Twin 2.6 km tubes with 80-90 m2 cross-section with crosspassages every 50 m to be driven in limestones and phyllites by jv of PAT, Ostu-Stettin, Ilbau and Hinteregger at $72 million. May 1999.   Construction of Spital between Maria Schutz and Muerzzuschlag ongoing. Semmering-Scheitel 2.5 km pilot drive completed for a start on main tunnel in mid-2000. Work on 1.8 km Steinhaus tube scheduled to start late-2000. January 2000. Open tendering for construction of 3.45 km-long Ganzstein twin-tube road tunnel, the second on the Semmering S6 highway. Contact Austrian Motorway and Highway AG, Vienna, fax +43 153 40333. Information from http://ted.eur-op.eu.int May 2000. Award announced of 3.45 km-long Ganzstein twin-tube road tunnel to consortium of Porr, Asdag, Ostu Stettin, Stuag and Hinterregger. Visit www.stuag.at December 2000.  Twin-tube, 1.5 km-long x 80 sq m drives underway from west portal on double curving alignment with up to 60 m cover in variable, generally soft, non-glaciated strata comprising chalk, phyllite, calcite and quartzite. Contractor Bilfinger Berger using predominantly mechanical excavation for top heading, bench and invert, with three Atlas Copco drillrigs for rock reinforcement with self drilling anchors, spiles and grouted rebars. Visit www.bilfingerberger.com 29/02.Preinformation notice for construction of the second tube of the Ganzstein tunnel (3.5 km) on the Semmering motorway S 6. Work start in August 2005. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=221727-2003, OJ S 249, or contact í–SAG, Vienna, fax +43 15313414020. E-mail office.wien@oesag.at 02/04.Open invitation to tender, deadline 31st March, 2004 for exploration drilling for the second tube of the Ganzstein tunnel (3.5 km) on the S 6 motorway. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=045445-2004, OJ S 53, or contact OESAG, Vienna, fax +43 15313414020. E-mail office.wien@oesag.at 13/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 30th August, 2004 for assistance during planning and construction of the second tube of the Ganzstein tunnel (3.5 km) on the Semmering highway S6. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=125373-2004, OJ S 145, or contact Asfinag, Vienna, fax +43 15313410420. E-mail manfred.philipp@asfinag.at 33-34/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 26th July, 2005 for construction of the second tube (2,101 m) of the Ganzstein tunnel as well as rehabilitation of the existing tube (2,135 m) on the Semmering motorway S 6. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=097219-2005, OJ S 98, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814020. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 22/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 12th July, 2005 for geotechnical measurements, as part of the construction of the second tube (2,101 m) of the Ganzstein tunnel on the Semmering motorway S 6. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=110652-2005, OJ S 111, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 24/05.Open call for bids, deadline 10th December, 2006 for supply and installation of safety equipment as part of the refurbishment of the 2.1 km Ganzstein tunnel on the Semmering expressway S 6. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=215842-2006, OJ S 203, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814020. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 44/06.