Restricted call for bids, deadline 16th June, 2004 for design and build contract for completion of a railway between Corso Vittorio Emanuelle II and Corso Grosseto, including the crossing of the Dora Riparia river. Cut-and-cover tunnel, 2 km in length, diverting the river with sheet piles. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=077407-2004, OJ S 97, or contact Italferr, Rome, fax +39 0649752445. E-mail a.putaturo@italferr.fr 23/04.A JV led by Astaldi including Vianini Lavori, Impresa Costruzioni Rosso Geom. Francesco & Figli, Di Vincenzo Dino & C. and Turner & Townsend Group won the tender, worth EUR442.2 million, to design and build the railway section Corso Vittorio Emanuele II-Corso Grosseto in Turin. This 12 km section will connect Lingotto and Stura stations and encompasses 7 km of tunnel, including the crossing of the Dora Riparia river. Construction will last six years. Visit www.astaldi.com 26/05.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 29/04/2020, for the geotechnical measurements and laser scanner surveys for Lot Mules 2-3 (Lot2) of the Brenner Base Tunnel. The contract duration is 36 months from award, the estimated value is EUR3,304,900.00 excluding VAT. Contact Brenner Basis Tunnel BBT SE, email bbt@bbt-se.com.  For tender information please click here Ref.n. AP321. 11/20.

Postponed from 29/04/2020 to 15/06/2020 the deadline of the open invitation to tender  for the geotechnical measurements and laser scanner surveys for Lot Mules 2-3 (Lot2) of the Brenner Base Tunnel. The contract duration is 36 months from award, the estimated value is EUR3,304,900.00 excluding VAT. Contact Brenner Basis Tunnel BBT SE, email bbt@bbt-se.com. For tender information please click here Ref.n. AP321. 20/20.

Accelerated restricted procedure, deadline 5th May, 2004 for construction of lots IV and IV bis of the Trasversale delle Serre in Catanzaro province including 2.5 km of tunnel, whereof three two-way single bore tunnels totalling 1,242 m and seven cut-and-cover tunnels for the remaining length. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=055457-2004, OJ S 65, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064454956. Visit www.stradeanas.it 16/04.Technital, 3TI Progetti and Alpina have pocketed a contract for the detailed design and environment impact study as part of the upgrading of road SS 106 Jonica, section Squillace-Simeri Cricchi, lots 1 to 5, and the extension to road SS 280 Due Mari. The 22.4 km road, whereof 17.2 km for SS 106 and 5.2 km for SS 280, includes 11 tunnels and will cost EUR740 million to build. Visit www.technital-spa.com, www.3tiprogetti.it and www.alpina-spa.it 27/04.Condotte secured a nearly EUR84 million contract to build section 2 of the Palizzi bypass on trunk road SS 106 Jonica in Catanzaro province. The job requires four twin bored tunnels in Palizzi (427.71 m / 387.4 m), Ambusena (111.7 m / 67 m), Peristeri (969.4 m / 993.5 m) and San Antonino (632.6 m / 629.4 m). Support with steel-reinforced shotcrete combined with Swellex bolts, steel arches, and fore piling. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 27/2004. Visit www.condottespa.it 51-52/04. Accelerated restricted procedure, deadline 30th March, 2005 for construction of the 4.1 km Marina di Gioiosa Jonica outer bypass on SS 106. It is a dual carriageway carrying two 3.75 m-wide lanes and two shoulders (1.75 m and 0.5 m) in each sense. The project includes three bored tunnels: Pantalogna (470 m / 461 m), Schiavo 1 (210 m / 170 m) and Schiavo 2 (503 m / 479 m) and the 216 m Romano cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=037332-2005, OJ S 39, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064454956. 11/05.Torno Internazionale, its affiliate Rabbiosi, SIG and Tecnovese clinched a EUR124 million deal to build contracts IV and IV bis of the Trasversale delle Serre in Catanzaro province including 2.5 km of tunnel, whereof three two-way single bore tunnels totalling 1,242 m and seven cut-and-cover tunnels for the remaining length. Visit www.torno.com 15/05.A consortium of Via Ingegneria, Cooprogetti and Girpa for the design and Immobilgi Federici Stirling, DE.MO.TER. and Fondazioni Speciali-Sicos for the civil works has been awarded a EUR76 million contract to build the 3.5 km Marina di Gioiosa Jonica bypass, including three twin bored tunnels: Pantalogna (460 m / 461 m), Schiavo 1 (210 m / 170 m) and Schiavo 2 (503 m / 479 m), and the Romano false tunnel (216 m). The bored tunnels will be dug in clay and marls, using an excavator equipped with hydraulic breaker and ripper. Canopies of steel pipes will previously be drilled around the tunnel contour by forepoling. The tunnel face will be supported by fibre glass nails, steel arches (double IPN 180) and fibre-reinforced shotcrete. Wire mesh will be installed at the portals. Click here. Visit www.immobilgi.com, www.demoter.net, www.fondazioni-speciali.com, www.cooprogetti.it and www.girpa.it 39/06.Anas, the operator of roads and motorways in Italy, has approved the construction project of the second mega lot of the new trunk road SS 106 on the Ionian coast, in Catanzaro province. The project consists in constructing a total of 22.4 km, namely the Squillace-Simeri Crichi section (17.2 km) and a new section on trunk road SS 280 "dei Due Mari" (5.2 km). The green light to the construction project means that the worksites will be opened in the next few weeks. A total of 11 tunnels will be built. The project has a total cost of EUR652.4 million. The final design and construction has been awarded to a JV of Astaldi and Nino Ferrari, who formed a company for the project named CO.MERI. Click here. Visit www.astaldi.com 50/06.

Strabag won a EUR5.94 million contract to build the 2,150 m-long 5 m-wide pilot bore of the Faè tunnel between Cles and Mostizzolo in Trento province. This exploratory tunnel is to be driven parallel to the future tunnel and will be used as a service and escape gallery when the main tunnel opens. Strabag will use an open type hard rock TBM, already owned by the company, either an Atlas Copco MK15 or a Wirth. The safety coordination has been assigned to Ing. Piero Paolo Susano for EUR115,680. Tunnelling to start end of 2004. Time frame: 400 days. Read E-News Weekly 33/2003. Visit www.bauholding.at 10/04.

Ivitation to tender using restricted procedure, deadline 05.10.2009, for design and construction of Lot 1 La Sega-Rindola of the Vittorio Veneto bypass on SS51 di Alemagna, Treviso province. Contract value EUR52 million, duration 1,215 days of which 120 days for design. The section, 2,350 m length, includes the rock tunnel Sant'Augusta (1,498 m) and the cut & cover tunnel Via Carso. For the alignment click here. For more information contact Dr Ing Nicola Prisco, Responsabile del Procedimento, ANAS, Rome, tel +39 (0)6490326, fax +39 (0)644462009/4456224, e-mail r.memoli@stradeanas.it. Send bids to ANAS, Servizio Gare, Direzione Generale Protocollo Generale, Via Monzambano 10, 00185 Rome. Bid code VE 13/09. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=219563-2009. 35/09.

Accelerated restricted procedure, deadline 25th February, 2004 for feasibility study for the Modena-Lucca highway between Emilia Romagna and Tuscany regions. The 115 km highway would cross the Appennines, starting in Campogalliano, crossing the Torrente Silico and Serchio valleys to link up with Ponte a Moriano in Tuscany. A total of 68 km of tunnels would be required. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=010873-2004, OJ S 13, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064454956. Visit www.stradeanas.it. Read E-News Weekly 38/2003. 05/04.Bonifica and CSST have secured a EUR200,000 contract for the feasibility study for the 115 km Modena-Lucca highway, which would need the building of some 68 km of tunnels. Visit www.bonifica.it 44/04.

Open procedure invitation to tender, deadline 05.05.2009, for tunnel equipment and roads maintenance on SS125/130/131/131DCN/195/389/554 and new SS554 in Cagliari, Oristano and Nuoro provinces. Contract value EUR349,933, duration 300 days after award. Contact ANAS, Sardegna Department, Bids Office, Via Biasi 27, 09131 Cagliari, tel +39 (0)705297-1, fax -268. Visit www.stradeanas.it. Bid Code n. 26A2009. For history of road projects in Sardinia visit tunnelbuilder archive it/94. 17/09.

Accelerated restricted procedure, deadline 30th July, 2003 for construction of section San Lazzaro-Sanremo city centre, north carriageway, including the 1.5 km San Giacomo tunnel. Single tube, radius 5.15 m, finished width 8.5 m, to be driven using traditional tunnelling means. Tender value: €35.9 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=110539-2003, OJ S 123, or contact ANAS, Roma, fax +39 064454956. Visit www.stradeanas.it 29/03.Accelerated restricted procedure, deadline 9th December, 2003 for construction of the Pieve di Teco bypass in Imperia province (Liguria). Includes a single-tube tunnel to accomodate two lanes plus pavements, 1,824 m in length and 10.5 m in width. Umbrella vaults at the portals (2 x 30 m). Sequential excavation using hydraulic hammers. There will be two drives. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=193252-2003, OJ S 215, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064454956. Visit www.stradeanas.it 47/03.Accelerated restricted procedure, deadline 16th December, 2003 for construction of the Chiusavecchia bypass in Imperia province (Liguria). Includes two single-tube tunnels in Madonna del Olivetto (1,425 m) and Torria (460 m). Radius: 6.3 m and height from invert to roof: 10.05 m. Geology: San Remo flysch. Excavation method to be chosen by the contractor. Support with bolts, steel arches and shotcrete. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=194867-2003, OJ S 217, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064454956. Visit www.stradeanas.it 47/03.Four tunnels are planned on the 9.2 km Pieve di Teco-Ormea bypass on trunk road SS 28 Colle di Neva linking Piedmont and Liguria: Monte San Bernardo (1,860 m), Trovasta (637 m), Boschi Sottani (981 m) and Armo-Cantarana (2,874 m). The Armo-Cantarana tunnel would consist in widening a pilot tunnel bored in the early 1990s. Estimated cost of EUR220 million. Tenders have already been invited for the first tunnel. Click it/88. 04/04.Lauro and Cogeis secured a EUR41.2 million contract to build the Pieve di Teco bypass on trunk road SS 28 Colle di Nava, including a 1.8 km tunnel. Visit www.cogeis.it 07/05.Accelerated restricted procedure, deadline 4th May, 2006 for final design including geotechnical and environmental surveys and first recommendations for work safety for the 9.2 km Pieve di Teco-Ormea bypass on road SS 28 in Imperia province. The project includes the following tunnels: Monte San Bernardo (1,824 m), Trovasta (637 m), Boschi Sottani (981 m) and Armo-Cantarana (2,874 m). The Armo-Cantarana tunnel will consist in widening an existing pilot tunnel. Construction of the first tunnel has already been awarded. Click it/88. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=063928-2006, OJ S 61, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064454956. 15/06.Tenders for the completion of section San Lazzaro-Sanremo Centre, north carriageway on the new road SS 1 bypass Aurelia Bis (new Aurelia) in Sanremo were invited in 2003 on a design/build basis. The contract has been awarded to a JV between Provera e Carrassi and Polidori Costruzioni on 19th March, 2007. The executive design approved by ANAS, the national road administration, has been undertaken by Alpina. The project mainly consists in completing the San Lazzaro junction, constructing the San Giacomo tunnel and the Sanremo Centre junction. The scheme stretches 2,150 metres approximately in all. Construction of the San Giacomo tunnel and work supervision amount to EUR22 million. Visit www.proveraecarrassi.it and www.alpina-spa.itThe San Giacomo single bore tunnel is 1,501.68 m long. The excavated area varies from 100 square metres for the typical cross-section to 160 square metres for the enlarged cross-section where lay-bys will be bored to allow vehicles to park in case of emergency. There will be four such lay-bys, each approx. 60 metre long. There are no other underground structures within the project.The tunnel path crosses the Ligurian Alps and the geology is formed by a series of tectonic units, transported and piled up towards the outer limits of the Alpine furrow, which form part of a deformation of the Apennine age. The San Giacomo tunnel fully crosses Sanremo flysch, which consists of clayey schists, clayey marls and fine to medium sandstone. Narrow alluvial deposits run along the San Francesco and San Romolo rivers, predominantly fine materials, sand alluvium with gravels.Full-face traditional methods will be used, combining drilling and blasting and hydraulic breakers, depending either on the ground or the cover above the tunnel to avoid damage caused by vibrations to overlying buildings. A unique excavation face will be opened in San Lazzaro, working towards Sanremo Centre.The variety of Sanremo flysch obliges to adopt different support measures, ranging from Swellex bolts, shotcrete and welded mesh to steel beams and shotcrete. In particularly tricky geological areas, the face will be stabilised by fibre-glass nails or by drilling forepoles of steel piles inserted into holes and filled with cement to form an umbrella vault around the contour of the face. Visit www.swellex.comDumpers and rubber-tyred loaders will be used to take the excavated material from the face to a first dump site outside, where it will be crushed prior to be taken to the final dump. The tunnel follows the path of an existing pilot tunnel built by highway operator Autostrada dei Fiori during the final design phase to study the rock mass and optimize the subsequent cross-section designs and tunnelling methods. Read E-News Weekly 17/2007. 17/07.Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 8th September, 2008 for the design and construction of national road SS 1 "Nuova Aurelia", access to the Savona harbour and connection between the toll barriers on highway A10 in Savona and Albisola and the harbours of Savona and Vado. The approval of the executive project and the subsequent award of the contract is scheduled for January 2010. Construction is programmed to be concluded in October 2013. The new Aurelia bis road section, from Albisola Superiore to Savona (Torrente Letimbro), is 5.1 km in length altogether, whereof 3.9 km intunnel. This EUR246 million project will relieve coastal traffic and provide a direct link to the Savona harbour area. Click it/88. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=196421-2008, OJ S 146, or contact ANAS, fax +39 064456224 or 0644462009. E-mail r.memoli@stradeanas.it 32-33/08.Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 18.03.2009, for engineering design services for the construction of civil engineering works for the Pieve di Teco-Ormea bypass on road SS 28, including 2,874 m-long Armo-Cantarana tunnel. Contract value EUR3,350,000, duration 210 days. Contact Anas, Roma, Att.Condirezione Generale Legale e Patrimonio Unití  gare e Contratti, tel +39 (0)6 490326, e-mail r.memoli@stradeanas.it. Visit www.stradeanas.it. 11/09

On 29.08.2011, following C Lotti & Associati Societa di ingegneria SpA project approval from Anas, lot 3 of the La Spezia bypass on Aurelia Bis was awarded. It comprises 4.5 km of roadway with 2.8 km in tunnel. Contract value EUR240 million, completion early-2015. Click here. 35/11.

  The three shortlisted candidates for the dualling of the railway between Genoa and Ventimiglia, section San Lorenzo al Mare-Andora, are Toto Costruzioni / Coopcostruttori (lowest bidder with a 7.77% discount); Ferrovial-Agromí¡n / Cossi Costruzioni (4.71% discount); and Astaldi (2.79% discount). Nine single-tube double-track tunnels, finished cross section 80 sq m, will be built: Poggi (2,080 m), Terra Bianca (466), Caramagneta (197), Bardellini (2,920), Gorleri (3,093), Castello (485), Caighei (2,618), San Simone (133) and Colle Cervo (3,115). Conventional tunnelling, drill/blast or hydraulic hammer. Also 50 to 60 m-long umbrella vaults at portals at each end of each tunnel. Cost around €187 million. Read E-News Weekly 8/2003. Visit www.italferr.it 28/03. The two shortlisted bidders for the €334.4 million dualling of the San Lorenzo al Mare-Andora section are Ferrovial-Agromí¡n / Cossi Costruzioni (-4.71%) and Astaldi (-2.79%). The two other bidders have appealed to the court. The section necessitates the building of nine single-tube double-track tunnels for a total length of 15.1 km. Visit www.autostrade.it 31/03.Cossi Costruzioni and Ferrovial Agromí¡n won a contract to dual the San Lorenzo-Andora section of the Genoa-Ventimiglia railway for €319.1 million and a time frame of 47 months. The 18.8 km section requires the building of eleven tunnels which total 16.3 km altogether (86% of the alignment). The drill/blast method will be used. The project also includes three viaducts and two new stations in Imperia and Andora. Click it/86. Read E-News Weekly 8/2003. Visit www.cossi.com and www.ferrovial.com 02/04.

  Open call for bids, deadline 24th February, 2003 for 2.7 km-long line B extension from Rebibbia to GRA with stations in Tor Cervera, San Basilio and GRA. Cut-and-cover method. Tender value: €146.5 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=001234-2003, OJ S 2, or contact Comune di Roma, Rome, fax +39 065740033. E-mail p.donia@comune.roma.it. Visit http://www.comune.roma.it/dipvii/traspub/linea_b/home.html#1 03/03.Open call for bids, deadline 14th April, 2003 for engineering services for the design of the 2.7 km cut-and-cover extension from Rebibbia to GRA on Line B. Tender value: €3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=030737-2003, OJ S 36, or contact Comune di Roma, Rome, fax +39 065740033. E-mail p.donia@comune.roma.it 09/03.A JV between C. Lotti & Associati, Geodata, Siteco, and A2GP is the winner of a €2.6 million contract for the preliminary design of the 2.7 km Rebibbia-GRA extension to Line B. Visit www.lottiassociati.com and www.geodata.it 02/04.