The following five companies: NCC (EUR204.39 million), Implenia (EUR174.73 million), Skanska (EUR187.74 million), Veidekke (EUR157.15 million) and Aldeso (EUR201.83 million) have been sent the offers for contract K11 (Radal-Nordas-Flyplassvegen), part of E39 Svegatjorn-Radal project, including the construction of Ra and Soras tunnels (cross section from T9.5 to T27) and of one 1.5 km-long water tunnel (cross section T5). Click no/13 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://www.vegvesen.no/Vegprosjekter/e39svegatjornradal/Nyhetsarkiv/fem-tilbod-p%C3%A5-e39-svegatj%C3%B8rnr%C3%A5dal.19/15.

The following seven companies: Leonard Nilsen & Sons (EUR292.28 million), Strabag AG, Austria (EUR392.22 million), Skanska Norway AS (EUR 286.26 million), AF Gruppo Norway AS (EUR 285.60 million), CMC of Ravenna, Italy (EUR340.51 million), Haehre Entreprenor AS (EUR283.23 million) and Veidekke Entreprenor AS (EUR274.33 million) have been sent the offers for contract K10 (Svegatjorn-Fanavege), part of E39 Svegatjorn-Radal project, including the construction of Skogafjells tunnel, 1.5 km T11.5 and Lyhorn tunnel, 9.2 km T9.5, as well as one water tunnel, 1.7 km T5. Click no/13 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://www.vegvesen.no/Vegprosjekter/e39svegatjornradal/Nyhetsarkiv/sju-tilbod-p%C3%A5-stor-kontrakt. 19/15.

Pakistan's federal government approved the 969 MW Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project at a cost of PKR128.4 billion in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. The project will be built by a consortium consisting of China Gezhouba Group Corp. (CGGC) and CMEC China. The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) had already approved award of the contract to the CGGC-CMEC joint venture in March 2007 at the contract price of PKR90.9 billion. The project will also be executed through Neelum-Jhelum Project Co., a government-owned unit, which has since been set up and the debt ratio of the project will be around 50/50. The project envisages the diversion of the Neelum river at Nosairi in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, through a 32.5 km headrace tunnel to a power station. Three tunnels would be built under the project design: the first two would be 15 km long and 40 square metres and the second would be 17 km long and 80 square metres. The project will be completed in eight years. Read E-News Weekly 2/2006. Visit www.gzbgj.com/english/index.asp and www.cmec.com 52/07-01/08.The joint venture Neelum-Jhelum Consultants led by MWH and consisting of MWH, Pakistani firms Nespak, ACE and NDC, and Norwegian firm Norplan has been selected by the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to provide design, construction drawing preparation and construction management services for the Neelum-Jhelum hydroelectric project. The contract is worth PKR4.1 billion and covers a period of eight years. The project, expected to cost approximately PKR130 billion to build, will include a concrete gravity diversion dam, a headrace tunnel, a surge chamber and an underground powerhouse that will have four turbine-generating units. The total length of headrace tunnel is 28.5 km. A 15.1 km stretch of the tunnel from the Nauseri will be constructed as a twin tunnel system each with a cross-section of 42 square metres. The remaining headrace tunnel down to the surge chamber will be a single tunnel having a cross-section of 82 square metres. The tunnels are shotcrete lined with a concrete invert. The tunnel crosses the Jhelum river approximately 380 m below its bed. The tunnel will be accessed by seven adits for removal of excavated spoil. The surge chamber consists of a 340 m-high riser shaft. A 820 m-long surge tunnel, four steel-lined penstock tunnels, 150 m long and having 3.8 m internal diameter will also be constructed. The underground power station will house four units with a total capacity of 969 MW. Located in the Muzaffarabad district in the state of Azad Jammu Kashmir, approximately 138 km from Islamabad, the Neelum-Jhelum project is one of several major projects planned to increase Pakistan's hydroelectric generation capabilities to meet the growing energy needs of the country. Click pk/21. Visit www.wapda.gov.pk, www.mwhglobal.com, www.nespak.com.pk and www.norplan.com 25/08.

The JV led by SELI Spa and including the Spanish firm OSSA (Obras Subterraneas SA) and the Swiss engineering company, Lombardi Engineering, has signed a EUR39 million design-build contract for urgent repair of the Esti headrace water tunnel located in the Chiriqui region of Panama, 25 km from the city of David between Boquete and Gaulaca. The contract involves major repairs and relining of the 4.7 km-long, 9 m-diameter pressure tunnel, which has collapsed in several places. Expected date of completion is 01.05.2012. For more click here. Visit www.selitunnel.com, www.ossaint.com and www.lombardi.ch. 37/11.

  Electron Investment SA (EISA), the Panamanian electric company, has selected the main contractors for the Pando and Monte Lirio hydroelectric power projects located in the upstream section of the Chiriqui Viejo River basin, on the western side of Panama.The Italian company, SELI SpA, secured the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract, value EUR77 million (USD105 million), for the design and construction of the 5,161 m and 7,878 m-long hydraulic tunnels, the two surge tanks of 62 m and 73 m in height, and the tunnel lining of 25 cm-thick precast concrete segments. The Spanish company, Cobra Infraestructuras-hidraulicas S.A, secured the EPC contract, value EUR107 million (USD147.5 million), for the design and construction of the remaining civil works, inclusive of the access roads, dams, powerhouses, penstock structures and for the powerhouse substations. Visit www.selitunnel.com and www.grupocobra.com. 11/10.

Invitation to tender, deadline 30.08.2010, for design, construction, equipping and commissioning of Line 1 of Metro Panama. For more information, contact Mike Lawson in the Ministry of the President, tel +507 5279-860, fax -080, e-mail mlawson@presidencia.gob.pa. For Line 1 details visit tunnelbuilder archive pa/13. For bid details click here. 34/10.Line 1 Consortium, composed by Odebrecht S.A. (Brazil) and FCC Construccion S.A. (Spain) secured the EUR1 billion contract for the construction of the first line of the Panama Metro. Contract duration 38 months, completion 31.12.2013. The north-south axis Line 1 will be 14 km-long, with 7 km underground. Visit www.odebrecht.com and FCC Construccion www.fccco.es. 45/10.

Peru's investment promotion committee Proinversion has announced the six candidates already prequalified for a 40-year concession to build and operate the Olmos irrigation and hydro power project: Skanska; Impregilo; Norberto Odebrecht; José Cartellone; OHL-Züblin; and Suez, GTM Dumez and Bouygues. Proinversion expects two other offers from China Electric Power Technology Import & Export Corporation (CETIC) and the Construccií³n y Administracií³n-Hidalgo & Hidalgo-Conivial consortium. The US$245 million scheme requires to resume work on the US$60 million 14 km trans-Andean tunnel put on hold for lack of financing. A further 14 km is needed for completion and 6.2 km has been excavated to date. The tunnel will transfer water from the Atlantic basin to the Pacific basin. 38/02. Peru's investment promotion agency Proinversion has delayed the deadline to submit offers for the Olmos irrigation and hydroelectric concession in Lambayeque department to 11th December from 21st October, 2002. Planners hope the extension will allow more investors to participate in the proposal process. The date to select the concessionaire is set for 18th December and the government will finalize the contract by 30th January, 2003. Visit www.proinversion.gob.pe 44/02. Peru's investment promotion agency Proinversion has halted the bidding process for the Olmos irrigation and hydroelectric concession in Lambayeque for lack of interest. A new tendering will be launched under different guidelines. Interested companies were supposed to submit offers by 11th December. Construction was estimated to cost some US$245 million. A new scheme involves hiring a private concessionaire to invest US$112 million to develop and maintain a 41 m-high dam and 14 km tunnel. The new infrastructure is designed to pull water from the Huancabamba river to irrigate 57,000 ha of land. Visit www.proinversion.gob.pe 51/02.Investment promotion agency ProInversií³n and northern Lambayeque department authorities launched bidding for the Olmos irrigation and hydroelectric project. Works include developing phase one of the 37 m-high Limon dam, the 20 km Trasandino tunnel, of which 6.2 km has already been bored, and 32 km in irrigation canals. The infrastructure is designed to pull water from rivers in the Amazon river basin to irrigate land along the Pacific coast, and generate power. Previous estimates said the project would irrigate 57,000 ha of land and generate at least 150 MW of power. The government of Peru and Lambayeque will contribute US$77 million of the US$112 million project bill. Planners expect to award a 20-year concession on 28th November, 2003 with construction set for a 2004 start. Contact Cecilia Balcí¡zar Suí¡rez, tel. +511 6121200 (ext.1291), fax +511 4212838, e-mail cbalcazar@proinversion.gob.pe and visit www.proinversion.gob.pe/oportunidades/SA/sa014.htm 25/03.The concession for construction, operation and maintenance of the trans-Andean tunnel and the first stage of Limon Dam, both part of the Olmos scheme, is ready. To drive at least 70% of the tunnel, a double-shield hard rock TBM must be used. When the machine drives through rock which requires structural support and lining, reinforced concrete rings will be installed as a final lining against which the thrust cylinders will push to ensure the advance of the machine. The final diameter must not be less than 4.8 m in the sections where a selective lining will be installed. The cylinders will generate a thrust of at least 2,500t. The advance speed in hard rock shall not be lower than 6 cm/min. The machine will be equipped with a segment erector. The cutting head will be equipped with 17" hard rock discs able to handle 250 kN each. The machine will also be equipped with a system to investigate the ground ahead of the face. Progress will be allowed only after prior investigation of the ground to assess the risks in the next 30 metres. There will also be a refrigeration system to lower the temperature in the working zone (pilot compartment and back-up) to allow normal work conditions for the personnel and equipment. The TBM will also be equipped with a sophisticated piloting system to make sure the tunnel is driven with a tolerance of +/- 2 cm. The sections excavated with other methods and equipment must not exceed 30% of the total tunnel length, with no geological investigation of the ground. Visit www.proinversion.gob.pe 38/03.The six prequalified bidders for the construction, operation and maintenance under concession of the trans-Andean tunnel and the first phase of the Limon dam, as part of the Olmos project, are Norberto Odebrecht (Brazil); OHL (Spain); Andrade Gutierrez (Brazil); Consorcio Sudamericano including Hidalgo e Hidalgo (Ecuador), Construccion y Administracion S.A.C. (Peru) and Conevial Constructora e Inversiones (Argentina); Bouygues TP (France); and China Jiansu International Corporation (China). The underground works include support and lining in existing stretches of an access adit (1,908.74 m) and the east and west faces of the trans-Andean tunnel (4,301 m) as well as tunnelling, support and lining of the remaining 15,042.63 metres of the trans-Andean tunnel and tunnelling and support of a side adit (1,077.93 m). Visit www.provinversion.gob.pe 12/04.Brazilian contractor Norberto Odebrecht is the only bidder for the construction, operation and maintenance under concession of the trans-Andean tunnel and the first stage of the Limon dam, both part of the Olmos project which requires a water transfer scheme from the east part of the western side of the Andes through to the west part to irrigate land in Lambayeque district. The project will cost USD189 million. The concessionaire will finance USD112 million and the Peruvian government the remainder. The scheme will transfer 2.05 billion cu m of water per year and allow for the subsequent construction of a 600 MW power station and irrigation of 150,000 hectares of land. If the bid is approved, the concession contract will be awarded to Odebrecht but no date has been specified. Then, Proinversion, Peru's state promotion investment agency, will invited bids for the power station. Click pe/17 for more details on the underground works required in the first stage. Visit www.provinversion.gob.pe and www.odebrecht.com 14/04.Odebrecht won the 20-year Olmos irrigation project concession. Odebrecht asked to be paid the equivalent to USD0.0659/cu m to supply water. The company also pledged to provide USD77 million in financing for the project at 6.3% with a 15-year term, including a five-year grace period. The funds will be provided by the Brazilian government through its investment promotion agency Proex and the Brazilian National Bank for Social and Economic Development (BNDES). The construction of the irrigation project will create more than 10,000 direct and indirect jobs. Once all stages are complete, the Olmos project will supply up to 2,050 million cu m/year of water, have capacity to generate 600 MW of electricity and irrigate more than 150,000 ha for agricultural production. Work will start in six months at the latest. The project includes the excavation with a TBM of 13.8 km of a transandean tunnel. Visit www.proinversion.gob.pe and www.odebrecht.com 22/04.International bidding, deadline 2nd February, 2005 for technical and economic supervision during construction of the Olmos water transfer project, awarded to Odebrecht, including a 13.8 km transandean tunnel. Prequalifiers will be announced on 15th February, 2005. Award in May. Work to begin at end of first quarter of 2005 for completion in 2008. Visitwww.proinversion.gob.pe/oportunidades/SA/sa014.htm or contact Peru's investment promotion agency ProInversion, Lima, tel. +51 5116121200, fax + 51 5114212838, e-mail Mario Hernandez mhernandez@proinversion.gob.pe 04/05.Supervision Olmos, a French-Peruvian consortium headed by Coyne et Bellier with partners Lahmeyer Agua y Energia and Alpha Consult, secured a contract for the supervision of the technical and economic aspects of the Olmos water transfer project. The consortium submitted the best technical bid and the lowest economic offer (USD6.1 million). Lahmeyer Agua y Energia is a subsidiary of Germany's Lahmeyer International. The project includes a 13.8 km rock tunnel in the Andes. Click pe/17. Visit www.coyne-et-bellier.fr and www.liperu.com 18/05.

  Breakthrough by Robbins double-shielded TBM reported on 13 km-long, 4.9 m-diameter segmentally lined tunnel to complete connection between Umiray river and Angat reservoir to provide additional 30 % water supply for Manila. Contractor is Italian jv of GLF and SELI, with Angeles Construction Corporation. Visit www.robbinstbm.com May 2000.

  Tamrock reports that contractor CMC Pizzarotti is using its Maximatic and Paramatic jumbos. Visit www.tamrock.com January 2000.

Line 1 is under construction from south to north across the city and is planned for 23 km and 21 stations. Southern section to city centre is complete and in operation, and another section connecting with the Swietokrzyska and Ratusz stations is due to open soon. Hydrobudowa-6 SA, the Polish affiliate of Bilfinger & Berger reports that it has constructed six of the 12 stations completed to date, together with two tunnel sections and a depot. Lines 2 & 3 are planned to be shield driven. When completed, the network will have a route length of 70 km with 70 stations. Contact through www.bub.de February 2000.Shielded TBM construction of current 1.6 km extension with 2 boxed stations nearing completion for opening early-2001. Further 8.5 km-long, 5.5 m-diameter extension in design by PRG Metro/Pebeka Lubin/Metroprojekt for shielded TBM and some cut and cover in sand, clay and silt, with 7 boxed stations. Invitations to tender expected end-2000. Visit www.bilfingerberger.com October 2000.Mostostal Warszawa signed a PLN93.4 million contract with a consortium of PRG Metro and PeBeKa to build Slodowiec metro station (A20) and a manoeuvring side track (B21) on Line 1 of the Warsaw metro. The scope of the works encompasses comprehensive execution of the Slodowiec station and a crossover section behind it with switches and a 207 m-long siding (B21). This will allow for the trains to turn back and the Slodowiec stop to be fully operational even when the works on the remaining sections of the northern extension of Line 1 between the station and the future terminus at Mlociny (A23) are still in progress. The 155 m-long station will be built in 60 cm-thick structural slurry walls utilizing the "top down" method. Mostostal will build the three consecutive stations for Warsaw's metro system: Slodowiec (A20), Stare Bielany (A21) and Wawrzyszew (A22), including the track tunnels in between. This represents a total of about 2 km. Visit www.mostostal.waw.pl 31-32/06.A consortium of Mostostal Warszawa and its Spanish mother company Acciona Infraestructuras signed a PLN217.7 million contract with Warsaw Metro to build two underground stations, Stare Bielany (A21) and Wawrzyszew (A22), with adjoining tunnels (B21 and B22). Both stations and the connecting tunnels comprise the longest segment through the Bielany district, which is the northern, terminal segment of the first metro line in Warsaw. The route will pass through areas free of immediate buildings, characterised by a much lower concentration of infrastructure than in the centre of the capital, which is why the whole stretch of the line will be executed in slurry walls using the cut-and-cover method. The double-track tunnel B21 between Slodowiec and Stare Bielany stations, which is 773 m long and 9.8 m wide, has been designed as a two-aisle monolithic reinforced concrete box, with a row of dividing columns in the middle, to be executed in an open trench. The B22 tunnel between Stare Bielany and Wawrzyszew stations, with internal dimensions of 4.8 m by 8.85 m and length of 655 m, will be built using the "top down" method with 60 cm-thick structural slurry walls. The tracks will be located at depths ranging from 4.5 to 9 metres below the surface. The Stare Bielany station (A21), comprising three 182.5 m-long aisles, will be built by the "roof first" technique. The 149 m-long Wawrzyszew station (A22) will be executed in steel anchor shoring with cut-and-cover method. The assignment will be executed in the record time of fifteen and a half months and will be completed by October 2007. Visit www.acciona.es 31-32/06.A consortum of PeBeKa and PRG Metro received a PLN297 million contract to build tunnel B23 on metro line 1 in Warsaw between Wawrzyszew and Mlociny stations, including 669 m of two-track twin-tube tunnel, to be built between diaphragm walls, and underground station Mlociny (A23), 142 m in length. PeBeKa and PRG Metro will also build tunnel B20 between Marymont and Slodowiec stations. Visit www.pebeka.com.pl and www.prgmetro.pl. Read E-News Weekly 43/2005. Visit www.metro.waw.pl 31-32/06.Competitive dialogues, deadline 3rd December, 2007 for design and construction of the central section of Warsaw’s second metro line from Ronda Daszynskiego to Dworca Wilenskiego. This is a 6.3 km section with seven stations. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=244054-2007, OJ S 201, or contact ZTM, Warsaw, fax +48 226554679 or 226554687. E-mail t.kielczewski@metro.waw.pl 43/07.ILF of Austria and its Polish branch have been appointed to carry out the feasibility study for the central section from Daszynskiego roundabout to Wilenski railway station on Line 2 of the Warsaw metro. The contract is worth PLN3.3 million. This 6.3 km includes seven stations. Visit www.ilf.com and www.metro.waw.pl 47/07.Metro Warszawskie, the Warsaw metro company, selected a joint venture of Metroprojekt and Andrzej M. Choldzynskit (AMC), an architectural office, for the conceptual design of the central section of Warsaw's second metro line from Daszynski roundabout to Wilenski railway station. This 6 km section includes a crossing of the Vistule river. More in E-News Weekly 50/2007. Visit www.metro.waw.pl, www.metroprojekt.pl and www.amcholdzynski.pl 52/07-01/08.The Warsaw underground transportation operator Metro Warszawskie received three offers in a tender for the construction of the 6.5 km central section of the second metro line. The previously qualified consortia led by the France's Vinci and by Spain's Ferrovial together with Budimex Dromex did not place their offers in the tender. Metro Warszawskie estimated the gross price at PLN2.8 billion but the offers range from nearly PLN5.9 billion to PLN6.2 billion. The lowest bid was made by a consortium of PBG, Hydrobudowa Polska, PRG Metro, Alpine Bau and Spain's FCC with its offer standing at PLN5,885 million. The second offer of PLN5,978 million was made by Mostostal Warszawa, Acciona Infraestructuras, Strabag, Dywidag and PeBeKa. The third offer of Dragados, Pol-Aqua, Trakcja Polska and two other Spanish companies amounts to PLN6,226 million. All three consortia pledge to build the segment from Daszynski Roundabout to Wilenski train station in 42 months. The section includes seven stations (Daszynski Roundabout, ONZ Roundabout, Swietokrzyska, Nowy Swiat, Powisle, Stadion and Dworzec Wilenski). However, the best offer in economic terms was placed by the consortium led by Mostostal Warszawa. This consortium's price does not include an advanced payment by the contractor and thus it may be ranked first. The final decision has not been made yet. The whole execution of the investment is under threat as the offers exceed by far the anticipated budget. Visit www.metro.waw.pl 25/08.Invitation to tender for TBM construction of line 2 tunnels, shafts and subways for 6.5 km from Rondo Daszynskiego to Dwarzec Wilenski, including 7 stations, deadline 16.02.2009. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=269416-2008 OJ S203 Contract duration 48 months. Contact e.ekla@metro.waw.pl 43/08.

  Invitation to tender for 2.4 km twin-tube section of Amarela line. August 1999.   9.8 m-diameter Lovat under refurbishment with a view to commencing EPB tunnelling in May, 2000 in both soft ground and soft rock up to 20 m below water table. November 1999.   Invitation to tender for construction of the Quinta das Mouras station on the Amarela line, deadline 20th December, 1999. Contact Metropolitano de Lisboa, fax +351 213 574908. November 1999.   Extension of Yellow line between Campo Grande and Odivelas approved and another 2.6 km with three stations in preliminary design. Extension of Green line between Campo Grande and Telheiras approved and another 3 km with six stations under study. 10 km extension of Red line with 11 stations being investigated. December 1999.   Open tendering for construction of Amarela line, deadline 4th May, 2000. Details from Metropolitano de Lisboa, Av Baebosa du Bocage 5, 1049-039 Lisboa, Portugal, fax +351 21 357 4908. April 2000. Metro de Lisboa has signed a $48 million contract for the main section of the Campo Grande/Odivelas line with a consortium of which Spie Batignolles is the technical manager. The 2.56 km x 8.8 sq m main tunnel will be driven by EPB. Spie also picked up the $7.6 million contract to manufacture the precast concrete segmental lining. More from www.english.spie.fr April 2000. Lovat reports its ME386SE, refurbished earlier this year for owner Lisbon Metro, has erected 509 rings working in clay on the 2.5 km Lisbon metro extension, with 62 rings erected between 11th November and 18th November, 2000. The machine has another 1.89 km to complete. Visit www.lovat.com December 2000. Prequalification underway for construction of Azul line cut-and-cover and bored sections. Contact Metropolitano de Lisboa, fax +351 213 574908. Visit www.metrolisboa.pt for network map. 18/01. The 2 km Blue Line extension from Pontinha to Falagueira, with an intermediate station in Alfornelos, will be built by a jv of Mota e Companhia, Abrantina, and Necso for Esc4 billion. Section between Alfornelos and Falagueira includes a 1,132 m tunnel to be built in NATM. Extension to Alfornelos to open first quarter of 2003 and to Falagueira in November, 2004.Completion of the 754 m-long tunnel between Ameixoeira and Senhor Roubado has been reported on the 6 km Yellow Line extension between Campo Grande and Odivelas. Tunnelling remaining up to terminus station in Odivelas. Work commenced in 1998 for completion expected for 2003. 9.8 m-diameter Lovat TBM used on this extension to be dismantled and reused on the 1.8 km Red Line extension from Alameda to Sí£o Sebastií£o, with one station in Saldanha.Green line extension from Campo Grande to Telheiras to open in 2002.Under planning are a Yellow Line south extension from Rato to Alcântara Mar, with stations in Estrela and Infante Santo, a Red Line west extension from Sí£o Sebastií£o to Campo de Ourique, a Red Line north extension from Oriente to Sacavem, and two Green Line extensions, from Telheiras to Pontinha, and from Calvanas to Alta de Lisboa. Visit www.metrolisboa.pt 48/01. Periodic notice for the civil engineering works of the Red Line D extension from Alameda to Sí£o Sebastií£o plus the Saldanha and Sí£o Sebastií£o stations. Tender value of €75 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 28, document 21527-2002 or contact Metropolitano de Lisboa, Lisbon, fax +351 2135749089. Visit www.metrolisboa.pt and www.metropla.net/eu/lis/lisboa.htm 08/02.The water which flooded the tunnel between the future Terreiro do Paí§o station and the Marinha shaft, on the southeast extension to the Blue line, started to be pumped out on 26th August, 2002. This should take until mid-November, after which the tunnel will be inspected. The project has been held up since 9th June, 2000 when pressurized water and mud started to invade the tunnel while jet grouting was under way. Immediately, settlements affected the Praí§a do Comércio area and traffic was cut to heavy vehicles. Evacuation of the personnel was ordered. The 800 m tunnel was sealed between the Arsenal and Santa Apolí³nia shafts. As water ingress continued to flood the tunnel, it was decided to flood it completely to avoid soil liquefaction and further damage to surface buildings. Further studies were ordered and the project was altered. A team of Dutch specialists has been hired to help resume the project. Work completion has been set for end-2003. Metropaí§o, a consortium including Teixeira Duarte, Opca and Mota & Companhia, is responsible for construction. 37/02.The ACE JV formed by Somague, BPC, Engil, Spie and SBES will be using a refurbished Lovat EPB TBM to construct a 1.5 km Red Line extension, running east to west between Alameda and Sao Sebastiao. The extension will intersect the Yellow Line in Saldanha and the Blue Line in Sao Sebastiao. The TBM, which previously excavated the Alameda-Oriente section on the Red Line and the Ameixoeira-Campo Grande section on the Yellow Line, commenced its job on 26th October, 2004 from a 35 m-long start box at Alameda station. Cutterhead diameter is 9.8 m. Precast segmental bolted and gasketed lining. Opening at end-2007. Visit www.lovat.com 48/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 16th August, 2006 for construction of section Oriente-Airport on the Red Line of the Lisbon metro, consisting of double-track tunnel (length 3,330 m, ID 8.7 m and OD 9.5 m) and single-track tunnel (length 457 m, ID 5.4 m, OD 6 m). The soils to excavate belong to a series of sedimentary formations of the Lisbon Miocene. The tunnel between Oriente and Moscavide crosses Braí§o de Prata areoles, under the Cabo Ruivo areoles, intercepting also, already in the zone comprised between Moscavide and Encarnaí§í£o, Grilos sandstones, Xabregas clays and Marvila limestones. Between Encarnaí§í£o station and the airport terminal station, the alignment cuts through Grilos sandstones and Xabregas clays and emerges in formations composed of Qta da Conchas limestones and Vale de Chelas sands. As per design, the excavation method is NATM. Bidders can propose the TBM method. If NATM method, the support will be bolts, wire mesh, steel arches, shotcrete and final concrete formwork. The machinery to be used will be proposed by the bidders. The other underground structures within the project are Moscavide, Aeroporto and Encarnaí§í£o stations, designed for a 105 m platform. The central part of the station will be built in cut-and-cover method, the remaining part will be NATM. There are also ventilation shafts. The scheduled date for contract award is December 2006. The scheduled date for excavation start and end is December 2006-March 2009 (tunnels) and December 2006-August 2008 (stations). The design company is Ferconsult. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=106460-2006, OJ S 99, or contact Metropolitano de Lisboa, Lisbon, fax +351 217980605 or 213500118. 27/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 11th October, 2006 for coordination, inspection and management of quality, security and environment during construction of the Oriente-Airport section of the Red Line. Click pt/13 for details. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=181175-2006, OJ S 169, or contact Metropolitano de Lisboa, Lisbon, fax +351 217980605 or 213500118. 37/06.The three JVs who have presented an offer for construction of the Oriente-Aeroporto section of the red line of the Lisbon metro are MSF, Edifer, Opca, Alves Ribeiro and Sopol, with a proposal of EUR107,461,026.86; Zagope, Construtora do Tamega, Soares da Costa, Teixeira Duarte, Somague, Odebrecht, Mota-Engil and Spie Batignolles, with an offer of EUR135,315,089.27 (this competitor presented a variant proposal for the construction of the tunnels with TBM for an estimated EUR144,625,388.97); and Companhia de Obras Castillejos, Acciona and Grupo Lena, with a bid of EUR119,005,573.19. Click pt/13. 39/06.Metropolitano de Lisboa awarded to a consortium of MSF, OPCA, Edifer, Sopol, and Alves Ribeiro the contract to build the Oriente-Airport section on the Red Line. Construction of the 3.6 km section, including three stations (Moscavide, Encarnaí§í£o and Aeroporto), will end in 2010. Visit www.metrolisboa.pt/Default.aspx?tabid=507, www.msf.pt, www.opca.pt, www.edifer.pt and www.sopol.pt 07/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 16th May, 2007 for coordination, quality, safety and environmental management as part of the construction of the 3.6 km Oriente-Airport section on the Red Line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=75181-2007, OJ S 61, or contact Metropolitano de Lisboa, Lisbon, fax +351 217980605. 14/07.A joint venture of Fase, Gibb, Prointec and Tecnoplano secured a EUR4.5 million contract for coordination, quality, safety and environmental management as part of the construction of the 3.6 km Oriente-Airport section on the Red Line. Visit www.fase-sa.pt, www.gibbportugal.com, www.prointec.es and www.tecnoplano.pt 41/07.

Postponed from 07.02.2019 to 18.02.2019 the deadline of the invitation to tender by restricted procedure for design and construction of the rough works for the Yellow and Green metro line extensions in Lisbon. For bid documents please click http://www3.saphety.com/pt/solutions/public-procurement, where offers must be sent. The contract is composed of 2 lots. Contact Metropolitano de Lisboa, Lisbon, email dlo@metrolisboa.pt. Collegarsi a http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=068276-2019. Ref.n. POSEUR. 07/19.