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Ukraine, Transcarpathia - ua/13

High Speed Railway

Invitation for expressions of interest, deadline 15th March, 2007 for consultancy services for the Beskyd railway tunnel. The project encompasses construction of a new railway tunnel alongside the existing 1,736 m Beskyd tunnel, which is one of the major bottlenecks on trans-European corridor V between Ukraine and Western Europe. The existing tunnel is currently restricted to one line, in an advanced state of deterioration and has a speed limit of 15 km/h. The assignment requires the following services: preparation of tender documents for the procurement of the tunnel construction works; implementation of an open tendering; and supervision of works. The assignment is expected to start during the third quarter of 2007 and last about three years. Visit www.ebrd.com/oppor/procure/opps/consult/070213a.htm or contact Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ), Kiev, tel. +380 444653770, fax +380 444653772. 08/07.Invitation to prequalify, deadline 21st July, 2008 for design and construction (civil and track works) and for design and installation of electrical and mechanical works for the new Beskyd tunnel, a double-track railway tunnel with a length of 1,822 m and an excavation cross-section of up to 115 sq m. The tunnelling method is to be determined by the design. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=151944-2008, OJ S 113, or contact Ukrainian Railways, Kiev, fax +380 444653772. E-mail piu@lotus.uz.gov.ua 25/08.



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Open invitation to tender, deadline 02.09.2010, for design and construction of estimated 1.8 km-long, 115 sq m Beskyd tunnel as part of Ukrainian Railways Fast Passenger Trains Project, financed by EBRD. Design period 140 days, construction period 800 days. Tender documents cost USD200.00. Security of EUR1.5 million to accompany each tender. More from Yuriy Simchuk at PIU in Kiev, tel +380 44 465 37-70, fax -72, e-mail piu@lotus.uz.gov.ua. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=204881-2010. 28/10.



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Open invitation to tender, deadline 01.12.2011, for feasibility study of options for design and construction of estimated 1.8 km-long, 115 sq m Beskyd tunnel as part of Ukrainian Railways Fast Passenger Trains Project, financed by EBRD. Contract starts 01.01.2012 for completion within four months. More information from TPU in Lviv, tel +380 32 226-4709, -4554, -3997 and -3916. Tenders to TPU, Office 517, Lystopadovoho Chynu St, 22, Lviv, Ukraine 79000. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=349739-2011. 45/11.



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Ukraine, Krasnodar - ua/12

Marine Railway

Three single-track tunnels totalling 8.8 km designed by Espo, value $70 million on 42-month construction contract, for Crimean government to transport oil under Kerch Strait. Start search at www.crimea.ua 22/01.



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Ukraine, Donetsk - ua/11

Metro

Work commenced on six-station line with launch of 5.6 m TBM from Proletarski. Completion planned for 2005. April 1999.



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United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates, Dubai - ae/21

Hydro

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), awarded the Strabag Dubai LLC, Strabag AG, Andritz Hydro (Austria) and Ozkar Insaat (Turkie) consortium the EUR340 million (AED1.437 bn) design, build and commission contract for the Hatta pumped storage power plant, located in the Hajar Mountains, 140 km southeast of the city of Dubai.

The project includes:

-              a turbine shaft with a diameter of approximately 36 m and a depth of almost 70 m to house two Francis turbines with a power output of 250 MW;

-              a 1.2 km long pressure tunnel connecting the existing lower reservoir, to be upgraded, to the new upper reservoir.

-              the upper reservoir to be constructed with two roller-compacted concrete dams with a height of approximately 35 m and 70 m.

-              two road tunnels, length 470 m and 440 m, to be built by drill & blast.

-              the reinforced concrete outflow and intake structures;

-              several ancillary buildings as well as their extension and E&M systems.

The project, the first of its kind in the region, will generate 250 MW and it is scheduled to be commissioned by February 2024. Visit https://www.strabag.com, https://www.andritz.com/ and http://www.ozkarins.com.tr/Default.aspx. 40/19.





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United Arab Emirates, Dubai - ae/20

Route 2020

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the award of the EUR2.6 bn contract (AED10.6 bn) to the ExpoLink Consortium, led by France’s Alstom and including Spain’s ACCIONA and Turkey’s Gulermak for Route 2020 project. The  15 km Route 2020 line will start at the Nakheel & Harbor station on Red Line: 11.8 km on a viaduct and 3.2 km underground, with 7 stations (one interchange station, one station at EXPO site, 3 elevated stations and 2 underground stations).Visit https://www.acciona.com/pressroom/news/2016/june/acciona-design-construct-dubai-metro-extension-project-worth-26-billion/.

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United Arab Emirates, Dubai - ae/19

Airport


Lane Construction Corporation (60%), a U.S. subsidiary of the Salini Impregilo Group, with the National Contracting Transportation Corp of Sharjah (40%) has won contracts in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) related to the Al Maktoum International Airport Expansion Project in Dubai. Value of the project is EUR117.5 million (USD125 million) project. The project entails new terminal facilities, concourses, runways, roads and tunnels. Once completed, the expanded airport is expected to accommodate more than 220 million passengers a year, making it the world’s biggest in terms of size and passenger capacity by 2050. Visit http://www.salini-impregilo.com.50/16.




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United Arab Emirates, Dubai - ae/18

Sewer

Dubai Municipality  has awarded to Parsons Overseas Ltd (USA) the contract for consultancy and supervision of the EUR3.01 billion (AED 12.5 billion) Dubai Strategic Sewerage Tunnel project. The contract includes feasibility studies, preliminary design, tender preparation and support followed by project management of detailed design and construction supervision once the main contractor is appointed. The main construction contract will be tendered within the next 12 months. However, the scope and number of packages will not be clear until after Parsons finishes its early designs.

The project includes construction of two deep wastewater tunnels and associated link sewers. The total combined length of the tunnels will be 75 km, reaching depths of up to 90 m and supported by 135 km of link sewers and key pumping stations. Visit https://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395295489854.html and https://www.parsons.com. 20/16.



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United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi - ae/17

Metro rail

Invitation for expressions of interest with outline proposals, deadline 13.04.2009, for consultancy services for concept design, feasibility study, design review and preliminary engineering, preparation of tender documents, and awarding and formalizing construction contracts for Abu Dhabi Metro Rail Study. Contact Department of Transport www.transportabudhabi.ae, or download 160 pp pdf file of development plan at www.upc.gov.ae. Consultants for the Surface Transport Master Plan are Mott MacDonald www.mottmac.com and Steer Davies Gleave www.steerdaviesgleave.com. 09/09.



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United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi - ae/16

Sewerage

The Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC) as a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) is stepping up efforts to implement the Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme (STEP) during the next six years to establish a tunnel that will cater to the immediate, short and long-term needs of Abu Dhabi's wastewater and drainage issues. The outline design of the STEP project comprises two new huge pumping stations in Al Mafraq and Zakher located 70 metres underground and designed to deliver 30 cubic metres per second (1.6 million cubic metres per day) and 40 kilometres of 5.5 m-diameter tunnel up to 40 m deep with 30 km of link tunnels up to 3 m deep. There will be at least six complementary design-build contracts with the first set of documents ready for issue next October. CH2M Hill is the programme manager. The project will be tendered under a build, own, operate, transfer (BOOT) scheme. Visit www.ch2m.com 32-33/08.



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International contractor Impregilo has been awarded the first of three lots of the Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme (STEP), value EUR167million, for construction of 15 km of segmentally-lined 6.3 m-diameter EPB tunnel and six access shafts to depths of 40-50 m, completion late-2013. The main feature of the STEP project is a 40 km lined gravity tunnel to collect wastewater on the Abu Dhabi island and mainland and convey it to the treatment plant in Al Wathba. Visit www.impregilo.it. 38/09.



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Zueblin Australia of Perth has been awarded two major contracts, value EUR365 million, as part of the STEP project by Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company. Contract 1 is for the 35.7 km-long Link Sewer network, with diameters ranging from 200 mm to 2.8 m, and 247 manhole shafts of depths 8-20 m. Contract 2 comprises a 15.4 km-long sewer network with 95 manholes of up to 26 m-depth. Pipejacking is the favoured method. Contract duration is 39 months. For project description and history visit tunnelbuilder archive ae/16, and for contractor profile visit www.zueblin-international.com. More from Erhan Oguz or Stefan Nalbach in Perth, tel +61 (0)893259399, e-mail erhan.oguz@zueblin-international.com. 03/12.



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Drake & Scull Water and Power LLC (DSWP) secured a EUR99.09 million subcontract for the design review, procurement and construction of mechanical, electrical, plumbing and instrumentation works for the Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme (STEP) pumping station in Abu Dhabi. Developed by Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC), STEP will be one of the longest gravity-driven wastewater tunnels in the world, designed to reduce the pressure on the current Emirate sewerage system and to expand its future capacity.

The tunnel pumping station will be located at the termination of the new deep tunnel sewer at Al Wathba area. Construction will be executed in partnership with the main design and build contractor Construtora Norberto Odebrecht. The execution of the MEP package will commence immediately after the civil works have been completed. Visit www.drakescull.com/PJSC/MediaCorporateNews.aspx?News_ID=355#NEWS_DETAIL and http://en.adssc.ae/SitePages/Home.aspx. 20/12.



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Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC) awarded to Impregilo the USD200 million T-03 contract for the third and final lot of the Strategic Tunnel Enhancement Programme (STEP), a 40 km-long hydraulic tunnel in Abu Dhabi. Using gravity, the tunnel will collect wastewater and convey it to a treatment plant in Al Wathba. Under the new contract, Impregilo is to construct 10 km of the hydraulic tunnel, with a 7 m-diameter excavated section, four access shafts to depths between 60 and 80 m, and the links to the main tunnel.

For the first time in Abu Dhabi two TBM EPB for pressures up to 8 bars, will bore and simultaneously line the tunnel with prefabricated concrete segments.

The hydraulic tunnel and the access shafts will be lined with a special membrane to ensure the concrete structures are fully protected from the aggressive environment, for a minimum term of one hundred years. Click ae/16 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit www.impregilo.it. 49/10.



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Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group signed the T-01 contract with Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company worth USD270 million for the construction of Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) in Abu Dhabi. Samsung C&T will design and build 16 km portion of a 41 km DTSS as well as four operating shafts and 3 access shafts. Click ae/16 for tunnelbuilder archive. Visit http://www.secc.co.kr/eng/html/pr/press_view.asp. 08/11.



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United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi - ae/15

Highway

Preliminary work for the construction of a traffic diversion route system has begun at the entrance of Abu Dhabi to pave the way for three years of construction work that involves the 3.1 km Al Salam tunnel, which is set to be the longest road tunnel in the Middle East. A joint venture of South Korea-based Samsung Engineering and Abu Dhabi-based Saif Bin Darwish has won the contract for the main construction works. The tunnel will run 15 metres underground below Al Salam Street from Abu Dhabi's northeast entrance to near Port Zayed and other coastal areas in the southern part of the city. The tunnel box structure width is 45 m, the width of roadway in each direction (four lanes, shoulders and walkways) is 20.6 m and the height from top of road to ceiling is about 6 m. The tunnel is expected to divert a significant amount of traffic from the congested city centre. The tunnel will include state-of-the-art safety and management system. The system will coordinate ventilation, fire detection and suppression, lighting, public address, environmental management, electrical power supply, emergency broadcasting, radio re-broadcasting, security and surveillance, traffic detection and control, and traveller information. The tunnel safety and management system will be monitored and controlled by the personnel at the southern and northern portals of the tunnel. Fibre optic links to the Abu Dhabi municipality traffic control centre will allow the centre's operators to control tunnel operations in case of emergencies and communications failure at the local tunnel control rooms. The tunnel is expected to be finished in 2011. View computer renderings of the project here. Visit www.samsungengineering.co.kr/eng/main.jsp or www.secc.co.kr/e_secc/index.asp The client, Abu Dhabi municipality, has set aside AED3 billion for the project, which also includes construction of a 500 m flyover connecting the city to the 900-hectare Al Reem Island, around 500 metres off the coast, which is undergoing massive development and is expected to be inhabited with more than 200,000 people within five years. The Al Salam tunnel from Al Mina Road intersection to Al Falah Street intersection will be the longest among the four tunnels in a 13.7 km project, costing AED4.6 billion, which started in November 2007 and will be carried out in three phases. Construction of the second major tunnel, 1.5 km in length, is in progress. The tunnel will connect from Al Reem Island intersection and Sea Palace intersection, and will also support uninterrupted traffic flow. Two more tunnels have been planned at Khalifa Park.In January, Abu Dhabi revealed a major master plan involving the construction of an advanced transport system within its long-term development plan that also involves the expansion and extension of the city itself. It includes the construction of more than 20 tunnels in the capital and the new part of the city, which will house government offices, another town centre, houses, shopping malls and other facilities. 32-33/08.



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The EUR965 million road project through Abu Dhabi, which incorporates the 3.1 km-long Al Salam tunnel, should be completed by end-2011 according to Samsung Construction. For full background information on this project visit tunnelbuilder archive ae/15 and for current bids visit www.emiratestenders.com. 13/11.



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