Neumarkt tunnel with length 1.3 km and cross-section 70 sq m to be bid in 2001. Construction by NATM techniques using drill/blast, rockbolts and shotcrete. In design by Laabmayr & Partner for completion 2003 at value $17.5 million. Enquire at laabmayr-sbg@aon.at October 2000.Open invitation to tender for construction of 3 km-long Neumarkt tunnel, deadline 22nd June, 2001. Contact BSV, Linz, fax +43 722 987 80522. Enquire at laabmayr-sbg@aon.at 22/01.Restricted call for bids, deadline 14th September, 2005 for project management during the design phase (2006-2009) of the west orbital motorway A26 in Linz. The 8,350 m project includes tunnels on each bank of the Danube and a bridge across the river. The south tunnel is 3.2 km and the north tunnel is 2.8 km in length. Read E-News Weekly 30/2004. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=154275-2005, OJ S 154, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814320. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 36/05.Restricted call for bids, deadline 25th October, 2005 for environmental coordination during the design phase (2006-2009) of the west orbital motorway A26 in Linz. The 8,350 m connection includes two tunnels (3.2 km and 2.8 km) on each bank of the Danube. Read E-News Weekly 30/2004. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=179264-2005, OJ S 181, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814320. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 39/05.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 27th January, 2006 for design of the south and north sections of the west orbital highway A 26 in Linz (approx. 8,350 m), a dual carriageway including tunnel designs (south tunnel of approx. 3,200 m and north tunnel of approx. 2,800 m). Read E-News Weekly 30/2004. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=242934-2005, OJ S 246, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 02/06.A JV formed by ILF, Retter + Partner and Kirsch Muchitsch & Partner received a EUR2.4 million contract to design the south and north sections of the west orbital highway A 26 in Linz (approx. 8,350 m), a dual carriageway including tunnel designs (south tunnel of approx. 3,200 m and north tunnel of approx. 2,800 m). Visit www.ilf.com, www.ib-retter.at and www.kmp.co.at 48/06.Restricted call for bids, deadline 19th February, 2007 for geology and soil mechanics for the west ring road A26 in Linz. The project begins at Bindermichl, then follows the west railway, runs in tunnel until the fourth Danube bridge, and continues, still in tunnel, on the opposite bank ending by a connection with the A7. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=11420-2007, OJ S 10, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at 04/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 21st June, 2007 for planning of the E&M and safety equipment for the south section of Linz's west ring road A 26. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=112101-2007, OJ S 91, or contact ASFINAG, Vienna, fax +43 5010814420. E-mail baumanagement@asfinag.at. Click at/31. 20/07.BGG Consult and ESW Consulting scooped a EUR241,400 contract for geology and soil mechanics for the west ring road A26 in Linz. The project begins at Bindermichl, then follows the west railway, runs in tunnel until the fourth Danube bridge, and continues, still in tunnel, on the opposite bank ending by a connection with the A7. Visit www.bgg.at and www.wruss.at 52/07-01/08.