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Turkey, Izmir - tr/24

Railway

Prequalification for construction of the 80 km Izmir commuter train development project between Aliaga and Cumaovasi, including two double-track tunnels totalling 5 km. Prequalifiers will be announced on 16th January, 2003. Estimated tender value US$114 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=181819-2002, OJ S 229, or contact Greater Izmir Municipality, Kararlar ve Tutanaklar Sube Müdürlügü (Directorate of decisions and protocols) or Rayli Sistem Müdürlügü (Department of railway systems), Cumhuriyet Bulvari, No. 1, Kat: 3, 35250 Konak, Izmir. Tel./fax +90 2324894691. 49/02.Open invitation to tender, deadline 29.12.2008, for stage 2 rehabilitation works for Izmir commuter rail system including Karsiyaka tunnel, four stations and 3 km of route. Duration of works 180 days commencing five days from award. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=287898-2008 Contact Izmir Greater City Municipality, tel 232 293 1603, e-mail ataturkel@izmir.bel.tr 46/08.



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Turkey, Konaktepe - tr/23

Hydropower

A consortium led by Stone & Webster has signed a $10 million contract for the engineering and design for the Konaktepe dam and hydroelectric power plant on the Munzur river near Ovacik in the Tunceli province, east central Turkey. This is the first of two phases of the project. The consortium will then negotiate the construction phase, estimated at $300-$400 million, which includes a 15 km power tunnel. The other members of the consortium are ATA Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., a Turkish construction firm responsible for the dam and civil construction, Strabag of Austria for the tunnel and surge chamber, Soyak Uluslarasi Insaat ve Yatrim A.S., a Turkish construction firm who will assist Strabag with the tunnel and surge chamber, and VA Tech Hydro GmbH & Co., an Austrian electrical and mechanical equipment supplier, who will supply the hydro-mechanical and electrical equipment.Visit www.shawgrp.com 13/02.Strabag, member of the Stone and Webster-led Konaktepe consortium including ATA Insaat, Soyak, and VA Tech has awarded consulting services including geophysical surveys, geological and geotechnical modelling for the 14 km-long Konaktepe power tunnel to iC consulenten based in Salzburg, Austria. The project is located in Tunceli province, some 800 km east of Ankara. The power tunnel will have an inner diameter of about 6 m and will be TBM-driven. Site works commenced on 6th June, 2002. More from Dr. Johannes Kleberger, j.kleberger@ic-salzburg.at. Also visit www.ic-vienna.at 26/02.



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Turkey, Adana-Gaziantep - tr/22

TAG Motorway

Tekfen reports completion of four 15 m-wide NATM tunnels: T1, 375 m; T2, 640 m; T3, 3.875 km; T4, 1.210 km. Project included an 11.5 m-diameter x 38 m-deep ventilation shaft. Visit www.tekfen.com.tr 38/01.Tekfen reports 500 m-long, 15 m-wide, twin-tube Kirkgecit 7 and 350 m-long Cakit NATM tunnels on Ciftehan-Pozanti motorway under construction. Visit www.tekfen.com.tr 40/01.



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Turkey, Borcka - tr/21

Hydro

  Contractor Strabag constructing two 275 m-long x 100 sq m diversion tunnels, 620 m x 12 sq m grouting galleries, 140 m x 25 sq m access gallery, and 955 m x 75 sq m road tunnel for Borcka hydro project using four Atlas Copco drillrigs. Fleet will move 18 km upriver for similar programme at Muratli hydro project. Visit www.strabag.at and www.atlascopco.com December 2000.



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Turkey, Black Sea - tr/20

Highway

  500 km-long Kara Deniz highway under construction from Hopa to Samsun. First 18 km-long section from Georgia border at Hopa to Sarp includes 3 km-long twin tunnel in basalt excavated with handheld Atlas Copco BBR 16 pneumatic machines. Second 1.36 km twin tunnel underway by contractor Cengiz near Cayeli on six faces using two Atlas Copco L2D Rocket Boomers in basaltic tuff and agglomerate, and third site will require 500 m-long twin tunnels. Visit www.cengizgroup.com.tr and www.atlascopco.com December 2000.Siemens is supplying an operations management and traffic control system to the value of around EUR57 million for 29 tunnels on a 4-lane road from Espiye to the Sarp/Batumi border checkpoint along the coast of the Black Sea in the direction of Georgia's border. Siemens will be installing a central control station with seven control substations as well as the entire technical infrastructure with traffic control, fire protection, fire fighting, power supply, lighting, and ventilation systems as well as communication and camera monitoring equipment with automatic event detection. Click here for more. Visit www.siemens.com/traffic 08/08.



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Siemens is to equip the 1,050 m Dorukhan tunnel between Mengen and Devrek on the Kastamonu Highway in Turkey with the latest power, lighting and ventilation equipment, along with the associated safety and communications systems. The order was placed by KGM, Turkey's General Directorate of Highways. Click here. Visit www.kgm.gov.tr and www.siemens.com. 29/11.



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Turkey, Antalya - tr/19

Railway

Award to OHL of contract, value $380 million, for renovation of 260 km-long Ankara-Istanbul railway with 9 km of new tunnels to be built over three years. Preliminary design underway together with some preparatory works. Visit www.obrascon.com December 2000.Rehabilitation of 260 km-long railway will include construction of nine tunnels totalling 9 km. Engineering design by OHL, Alsim Alarko and Agrupacion Guinovart. Visit www.ohl.es 35/01.



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Turkey, Mus - tr/18

Alpaslan Hydro

A U.S.-Turkish consortium has been awarded a contract by State Hydraulic Works of Turkey for the design phase of Alpaslan II Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant Project. The value of the design phase contract is $6.98 million. The consortium will negotiate another contract for the construction phase of the project, which is estimated to cost $500 million. This project is one of nine hydroelectric projects included in the 1998 US-Turkey Energy Protocol initiated by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. It is located in Eastern Turkey on a tributary to the Euphrates River, approximately 30 km north of the city of Mus, and will provide 200 MW of power, while serving as a source of irrigation for more than 70,000 hectares. The members of the consortium led by Kaiser Engineers and Constructors, Inc. are Harza, ABB and Alpaslan II Construction Joint Venture (í–zí½í¾í½k íní¾aat ve Taahhüt; Yapí½ Merkezi íní¾aat ve Sanayi; Ekinciler ve Ortaklarí½ íní¾aat ve Ticaret Ltd; Su-Yapí½ Engineering and Consulting Inc.). General Electric, Voith Hydro Power Generation, and Duke Engineering and Services will also participate as subcontractors. Visit www.yapi-merkezi.com and www.kaiserengineers.com May 2000.Two power tunnels, lengths 700 m and 750 m and diameters 5.5 m and 7.9 m, and two 8 m-diameter diversion tunnels, 870 m and 930 m long required, starting 2003. Under design for drill/blast in claystone with rockbolts, shotcrete and steel arches by Alpaslan consortium which includes Kaiser, Harza, ABB, Su Yapi with a jv of Ozisik, Yapi Merkezi and Ekinciler. Contact at www.harza.com October 2000.



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Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 13.02.2012, for Phase 1 construction works of Alpaslan II dam and HEPP project on Murat river, including two 8 m-diameter diversion tunnels (875 and 950 m-long), two 6.3 m-diameter energy tunnels (170 and 160 m-long), and 90 m-high gate shaft. Contract duration 18 months. Further information from Yasemin Eken at Alpaslan II/Enerjisa in Ankara, tel +90 3125834043, fax +90 3124738546, e-mail yasemin.eken@enerjisa.com to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=001886-2012. 01/12.



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Contract awarded for Phase 1 construction works of Alpaslan II dam and HEPP project on Murat river, including two 8 m-diameter diversion tunnels (875 and 950 m-long), two 6.3 m-diameter energy tunnels (170 and 160 m-long), and 90 m-high gate shaft. Value EUR87,946,912, excluding VAT. Further information from Yasemin Eken at Alpaslan II/Enerjisa in Ankara, tel +90 3125834043, fax +90 3124738546, e-mail yasemin.eken@enerjisa.com. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=286468-2012. Bid code OJ/11-002. 37/12.



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Invitation to tender using negotiated procedure, deadline 30.11.2012, for construction works of Alpaslan II dam and HEPP project on Murat river in Mus province, including clay core rockfill dam body, spillway, two 6.3 m-diameter energy tunnels (170 and 160 m-long), drainage gallery and grouting works, and construction of switchyard and powerhouse. Contract duration 44 months. Further information from Yasemin Eken at Alpaslan II/Enerjisa in Ankara, tel +90 3125834043, fax +90 3124738546, e-mail alpaslan@enerjisa.com to whom tenders or requests to participate must be sent. Time limit for accessing documents 26.11.2012. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=362904-2012. 46/12.



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Turkey, Anatolia - tr/17

Hydro

Announcement of award of engineering contract to consortium headed by Raytheon for $600 million Hakkari hydroelectric station with 178 m-high dam on Zap river and 208 MW power plant with 11.43 km headrace tunnel. April 2000.



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Turkey, Bolu - tr/16

Highway

Consultant: Geoconsult E-mail: office@gcs.co.at contact F L Jansky.  3 km-long x 150 sq m finished section twin-tube Bolu tunnel on North Anatolian motorway linking Ankara to Istanbul again under construction in weathered, faulted amphibolite by Astaldi following devastating earthquake in November, 1999 which caused 350 m collapse at each face. Articulated seismic lining design through active fault area, with 5 m-deep reinforced concrete invert and three-layer support comprising bolts, mesh, shotcrete, ribs and mass concrete. Second faces will be opened on Ankara side once 150 m-long cut-and-cover access completed. Visit www.astaldi.com and www.lombardi.ch 17/03.



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Turkey, Izmir - tr/15

Metro

  Wayss & Freytag using Herrenknecht 6.5 m shield completed first 550 m in very unstable soil consisting of sand, silt, clay and gravel using bentonite and foam. Another 550 m tunnel and two at 800 m to be driven. Best advance 25 m/day. June 1998.   Second section in two parts: 3.2 km line through stations at University and Bornova involves 836 m tunnel, 1,480 m cut-and-cover and 715 m at surface; alignment through stations at Bahceliever, Haimevieri, the Islamic Institute, Poligone and F Altay involves 2.19 km of double-track tunnel with internal diameter of 11.8 m to be driven through andesite using NATM techniques. March 1999.   Prequalification for phase two cancelled and sent back to the drawing board. Plans now involve constructing just the section from Bahceliever to F Altay which now will comprise a 1.35 km bored tunnel and 2.85 km cut and cover, subject to detailed design. New prequalification planned for May, 2000. October 1999.   General contractor Yapi Merkezi reports completion of 11.5 km first stage with ten stations from Ucyol to Halkapynar including the workshop and depot area in less than four years. $600 million contract was handled on a turnkey basis by Adtranz-Yapi Merkezi for Municipality of Greater City of Izmir. Five of the stations and 5.8 km of the line are underground. The stations at Konak, Cankaya and Basmane were constructed by cut-and-cover 10-13 m below sea level using 25-33 m-deep diaphragm walls. The Ummuhan Ana twin tunnels of driven length 2.75 km were in waterlogged ground comprising sands, silts and clays. They were constructed by the Herrenknecht 6.54 m EPB using a VMT guidance system and lined with 1.2 m-wide, 5.7 m elastomeric-gasketted precast concrete 7 + 1 rings. Average advance was 19.2 m/day on the fourth drive with a maximum of 28.8 m or 24 rings in 2 x 12 h shifts. Measured settlements were less than the 10 mm allowable. Foam and bentonite injection was available on the machine. More from www.yapi-merkezi.com November 1999.Consortium of STFA Muhendislik and Semaly on design and engineering for 5.2 km second stage from Ucyol to Fahrettin Altay for end-2000. Invitations to tender for construction are expected early-2001. Visit www.semaly.fr Sept 2000.



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Prior information notice without call for competition for the EUR754.50 million project for the Izmir Light Rail System,  section Ucyol - Buca (Izmir Metro project III).

The proposed project will require the procurement process for the following components:

1) Civil works for metro line extension by 13,5 km from Ucyol to Buca districts with construction of 11 underground stations, a depot area and workshop building and 6 km long  connection tunnel between main line and depot area, including E&M installations;

2) Consulting services for corporate development programme (CDP);

3) Consulting services for implementation support.

The procurement processes are planned to be initiated during 1st Qtr of 2020 for component n. 1,  by 3rd Qtr of 2020 for component n.3 and by 1st Qtr of 2021 for component n.2. Contact Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, attn Ms Arzu Yavuz, Izmir, tel +90 232 293 15 18, fax +90 232 293 90 38, email arzucr@hotmail.com.

For tender information please click here and here. Ref.n. 9567-GPN-51599. 04/20.



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