. The construction period is around seven years. The Gotthard base tunnel is scheduled to go into commercial operation in 2017. The work covers installation of railway technology facilities in the two one-track tunnel tubes, each 57 kilometres in length, and the outdoor routes connecting the existing rail network. The railway technology to be installed includes the track, power supply and cabling, lighting and power installations, overhead lines and switching stations, tunnel instrumentation and controls, data networks and operational communications, tunnel communication systems and signal boxes, process control systems and a new signalling and train security system.Before these systems can be installed in the tunnel, extensive systems for logistics and transport such as construction railway, workshops, storage depots, accommodation, ventilation and air conditioning systems, power supply, radio and telephone systems need to temporarily set up. Visit www.alptransit.ch 03/08.Pöyry has been awarded an engineering services contract in the Gotthard base tunnel project by the Swiss Transtec Gotthard consortium. The assignment comprises support of the operational management, technical coordination and planning integration. The value of the contract is about EUR10 million. AlpTransit Gotthard as owner awarded the Transtec Gotthard consortium the work contract for the installation of the railway technology in the Gotthard base tunnel. Transtec Gotthard comprises Atel Installationstechnik, Alcatel-Lucent Schweiz, TRSS Thales Rail Signalling Solutions, Alpine Bau and Balfour Beatty Rail. The consortium's contract is for implementation planning and installation of the railway installations and involves equipping the two single-track tunnels, each with a length of 57 km, as well as the overground lines to the north and south with a total length of around 11 km. Installation of the railway systems through the south entrance will start in the second half of 2009, and through the north entrance at Erstfeld at the end of 2011. Commercial operation of the world's longest railway tunnel with scheduled train services is planned to start at the end of 2017. Visit www.poyry.com, www.transtec-gotthard.ch and www.neat.ch/pages/e/index.php 20/08.

Bangkok Transit System received first $87 million to commence construction of 23.7 km Green Line. North and south sections of Blue Line scheduled for completion 2003. NATM consultant: Geoconsult E-mail office@gcs.co.at contact F L Jansky. Nov 1998.   $650 million 10 km-long twin-tube 5.7 m-diameter south section with nine stations under construction by jv of Bilfinger & Berger, Ch Karnchang, Kumagai Gumi and Tokyu Construction and will use two Herrenknecht EPBs ex-Taipei and two new Kawasaki machines. The Herrenknechts will start in July 1999 from Queen Sirikit station and will bore 4.8 km to Hua Lamphong station by mid-2001. The Kawasaki machines will start from the Rama IX station and drive 3.4 km to Queen Sirikit. Precast segmental concrete lining comprising 1.2 m-wide rings of five segments and key with hydrophilic gaskets. Rates of 15 m/machine/24h day are expected in the homogeneous, low-abrasive, boulderless clay. Principal design engineer Maunsell Asia. $770 million 10 km-long north section of similar dimensions with another nine stations under construction by ION jv comprising Italian-Thai, Obayashi and Nishimatsu using four dual-mode open/EPB machines from Kawasaki. Two machines launched from Ratchada station box early-1999 and two from Thiam Ruam Mit station box in April, 1999. Diaphragm walling and core excavation of station boxes is well underway along the route and will be completed ahead of each TBM arrival. Main consultant Ove Arup, sub-consultant for tunnels Geoconsult. Handover scheduled for 2002. June 1999.   First TBMs commissioned for 11 km Bangsue-Lat Phrao-Depot northern section of planned 20.5 km MRTA Blue Line by ION joint venture under $1 billion contract. 9 km of 6 m-diameter twin-bore tunnels and 9 stations designed by Arup Transport. ION comprises Italian Thai, Obayashi and Nishimatsu. Planned southern section of line will extend via Bon Kai to Hua Lum Pong station. August 1999.   Bilfinger & Berger reports completion of 190,000 sq m of diaphragm walls up to 1.2 m-thick for the stations using special equipment in restricted working heights. Foundation levels of stations up to 46 m below ground, with centre columns resting on 1.8 m-diameter piles, 70 m-deep. Dewatering avoided because of fears of settlement. Jet grouting employed to strengthen ground around TBM launch and reception positions and at pump sumps and adits between main tunnels and intervention shafts. Visit www.bilfingerberger.de for further information. October 1999.   SNC-Lavalin awarded three-year, $150 million lump-sum contract in joint venture with Ch Karnchang of Bangkok for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of trackwork and power systems for the whole 20 km-long metro system. More details at www.snc-lavalin.com November 1999.Total length of eight twin tunnels connecting stations is almost 15 km. Four 6.3 m-diameter EPBs have been used: two launched from Phra Ram 9 station in May/June, 1999; and two from Queen Sirikit National Convention Center station in Sept/Oct, 1999. By April, 2000 nine of the sixteen drives were completed with a peak advance of 35 m/day, erecting 1.2 m-wide, 30 cm-thick, 5 + 1 concrete segment rings. Visit www.bilfingerberger.de and www.herrenknecht.com August 2000.   BMCL Co, a subsidiary of Ch Karnchang, together with Mitsubishi Electric and Alstom, to raise funds for provision of services under its 25-year MRTA contract for the 20 km-long subway being built from Hua Lamphong to Bang Sue, opening end-2002. Visit www.alstom.com 15/01.   CKSL consortium, comprising Ch Karnchang and SNC Lavalin, has completed laying 1 km of track from Rama IX maintenance centre to Thiem Ruam Mitr station. The 60 km tracklaying contract from Bang Sue to Hua Lamphong is progressing at 50 m/day for completion May, 2002. Visit www.snc-lavalin.com 40/01.   MRTA planning 13.8 km-long extension of metro from Hua Lamphong to Bang Khae, beneath Ratanakosin Island. Soft loan sought from JBIC, with 0.75% interest, 10 year grace period, and repayments over 40 years. Economic internal rate of return for extension is 14%. 44/01.  Phase I of a 8.7 km blue Line extension from Hua Lamphong to Bang Wa is awaiting approval by the Committee for the Management of Land Traffic (CMLT). The project includes 4.9 km of tunnels and four underground stations. The MRTA has completed the preliminary design. Project to be implemented under design/build contract. A single tunnel will be located in east Bangkok while a twin tunnel will be built in the west side in Thonburi. The line will cross underground the Chao Phraya river at Pak Khlong Talart. Visit www.mrta.or.th 04/02.