Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 16th May, 2001, for design and target cost construction of $150 million, 2 km-long Stonehenge bypass tunnel in chalk for UK Highways Agency, Birmingham, fax +44 (0)1216 788299. World heritage site, for which TBM would be the natural choice. Visit www.mottmac.com and www.highways.gov.uk 18/01. Prequalification list for tunnel to divert A303 road around Stonehenge World Heritage site includes Costain-Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Mowlem-Miller, Sir Alfred MacAlpine-Amec, and Sir Robert MacAlpine-Bouyges. This is notionally a cut and cover tunnel with bored option. However, cut and cover is not a realistic proposition in an area of such archaeological importance, so the underground option is likely to be chosen. Visit www.highways.gov.uk 38/01.A jv between Balfour Beatty and Costain has been awarded an improvement scheme contract for the A303 road close to Stonehenge by the Highways Agency. The project includes a bypass for the village of Winterbourne Stoke and a 2 km tunnel for the A303. The jv will be supported by designers Halcrow and Gifford. Construction work to start in 2005, subject to Public Inquiry. Visit www.highways.gov.uk 14/02.The government has shelved plans to build a 2.1 km tunnel by burying the A303 in the surroundings of Stonehenge because the tunnel's estimated cost has ballooned from GBP284 million two years ago to GBP470 million. The new estimate would have made the Stonehenge tunnel one of the most expensive stretches of road ever planned, exceeding the 1.6 km Limehouse link tunnel from the City to Canary Wharf in east London, which cost GBP450 million in the early 1990s. The increase in the cost was due to two main factors: very large quantities of soft, weak chalk and a high water table, with the ground water potentially rising to the surface at times of heavy rainfall. These factors would significantly complicate the tunnelling process and extend the overall construction period of the scheme. Construction was due to have started this spring and the tunnel would have been completed by 2009. Click uk/34. 30/05.

Highways England has been awarded to an Atkins/Arup joint venture. It is a package of work with an estimated value of EUR23.04 million to design options for A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down to take to public consultation and ultimately to find a preferred route announcement. The scheme includes a tunnel near Stonehenge and a bypass for the village of Winterbourne Stoke. Subject to statutory procedures, the proposed scheme is on target for construction work to start by April 2020.

The design team, appointed under Highways England’s Collaborative Delivery Framework (CDF), will provide technical services including highway and tunnel design, environmental and geotechnical engineering, acoustics and prepare a public consultation on options in readiness for a preferred route announcement. Visit https://www.gov.uk/government/news/contract-awarded-for-the-a303-between-amesbury-and-berwick-down-stonehenge, http://www.arup.com/ and  http://www.atkinsglobal.com. 04/16. 

Open invitation to tender, deadline 28.09.2016, for a Technical Partner for A303 Amesbury-Berwick Down project. Value contract EUR47.15-59.94 million, excluding VAT. Duration contract 93 months from award. Contact Highways England, Woodlands, attn Annabel Dunn, Bedford, tel +44 3004704819, e-mail Annabel.Dunn@highwaysengland.co.uk. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=268817-2016. 31/16.

Prior information notice without call for competition for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down project which passes through the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Site (WHS).

Highways England, charged with operating, maintaining and improving England's motorways and major A roads, wishes to formally make the market aware of potential opportunities in relation to the project.

The project comprises of a new dual, two-lane carriageway approximately 13 km long between Amesbury and Berwick Down consisting of  a bypass to the north of Winterbourne Stoke with a viaduct over the River Till; a new junction between the A303 and A360 to the west of and outside the WHS, replacing the existing Longbarrow Roundabout; a twin-bore tunnel through the WHS and past Stonehenge c.2 miles in length; a new junction between the A303 and A345 at the existing Countess Roundabout.

Estimated date of publication of contract notice: 31/07/2019.

For additional information please visit

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/highways-england.

For more information on the A303 Stonehenge project please visit https://highwaysengland.co.uk/projects/a303-stonehenge-amesbury-and-berwick-down/.

Contact Highways England, Birmingham, tel +44 1210000000, email cipmarketengagement@highwaysengland.co.uk. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=056979-2019.

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Competitive dialogue, deadline 13.09.2019, for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down project which passes through the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Site (WHS). The project comprises of a new dual, two-lane carriageway approximately 13 km long between Amesbury and Berwick Down consisting of  a bypass to the north of Winterbourne Stoke with a viaduct over the River Till; a new junction between the A303 and A360 to the west of and outside the WHS, replacing the existing Longbarrow Roundabout; a twin-bore tunnel through the WHS and past Stonehenge 3.3 km in length; a new junction between the A303 and A345 at the existing Countess Roundabout. Value contract EUR1.39 bn (GBP1.25bn), excluding VAT. Duration of the contract is from 04/01/2021 to 31/12/2034.

For bid documents https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk where offers must be sent. Contact Highways England Company Ltd, Birmingham, email procurementa303@highwaysengland.co.uk. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=328673-2019.

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Highways England has shortlisted the following three international groups to build the EUR1.85 bn (GBP1.7bn) Stonehenge tunnel:  BM JV (Bouygues Travaux Publics SAS and J Murphy & Sons Ltd), HD JV (Hochtief Infrastructure GmbH and Dragados SA) and MORE JV (FCC Construccion SA -42.5%, Salini Impregilo SPA-42,5% and BeMo Tunnelling UK Ltd -15%). The three groups in the next 6 months will have a competitive dialogue with Highways England. They  have to submit their final tenders by October. The winner will be announced in 2021.

At the beginning of March in the 2020 budget document from the UK government confirmed the funding of the new, high-quality dual carriageway and of the two-mile tunnel in the South West to speed up journeys on the A303 removing traffic from the iconic setting of Stonehenge.

The government is transforming regional connections through the largest ever investment in England’s motorways and major A roads. The second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) will spend over £27 billion between 2020 and 2025. The project is included in the RIS2. For further information please use this link . 13/20.

Wessex Archaeology Limited secured the  EUR38.46 million (GBP35 million) contract for archaeological protection and excavation work ahead of the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down (Stonehenge ) upgrade. The  contract has been awarded now to enable Wessex Archaeology to start their pre-planning, with fieldwork not expected to start until late spring 2021, should planning consent be granted for the scheme. Visit https://www.gov.uk/government/news/highways-england-announces-archaeological-specialists-for-a303-upgrade-near-stonehenge. 44/20

Mace, the international construction and consultancy company, has won on a five-year contract to deliver commercial services on two of National Highways’ major projects through its Complex Infrastructure Programme (CIP).  

Following Mace’s appointment to Lot 1 of the £420m National Highways framework for commercial and project management services in 2021, the company has been appointed as the Complex Infrastructure Programme (CIP) Commercial Partner on the delivery of both the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements, and the A303 Stonehenge between Amesbury and Berwick Down dualling scheme.  

Mace’s work will involve delivering commercial services including cost consultancy and quantity surveying, as well as acting as a liaison between National Highways and its main contractors.  

National Highways’ CIP is focused on delivering more complex and higher value improvement schemes, focused on nationally important infrastructure. Visit https://www.macegroup.com. 24/22. 

The MORE consortium composed of Webuild (42.5%), FCC Construcción (42.5%) and BeMo Tunnelling UK (15%)  secured the A303 Stonehenge – Main Works Contract, value EUR1.5bn (GBP1.25-bn),  to improve the A303 trunk road and excavate a tunnel near Stonehenge between Amesbury and Berwick Down in southern England. The signing of the definitive contract comes after the Group and its partners were named preferred bidders in May.  

The contract entails building a near 13-km dual carriageway with a 3.3-km tunnel that will remove traffic that passes through the UNESCO World Heritage Site and return the landscape to something resembling its original setting. 

The contract covers the construction of the proposed tunnel’s civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and technology components, including the TBM, along with the approach roadworks and structures and the environmental components. Construction is to last five years. 

Visit https://www.webuildgroup.com, https://www.fccco.com and https://www.bemo.net/ and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=551530-2022. 39/22.