Dragados to construct 2.5 km of line with 3 stations at Canyelles, Mundet and Valdauray. 22 months duration. Second stage 635 m to Barris station. May 1999. Tenders expected November, 2000 for 36.8 km-long, 9 m-diameter, twin-track, single-tube system with 37 stations to be constructed as four sections starting end-2001 and opening between end-2003 and 2005. Total cost around $1.2 billion with up to 30% funding by EU. Route will be Gorg/Singuerlin-Sagrera-Sarria-Zona Franca-Barcelona Airport with 13 interchange stations with existing metro and rail lines. Contact Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Authority or monitor www.mma.es or http://ted.eur-op.eu.int October 2000. Public consultation prior to tender for: 3.35 km single-tube, twin-track extension of line 1 with three stations from Fondo to connect with line 2 at Badalona; and 3.5 km single-tube, twin-track extension of line 1 from Feixa Llarga to El Prat de Llobregat. Further 2.5 km extension to line 5 construction is planned from Horta to Vall d'Hebron on line 3, with stations at Carmel and Teixonera-Coll, the latter 90 m-deep. Total cost estimated $120 million. Visit www.mma.es November 2000. Entry in service of the Euro84.1 million Line 3 extension between Mundet, Valldaura and Canyelles in Nou Barris district on 20th September, 2001. Further extension with two new stations at Roquetes and Trinitat Nova has been approved for €81 million. Open tendering, deadline 13th June, 2002 for the construction of a 2.7 km extension to the blue Line 5 between Horta and Vall d'Hebron. Stations in El Carmel, La Teixonera and Coll-Vallcarca. La Teixonera station will be built at a depth of 75 metres. The other two stations will be excavated at a depth of 40 metres. Award around the summer. Construction to start early-2003. Commissioning in end-2005 or early-2006. Tender value of €101 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 79, document 61432-2002 or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. 18/02. Open tendering, deadline 8th July, 2002 for work management of the 2.7 km extension to Line 5 between Horta and Vall d'Hebron. Tender value €2.1 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/static/home/en/homepage.ini, OJ S 100, document 79163-2002 or contact GIASA, fax +34 934300124. Also visit www.gisa.es 22/02. Award to a jv of FCC, Copisa and Comsa of a €93.7 million contract to build the 2.5 km Horta-Vall d'Hebron extension of Line 5, which consists of a 2.5 km double-track single tunnel and two stations. Visit www.gisa.es and www.fcc.es 34/02. Award to a jv of Tec-Cuatro and Geocontrol of a €1.9 million contract for the work supervision (infrastructure, superstructure and electrification) of the Horta-Vall d'Hebron extension on Line 5. 39/02. Open call for bids, deadline 7th July, 2003 for construction of the infrastructure, superstructure and catenary works for the Canyelles-Trinitat Nova section on Line 3. There will be two stations in Roquetes and Trinitat Nova. The Roquetes station will be built 50 m under the surface. The new 1.8 km-long tunnel will start in Canyelles. A 6.5 m-diameter TBM will be used to drive two parallel tunnels, each with one track. The final part of the alignment will be built in cut-and-cover. Tender value: €84 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=085451-2003, OJ S 95, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 21/03. Open call for bids, deadline 18th July, 2003 for work management during construction of the infrastructure, track and catenary superstructure for section Canyelles-Trinitat Nova of Line 3. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=094268-2003, OJ S 105, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. 24/03.GISA awarded for €65 million to Dragados and Benito Arní³ e Hijos the construction of a 1,826 m-long extension to Line 3 from its present stop in Canyelles to Trinitat Nova, where interchange will be provided with line 4 and with the Ciutat Meridiana light rail. The JV will be responsible for the infrastructure, trackworks and catenary works. There will be two stations in Roquetes and Trinitat Nova. Visit www.gisa.es and www.dragados.es 31/03.A JV between Auditorí­a e Ingenierí­as and Geocontrol will be responsible for the work supervision of the infrastructure, and track and catenary superstructure for Line 3, section Canyelles-Trinitat Nova. Contract value: €1.8 million. Visit www.geocontrol.es 40/03.The draft design for extending Line 2 from Sant Antoni to Fira 2 is under way. The designers are Tec-Cuatro and Intraesa, who won a €956,900 contract. The section is 4.5 km in length, running in tunnel and serving five stations in Poble Sec, Fira I, INEF, Foc Cisell y Fira 2. Three of these will be open cut stations and two of them will be mined. The tunnelling method will be chosen depending on the geotechnical studies due to be completed at the end of 2003. In principle, it is planned to build part of the extension in cut-and-cover and part in a bored tunnel, possibly using a TBM. The tunnel will be a dual-track single tube and the TBM, if this method is chosen, would be 9.4 m in diameter. Time frame for construction estimated to last between 36 and 48 months depending on geotechnics and the tunnelling method eventually chosen. Visit www.gisa.es 48/03.The Catalan government awarded the new design for the infrastructure, superstructure and electrifying of the Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5 to Catalana d'Enginyeria, for EUR188,500, and geotechnical works to Eurogeotecnica for EUR55,303. The companies will have to study the possible locations for a new service tunnel. A collapse occurred on this section in January (subscribe to E-News Weekly 8/2005). Visit www.censa-cat.net and www.eurogeotecnica.com 21/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for design of the Line 2 extension from Sant Antoni to Parc Logistic. This 5.2 km extension will serve five stations (Poble Sec, Fira 1-MNAC, INEFC, Foc Cisell and Fira 2). From Fira 2, the new section will connect with Parc Logistic, from where Line 2 and Line 9 will share the same tunnel between Parc logistic station and El Prat airport. More information in E-News Weekly 35/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=162261-2006, OJ S 150, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 93 4444448. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for topographical and geotechnical auscultation during construction of the modified project (infrastructure, superstructure and electrification) of section Horta-Vall d'Hebron on Line 5. A collapse in a service tunnel occured in January 2005 (read E-News Weekly 14/2006 & 8/2005 and click here). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=162257-2006, OJ S 150, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 93 4444448. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for quality control during construction of the modified project (infrastructure, superstructure and electrification) of section Horta-Vall d'Hebron on Line 5. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=162325-2006, OJ S 150, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 93 4444448. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/06.Acciona Infraestructuras, Corsan-Corviam and Proinosa will finish the Carmel tunnel. The Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5 will be built in a time frame of two and a half years, for completion scheduled in 2009, at a price tag of EUR111.6 million. Construction will recommence in December, in accordance with a modified project and implementing highly reinforced security measures. The new construction project will be based on complementary geotechnical investigation undertaken to know the subsoil composition, which will update the geological mapping and identify mines and wells, and on the revision of the works already executed. Sixteen new core drills have been planned, in addition to the 39 boreholes already done. On the other hand, preliminary inspections will be carried out to evaluate the status of the buildings situated in the influence zone of the tunnel. To maximize security and whatever the ground type that crews encounter at any time, all the tunnel will be supported with steel arches placed at short distance and a thick concrete layer.In January 2005, a collapse in a service tunnel obliged to evacuate a total of 1,276 people from their homes. Since then, work has been halted. The remaining 2.5 km stretch still to be bored will commence in the existing Horta station, then will continue until El Carmel station, which will be located in the cavern already partially excavated, to later run to the new Taxonera-Coll station and the last one in Vall d'Hebron, where Line 5 will connect with Line 3. Click here. Read E-News Weekly 14/2006 & 8/2005. Visit www.acciona-infraestructuras.es, www.isoluxcorsan.com and www.proinosa.com 43/06.A JV of IIC and Geopayma signed a EUR2.2 million contract for topographical and geotechnical auscultation during construction of the modified project (infrastructure, superstructure and electrification) of the Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5. Visit www.iic-grupoep.com and www.geopayma.com 46/06.Ardanuy pocketed a EUR223,200 contract for safety and health coordination during construction of the revised Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5. Visit www.ardanuy.com 46/06.LGAI Technological Center secured a EUR1.6 million contract for quality control during construction of the revised Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5. Visit www.lgai.es 46/06.A JV formed by Censa and Eurogeotecnica have inked a EUR4.7 million agreement to design the 5.2 km Line 2 extension from Sant Antoni to Parc Logistic. Read E-News Weekly 35/2006. Visit www.censa-cat.net and www.eurogeotecnica.com 46/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd January, 2007 for conceptual design of the Line 3 extension from Zona Universitaria to Torreblanca in Sant Feliu de Llobregat. This is a 5.8 km extension to the existing line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=233090-2006, OJ S 217, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 51-52/06.Ineco received a EUR345,000 contract for quality control during extension of Line 2 between Sant Antoni and Parque Logistico, where it will connect with Line 9. Visit www.ineco.es 05/07.Payma Cotas received a EUR500,500 contract to do the conceptual design of the Line 3 extension from Zona Universitaria to Torreblanca in Sant Feliu de Llobregat. This is a 5.8 km extension to the existing line. Visit www.paymacotas.com 07/07.Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th July, 2008 for work control and construction supervision of the Horta-Vall d'Hebron extension of Line 5 (infrastructure, overhead structures and electrification). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=136954-2008, OJ S 102, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail esm@gisa.cat 23/08.

Breakthrough of 5.292 km tunnel between Huermeda and Paracuellos and work under way on another 1.82 km drive from Santa Maria de Huerta monastery to Arcos de Jalon. Further extension to connect Alicante and Albacete mooted. Nov 1998. 44 contracts involve 22 tunnels of total length 22 km. Wirth 12.47 m-diameter reaming TBM has completed 2.5 km of 4.78 km Paracuellos tunnel working south to north. Contractors are FCC and Necso for client GIF. More information from jmfdcas@iies.es February 2000. Wirth reaming TBM nearing breakthrough at Paracuellos after 2.8 km drive in which 7 m/day target was often exceeded with maximum advance 22.4 m/day recorded. Roof and sides shotcreted on advance using CIFA track-mounted snorkel mounted close to reamer head. Circular steel arches set 6 m behind face. Aliva wheeled shotcrete jumbo in invert. Large material +20 cm is screened at TBM and trucked away while smaller material is conveyed. Any rock needed for backfilling invert is ploughed of the belt and the remainder is used for embankments or dumped. Concreting underway with gantry erecting welded PVC membrane ahead of concrete forms achieving 170 m/week. For the record, the pilot drive by Murer used their Wirth 4.7 m TBM at 40 m/day in the pre-Cambrian rocks with black schist and graphite covered by quartzite and some sandstone. Visit www.gif.es June 2000. Eighth section of Madrid-Zaragoza stretch under construction by Necso with 1.82 km-long x 137 sq m Sagides tunnel in mixed ground conditions due for completion March, 2001 using drill/blast and roadheader. Visit www.necso.es December 2000.   Open invitation to tender, deadline 19th February, 2001, for two twin tunnels, 1.72 km and 415 m long, in Tarragona on Lerida-Barcelona line. Visit www.gif.es 06/01.   Tenders imminent for construction of $800 million connection to Barcelona on alignment Cornella-Airport-Sants-La Sagrera, requiring three major 11.2 m-diameter EPB bored single tunnels in sands, clay and mud of lengths 4.5 km, 7.3 km and 4 km, with 18 km of cut and cover and three single-track junctions. Awards expected end-2001 for start Spring, 2002 and completion end-2004. Visit www.gif.es 26/01.   Necso appointed to construct subsection VII-B of the Lleida-Barcelona high-speed link between Roda de Barࠡnd El Vendrell for Pta5.95 billion (Euro35.78 million). Two twin tunnels of 1,750 m required. Time frame of 26 months to build full stretch. Visit www.necso.es 41/01.   Call for bids imminent further to government approval of the 2.9 km Sant Lloren砤'Hortons-Sant Esteve Sesrovires section in Barcelona province. The section requires to build four tunnels totalling 2,083 metres. Cost of ?39.5 million. 30/02.   Open call for bids, deadline 19th September, 2002 for construction of the 2.9 km Sant Lloren砤'Hortons-Sant Esteve Sesrovires section in Barcelona. Includes four tunnels totalling 2,083 metres. Tender value ?39.5 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=124681-2002, OJ S 156, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. 34/02.   Open call for bids, deadline 7th October, 2002 for construction of 2.1 km L'Hospitalet-Can Tunis section between Martorell and Barcelona, for access of both Spanish gauge and international gauge trains to the Barcelona harbour and the Can Tunis freight station. Includes a double-track tunnel. Value ?96.5 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=124688-2002, OJ S 156, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. 35/02.   OHL has been awarded the construction of the Sant Lloren砤?Hortons-Sant Esteve Sesrovires section in Barcelona for ?35 million and a time frame of 13 ? months. There will be four tunnel totalling 2,083 metres. Visit www.gif.es 47/02.FCC and Comsa have won the contract for the L?Hospitalet-Can Tunis stretch. A 1,430 m double-track tunnel is required. Contract value ?62 million. 47/02.Open call for bids, deadline 23rd February, 2004 for reinforcement of the Lilla tunnel on section Lleida-Martorell in Catalonia. Budget: 53.9 million euros. Time frame: 10 months. Work will consist in reinforcing the lining and strengthening the invert. Cracks, craters and other abnormalities appeared in the tunnel due to the expansive ground comprising argilite and gypsum-bearing lutite with high contents of anhydrite. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=004002-2004, OJ S 5, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. Read E-News Weekly 47/2003 & 11/2003. 03/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 23th February, 2004 for reinforcement of the Camp Magr頡nd Puig Cabrer tunnels on section Lleida-Martorell in Catalonia. Budget: EUR26.2 million. Time frame: seven months. Work will consist in reinforcing the lining and strengthening the invert. Cracks, craters and other abnormalities appeared in the tunnel due to the expansive ground comprising argilite and gypsum-bearing lutite with high contents of anhydrite. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=006500-2004, OJ S 8, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. 04/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 4th February, 2004 for work control and management during reinforcement of the Camp Magr頡nd Puig Cabrer tunnels, section Lleida-Martorell of the Madrid-Barcelona high speed link. Budget: EUR1 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=005099-2004, OJ S 6, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. Read E-News Weekly 47/2003 & 11/2003. 04/04.Open call for bids, deadline 12th March, 2004 for design and work supervision of the high speed rail tunnels in Girona and Sarriଠapproximate lengths of 4 km for the IUC gauge line and 4.8 km for the Spanish gauge line, and the Girona station. Tender budget:EUR8 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=024978-2004, OJ S 28, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 913198535. Read E-News Weekly 9/2002. 09/04.Getinsa and Geocontrol won a EUR632,400 contract for work control and management during reinforcement of the 2,065 m-long 90 sq m Lilla tunnel, the 984 m-long 110 sq m Camp Magre tunnel and the 704 m-long 113 sq m Puig Cabrer tunnel, section Lleida-Martorell of the Madrid-Barcelona high speed link. Visit www.getinsa.es y www.geocontrol.es 16/04.Ferrovial-Agroman has pocketed a EUR41.2 million contract for reinforcement works of the walls and invert of the 2,065 m x 90 sq m Lilla tunnel between Lleida and Barcelona. Visit www.ferrovial.es 17/04.Corsan-Corviam has pocketed a EUR19.7 million contract for reinforcement works of the lining and invert in the 984 m 110 sq m Camp Magre tunnel and the 704 m 113 sq m Puig Cabrer tunnel on section Lleida-Martorell. Visit www.corsan-corviam.es 18/04.Iberinsa and AEPO have secured a EUR4.9 million contract for design and work supervision of the high speed rail tunnels in Girona and Sarria, approximate lengths of 4 km for the IUC gauge line and 4.8 km for the Spanish gauge line, and the Girona station. Visit www.iberinsa.es and www.aepo.es 31-32/04.Typsa has secured a EUR2.9 million contract for the design of the Sant Julia de Ramis-Pontos subsection on the Girona-Figueras section on the high speed line between Barcelona and the French border. This 16 km subsection includes five tunnels for a total length of 8,315 m, whereof two of 2.8 km and one of 1,550 m. Visit www.typsa.es 45/04. Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd february, 2005 for construction of the 4.1 km Sant Joan Despi-Sant Boi de Llobregat section in Barcelona. This section includes a 2,356 m tunnel. Tender estimate: EUR88.3 million. Time frame for construction is 21 months. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=012024-2005, OJ S 13, or contact Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF), Madrid, fax +34 917005771. 04/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd february, 2005 for construction of the 2.7 km Hospitalet-La Torrassa section in Barcelona. This section includes a 2,163 m tunnel. Tender estimate: EUR122 million. Time frame for construction is 22 months. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=012033-2005, OJ S 13, or contact Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF), Madrid, fax +34 917005771. 04/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd february, 2005 for construction of the 2.1 km La Torrassa-Sants section in Barcelona. This section includes a 1.8 km tunnel. Tender estimate: EUR106 million. Time frame for construction is 24 months. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=012027-2005, OJ S 13, or contact Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF), Madrid, fax +34 917005771. 04/05.The ministry of public works awarded the construction contracts for the three most critical high speed rail sections to access to Barcelona, located between Sant Joan Despi and Sants station, worth a total amount of EUR275.7 million. High speed trains will arrive in Sants in April 2007, if the project meets the time frame. Section La Torrassa-Sants, which runs in majority in tunnel, has been awarded to Sacyr, Scrinser and Cavosa for EUR79 million. This 2.1 km section includes a 1.8 km tunnel. The contractors committed to building the section in 23 months and a half, not included the month necessary to sign the contract. Visit www.sacyr.com and www.cavosa.es 15/05.Section Sant Joan Despi-Sant Boi, 4.1 km in length, has been awarded to Necso for EUR66 million and a time frame to complete the job of 19 months. This section includes a 2,356 m tunnel. Visit www.necso.es 15/05.Section L'Hospitalet-La Torrassa, worth EUR92.8 million with a time frame of 20 months, has been awarded to OHL and Agrupacion Guinovart Obras y Servicios Hispania. This 2.7 km section includes a 2,163 m tunnel. Visit www.ohl.es and www.guinoshsa.com 15/05.Open call for bids, deadline 23rd May, 2005 for consulting and assistance for the follow-up, planning management and progress of the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border line and coordination of works in Barcelona and its urban area. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=061900-2005, OJ S 64, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 16/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 28th June, 2005 for consulting and assistance aiming at reinforcing safety during construction of the access tunnels to Sants station in Barcelona and La Roca-Ruidellots section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line. The assignment consists in following up the project and proposing improvements to safety measures to avoid any accidents or collapse in the tunnels and their consequences for the construction itself and the neighbouring facilities and buildings, working in coordination with the planning control teams and supporting these teams with regard to tunnelling safety. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=088720-2005, OJ S 90, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 21/05.Euroconsult secured a EUR534,000 contract for consulting and assistance to reinforce safety during construction of the access tunnels to Sants station in Barcelona and La Roca-Ruidellots section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line. Click es/20. Visit www.euroconsult.es 36/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 12th December, 2005 for safety and health coordination during the construction of section Vila Franca del Penedes-Barcelona on the Madrid-Lleida-Barcelona-French border high speed line. Con飴ese a http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=217522-2005, DO S 220, o contᣴese con el ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005771. 48/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 29th May, 2006 for inspection of buildings near the tunnel works between Sants and La Sagrera in Barcelona, which is the city access of the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border line. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=079310-2006, OJ S 75, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 17/06.Intemac won a EUR1 million contract to inspect buildings near the tunnel works on the Sants-La Sagrera section in Barcelona, which is the central city access of the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border line. Visit www.intemac.es 36/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 13th November, 2006 for construction of the Sant Julia de Ramis-Cornella del Terri section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line in Girona province. This 3.3 km section includes two mined tunnels: La Garriga, 758 m and Sant Andreu, 649 m. Both tunnels will have a cross section of 110 sq m. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=210172-2006, OJ S 198, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 43/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 13th November, 2006 for construction of the Cornella del Terri-Vilademuls section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line in Girona province. This 7.1 km section includes two mined tunnels: Llogaia, 1,713 m and Feixes d'en Vidal, 1,372 m. Both tunnels will have a cross section of 90 sq m. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=209095-2006, OJ S 197, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 43/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 13th November, 2006 for construction of the Vilademuls-Pontos section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line in Girona province. This 5.66 km section includes one mined tunnel in Les Cavorques, 2,939 m and 85 sq m of cross section. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=210176-2006, OJ S 198, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 43/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 11th December, 2006 for construction of the Trinidad junction-Montcada section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line. The 4.75 km section includes a 3,709 m-long tunnel, whereof 2,900 metres will be bored by an 11,300 mm-outer diameter TBM. The cross section will be 64.77 sq m. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=229310-2006, OJ S 208, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 47/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd January, 2007 for work control during construction of the Mollet del Valles-Montomes del Valles y Montomes del Valles-La Roca del Valles sections on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line. These sections are 3.4 km and 10.2 km long and include five cut-and-cover tunnels of 1,220 m, 616 m, 146 m, 469 m and 658 m. The Barcelona-Port Bou line in Montmelo will also be sunk underground. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=230920-2006, OJ S 215, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 47/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd January, 2007 for work control during construction of the Sant Julia de Ramis-Pontos section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line. This is the reunion of three sections of 3.3 km, 5.7 km and 5.7 km, including five tunnels of 758 m, 649 m, 1,713 m, 1,372 m and 2,938 m. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=230919-2006, OJ S 215, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 47/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 5th February, 2007 for construction of the 10.3 km-long Montornes del Valles-La Roca del Valles section. Construction will take 21 months. This section includes four cut-and-cover tunnels of 616 m, 146 m, 469 m and 658 metres respectively. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=4099-2007, OJ S 4, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 03/07.Coprosa secured a EUR46 million contract to build the 3.3 km-long Sant Julia de Ramis-Cornella del Terri section in Girona province. Construction will take 18 months. This section includes the 758 m-long Garriga tunnel and the 649 m-long Sant Andreu tunnel. Visit www.coprosa.es 03/07.A JV formed by Sacyr and its subsidiaries Cavosa and Scrinser signed a EUR93.2 million deal to build the 7.1 km-long Cornella del Terri-Vilademuls section, in Girona province. Construction will take 17.5 months. This section includes the 1,713 m-long Santa Llogaia tunnel and the 1,372 m-long Feixes d'en Vidal tunnel. Visit www.sacyr.com or www.gruposyv.com and www.cavosa.es 03/07. A EUR85.1 million contract has been awarded to a JV of FCC and Servia Canto to build the 5.66 km-long Vilademuls-Pontos section, in Girona province. Construction will take 19.5 months. This section includes the 2,939 m-long Les Cavorques tunnel. Visit www.fcc.es and www.servia-canto.com 03/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 5th February, 2007 for construction of the 3.3 km-long Mollet del Valles-Montornes del Valles section. This section includes a 1,220 m-long cut-and-cover tunnel and an underground station in Montmelo. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=5110-2007, OJ S 5, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 04/07.Construction of the 4.75 km Trinidad junction-Montcada i Reixac section on the Madrid-Saragossa-Barcelona-French border high speed line has been commissioned to Corsan-Corviam, Copasa, and Vias y Construcciones. The contract is worth EUR127.6 million. The section includes a 3,709 m-long tunnel, whereof 2,900 metres will be bored by an 11.3 m-diameter TBM. Visit www.corsan-corviam.es, www.copasa.es and www.vias.es 12/07.The contract for construction of the 3.3 km-long Mollet del Valles-Montornes del Valles section has been awarded to a JV of Ferrovial Agromᮠand Compa񭡠de Obras Castillejos for EUR105.5 million and a time frame of 30 months. The most important structure is a 1,220 m-long cut-and-cover tunnel in Montmelo through which the new IUC gauge trains and the existing Spanish gauge trains will run. Visit www.ferrovial.es 15/07.The contract for construction of the 10.3 km-long Montornes del Valles-La Roca del Valles section has been awarded to a JV of Aldesa Construcciones and Construcciones Pai for EUR61.8 million and a time frame of 19 months. This section includes four cut-and-cover tunnels of 616 m, 146 m, 469 m and 658 metres. Visit www.aldesaconstrucciones.es 15/07.Geocisa and Typsa received a EUR2.7 million contract for work supervision during construction of the 17.7 km Mollet del Valles-Montornes del Valles-La Roca del Valles section. Visit www.geocisa.com and www.typsa.es 15/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 7th June, 2007 for inspection of buildings near the tunnels of the Trinidad junction-Montcada section in Barcelona. The 4.75 km section includes a 3,709 m-long tunnel, whereof 2,900 metres will be bored by an 11,300 mm-outer diameter TBM. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=98211-2007, OJ S 80, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 19/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 19th July, 2007 for construction of the 7.5 km Borrassa-Figueres section in Girona province, including a 1,750 m tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=139226-2007, OJ S 113, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 25/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 16th August, 2007 for construction of the urban tunnels and first phase of the station in Girona. The 3.6 km section includes two TBM-built tunnels of 1,297 metres and 1,564 metres, featuring an outer diameter of 11.75 metres and cross-section of 69 square metres, named Girona I and Girona II. The 1,564 m-long Girona II tunnel will connect with the next section, the 3,042 m-long Sarria tunnel, so that trains will travel through a 4,606 m-long tunnel altogether. The contract also includes the first phase of the new intermodal station. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=161971-2007, OJ S 132, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 29/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 16th August, 2007 for construction of the 5 km Sarria de Ter-Sant Julia de Ramis section, which includes two tunnels to be excavated by traditional method. The first tunnel, the 3,042 m-long Sarria tunnel, will connect to the previous section, the 1,564 m-long Girona II tunnel, so that trains will travel through a 4,606 m-long tunnel altogether. The second tunnel, the Montagut tunnel, is 475 m long. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=161950-2007, OJ S 132, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 29/07.Open call for bids, deadline 3rd September, 2007 for construction of the 5.6 km Sants-La Sagrera tunnel section in Barcelona. The first 422 metres and last 395 metres will be built using the cut-and-cover method while 4,823 metres will be driven by TBM. There are also a main shaft at the end of the section, two intermediate shafts for start and exit of the TBM and 12 shafts for emergency exit from the tunnel, five of which will also be used for ventilation and two for groundwater pumping. Read E-News Weekly 26/2007, 18/2007, 27/2006, 5/2006, 8/2004 & 25/2002. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=183732-2007, OJ S 148, or contact ADIF, fax +34 917005751. 33/07.Asistencia Tecnica Industrial (Atisae) bagged a EUR390,000 contract to inspect buildings near the tunnels of the Trinidad junction-Montcada section in Barcelona. The 4.75 km section includes a 3,709 m-long tunnel, whereof 2,900 metres will be bored by an 11,300 mm-outer diameter TBM. Visit www.atisae.com 34/07.The bidding process for construction of the high speed railway tunnel in Barcelona between Sants and the future terminal in La Sagrera bordering the Sagrada Familia cathedral, estimated to a maximum of EUR246.2 million, has attracted eight candidates: Sacyr, and its two affiliates Scrinser and Cavosa; Dragados, its affiliate Tecsa, Constructora San Jos頡nd Obras Subterrᮥas; Comsa and Isolux Corsᮻ Construcciones Rubau, OHL and Acsa; FCC and Copisa; V� y Construcciones; Ferrovial Agromᮠand Copcisa; and Acciona. ADIF will award the contract in October. The project is a 5.64 km section between the two stations. The first 422 metres and last 395 metres of the path will be constructed using the cut-and-cover method, whereas the remaining 4.82 km will be bored by a TBM. The project also includes a 240 m-long 40 m-deep concrete wall along the Sagrada Familia to form a protection precinct and avoid that any ground movement generated by tunnelling affect the monument's foundations. These works will be performed before the passage of the TBM. Read E-News Weekly 26/2007, 18/2007, 27/2006, 5/2006, 8/2004 & 25/2002. 40/07.ADIF has delayed to November the contract award, initially scheduled for 26th October, 2007, for construction of the tunnel that will cross Barcelona between Sants and La Sagrera stations. The decision is the consequence of sinkholes affecting the L'Hospitalet-La Torrassa section. Local commuter services on three suburban lines operated by Renfe and one line operated by the Catalan railways have been interrupted since 20th October. A sixth sinkhole, appeared in Bellvitge station on 26th October, has led to halt work on that section. The work stoppage has amplified the controversy that the Sants-La Sagrera tunnel project has triggered in Barcelona because of the fact that its route passes near the Sagrada Familia cathedral. Read E-News Weekly 45/2007.The joint venture formed by Sacyr and its subsidiaries Scrinser and Cavosa is the best placed to pocket the contract, with a 35-month construction time (two years and 11 months). This contract consists in constructing a 5.64 km section that will connect the two stations. The first 422 metres and the last 395 metres of the route will be diaphragm wall supported station boxes, while the remaining 4,823 metres will be built by means of a TBM. The project also includes a main shaft situated at the end of the route, two additional shafts for the entrance and exit of the TBM and 12 shafts for emergency exit, five of which will be used also for ventilation and two for pumping of the groundwater. 44/07.Aldesa Construcciones bagged a EUR82.4 million contract to build the Sarriᠤel Ter-Sant Juliࠤe Ramis section in Girona. This 5 km stretch includes two tunnels to be excavated by traditional method. The first tunnel, the 3,042 m-long Sarria tunnel, will connect to the previous section, the 1,564 m-long Girona II tunnel, so that trains will travel through a 4,606 m-long tunnel altogether. The second tunnel, the Montagut tunnel, is 475 m long. Visit www.aldesaconstrucciones.es 44/07.FCC (40%), Dragados (30%), Copisa (20%) and Tecsa (10%) bagged a EUR278.6 million contract to build the urban tunnels and first phase of the station in Girona. The 3.6 km section includes two TBM-built tunnels named Girona I and Girona II. The 1,564 m-long Girona II tunnel will connect with the next section, the 3,042 m-long Sarria tunnel, so that trains will travel through a 4,606 m-long tunnel altogether. The contract also includes the first phase of the new intermodal station. Visit www.fcc.es, www.dragados.com, www.copisa.com and www.tecsa.es 45/07.A joint venture formed by Sacyr, Cavosa and Scrinser pocketed a EUR77 million contract to construct the 7.5 km Borrassa-Figueres section in Girona province, including a 1,750 m tunnel. Construction will last 20 months. Visit www.gruposyv.com and www.cavosa.es 45/07.On 18th January, ADIF - Spain's administrator of railway infrastructure - has awarded the construction of the Sants-La Sagrera high speed rail section to a joint venture of Sacyr and its affiliates Cavosa and Scrinser, who have been given a EUR179.3 million contract to complete in 35 months a project that will provide the final stage of the rail link between Madrid and the heart of Barcelona, and eventually into France. The project will be co-financed, up to 72.25%, by cohesion funds of the European Union. Diaphragm wall work will be implemented to build the first 422 metres and last 395 metres of the 5.64 km section, while the remaining 4,832 metres will be driven by an 11.4 m excavated diameter earth pressure balance TBM. The machine will be ordered immediately and should be ready in one year from now. Visit www.gruposyv.com and www.cavosa.esThe tunnel will not run anywhere along its path beneath buildings but always under the Mallorca, Diagonal and Proven硠streets. The tunnel will pass near the unfinished Sagrada Familia cathedral but prior to the excavation by a tunnel boring machine, a protective concrete wall formed by 1.5 m-diameter piles dug at a depth of up to 40 metres will be built to create a vibration-insulated system to protect the cathedral's foundations from the tunnelling works. Other preliminary works prior to excavation include the main entry and reception shafts, located at each end of the path, two other shafts for TBM operation, along with 12 shafts for emergency exits from the tunnel, five of which will also be used for ventilation and two for pumping of groundwater. Read E-News Weekly 3/2008, 26/2007, 18/2007, 27/2006, 5/2006, 8/2004 & 25/2002. 04/08.Open call for tenders, deadline 27th March, 2008 for work inspection of the 5 km Sarria de Ter-Sant Julia de Ramis section, which includes the 3,042 m Sarria tunnel and the 475 m Montagut tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=48730-2008, OJ S 35, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 09/08.ADIF commissioned the construction of the Sagrera-Trinidad junction section, divided in two contracts, on the Madrid-Barcelona-French border high speed link. The Sagrera contract has been awarded to CorsᮭCorviam for EUR67.9 million and a time frame of 19 months. The Sant Andreu contract has been awarded to Acciona Infraestructuras and Copcisa for EUR177.4 million and a time frame of 28 months. The two contracts represent a length of 4.24 km, running fully underground in a cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit www.corsan-corviam.es, www.acciona.es and www.copcisa.com 12/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 3rd June, 2008 for support to the construction management and follow-up of safety measures during construction of the tunnels on the Sants-La Roca del Valles and Riudellots-Figueras sections. These two sections include four TBM-built tunnels to cross Barcelona, Monteada and Girona stretching for a total of 10.6 km, eight tunnels built by conventional methods, stretching for a total of 13.6 km, seven cut-and-cover tunnels stretching for 4.3 km, and four false tunnels stretching for a total of 2.1 km. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=104690-2008, OJ S 77, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 18/08.Sener and KV Consultores scooped a EUR2.2 million contract for work inspection of the 5 km Sarria de Ter-Sant Julia de Ramis section, which includes the 3,042 m Sarria tunnel and the 475 m Montagut tunnel. Visit www.sener.es and www.kvconsultores.es 24/08.Geoconsult España won a EUR3.6 million contract for support to the construction management and follow-up of safety measures during construction of the tunnels on the Sants-La Roca del Vallès and Riudellots-Figueras sections. These two sections include four TBM-built tunnels to cross Barcelona, Monteada and Girona stretching for a total of 10.6 km, eight tunnels built by conventional methods, stretching for a total of 13.6 km, seven cut-and-cover tunnels stretching for 4.3 km, and four false tunnels stretching for a total of 2.1 km. Visit www.geoconsult.es 38/08.

Contract, value EUR7.4 million, awarded to jv of Sener, GPO and Inocsa for general work supervision at La Sagrera high speed train station in Barcelona. A second EUR7.3 million contract was awarded to a jv of Auding, Ayesa and Cicsa to supervise station construction. A third EUR5.8 million contract went to a jv of SGS Tecnos, Idom, Euro Geotecnica and Applus Norcontrol to supervise construction of the 220 m-long covered access from Puente de Bac de Roda to the station and a 780 m-long section from the station to the triangle railyard. All contract values exclude VAT. For project history since 1998 visit tunnelbuilder archive es/20. More from www.sener.es and www.adif.es. 38/10.

  Following spectacular success with current phase of expansion in which some 35 km of underground lines with 33 stations and 20 km surface line with 4 stations were constructed and commissioned in a four year span, Pta 128,400 million set aside to finance building of metro line to south of Madrid taking in the suburbs of Alcorcon, Leganes, Getafe, Mostoles and Fuenlabrada. 35.2 km tunnels with 29 stations. Construction will not commence until after July, 1999 elections and will then be completed within four years. February 1999.   Extension of Line 8 to Barajas airport completed using NFM TBM. June 1999.   FCC contracted to tunnel 1.3 km by traditional method to Valdelasfuentes station and onward 1.7 km to Avenida de Espana using NFM TBM. August 1999.   Extension of Line 1 for 3.2 km to Vallegas with 3 new stations for 2004 opening likely to be next award at $75 million. August 1999.   6 km extension of Barajas airport line from Mar de Cristal to Nuevos Ministerios connecting with Cercanias RENFE station and interchanging with Lines 6 and 10 of the metro. Travel time from downtown Madrid to airport will be 12 minutes. Work starts November, 1999 for commissioning October, 2001. Two EPBs will be employed. August 1999. www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro   Comunidad de Madrid announced contract award for 6.5 km Line 8 connection to the airport from downtown Nuevos Ministerios to jv of ACS-Necso-Ferrovial in value $160 million using two EPB TBMs already in ownership. Two stations, one of which is a major interchange. Visit www.grupoacs.com December 1999.   Herrenknecht 9.38 m TBM will commence 3.5 km drive on line 8 extension from shaft presently under construction at Mar de Cristal station to terminate at shaft to be constructed alongside M-30 ring road. From here conventional tunnelling will be used. Colombia station at approximately halfway position will form interchange with line 9. Visit www.necso.es and www.ferrovial.es for more details. February 2000. FCC/Necso/ACS jv awarded $23 million contract to construct 1.3 km of line 9 of Madrid metro at Riva in an 8 m-deep cut-and-cover trench in eight months. Financed by Tres Cantos, a state-owned enterprise. The contract also includes extensions to the train depot and building of a new electricity substation. Visit www.necso.es June 2000.   Herrenknecht 9.38 m-diameter EPB under erection in start shaft at Mar De Cristal in readiness for Line 8 extension drive commencing 21st August. There are currently 37 slurry wall machines at work on this line. Visit www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro July 2000. Dragados Lovat 7.4 m EPB underway on line 10 extension south to connect with Metrosur achieving up to 36 x 1.2 m rings/day having placed 346 rings in 18 days to 11th November. Visit www.dragados.es and www.lovat.com November 2000. 9.38 m-diameter NFM EPB Adelantada, working for FCC on Line 10 extension, has completed 939 m of tunnel in 31 days to 20th February, 2001. This is claimed as a world record advance for EPBs. Visit www.fcc.es Also, Lovat 7.4 m-diameter EPB on line 10 built 41 x 1.2 m rings, advancing 49 m in 24 h on 20th February, 2001. Visit www.dragados.com and www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro 09/01.Tunnel linking Mar de Cristal, Colombia and Nuevos Ministerios on Line 8 reported completed by jv Necso-ACS-Ferrovial. Direct connection from Paseo de la Castellana to the Barajas airport to open in March, 2002. 50/01.Dragados also reported that 7.4 m-diameter Lovat TBM 'Cibeles' has reached Alcorcí³n on Line 10 extension to Metrosur circle Line 12. Average speed of 19.6 metres a day with record daily speed of 51.6 metres and a highest monthly speed of one kilometre in October, 2001. Cost of €86 million. Construction underway at stations in Casa de Campo, Colonia Jardí­n, Cuatro Vientos, Alcalde Joaquí­n Vilumbrales, and Puerta del Sur. Opening at spring, 2003. Visit www.comadrid.es/cmadrid/metro 50/01.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004 for design of the La Castellana extension of the metro. Tender budget: €1.2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214915-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of Line 1 extension to Chamartí­n and Hortaleza. Tender budget: €1.7 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214916-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of Line 3 extension to Villaverde (5.4 km with six stations). Tender budget: €1.8 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214919-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of the new Pinar del Rey station on Line 8. Tender budget: €516,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214920-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of Line 11 extension to Caravanchel Alto (1.6 km with two stations). Tender budget: €830,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214926-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of Line 2 extension to La Elipa (1.2 km with one station). Tender budget: €700,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214928-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of the new Bolí­var station on Line 6. Tender budget: €516,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214929-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 2nd February, 2004, for design of Line 5 extension to Alameda de Osuna (2 km with two stations). Tender budget: €830,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=214930-2003, OJ S 241, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 02/04.Open call for bids, deadline 11th February, 2004 for design of Line 4 extension to San Chinarro and Las Tablas (3.8 km with four stations). Tender budget: 1.3 million euros. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=001460-2004, OJ S 2, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 914880598 or 914111724. Visit www.comadrid.es/012 03/04.Open call for bids, deadline 15th March, 2004 for quality control and inspections during construction of the new Aviacií³n Espaí±ola station on Line 10. Tender values: EUR106,300 and EUR1.8 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=020317-2004 and http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=020319-2004, OJ S 23, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 4880598 or 4111724. 07/04.Open call for bids, deadline 15th March, 2004 for quality control and inspections during construction of Line 1 extension to Ensanche de Vallecas. Tender values: EUR804,100 and EUR2.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=020320-2004, OJ S 23, and http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=021275-2004, OJ S 24, or contact Mintra, Alcorcí³n, fax +34 4880598 or 4111724. 07/04.Open call for bids, deadline 22nd March, 2004 for construction of the Line 1 extension to Ensanche de Vallecas. Tender budget: EUR91.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=025971-2004, OJ S 29, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 09/04.Open call for bids, deadline 12th April, 2004 for construction of Parque Europa station on Line 10 extension to Metrosur. Tender value: EUR13.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=035286-2004, OJ S 40, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 12/04.Open call for bids, deadline 17th August, 2004, for construction of a Line 1 extension, section Plaza de Castilla-Chamartin interchange. Tender budget: EUR100 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117589-2004, OJ S 137, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 13th August, 2004 for construction of extension to Lines 1 and 4, section Chamartin interchange-Parque de Santa Maria. Tender budget: EUR170 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=116694-2004, OJ S 136, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 13th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 2 extension to La Elipa. Tender budget: EUR57.4 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117593-2004, OJ S 137, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 17th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 3 extension to Villaverde, section Legazpi-San Cristobal de los Angeles. Tender budget: EUR192 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117590-2004, OJ S 137, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 19th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 5 extension to La Alameda de Osuna. Tender budget: EUR107.4 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117591-2004, OJ S 137, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 19th August, 2004 for construction of the new Arganzuela station on Line 6. Tender budget: EUR39 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117587-2004, OJ S 137, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 13th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 7 extension, section 1 Las Musas-M-40. Tender budget: EUR77.7 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=116682-2004, OJ S 136, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 13th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 7 extension, section 2 M-40-Coslada. Tender budget: EUR57.6 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=116679-2004, OJ S 136, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 13th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 7 extension, section 3 Coslada-San Fernando de Henares. Tender budget: EUR181.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=116698-2004, OJ S 136, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 19th August, 2004 for construction of Pinar del Rey station on Line 8. Tender budget: EUR29.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=116696-2004, OJ S 136, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 17th August, 2004 for construction of a Line 11 extension. Tender budget: EUR76.2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117592-2004, OJ S 137, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. 31-32/04.Open call for bids, deadline 3rd September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of a line 1 extension, section Plaza de Castilla-Chamartin interchange. Tender budget: EUR2.2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=124343-2004, OJ S 144, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. The 1,850 m Plaza de Castilla-Chamartin section includes a single station at a transport interchange. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 17th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 1 extension, section Plaza de Castilla-Chamartin interchange. Tender budget: EUR725,300. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=127434-2004, OJ S 147, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 1st September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of an extension to Lines 1 and 4, section Chamartin interchange-Parque de Santa Maria. Tender budget: EUR2.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=123383-2004, OJ S 143, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. The 4.5 km Chamartin-Santa Maria section includes four stations. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 15th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of an extension to Lines 1 and 4, section Chamartin interchange-Parque de Santa Maria. Tender budget: EUR985,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=126443-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 1st September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of a line 2 extension to La Elipa. Tender budget: EUR1.8 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=123379-2004, OJ S 143, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. Line 2 will be extended by 1.6 km, with one station. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 15th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 2 extension to La Elipa. Tender budget: EUR415,800. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=126432-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 3rd September,, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of a line 3 extension to Villaverde, section Legazpi-San Cristobal de los Angeles. Tender budget: EUR2.4 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=123378-2004, OJ S 143, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. Line 3 will be lengthened from Legazpi to San Cristobal de los Angeles, which will add 6 km and 6 stations. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 17th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 3 extension to Villaverde, section Legazpi-San Cristobal de los Angeles. Tender budget: EUR1.1 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=126439-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 6th September, 2004 for inspection and work control of a line 5 extension to Alameda de Osuna. Tender budget: EUR2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=123385-2004, OJ S 143, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. Line 5 extension to Alameda de Osuna will span 2.4 km, with two stations. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 20th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 5 extension to Alameda de Osuna. Tender budget: EUR778,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=127441-2004, OJ S 147, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 6th September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of the new Arganzuela station on Line 6. Tender budget: EUR1.9 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=123381-2004, OJ S 143, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. This station is on the circle line 6. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 20th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of the new Arganzuela station on Line 6. Tender budget: EUR283,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=126426-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 1st September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of a line 7 extension, section 1 Las Musas-M-40 and section 2 M-40-Coslada. Tender budget: EUR2.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=123388-2004, OJ S 143, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. Section Las Musas-M-40 is 1.5 km in length with one station. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 15th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 7 extension, section 1 Las Musas-M-40 and section 2 M-40-Coslada. Tender budget: EUR980,300. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=126445-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 1st September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of a line 7 extension, section 3 Coslada-San Fernando de Henares. Tender budget: EUR2.4 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=124354-2004, OJ S 144, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. Section Coslada-San Fernando totals 4.8 km, with five stations. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 15th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 7 extension, section 3 Coslada-San Fernando de Henares. Tender budget: EUR1 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=126442-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 6th September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of Pinar del Rey station on Line 8. Tender budget: EUR2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=124350-2004, OJ S 144, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. This is an intermediate station on Line 8 to Barajas. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 20th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of Pinar del Rey station on Line 8. Tender budget: EUR212,200. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=127436-2004, OJ S 147, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 3rd September, 2004 for inspection and work control during construction of a line 11 extension to Carabanchel Alto. Tender budget: EUR2 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=124344-2004, OJ S 144, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 916890069. The extension spans 2 km with two stations. 33-34/04.Open call for bids, deadline 17th September, 2004 for quality control during construction of a line 11 extension to Carabanchel Alto. Tender budget: EUR552,200. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=es&docid=126437-2004, OJ S 146, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 33-34/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 6th October, 2004 for construction of a Line 3 extension to Villaverde, section San Cristobal de los Angeles-Villaverde Alto. This is a 2.1 km section. Tender budget: EUR92.5 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=145843-2004, OJ S 169, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880098 or 914880598. 37/04.Open call for bids, deadline 22nd October, 2004 for quality management during construction of the infrastructure of Line 3, section San Cristobal de los Angeles-Villaverde Alto. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=157392-2004, OJ S 184, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 40/04.Open call for bids, deadline 21st October 2004 for work inspection and monitoring during construction of the infrastructure of Line 3, section San Cristobal de los Angeles-Villaverde Alto. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=157389-2004, OJ S 184, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 40/04.L. V. Salamanca Ingenieros won a EUR1.8 million contract for work inspection and monitoring during construction of Avenida de la Aviacion station on Line 10. Euroconsult won the quality management contract for the same station for EUR106,300. Visit www.lvsalamanca-ingenieros.es and www.euroconsult.es 43/04.Ferrovial Agroman will build Line 1 extension to Ensanche de Vallecas for EUR84.8 million. Visit www.ferrovial.com 43/04.Work inspection and monitoring for Line 1 extension to Ensanche de Vallecas has been awarded to a JV of Ingenieria Basica de Proyectos and Incoydesa for EUR2.3 million while Geocisa has been awarded the quality management contract for EUR720,500. Visit www.incoydesa.com and www.geocisa.com 43/04.Begar will build Parque de Europa station on Line 10 for EUR12.2 million. Visit www.begar.es 43/04.Ferrovial Agroman secured a EUR93.1 million contract for construction of a Line 1 extension, section Plaza de Castilla-Chamartin interchange. Visit www.ferrovial.com 50/04.Sacyr Vallehermoso clinched a EUR157.5 million deal for construction of extension to Lines 1 and 4, section Chamartin interchange-Parque de Santa Maria. Visit www.gruposyv.com 50/04.OHL will construct an extension to La Elipa on Line 2, for EUR54.8 million. It is a 1,619 m section for two tracks, featuring a horseshoe-shaped section. The first 400 m will be built in cut-and-cover, 7.3 m wide x 6.22 m high. Then, the Madrid tunnelling method, aka Belgian method, will be used for the next 925 m, 9.2 m wide x 7.52 m high (6.35 m high inner diameter after lining), with timber supports and concrete formwork. Then follows La Elipa station (105 m) and lastly, the final 80 m will also be built using the Madrid method. Geology consisting of coarse ground, sandy clays and clayey sands with fines content. Visit www.ohl.es 50/04.FCC secured a EUR176.7 million contract for construction of a Line 3 extension to Villaverde, section Legazpi-San Cristobal de los Angeles. The company has also been awarded a EUR87 million contract to build the next stretch, San Cristobal de los Angeles-Villaverde Alto (2.8 km). An EPB shield will be used to drive a 8.43 m-ID tunnel lined with 32 cm-thick concrete segments. Visit www.fcc.es 50/04.Ferrovial Agroman has pocketed a EUR94.4 million contract for building Line 5 extension to La Alameda de Osuna. Visit www.ferrovial.com 50/04.Comsa and Ortiz will build the new Arganzuela station on Line 6, for EUR35.1 million. Visit www.comsa.com 50/04.Sacyr Vallehermoso will build section 1 Las Musas-M-40 on the east extension to Line 7. The contract has a value of EUR70 million. This is a 1.1 km section approximately for two tracks and a cut-and-cover station. Visit www.gruposyv.com 50/04.ACS Dragados will build the following section on the extension to Line 7, section 2 M-40-Coslada, for EUR50.9 million. It is a twin bored tunnel (2 x 1,986 m, 7.38 m excavated diameter) to be driven with a Lovat TBM owned by Dragados. No station will be built for the moment but only provisions for two future stations, one of them being an interchange hub in the residential area where the 2012 Olympic village will be built if Madrid is chosen as host city. Time frame for construction: 24 months. Visit www.lovat.com and www.grupoacs.com 50/04.ACS Dragados has also secured section 3 Coslada-San Fernando de Henares on the Line 7 extension, for EUR168.4 million. It is a 3,941 m single bore tunnel, 9.38 m outer diameter, and five stations (three in Coslada and two in San Fernando). A Herrenknecht TBM owned by Dragados will be used. Visit www.herrenknecht.com and www.grupoacs.com 50/04.Constructora San Jose and Cimsa will build Pinar del Rey station on Line 8, for EUR25.8 million and a time frame of 21 months. Visit www.grupo-sanjose.com 50/04.ACS Dragados won a EUR66.6 million contract for construction of a Line 11 extension to Carabanchel Alto. It is a 1,286 m single tunnel, 9.38 m OD, to be driven by means of a NFM Technologies TBM owned by Dragados. Visit www.nfm-technologies.com and www.grupoacs.com 50/04.A EUR90,000 geotechnical investigation contract has been awarded by Mintra to Intecsa-Inarsa for core drills in the subsoil, which will study the route of a Line 11 extension from Carabanchel Alto to La Fortuna in Leganes. Technically, the route will start with a 215 m cut-and-cover tunnel in Madrid. Then, a TBM will drive a 3.1 km double-track tunnel until the Leganes district. From that point, the tunnel divides in two single-track branches: one towards the metro station in the area and the other to the rolling stock depot. Visit www.intecsa-inarsa.es 09/05.Notice of public works concession, deadline 27th March, 2006 for concession contract for the construction and operation of the Line 8 extension from Barajas to the new Madrid airport terminal T-4, inaugurated on 4th February, 2006. Extending Line 8 will require to construct a 2.5 km twin tunnel from the old to the new terminals. The underground station at the new terminal is practically built since it was planned in the project of the new terminal building at Barajas. The two tunnels have to be bored and the internal finishings of the station are pending. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=026272-2006, OJ S 24, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. E-mail maite.martin@mintramadrid.es 07/06.The Madrid regional government has awarded to a JV between FCC and bank Caja Madrid the 20-year concession contract to build and operate the extension to Madrid Barajas airport's terminal T-4, for an amount nearing EUR45 million. Visit www.fcc.esThe project consists in extending Line 8, which currently serves terminal T-2, from the terminus station at Barajas Pueblo. The 2.5 km-long twin bored section will predominantly be built using a TBM. FCC will use one of the two TBMs employed to excavate the Line 3 extension to Villaverde. Work starts immediately and the line will be operational at the end of the first semester of 2007. 19/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 8th February, 2007 for extension of Line 11 to La Fortuna. The 3,372 m-long section starts in PAU de Carabanchel to reach La Fortuna. The end of the line will be connected to the Cuatro Vientos rolling stock depot on Line 10, which is only 500 m distant. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=260749-2006, OJ S 243, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 01-02/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 8th August, 2007 for design of the Line 2 extension to Las Rosas. Read E-News Weekly 29/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=155819-2007, OJ S 127, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 31/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 8th August, 2007 for design of the Line 3 extension to El Casar. Read E-News Weekly 29/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=155818-2007, OJ S 127, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 31/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 8th August, 2007 for design of the Line 9 extension to Mirasierra. Read E-News Weekly 29/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=155808-2007, OJ S 127, or contact Mintra, Alcorcon, fax +34 914880598. 31/07.Open invitation to tender, deadline 19th May, 2008 for design of a new metro line from Chamartin to Torrejon de Ardoz (infrastructure and fit-out). The new line, 7.5 km in length, includes three stations (Avenida de la Constitucií³n, Londres and Soto del Henares) and will run below ground through the industrial parks of San Fernando de Henares and in Torrejon de Ardoz. The line will start from San Fernando de Henares near the M-45 then heading north to Torrejon de Ardoz and Soto del Henares. It then emerges to the surface near the M-50 and connects with the Madrid-Barcelona rail line and ends at Chamartin station, providing interchange with lines 1 and 10. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=100497-2008, OJ S 74, or contact Mintra, Madrid, fax +34 914880598. 17/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 11th August, 2008 for construction of a 4.75 km extension from La Elipa to Las Rosas on Line 2, with four stations. The section will be built by TBM. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=157271-2008, OJ S 118, or contact Mintra, Madrid, fax +34 914880598. E-mail maite.martin@mintramadrid.es 26/08.A 9.4 m-diameter NFM Technologies EPB tunnel boring machine was officially launched on 10th June, 2008 by officials, as part of the 2007-2010 transport expansion programme, to bore the 3.4 km extension of Line 11 from La Peseta to La Fortuna in Leganes. The machine was last used to build a previous extension of Line 11 from Pan Bendito to La Peseta in Carabanchel. Previously, it completed the Atocha-Nuevos Ministerios section of the newly opened cross-city railway tunnel connecting Atocha and Chamartin central stations in Madrid, sections of the Metrosur Line 12 and a Line 2 extension. Click here. The construction contract has been awarded to Dragados. Of the 3,400 metres in tunnel, 25 metres to connect with La Peseta will be mined manually using Madrid's traditional method. Visit www.nfm-technologies.com and www.dragados.com 32-33/08.A consortium of FCC and Acciona has scooped a EUR134.9 million contract to extend Line 2 of the Madrid metro. The consortium will build 4.5 new kilometres of tracks to link La Elipa with the Las Rosas neighbourhood. The time frame to complete the works is 27 months. The project will add four new stations (Nicolas Salmerí³n, Alsacia, Guadalajara and Ginebra). Construction will begin before the end of the year. The builders will use a tunnel boring machine. Excavation will start from the end of the route and conclude where the line now ends and what will be the start of the future extension. The builders will take advantage of a cul de sac at La Elipa station (the last on the line at its eastern end), which was built as a reservation for future extensions during the previous eastern extension of the line. The entry shaft from where the TBM will be launched will be located next to the last of the four stations, in an area not built after crossing the M-40. Visit www.fcc.es and www.acciona.es 40/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 19.01.2009, for cut-and-cover construction of 2.9 km extension to Line 9 from Herrera Oria to Mirasierra with two stations. Contact Maite Martin at Mintra, tel +34 91 488 0540, e-mail maite.martin@mintramadrid.es. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=310324-2008 51/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 17.04.2009, five separate contracts for ventilation and fire-prevention installations for Line 11 Madrid metro extension to Barrio de la Fortuna as follows: value EUR1.2 million, duration 9 months, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=065122-2009; value EUR2.6 million, duration 10 months, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=065126-2009; value EUR2.3 million, duration 9 months, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=065123-2009; value EUR4.6 million, duration 9 months, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=065120-2009; value EUR2.3 million, duration 9 months, http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=065121-2009, OJ S 45. Contact MINTRA, Alcorcí³n, Mr Juan Carlos Araniguria Rodrigo, tel +34 914880-540, fax -598, e-mail contratacion@mintramadrid.es. Visit www.mintramadrid.es 11/09.

Dragados S.A., c/ Avenida de Tenerife, 4-6, E-San Sebastií¡n de los Reyes, Madrid won a EUR105.2 million contract for construction of a Madrid Metro Line 11 extension to Barrio de la Fortuna. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=316181-2009 and www.dragados-spl.com. For ten-year project history of extensions to Madrid Metro visit tunnelbuilder archive es/17. 48/09.

Extension to Kabiezes planned for completion 2006. February 1999.   Tenders closed 21st December, 2000 for first 919 m-long x 60 sq m twin-track, single-tube tunnel on second phase of line 2. Roadheaders will be used in limestone marls and claystone with layers of volcanic rock with steel arches, rockbolts, mesh and shotcrete as support. Value $15 million, for commencement mid-2001. Contact transport and public works department, fax +34 9 4501 9018 or visit www.fulcrum.es December 2000.   Open tendering for the design of the superstructure of the Urbinaga-Sestao and Bolueta-Etxebarri sections of Line 2. Deadline 26th February, 2002. The Urbinaga-Sestao section includes a 920 m double-track tunnel plus an underground station and ventilation shafts. Time frame of 24 months. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 6, document 4549-2002 or contact Consorcio de Transportes de Bizkaia, Bilbao, fax +34 944231088. Also visit www.cotrabi.com 05/02.Award to Saitec of the design of the Ariz-Basauri stretch of Line 2 for €271,000. Visit www.metrobilbao.net 05/02.   Preinformation notice for the construction of the Sestao-Portugalete section of Line 2 including a 1,760 m tunnel in rock, two cavern stations at Abatxolo and Portugalete, and shafts. Tender value of €44 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 27, document 20388-2002 or contact the Basque government, Public works and transport division, Bilbao, fax +34 945019786. E-mail di-trans@ej-gv.es 07/02.   Open call for tenders, deadline 31st October, 2002 for construction of the 1,760 m Sestao-Portugalete section of Line 2 with two stations in Abatxolo and Portugalete. Construction using a roadheader with bolts and steel arches as support. Tender value €42.7 million. Opening in mid-2006. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=152818-2002, OJ S 194 or contact Basque government, Bilbao, fax +34 945019786 or 944329189. Visit www.ej-gv.net. More in E-News Weekly # 28. 41/02.  Cinsa is technical advisor in geotechnical engineering to Imebisa for the tunnelling works of the Urbinaga-Sestao section of Line 2. NATM to be used. Visit www.imebisa.es and www.cinsaep.org 12/03.Open call for bids, deadline 4th April, 2005 for construction of section Portugalete-Santurtzi on Line 2. This is a 1.6 km section, with two stations in Penota and Santurtzi. Both stations will be mined, consisting of a cavern with two mezzanines and two entrances/exits. Tender estimated at EUR51.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=024847-2005, OJ S 26, or contact the Basque government, Vitoria-Gasteiz, fax +34 945019785. E-mail trans@ej-gv.es. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 46/2004 & 28/2002. 11/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 28th June, 2005 for work management, control and monitoring during construction of the 1.6 km Portugalete-Santurtzi section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=108001-2005, OJ S 108, or contact Red Ferroviaria Vasca, Bilbao, fax +34 944329189. E-mail jortega@ets-rfv.es 24/05.The Biscay transport authority awarded the construction of the Portugalete-Santurtzi extension of Line 2 to a JV of Nortunel, Urazca and Balzola, for EUR37.5 million. This is a 1.6 km tunnel with two stations. Visit www.cotrabi.com, www.nortunel.com, www.urazca.com and www.balzola.com 43/05.Saitec secured a EUR887,000 contract for the work management, control and monitoring during construction of the 1.6 km Portugalete-Santurtzi section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. Visit www.saitec.es 06/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 15th May, 2006 for construction of section Ariz-Basauri on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. This is an approx. 2 km section for two tracks, section 60 sq m. There will be also four accesses, excavated section 35 sq and total length of 200 metres as well as 13 shafts, for ventilation and elevators, excavated diameter 3.6 m and total length of 425 metres, to be built using raise boring. Geology consists of two different facies, with a very altered zone in between: 30 to 50 MPa marly limestone in the first facies and sandstone and claystone in the second. The tunnel will be built using roadheaders and mechanical means. Support with bolts, wire mesh, shotcrete with/without reinforcing fibres, HEB supports and jet grouting. Mucking-out with loaders and dumpers. Estimated cost: EUR69.1 million. The contract will be awarded in July 2006 for work commencement in September 2006. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=061224-2006, OJ S 59, or contact Basque government, Vitoria-Gasteiz, fax +34 945019451 or 944329189. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 19/06.A JV of Obras Subterraneas, Excavaciones Viuda de Sainz, and Excavaciones Cantabricas will build the Aritz-Basauri section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. The section goes from the present rolling stock depot in Aritz to the centre of Basauri, near the city hall. The successful bid submitted by the JV is 16% cheaper than the tender estimate and construction will take four months less than planned, once works commence next December. The JV has proposed EUR57,903,530.14 and a time frame of 38 months to do the job. The Aritz-Basauri section will be 2,372 m long, whereof 100 metres in open cut and the remainder in a new underground tunnel. The contract also includes two new stations, one named Aritz and the other one named Basauri. Both stations will be mined caverns, matching the style of the other stations in service on Lines 1 and 2 designed by architect Norman Foster. Visit www.obrassubterraneas.es and www.excavacionescantabricas.es 40/06.Geoconsult Espaí±a bagged a EUR1 million contract for site supervision of the Aziz-Basauri section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. This section runs almost fully underground, except for a short portion of only 300 metres near the Ariz workshops. The section also includes the Ariz and Basauri stations. Visit www.geoconsult.es 06/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 4th February, 2008 for conceptual design of the extension to Galdakao of the Bilbao metro. This is a 4.5 km section, 2.5 km of which will run in tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=292744-2007, OJ S 240, or contact Basque government, Bilbao, fax +34 945019018. 52/07-01/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 28th October, 2008 for construction of the Santurtzi-Kabiezes section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. The total length of this dual track section is 2.4 km, whereof 2.3 km will run in tunnel, 40 metres at grade and 112 metres is for the new Kabiezes station. The minimum radius is 250 metres and the maximum gradient is 4.7%. Construction of this section is scheduled to commence at the end of the year. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=253605-2008, OJ S 192, or contact Basque government, Bilbao, fax +34 945018931 or 944316895. E-mail am-aciriano@ej-gv.es 41/08.

The contract for the main civil works (lot 2) for the second phase of Upper Kotmale hydro power project that amounts to Rs10.7 billion was signed between the Ceylon Electricity Board and Maeda of Japan. The contract will cover the construction of a 35.5 m-high dam at Talawakelle Town, and underground works including a 12,890 m-long headrace tunnel; circular shape, 4.5 m-5.2 m in diameter; a 98 m-high 12 m-diameter upstream surge tank; a 791 m-long underground inclined penstock shaft, 4.5 m-1.45 m in diameter; a 78 m-long draft tunnel, 3 m in diameter; a 58 m-high downstream surge chamber, 8 m in diameter; a 459 m-long tailrace tunnel, 4.5 m in diameter; a 18.8 m-wide, 36.5 m-high and 66.3 m-long underground powerhouse complex; a 451 m-long access tunnel, 5 m wide and 5. m high; a 469 m-long cable tunnel, 4 m wide and 3 m high. Construction of the second phase will be inaugurated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa in January next year. When commissioned, the Upper Kotmale hydro power plant will add 150 MW to the national grid. The total cost is being funded by the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). The project is expected to be completed by 2010. Read E-News Weely 27/2005. Visit www.ukhp.lk and and www.maeda.co.jp 51-52/06.

The open invitation to tender, deadline 27.08.2018, for the measurement of groundwater and settlements during and after the extension of the Stockholm’s subway. Duration of the contract is from 01/10/2018 to 30/09/2023, with the option of 4 extensions of 48 months. Contact  Stockholm’s lans landsting, attn Peter Malmsten, Stockholm, email peter.malmsten@sll.se. Visit

http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=292817-2018. Ref.n. FUT 2018-0278. 29/18.

Trelleborg has been awarded the contract to supply gaskets and seals for the construction of the new Marieholmstunneln – a road tunnel in Goteborg, Sweden, which will use immersed and cut-and-cover techniques. At nearly 500 m long and 20 m deep, the tunnel will run under the Gota Alv River. Trelleborg was specified by the design and build joint venture, consisting of civil engineers, Zublin Scandinavia AB and dredging and marine experts, Boskalis B.V. Due to a successful collaboration with Trelleborg before they showed that there is a high stability, flexibility and a low aging behavior of the tunnel seals they produce. For further information please read the press release and also click se/44 for the tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://www.trelleborg.com. 23/16.

Crabat AB from Vastra Frolunda secured the EUR 515,285.22 (SEK5 504 000) contract, excluding VAT, for Measurement Engineering services during the construction of the Kvarnberget sub-project on the West Link (Vastlanken) railway project in Gothenburg. Contact Trafikverket, attn Ulf Olsson, Borlänge, tel +46 771921921, email ulf.e.olsson@trafikverket.se. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=371287-2019.

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Assemblin, under its contract FSE 903 with Trafikverket has awarded ZITRON with the supply of the tunnel ventilation equipment for Stockholm bypass project. ZITRON’s contract, worth just over EUR14.81 million (SEK155 million), includes the design, manufacture and supply of 48 axial fans and 241 jet fans with their accessories. For further information read the press release and visit https://zitron.com/. 40/20. 

Periodic notice for the construction of the Bjässholm, Murberg, Gí¥rdberg, Svedjeberg, Kroksberg and Utansjö tunnels, as part of the Adalen rail line or Adalsbanan. The Bjässholm tunnel includes a 3.5 km main tunnel, a 3 km service tunnel, a working tunnel and cross passages between the main tunnel and the service tunnel. Murberg is a 1,520 m main tunnel and a 200 m service tunnel. The Gí¥rdberg tunnel spans 835 m. The Svedjeberg tunnel is 165 m long. The Kroksberg tunnel includes a 4,540 m-long main tunnel, a 4,450 m-long service tunnel, a working tunnel and cross passages. The Utansjö tunnel spans 300 m. All main tunnels are single-track tunnels. The tunnel section is 48-53 sq m. Click here to see a design. Geology is granite and metagreywacke (a type of hard sandstone). Drill/blast method. Support with bolts, concrete injection and shotcrete. Dumper trucks for muck away. First contract announcement in February 2006 for tunnelling start in March 2006, last contract award in autumn 2008 for work start in spring 2009. The Adalsbanan is a rail link between the Bothnia line and the east coast line in north Sweden. The project comprises a new 21 km section between Harnosand and Veda, including several tunnels totalling about 9.5 km. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=173086-2005, OJ S 174, or contact Banverket, Gävle, tel. +46 26144040 or 706901909. E-mail johan.sundin@banverket.se or kalle.frolander@banverket.se. Also visit www.banverket.se/adalsbanan 38/05.Lemcon has been awarded a SEK399 million contract to build the Bjässholm tunnel on the Adalen rail line or Adalsbanan. The assignment includes a 3.5 km main tunnel, a 3 km service tunnel, a working tunnel and cross passages between the main tunnel and the service tunnel. Click se/35. Visit www.lemcon.fi 01-02/07.Lemcon of the Lemminkäinen Group has been awarded a construction contract worth EUR54 million. The new Kroksberg railway tunnel will be built on a new track section between Härnösand and Veda, forming part of the 100-year-old Adalsbanan line that follows the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia. The Kroksberg tunnel will be 4.5 km long and when completed it will be longest tunnel on the line. Work at Kroksberg has already started with the construction of two adits, and excavation of the main tunnel will begin in the summer. The tunnel will be completed in early spring 2010. The client is Banverket.The Kroksberg tunnel is Lemcon's second railway tunnel contract on the Adalsbanan line. In January 2007 the company started work on the construction of the adjacent Bjässholmen tunnel. A total of six tunnels with a combined length of 11 kilometres will be built on the new 21 km-long track section. The Adalsbanan line connects to the Botniabana line, on which Lemcon has constructed a number of tunnels in recent years. Click se/35. Visit www.lemcon.fi 18/07.Oden Anläggningsentreprenad secured a SEK259 million contract to construct the Murberg tunnel on the Adalsbanan line. The Murberg tunnel is on a 2.5 km railway section and includes a 1,680 m single-track main tunnel, to be built mainly in rock with concrete portals, and a 680 m rescue and service tunnel. Construction will start in June 2007 for end in August 2009. Visit www.oden.nu and www.banverket.se/adalsbanan 23-24/07.Oden Anläggningsentreprenad secured a SEK112.7 million contract to construct the 835 m Gí¥rdberg tunnel on the Adalsbanan line. Visit www.oden.nu and www.banverket.se/adalsbanan 31/08.