Vomp exploration drive will be utilised as the escape route from the main tunnel. A 150 m access drive has been completed towards the centre of the alignment from where contractor Jager is driving east and west in loose material. Geology is terrible in the east drive where umbrella drilling is necessary using an Atlas Copco 352 drillrig and pregrouting is being carried out to stem the water ingress. The east drive had advanced 400 m when a 50 m-high collapse occurred two weeks ago. West drive is in better conditions and has advanced 700 m to date. Steel arches, rockbolts, mesh, shotcrete, and spiling all in use for support. More from www.geoconsult.at April 2000.  Open invitation to tender, deadline 21st December, 2000, for engineering design of 55 km-long base tunnel for Brenner Basistunnel EWIV, fax +43 512 560 404-770. Award of borehole investigation contract for 55 km-long base tunnel to consortium of Foralith, Plankel and Vicenzetto; award of contract for geological engineering consultancy services to Amman Infutec. Visit www.foralith.ch December 2000.Preinformation notice for eight deep core drills, depth 400 to 1,300 m. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=220565-2003, OJ S 248, or contact Brenner Basistunnel EWIV, Innsbruck, fax +43 5124030110. E-mail christian.nemec@bbt-ewiv.com 02/04.Preinformation notice for execution of seven core drills, both vertical and inclined. Depth: 400 to 1,000 m. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=009714-2004, OJ S 12, or contact Brenner Basistunnel, Innsbruck, fax +43 5124030110. E-mail christian.nemec@bbt-ewiv.com 05/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 14th April, 2004 for planning and technical project preparation for the Brenner base tunnel including development and implementation of a geographic information system. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=046698-2004, OJ S 54, or contact Brenner Basistunnel EWIV, Innsbruck, fax +43 5124030110. E-mail heimo.krassnitzer@bbt-ewiv.com 14/04.Open invitation to tender, deadline 12th July, 2004 for execution of 12 vertical and inclined core drills, lengths ranging from 420 to 1,320 m, testing and 20 short core drills between Innsbruck and the Austrian-Italian border. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=100204-2004, OJ S 119, or contact Brenner Basistunnel, Innsbruck, fax +43 5124030110. E-mail heimo.krassnitzer@bbt-ewiv.com 27/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 31st January, 2005 for checking of the final design project for the Brenner base tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=205187-2004, OJ S 238, or contact Brenner Basistunnel, Innsbruck, fax +43 5124030110. E-mail heimo.krassnitzer@bbt-ewiv.com 51-52/04.Geoconsult, Wisserodt Consulting, RaumUmwelt Planung of Vienna and SWS Engineering of Italy secured a EUR9.3 million contract for the design, planning, technical project preparation and the Austrian side environmental impact study for the Brenner base tunnel. Visit www.geoconsult.at, www.wisserodt.de and www.swsengineering.it 05/05.The Brenner Basistunnel JV set up by Plankel, Foralith, Grund- Pfahl- und Sonderbau and Foraco secured a EUR12.8 million contract for 12 vertical and inclined core drills, at depths ranging from 420 to 1,320 m, testing and 20 smaller core drills in Wipp valley between Innsbruck and the Austrian-Italian border. Visit www.plankel.at, www.foralith.ch, www.gps-bau.com and www.foraco.com 12/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 11th April, 2005 for constructional design for integration of a safety and rescue tunnel in the Innsbruck bypass, as part of the Brenner base tunnel, between Tulfes and Innsbruck. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=047395-2005, OJ S 49, or contact Brenner Basistunnel BBT SE, Innsbruck, fax +43 5124030110. E-mail heimo.krassnitzer@bbt-se.com 12/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 22nd June, 2005 for detailed geotechnical and geomechanical mapping in the zone of the Brenner base tunnel between Fortezza, Aica and Innsbruck. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=098897-2005, OJ S 99, or contact BBT SE, Innsbruck, fax +43 5124030110. E-mail heimo.krassnitzer@bbt-se.com 22/05.Geoprojekt secured a EUR152,250 contract for detailed geotechnical and geomechanical mapping in the zone of the Brenner base tunnel, calibration and interpretation of the data by means of data derived from samples and achievement of geological and geomechanical modelling to characterise the rock mass. The contract also includes a 3D modelling of the stress fields of the entire corridor area. 45/05.The construction planning to integrate an escape and rescue gallery to the tunnel on the Innsbruck bypass is under way. A EUR400,600 contract has been awarded to Bernard-3G, a joint venture between Bernard + Partner based in Hall in Tirol and 3G Gruppe Geotechnik from Graz. Visit www.bernard-partner.at and www.3-g.at 49/05.The execution of geotechnical and geomechanical tests in laboratory on rocks and soils as well as geological tests in laboratory on surface rock samples or sample pieces has been commissioned to GD Test for EUR304,000. The most important tests are the geomechanical tests carried out on sample pieces selected from about 25,000 m of samples taken from the zone of the Brenner base tunnel project between Innsbruck and Fortezza. Visit www.gdtest.it 49/05.Checking the final projects of the Brenner base tunnel has been commissioned to Rabbit Rina Arsenal Brenner Basistunnel, a joint venture between Genoa-based Rina and í–sterreichisches Forschungs- und Prüfzentrum Arsenal from Vienna. Final projects means the environmental impact statement and the technical project for the Austrian section and the final project for the Italian section. Visit www.rina.org and www.arsenal.ac.at 49/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 30th October, 2006 for geotechnical drilling in Schoenberg and Wolf, as part of the Brenner base tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 28/2006, 20/2006 & 13/2005. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=188387-2006, OJ S 177, or contact Brenner Basistunnel BBT, Vienna, fax +43 5124030110. E-mail ava@bbt-se.com 39/06.Preliminary information notice for exploration work along the Innsbruck-Ahrenta section of the Brenner Base tunnel. Start of award procedure scheduled for 12.01.2009. Contact Dipl Ing Johannes Zangerl at BBT, tel +43 512 4030, e-mail ava@bbt-se.com. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=303348-2008 50/08.