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Ireland, Cork - ie/15

Sewer

Award to Ascon-Nuttall of $20 million contract to include 2.8 km-long, 3 m-diameter tunnel under River Lee for sewer siphon. January 2000. Major scheme comprising five contracts for tunnels up to 1.8 m-diameter, value $60 million. Invitations to tender expected end-June for publication in European Gazette and on the EU official website at http://ted.eur-op.eu.int May 2000. Nuttall/Ascon jv reports launch of 3.6 m-diameter Lovat RME 131SE series 18900 EPB from Atlantic Pond shaft on the 2.6 km-long, 3 m i.d. phase 1 tunnel to reception shaft at Kennedy Quay near city centre as part of Cork Main Drainage scheme. Ground comprises sand, gravels, silts and a short section of carboniferous limestone. Macrete six-piece trapezoidal concrete segmental wedgeblock lining with EPDM gasket will be erected in the TBM tailskin. Alignment follows roads in a series of curves of minimum radius 200 m. Contract now valued at $18 million includes 11 m-diameter pumping shaft, eight access shafts, pipejacked siphon under the River Lee, and three wet caisson shafts. Visit www.edmund-nuttall.co.uk and www.lovat.com July 2000.

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Ireland, Dublin - ie/14

Light Rail

Feasibility study underway by W S Atkins consulting engineers for 3 km-long underground section between St Stephenâ€™s Green and Broadstone of proposed light railway from Sandyford to the airport. Invitations to tender for tunnelled section expected mid-2000. October 1999. Tenders invited for engineering design for line D and environmental impact study for lines D & E of light rail project to include 3 km underground section. January 2000.

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Ireland, Limerick - ie/13

Sewer

Invitation to tender for 2.3 km x 2.7 m-diameter main sewer. August 1999.

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Ireland, Dublin - ie/12

Port Access Road

Roads & Streets Department plan for northern port access scheme now requires 5.6 km connection with M1 motorway to include 4.5 km twin-tube tunnel. Design/build contract value IÂ£150 million. Start 1999. Consultants: Ove Arup. Contractor to decide method. Dec 1998. Official go-ahead received from government. Visit www.arup.com January 2000. Dublin Corporation and the National Roads Authority in Ireland have announced the award the $450 million design/construct contract for the Port Tunnel to Nishimatsu Mowlem Irishenco. The port road will be a 5.6 km-long dual carriageway, most of which will be in a 4.5 km-long twin-tube tunnel. Construction will commence in early 2001, using two TBMs to accelerate the overall process. The tunnel should open in mid-2004 to provide a high quality access route for the 2 million trucks that currently travel through the city each year to the port. Visit www.nra.ie and www.mowlem.co.uk to view two beautifully constructed sites that should be carrying this news, but, sadly, are heavily cobwebbed. Owners please note! Haswell requires a Designer's Representative with 15 years experience of both cut and cover and bored urban tunnels to interface with client Nishimatsu Mowlem Irishenco. Site-based position of 3-year duration. Contact David Podmore recruit@mrijfc.co.uk 27/01.Twin-tube, two-lane tunnels under construction by NMI with 1.9 km in cut and cover and 2.6 km to be driven by two Herrenknecht 11 m-diameter EPB TBMs from 30 m-deep x 56 m-diameter access shaft sunk in ten weeks by four Cat excavators 330/325. On schedule for completion December 2004. More from Cat Magazine or visit www.cat.com 31/02.

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Ireland, Dublin - ie/11

Highway

Tendering for connection to Belfast-Dublin motorway at Santry involving 2.1 km cut-and-cover and 2.4 km of twin tunnel at 20 m depth in limestones and clays. NATM techniques likely. March 1999. Five prequalified joint venture consortia invited to bid. Appraisal will take three months with award expected well before Easter, 2000 for a start late-Spring. November 1999. Prequalified joint ventures named as Hegarty, Dumez-GTM, and Ostu Stettin; Portlink Consortium of Miller, Nuttall, Ascon, and Beton u Monierbau; Amec, Spie Batignolles and Mulcair; Irishenco, Mowlem and Nishimatsu; and Campenon Bernard SGE, SIAC and Universale Bau. NATM techniques most favoured for 2.4 km-long link. November 1999.

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Israel, Calabria - il/247

Roads

The joint venture group consisting of Pagano & Ascolillo SpA (Rome) / Eurowork Srl (Reggio Calabria) / Visco Daniele and Raffaele Snc (Prignano Cilento) has been awarded the contract for the extraordinary maintenance for the technological tunnel systems. This is on the road network for ANAS SpA, Maintenance Centers 3-4 and SS 107 Silana-Crotonese and SS 280 of the Two Mari, Coastal Compartment for Calabria. Contact ANAS SpA, Rome, tel. +39 06490326, fax +39 064456224, email v.dambrosio@stradeanas.it. Connect to http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=432330-2017, GU S209. Rif.n. CZ 04/16. 47/17.

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Israel, Trentino Alto Adige - il/212

Roads

The contract was awarded for the new Passo San Giovanni - Cretaccio on the 22.11.2017, to the Consortium consisting of Stabile Scarl srl / Impresa Martinelli & Benoni srl. The works include the construction of a bypass to circumnavigate the town of Nago. The award was worth 66 million euros. The tender was prepared by and awarded by the provincial administration. For further information please contact Autonomous Province of Trento, Trento, attn. Dott.ssa Paola Viola, tel +39 461496444, fax +39 461496422, email serv.appalti@pec.provincia.tn.it. Sign in to https://www.ufficiostampa.provincia.tn.it/Comunicati/Configuration-Loppio-Busa-diudicata-in-via-provvisoria-la-gara. 47/17.

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Israel, Liguria-Lombardy-Piedmont - il/208

High Speed Railway

The awarding procedure for construction of km 16+275,50-km 20+988,50 section, Lot Val Lemme of Terzo Valico Ferroviario dei Giovi project, the Milan-Genoa high-capacity, high-speed railway line, has been discontinued. Contact COCIV, Genoa, tel +39 0104218711, email PEC@COCIV.POSTECERT.IT. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=338801-2016 and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=438885-2016. 50/16.

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The JV Pizzarotti-Collini secured the EUR216.27 million contract, excluding VAT, for construction of km 12+673,50 - km 16+275,50 section, Lot Castagnola, of Terzo Valico Ferroviario dei Giovi project, the Milan-Genoa high-capacity, high-speed railway line. Contact COCIV, attn eng Marcos Montevecchi, Genoa, tel +39 0104218715, email rup@cociv.postecert.it. Visit https://www.terzovalico.it/media/news/cociv-i-bandi-proseguono-con-celerita-aggiudicato-il-lotto-castagnola.html. 39/17.

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Israel, Jerusalem - il/17

Water Supply

Closing Date: 17.12.2015 (Tender Closed)

Mekorot Water Company Ltd. (MWC) invites Local Companies and Foreign Companies, with the required experience and ability as stipulated in the request for proposals (RFP), to participate in an international public tender for the appointment of a Construction Management Company (CMC) and Key Personnel (Tunnel Construction Manager, QA Manager and TBM Expert) to provide services, as described within the tender documents. The tender is for the Eastern segment of the 5th water supply system to Jerusalems Design and Build (DB) Project. The duration of the contract is 5 years with an extension option. Contact Mekorot Water Company Ltd, att.n Mr. Avi Assayag, Tender Committee Coordinator, Tel Aviv, Israel, tel 972- (0)3-6230735/781, fax 972-(0)3-6230568, e-mail assayaga@mekorot.co.il. For more information -http://www.mekorot.co.il/Heb/newsite/Auction/bidsfiles/2015/CMC%20-%20Publication%20English.pdf. Tender n. 69-2015-P. 47/15.

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Israel, Galilee - il/16

Railway

Invitation to prequalify, deadline 2nd August, 2005 for construction of the Acre-Carmiel railway line, Gillon tunnels. The project includes a pair of parallel single-track tunnels, each with a length of about 4.7 km, between km 14+213 and km 18+867. Electricity, communications, smoke evacuation systems, etc. will be part of a separate tender. Contact Israel Railways, Purchasing and Contractual Associations Wing, Offices of the ISR Management, Savidor Tel Aviv North Railway Station, or tel. +972 36937552 or 36937564. Visit www.israports.org.il/israports/doa_iis.dll/Serve/item/English/1.4.7.18.html or www.israrail.org.il 28/05.

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