The Palaszczuk Government has announced the companies that will build the transformational EUR3.42 bn (AUD5.4 bn) Cross River Rail Project in Brisbane. The 10.2 km rail line will run from Dutton Park to Bowen Hills, with a 5.9 km twin tunnel under the Brisbane River and CBD, 4 new underground stations at Boggo Road, Woolloongabba, Albert Street and Roma Street and upgrades to Dutton Park and Exhibition stations.

The PULSE consortium, led by CIMIC Group companies, Pacific Partnerships, CPB Contractors, and UGL with international partners DIF, BAM and Ghella secured the contract for the Tunnel, Stations and Development (TSD) public private partnership, will deliver the underground section of the project, including the tunnel from Dutton Park to Normanby and the construction of four new, state-of-the-art underground stations at Boggo Road, Woolloongabba, Albert Street and Roma Street. The TSD will also provide a property development opportunity above Albert Street station.

UNITY Alliance with CPB Contractors, UGL, AECOM and Jacobs with  partners HASSELL, RCS Australia, Acmena, Martinus Rail and Wired Overhead Solutions secured the contract for  the Rail, Integration and Systems (RIS) alliance; Hitachi Rail STS secured the contract for the European Train Control System (ETCS), a new signalling system.

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https://crossriverrail.qld.gov.au/major-contractors-announced-to-build-cross-river-rail/.

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Zitrón has been appointed by the CBGU Design and Construction Joint Venture (CPB Contractors, Royal BAM Group nv, Ghella, UGL) to design and manufacture the tunnel ventilation axial fans for the Cross River Rail Project (CRR) in Brisbane. The project comprises a new 10.2-km rail line from Dutton Park to Bowen Hills, that includes 5.9 km of twin tunnels under the Brisbane River and CBD.   

The axial fans that will be supplied under the contract will be manufactured and subjected to comprehensive testing at the new production facility currently being built by Zitron Australia in Perth.   

This new state of the art facility will be fully operational by January 2022. It will increase fan production capacity to meet growing demand and will allow for the testing of fans to the highest standards, thereby providing the validation of fan performance parameters demanded by our customers.   

The awarding of the CRR project reinforces Zitrón’s industry leadership and strong commitment to the Australian rail sector. Zitron fans are currently driving the ventilation systems providing a safe operating environment for the workers and users of underground infrastructures in all major Australian cities: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. For further on the projects click here and au/37. Visit https://zitron.com/. 37/21. 

  $1 billion road and rail tunnel under the Brisbane river under planning. The 5 km North South Bypass Tunnel would link the southeast Freeway at Woolloongabba with the Inner-City Bypass at Bowen Hills. Pre-feasibility study completed in September, 2001. 01/02.The Brisbane City Council proposes to construct the north-south bypass tunnel which is intended to connect the M1 (Pacific motorway) and Ipswich Road to the south with the Inner City Bypass to the north of the Central Business District / Fortitude Valley. The proposed route will generally follow the alignment of Ipswich Road/Main Street at Woolloongabba in the south, cross under the Brisbane River beneath the Story Bridge and the river bank at Kangaroo Point and then proceed through Fortitude Valley and exit at Bowen Hills northeast of the city, where it would connect with the Inner City Bypass. The project, which will consist of twin 4.7 km two-lane tunnels, is part of the implementation of the Transport Plan for Brisbane 2002-2016. Given the length, a TBM is the most likely technology to construct it. The project is in the detailed feasibility stage. More in E-News Weekly 38/2004. Read E-News Weekly 10/2004, 11/2003, 30/2002 & 16/2002. Visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au 37/04.The Brisbane City Council invites qualified groups to express and register their interest in bidding for the North-South Bypass Tunnel project. Deadline 29th April, 2005. The successful bidder's responsibilities will include financing, design, construction, operation, maintenance and repair of the NSBT during the concession period (about 35 years). Toll collection will also be required. The project would have two parallel road tunnels, with the main tunnels approximately 5.2 km in length and each with two lanes. The project would be constructed in rock below the city and under the Brisbane River. It would link the Inner City Bypass and Lutwyche Road in the north with Ipswich Road and the southeast Freeway in the south. There will be connections to the Inner City Bypass and Lutwyche Road at Bowen Hills, the southeast Freeway and Ipswich Road at Woolloongabba, and Shafston Avenue at Kangaroo Point; cross passages connecting the tunnels for emergency exits; a ventilation system for managing in-tunnel air quality; two ventilation outlets, one in Woolloongabba and one in Bowen Hills, and a ventilation fan station adjacent to each ventilation outlet; a fire and safety system, supported by CCTV surveillance; in-tunnel traffic management and control centre; and emergency service facilities. Download the expression of interest document from Brisbane City Council tenders at https://olr1.brisbane.qld.gov.au/etendering/app/ProjectDetails?id=2871or e-mail nsbtinfo@brisbane.qld.gov.au or cliff.chidlow@brisbane.qld.gov.au for more information. Also visit www.nsbt-eis.com 11/05.The three bidders for the 2 x 5.2 km north-south bypass tunnel are RiverCity Motorway including Leighton Contractors, Baulderstone Hornibrook and Bilfinger Berger Concessions, with consultants Maunsell, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Golders and EDAW Gillespies and bank ABN Amro; BrisConnections including Thiess, John Holland and Hochtief, with bank Macquarie Bank; and Brisbane Express Motorway including Bouygues, Egis and McConnell Dowell. Visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au 27/05.Two teams are bidding for the DBFO contract for the 2 x 5.2 km north-south bypass tunnel (NSBT) on the east side of Brisbane. RiverCity Motorway (Leighton Contractors, Baulderstone Hornibrook and Bilfinger Berger Concessions) and BrisConnections (Thiess, John Holland and Hochtief) will submit their bids in December. The 12 m-diameter tunnels will pass through sedimentary and metamorphic rocks as well as Brisbane tuff. The SKM-Connell Wagner JV is the city's technical adviser. The contract is scheduled to be awarded next May, with construction expected to end in late 2009. Visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au 39/05.RiverCity Motorway consortium of Leighton Contractors, Bilfinger Berger's Concessions and Baulderstone Hornibrook arms, and ABN Amro has won the bid to build, own and operate a 45-year concession on the 2 x 5.2 km North South Bypass Tunnel (NSTB) project in Brisbane. The contract, awarded by Brisbane City Council, is valued in excess of AUD2 billion. The exact cost of the project or council contribution cannot be revealed until the end of the financial year after the contract with the winning consortium is actually signed. The contract is expected to be finalized in late July, with works to begin as early as August with the tunnel due to open 49 months after. Two tunnel boring machines, roadheaders, and blasting would be used to build the tunnel, which will carry two lanes per tube. The tunnel will be operational by 2010. Click au/21. View video here. Visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au, www.nsbt-eis.com, www.leightoncontractors.com.au and www.bh.com.au 19/06.The JV of Leighton Contractors, Baulderstone Hornibrook and Bilfinger Berger will receive two Herrenknecht hard rock TBMs (machines S-375 and S-376) for the NSBT (North-South Bypass Tunnel). They are 12,340 mm-diameter double shield machines, with respective lengths of 4,348 m for the first TBM and 4,067 m for the second, each featuring a cutterhead power of 4,200 kW and a cutterhead torque of 17,974 kNm. The geology is Brisbane tuff, Neranleigh-Fernvale beds and rhyolitic ignimbrite. The first stone was officially laid on 26th August on the entry points to the NSBT which will link Woolloongabba to Bowen Hills. The first delivery is expected in September 2007 with excavation starting in December 2007. Read E-News Weekly 29/2006. Visit www.herrenknecht.com 44/06.Infrastructure and engineering company United Group has finalised terms worth about AUD300 million for new works linked to the North South Bypass Tunnel (NSBT) in Brisbane. United Group has been nominated as mechanical and electrical subcontractor to the tunnel's builders, the Leighton Contractors and Baulderstone Hornibrook/Bilfinger Berger joint venture. United Group will look after the design, installation, and commissioning of all electrical, mechanical, controls, communications and fire services, as well as looking after ongoing maintenance of the tunnel for five years. Read E-News Weekly 29/2006. Visit www.unitedgroupltd.com and www.rivercitymotorway.net.au 06/07.

Neumarkt tunnel with length 1.3 km and cross-section 70 sq m to be bid in 2001. Construction by NATM techniques using drill/blast, rockbolts and shotcrete. In design by Laabmayr & Partner for completion 2003 at value $17.5 million. Enquire at laabmayr-sbg@aon.at October 2000.Open invitation to tender for construction of 3 km-long Neumarkt tunnel, deadline 22nd June, 2001. Contact BSV, Linz, fax +43 722 987 80522. Enquire at laabmayr-sbg@aon.at 22/01.Restricted call for bids, deadline 14th September, 2005 for project management during the design phase (2006-2009) of the west orbital motorway A26 in Linz. The 8,350 m project includes tunnels on each bank of the Danube and a bridge across the river. The south tunnel is 3.2 km and the north tunnel is 2.8 km in length. Read E-News Weekly 30/2004. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=154275-2005, OJ S 154, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814320. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 36/05.Restricted call for bids, deadline 25th October, 2005 for environmental coordination during the design phase (2006-2009) of the west orbital motorway A26 in Linz. The 8,350 m connection includes two tunnels (3.2 km and 2.8 km) on each bank of the Danube. Read E-News Weekly 30/2004. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=179264-2005, OJ S 181, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814320. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 39/05.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 27th January, 2006 for design of the south and north sections of the west orbital highway A 26 in Linz (approx. 8,350 m), a dual carriageway including tunnel designs (south tunnel of approx. 3,200 m and north tunnel of approx. 2,800 m). Read E-News Weekly 30/2004. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=242934-2005, OJ S 246, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 02/06.A JV formed by ILF, Retter + Partner and Kirsch Muchitsch & Partner received a EUR2.4 million contract to design the south and north sections of the west orbital highway A 26 in Linz (approx. 8,350 m), a dual carriageway including tunnel designs (south tunnel of approx. 3,200 m and north tunnel of approx. 2,800 m). Visit www.ilf.com, www.ib-retter.at and www.kmp.co.at 48/06.Restricted call for bids, deadline 19th February, 2007 for geology and soil mechanics for the west ring road A26 in Linz. The project begins at Bindermichl, then follows the west railway, runs in tunnel until the fourth Danube bridge, and continues, still in tunnel, on the opposite bank ending by a connection with the A7. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=11420-2007, OJ S 10, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 04/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 21st June, 2007 for planning of the E&M and safety equipment for the south section of Linz's west ring road A 26. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=112101-2007, OJ S 91, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at. Click at/31. 20/07.BGG Consult and ESW Consulting scooped a EUR241,400 contract for geology and soil mechanics for the west ring road A26 in Linz. The project begins at Bindermichl, then follows the west railway, runs in tunnel until the fourth Danube bridge, and continues, still in tunnel, on the opposite bank ending by a connection with the A7. Visit www.bgg.at and www.wruss.at 52/07-01/08.

Th Cross Fraser Partnership with Bouygues Construction Canada Inc., Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas Canada Ltd and  Pomerleau BC Inc, supported by design and engineering consultants Arcadis Canada Inc has been selected by the Province of British Columbia as the preferred proponent for the Fraser River Tunnel Project. The project will see a new toll-free, eight-lane immersed tunnel built to replace the aging George Massey Tunnel between Bridgeport Road in Richmond and Ladner Trunk Road in Delta. The environmental assessment continues in parallel with the development of the project design and early works with major construction starting in 2026. Visit https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024MOTI0092-001159. 32/24.

  €2 billion toll bridge project announced to link Lantau Island in Hong Kong with Zhuhai and Macao, west of it. Two artificial islands linked together by a 1.4 km tunnel will be built in the middle of the delta to allow ship navigation. Main financier is Hopewell Group (50%). 37/03.Hong Kong's Highways Department appointed Arup to carry out a feasibility study for the Hong Kong section of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge. The assignment involves preliminary design and an environmental impact assessment for about 12 km of bridge works that will be built in Hong Kong waters from Lantau Island. About 3 km of bridge could be replaced by a tunnel if the elevated structure is found to affect operations at nearby Hong Kong International Airport. The Hong Kong section will connect to the 30 km portion in mainland waters across the mouth of the Pearl River from Macau and Zhuhai. Visit www.hyd.gov.hk and www.arup.comThe only bridge designs that have been done so far are those by Hopewell Holdings. Hopewell's plans show a combined tunnel and bridge. From Zhuhai and Macau traffic would cross on a low-rise concrete bridge before descending into a tunnel under the Pearl River's main navigational channel before emerging close to Hong Kong waters. A low-rise bridge would be used to take traffic to the west coast of Lantau Island. Visit www.hopewellholdings.com 17/04.Arup has won a contract from the Road and Bridge Construction Investment Corporation of Xiamen to carry out the detailed design of the 3.23 billion yuan Xiamen East tunnel in Fujian. Arup secured the deal in partnership with China Communications Second Highway Survey, Design and Research Institute (CCSHI) in Wuhan. The firm will be responsible for designing measures to improve the ground conditions to make the tunnel easier to excavate. Arup will also design the tunnel ventilation equipment, carry out a fire safety assessment and prepare a health monitoring system. Arup will also carry out a construction and operation risk assessment.The link will be China's first subsea tunnel. The 6 km tunnel will be built as part of a 9 km highway linking Xibin in Xiamen's Xiangan district with Wutong on Xiamen Island in the East China Sea. The tunnel will be built using the drill/blast technique through granite bedrock. It will comprise two horseshoe-shaped tunnels, each accommodating a three-lane carriageway, plus a central service tunnel containing power, mechanical, electrical, communications and rescue facilities. The tunnel is expected to be completed in four years. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 23/2004. Visit www.arup.com 28/04.

Invitation to tender using restricted procedure, deadline 14.05.2014, for construction of 400 m-long NATM tunnel with cross-section 3 m x 4.6 m at depth 28-37 m in complex and highly variable geology beneath Vltava river, together with four shafts and a utility room. Comprehensive geotechnical monitoring required. Further information, specs and docs from David Albert at Hlavni mesto Praha in Prague, tel +420 23600-4518, fax –7027, e-mail david.albert@praha.eu, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=096554-2014. 13/14.

Postponed from 14.05.2014 to 30.06.2014 the deadline of the invitation to tender using restricted procedure for construction of 400 m-long NATM tunnel with cross-section 3 m x 4.6 m at depth 28-37 m in complex and highly variable geology beneath Vltava river, together with four shafts and a utility room. Comprehensive geotechnical monitoring required. For additional information, specs and docs from Jan Beranek at Hlavni mesto Praha in Prague, tel +420 236004522, fax +420 236007027, e-mail jan.beranek@praha.eu, to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=151924-2014. 19/14.

Postponed from 30.06.2014 to 10.07.2014 the deadline of the invitation to tender using restricted procedure for construction of 400 m-long NATM tunnel with cross-section 3 m x 4.6 m at depth 28-37 m in complex and highly variable geology beneath Vltava river, together with four shafts and a utility room. Comprehensive geotechnical monitoring required. Further information, specs and docs from Jan Beranek at Hlavni mesto Praha in Prague, tel +420 236004522, fax –7027, e-mail jan.beranek@praha.eu.Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=166949-2014. 21/14.

JV Subterra + Hochtief secured the EUR17.07 million contract, excluding VAT,  to lay a pipeline STL DN 500 before the completion of the Hlavkuv bridge and also for a 400 m-long NATM tunnel with cross-section 3 m x 4.6 m at a depth of 28 to 37 m. The geology beneath the Vltava river is complex and highly variable. Contact Eng Karel Prajer at Hlavni mesto Praha in Prague, tel +420 236004508, e-mail karel.prajer@praha.eu. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=289833-2016. 34/16.

  Design study under way by National Authority for Tunnels for new metro to cross city east-west from Salah Salem to Embaba. June 1998.   Will include crossings of the Nile on either side of Zamalek Island and will interchange with Line 1 at Attaba and Line 2 at Nasser.   Invitation to prequalify, deadline 1st October, 2002 for phase 1 Attaba-Abbasia, 4.5 km in length. Group 1 is for signalling and driving modes, centralized control systems, and telecommunication systems. Group 2: heavy civil works and engineering including bored tunnelling, construction of five underground stations with the relevant arrangement works, and annexed structures. Group 3: power supply including the construction of a high voltage station, electro-mechanical equipment, toll equipment, and a light repair workshop at Abbasia. Group 4: track works including both unballasted and ballasted tracks with power third rail as well as the track connection with the railway network. Group 5: rolling stock. The 33 km Line 3, 26 km of which underground, will be built in four stages at a cost of €4.5 billion. Studies have been undertaken by Systra. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=104683-2002, OJ S 135, or contact National Authority for Tunnels, Cairo, tel. +20 202 5742968 or fax +20 202 5742950. 30/02.  Prequalification notice for consultancy services for construction supervision for the 4.3 km first phase of Line 3 between Attaba Square and Abbasia. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=150995-2002, OJ S 192, or contact National Authority for Tunnels, fax +202 5742950. 41/02.Systra is currently analysing the bids received for the first phase of Line 3, a 4.5 km section from Attaba to Abbasia. The three bidders for contract 1 (signalling and telecommunication) are Alcatel / Alstom, Siemens and Citic (China). The two bidders for contract 2 (civil engineering) are Bouygues / Spie / Vinci / Arab Contractors / Orascom (France / Egypt) and OHL / ECTTP (Spain / Egypt). The five bidders for contract 3 (E&M equipment) are Alstom / Spie / Thales / Arab Contractors (France / Egypt), Siemens, Citic, FCC Construccion / ECTTP (Spain / Egypt), and Mitsubishi. The two bidders for contract 4 (track equipment) are Cogifer / Orascom (France / Egypt) and TSO (France). The contracts will be awarded next month. 24/06.The competition for building the first phase of Cairo's metro Line 3 project reached a crucial point with the opening of the financial offers for civil engineering (contract 2) on 12th September, 2006. The group led by Vinci Construction and Bouygues, made a cheaper offer (EUR125.5 million) compared to its main competitor Spanish construction group OHL allied with Egypt's ECTTP. The official outcome for the contract and three others (signalling and telecommunication, E&M equipment and track equipment) will be announced on 5th October. Click eg/12.According to the valuation, the two competitors have been prequalified for the civil works project as well as for the combined project including power supply, electromechanical work, toll equipment, rolling stock maintenance facilities and maintenance management system. However, for the joint work project, the French companies and their partners (namely Arab Contractors and Orascom) are the only ones which have submitted an offer. The ambitious project, promoted by the National Authority for Tunnels (NAT), aims to connect important urban centres, extending from the northwest of greater Cairo at Imbaba, to the north east at Heliopolis, also serving the Cairo International Airport. The entire line will cross under the two branches of the Nile River, with a total length of approximately 33 km, most of which runs though an underground tunnel. Slurry TBM technology will be used. 27 of the 29 stations will be constructed by the cut-and-cover method. 38/06.A group of companies led by Vinci Construction Grands Projets (28.5%), with partners Arab Contractors (27.5%), Bouygues (26%), and Orascom (18%) has just been awarded the civil engineering contract 2 for phase 1 of Line 3 of the Cairo metro. This EUR248.1 million deal is for the construction of 4.3 kilometres of tunnel and five underground stations. Line 3 of the Cairo metro will stretches 33 kilometres to serve 29 stations and will cross the Egyptian capital from east to west, linking the airport, situated 22 km to the northeast of the city centre, to the Mohandessin neighbourhood in Giza. The second phase, 6.2 km long, will be awarded to the same companies, without new invitation to tender. Visit www.nat.org.eg, www.vinci.com, www.arabcont.com and www.bouygues-construction.com 03/07.Contract 1 for signalling and driving modes, centralized control systems, and telecommunication systems has been awarded to Alstom, Alcatel, and Orascom for EUR29.2 million. Visit www.alstom.com, www.alcatel-lucent.com and www.orascom.com 03/07.Contract 3 for power supply including the construction of a high voltage station, electro and mechanical equipment, toll equipment, and a light repair workshop has been awarded to Spie Rail, Alstom and Thales, in partnership with Orascom and Arab Contractors, for EUR121 million. Visit www.spie.com and www.thalesgroup.com 03/07.Vossloh and Cogifer bagged contract 4, worth EUR14.9 million, to lay tracks including both unballasted and ballasted tracks with power third rail as well as the track connection with the railway network. Visit www.vossloh.de and www.cogifer.com 03/07.Contract 5 for rolling stock is not awarded yet. The competitors are Alstom, Mitsubishi, Citic and CAF. Site supervision has been awarded to Systra for EUR5 million. Visit www.systra.com 03/07.

Preliminary studies by Scetauroute approved by Metro, the Grenoble Metropolitan Area. Three variants are being considered. The first is a 2 m-diameter single tube. The second is a 2.7 m-diameter twin tube. They would both cross ll'íŽle Verte and the Bastille in tunnels. The third is a single bore that would cross the Bastille and Presqu'í®le in tunnels. Metro considers the project cost must be reduced scrapping the twin-tube option and opting for shallower depth under the Isère River and Presqu'í®le. Visit www.smtc-grenoble.org/Rapport 20PDU.pdf 47/01. Open call for bids, deadline 16th September, 2002 for engineering studies for the north ring road in Grenoble including eight alignment alternatives, all including tunnels, either single or twin bores. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=114159-2002, OJ S 144, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707784 or +33 476707898. 33/02. Open call for bids, deadline 1st October, 2002 for assistance during the planning and follow-up of the project consisting of a dual two-lane expressway including tunnels. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=130744-2002, OJ S 162, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707898. 35/02.Open call for bids, deadline 6th April, 2003 for assistance during the planning and management of the project consisting of a dual two-lane expressway including tunnels. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=030591-2003, OJ S 36, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707898. 09/03.Preinformation notice for engineering and technical consultancy services for the draft design, environmental impact study and public hearings for a dual two-lane freeway including tunnels. Tenders to be invited in October 2003. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=137631-2003, OJ S 151, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707898. E-mail sgt.dde-isere@equipement.gouv.fr 36/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 28th November, 2003 for the draft design for a dual two-lane freeway including tunnels. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=191114-2003, OJ S 212, or contact DDE de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476707898. E-mail sgt.dde-isere@equipement.gouv.fr 46/03.Setec, Lavigne and Pade will carry out the conceptual design of a 5 km dual two-lane freeway, including a 2.5 km tunnel under the Bastille. Visit www.setec.fr 41/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd November, 2007 for assistance for the management of Grenoble’s northern ring road. This 6 km dual-carriageway road link will connect two motorways, the A41 Grenoble-Chambéry in the east and the A480 Grenoble-Lyon in the west. Its route runs mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or bored tunnels. To know more, read E-News Weekly 42/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=244299-2007, OJ S 201, or contact Conseil général de l’Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 43/07.A joint venture including CETu (Centre d'Etudes des Tunnels), CETE (Centre d'Etudes Techniques de l'Equipement), both under the Ministry of ecology, sustainable development and land planning, Bonnard et Gardel and its subsidiary Tonello scooped a EUR3.8 million contract for advise and general technical assistance for the north ring road in Grenoble. Read E-News Weekly 42/2007. Visit www.cetu.equipement.gouv.fr and www.bg-21.com 08/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 29th April, 2008 for general project management for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Read E-News Weekly 42/2007. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=78755-2008, OJ S 58, or contact Conseil général de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 14/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 13th May, 2008 for geotechnical studies for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=90605-2008, OJ S 67, or contact Conseil général de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 16/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 13th May, 2008 for hydrogeological study for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=90606-2008, OJ S 67, or contact Conseil général de l'Isère, Grenoble, fax +33 476003919. 16/08.Sogreah won the tender for the hydrogeological study for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Visit www.sogreah.fr 32-33/08.A joint venture led by Egis Route, with Ilex, Sogreah and Strates as partners, pocketed a EUR3 million contract for general project management for the northern ring road in Grenoble, a 2 x 6 km road link to connect the A41 and A480 highways. Its route is mainly underground, in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels or deep bored tunnels. Visit www.egis.fr 37/08.The geotechnical studies have been commissioned to Fondasol. Visit www.fondasol.fr 37/08.

$7 million finance package agreed by local authorities for design of second $175 million tube beneath river. Tenders for design expected Autumn, 2001 with construction start in 2004. First enquiry through www.dcftoulon.fr 19/01. Geological and geotechnical investigations for second tube about to start. Contact DDE du Var, tel +33 494468395. 42/01. Contract awards to ERG (lot 1) and Fondasol (lot 2) for core drilling and in situ testing as part of the second tube of the Toulon crossing. Visit www.fondasol.fr 04/02. Preinformation notice for engineering as part of the second tube of the city's underground crossing. The project is a 1.8 km-long 11 m-diameter tunnel with an average overburden of 25 metres, five 50 m-long 3.3 m-diameter cross passages, two 50 m-long 10 m-diameter cross passages, five access shafts and two 200 m-long cut-and-cover sections at each end. Construction estimated at €200 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=111226-2002, OJ S 141, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468141. 31/02.Restricted procedure, deadline 15th October, 2002 for engineering for the second tube of the city's underground crossing. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=117014-2002, OJ S 147, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468005 or +33 494468141. 32/02.A JV of Setec TPI and Terrasol has bagged a €8.9 million engineering contract for the second tube of the city tunnel linking highways A50 and A57 in Toulon. Visit www.tpi.setec.fr and www.terrasol.com 40/03.Open invitation to tender, deadline 26th February, 2004 for grouting work, construction of a shaft and a test tunnel as part of the second tube for the city's underground connection between highways A 50 and A 57. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=005712-2004, OJ S 7, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468141 or 494468005. 04/04.Open call for bids, deadline 10th March, 2004 for core drills as part of the second tube of the city tunnel linking highways A50 and A57. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=031354-2004, OJ S 36, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468141 or 8005. 11/04.ERG has secured a EUR167,200 contract for core drills as part of the second bore planned under Toulon to connect highways A50 and A57. Visit www.erg-sa.fr 27/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 7th December, 2004 for topographical services for the second tunnel under Toulon to link the A50 and A57 highways. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=177364-2004, OJ S 207, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468141. 44/04.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 17th January, 2005 for civil engineering for the second tube of the city tunnel across Toulon, to link highways A50 and A57. It is a two-lane tunnel, with a 210 m cut-and-cover section at the west end (A50 highway), a 1,818 m 120 sq m bored section to be driven in soft, very heterogeneous ground and a 201 m cut-and-cover section at the east end (A57 highway). Also 10 cross passages, five escape stairs and a 40 m-deep 200 sq m working shaft. Total estimated cost: EUR167 million. The tunnelling method will not be the mechanical precutting method nor a TBM. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=197213-2004, OJ S 229, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494463250. E-mail dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr. More at www.var.equipement.gouv.fr/depart/presse/dos-2004.html 49/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 1st August, 2005 for safety and health protection coordination, as part of the construction of the second tube of the 2.2 km cross city tunnel in Toulon. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=109697-2005, OJ S 110, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468141. 24/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd November, 2005 for topographical measurements, as part of the construction of the second tube of the cross city tunnel in Toulon, which links the A50 and A57. It is a 1,818 m bored tunnel, with cut-and-cover sections at each end (210 m and 201 m), 10 cross passages to the existing north tube, an access shaft and three emergency exit staircases. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=191184-2005, OJ S 194, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494468141. 42/05.On 26th October, 2005 a defeated bidder lodged an appeal at the Nice administrative court to stop the signature of the civil engineering contract for the second tube (1.8 km) of the Toulon city tunnel between motorways A50 and A57. In a judgment pronounced on 14th November, 2005 the court questioned the procedure and ordered to the ministry of equipment and transport to launch a new call for tenders, expected in the next few weeks. 49/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd June, 2006 for construction of the south tunnel of the Toulon crossing, to link highways A 50 and A 57. The tunnel will carry two lanes and be equipped with a semi-transversal ventilation system. The project includes cut-and-cover stretches (210 m at the west and 201 m at the east), a bored main tunnel (1,818 m), 10 cross passages to the existing tube, one ventilation crosscut, five escape staircases, two connecting galleries and a 250 sq m 40 m-deep working shaft. This is a re-bid. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=069735-2006, OJ S 67, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494463250 or 494468005. E-mail dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr or sg-marches.dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr 15/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd June, 2006 for technical follow-up of the behaviour of buildings on the alignment of the south tunnel of the underground connection between highways A50 and A57 in Toulon. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=091065-2006, OJ S 86, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494463250 or 494468141. E-mail dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr or art-dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr 20/06.Open call for bids, deadline 8th September, 2006 for external topographical supervision, as part of the 1.8 km second tunnel of the underground connection between highways A 50 and A 57 in Toulon. The assignment includes, in particular, the control of measurements in the tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=139284-2006, OJ S 130, or contact DDE du Var, Toulon, fax +33 494463250 or 494468141. E-mail dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr or art.dde-var@equipement.gouv.fr 29/06.A EUR193 million construction contract for the south tunnel of the Toulon crossing, to link highways A 50 and A 57, has been awarded to Bouygues, Soletanche Bachy, and two affiliates of Bouygues, Colas Mediterranee and SREG Sud-Est. The tunnel will carry two lanes and be equipped with a semi-transversal ventilation system. The project includes cut-and-cover stretches (210 m at the west and 201 m at the east), a bored main tunnel (1,818 m), 10 cross passages to the existing tube, one ventilation crosscut, five escape staircases, two connecting galleries and a 250 sq m 40 m-deep working shaft. Visit www.bouygues-construction.com 40/06.The contract awarded to the Bouygues-led consortium to build the second tunnel of the underground connection between highways A50 and A57 in Toulon is worth EUR192.9 million. The contract was signed on 27th October, 2006. The project is financed by the French ministry of transport (27.7%), the Provence-Alps-French Riviera region (27.5%), the Var county council (22.5%), and the Toulon Provence-Mediterranee metropolitan area (22.5%). Construction of this 1.8 km tunnel, which will ensure uninterrupted traffic in the Marseille-Nice direction and take 30,000 cars/day away from the city centre, is expected to begin by the end of the year and last five years. The tunnel will be bored at a depth of 35 metres. In 2009, tenders will be invited for the EUR35 million E&M equipment of the tunnel. The first, Marseille-bound tunnel opened in the opposite direction in 2002. Visit www.var.equipement.gouv.fr 46/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 9th November, 2007 for external control during implementation of the waterproofing in the second bore of the tunnel linking motorways A 50 and A 57 in Toulon. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=231505-2007, OJ S 190, or contact DRE PACA, Marseille, fax +33 491284366. 41/07.Egis Rail secured a EUR321,000 contract for external control during implementation of the waterproofing in the second bore of the tunnel linking motorways A 50 and A 57 in Toulon. Visit www.egis-rail.fr 13/08.

Negotiated call for tenders, deadline 20th June, 2007 for construction of heating tunnels. Lot 1 includes an approx. 480 m-long approx. 3.5 m-diameter TBM-built tunnel to cross the south Elbe river and approx. 30-40 m-deep start and exit shafts with a diameter of approx.10-16 metres. Lot 2 includes an approx. 450 m-long approx. 3.5 m-diameter TBM-built tunnel under the Rethe and approx. 30-40 m-deep start and exit shafts with a diameter of approx.10-16 metres. Lot 3 includes an approx. 1,350 m-long approx. 3.5 m-diameter segmentally lined tunnel to cross the north Elbe and approx. 30-50 m-deep start, central and exit shafts with a diameter of approx. 8-16 metres. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=115864-2007, OJ S 94, or contact Vattenfall Europe Hamburg, Hamburg, fax +49 4063962676. E-mail jens.schewe@vattenfall.de 22/07.The awarding procedure for construction of heating tunnels in Hamburg has been discontinued. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=7656-2009, OJ S7. Contact Jens Schewe at Vattenfall Europe, fax +49 4063962676, e-mail jens.schewe@vattenfall.de. 04/09.Invitation to tender by negotiated procedure, deadline 24.02.2009, for technical planning and construction of three lots of 3.5 m-diameter shield driven segmentally-lined marine tunnels: Suederelbe (500 m); Rethe (500 m); and Norderelbe (1,500 m); with seven 25-50 m-deep shafts of 8-13 m inner diameter. Contract commencement for each of the three lots 01.10.2009 for completion 31.12.2012. For specs, docs and further information contact Jens Schewe at Vattenfall Europe in Hamburg, tel +49 406396-7612, fax -2676, e-mail jens.schewe@vattenfall.de. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=024442-2009 05/09.