Environmental impact studies underway by HLS for 130 km-long Graz-Klagenfurt line, including 33 km-long Koralm base tunnel in tertiary and crystalline strata with 1,000 m cover. Visit www.oebb.at 45/01. Negotiated procedure, deadline 26th May, 2003 for work supervision during construction of three pilot tunnels and two shafts for the 33 km Koralm tunnel, section Wettmannstätten-St.Andrä. Pilots tunnels of 2.5 km, 4.5 km and 3.5 km, cross section 20-40 sq m. Geology composed of crystalline rocks and tertiary sediment (gneissic schists, mica schists, marble and amphibolite, sand and silt). Support with rock bolts, shotcrete and steel arches. The Koralm tunnel will be a twin 82 sq m tunnel to be driven using NATM. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=073961-2003, OJ S 83, or contact Eisenbahn-Hochleistungsstrecken, Vienna, fax +4318172186216. E-mail alexander.somer@hl-ag.com 19/03.Open call for bids, deadline 23rd September, 2003 for geotechnical measurements of the deformations of the massif through which will run the Koralm tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=137723-2003, OJ S 151, or contact Eisenbahn-Hochleistungsstrecken, Vienna, fax +43 18172186216. E-mail alexander.somer@hl-ag.com 35/03.Negotiated procedure, deadline 23rd September, 2003 for management for resumption of reconnaissance work for the Koralm tunnel, section Wettmannstätten-St.Andrä. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=148268-2003, OJ S 161, or contact Eisenbahn-Hochleistungsstrecken, Vienna, fax +43 18172186216. E-mail alexander.somer@hl-ag.com 36/03.IGT won a work supervision contract for three pilot tunnels and two shafts for the 2 x 33 km-long 82 m2 Koralm tunnel, section Wettmannstätten-St.Andrä. Pilot tunnels of 2.5 km, 4.5 km and 3.5 km, cross section 20-40 m2. Visit www.igt.co.at 43/03.Open call for bids, deadline 16th February, 2004 for construction of a 2.6 km 48 m2 investigation tunnel for the Koralm tunnel on the Graz-Klangenfurt line. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=220608-2003, OJ S 248, or contact Eisenbahn-Hochleistungsstrecken, Vienna, fax +43 18172186197 or 3167729308. E-mail andreas.kiesling@hl-ag.com 02/04.Alpine Mayreder has secured a EUR24 million contract for construction of a 2.6 km 48 sq m investigation bore for the Koralm tunnel on the Graz-Klangenfurt line. Visit www.alpine.at 37/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 5th November, 2004 for tender planning, construction planning, construction management and geotechnical engineering during construction of section Wundschuh-Wettmannstätten, including the 1.7 km dual-track Hengsberg tunnel, whereof 800 m will be bored and the remainder will be built in cut-and-cover, on the Koralm line between Graz and Klagenfurt. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=163122-2004, OJ S 191, or contact Eisenbahn-Hochleistungsstrecken, Vienna, fax +43 18172186216. E-mail marko.koren@hl-ag.com 41/04.Open call for bids, deadline 1st December, 2004 for ground investigation for the Koralm tunnel on section Deutschlandsberg-Saint Andrae on the Graz-Klagenfurt high speed line, including a 9 m-inner diameter 55 m-deep shaft and a 2.2 km 24 sq m pilot bore. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=170716-2004, OJ S 200, or contact Eisenbahn-Hochleistungsstrecken, Vienna, fax +43 18172186197 or 3167729308. E-mail andreas.kiesling@hl-ag.com 43/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd February, 2005 for excavation of the 5.6 km 48 sq m Paierdorf exploratory tunnel as part of the Koralm tunnel on section Deutschlandsberg-Saint Andrae on the Graz-Klagenfurt line. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=221238-2004, OJ S 255, or contact Eisenbahn-Hochleistungsstrecken, Vienna, fax +43 18172186197 or 3167729308. E-mail andreas.kiesling@hl-ag.at 02/05.ILF secured a EUR442,900 contract for planning the alignment of the connection between the Koralm line and the East Styria line. The topography of the area obliges to run through tunnels but it is however too early to know the extent. Visit www.ilf.com 35/05.Negotiated procedure, deadline 11th November, 2005 for execution design and geotechnical engineering for the Koralm tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=200819-2005, OJ S 203, or contact OEBB-Infrastruktur Bau, Vienna, fax +43 19300045829. E-mail Marko.Koren@bau.oebb.at 44/05.Negotiated procedure, deadline 19th December, 2005 for planning of section Mittlern-Althofen (18.9 km) on the Koralm line between Graz and Klagenfurt, including tunnel construction works. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=224481-2005, OJ S 227, or contact OEBB-Infrastruktur Bau, Vienna, fax +43 19300045829. E-Mail Marko.Koren@bau.oebb.at 49/05.Negotiated procedure, deadline 12th February, 2007 for permission planning with option for tender and execution planning, site supervision and geotechnics for the St. Paul-Aich section on the Koralm line between Graz and Klagenfurt, including the Granitztal tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=17451-2007, OJ S 15, or contact í–BB Infrastruktur Bau, Vienna, fax +43 4242930005699. E-mail manfred.lientschnig@bau.oebb.at 05/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 11th June, 2007 for construction of the 1,695 m Hengsberg tunnel on the Koralm high speed line between Graz and Klagenfurt. Read E-News Weekly 9/2007. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=86232-2007, OJ S 70, or contact í–BB Infrastruktur Bau, Vienna, fax +43 31677293158. E-mail gernot.nipitsch@bau.oebb.at 16/07.A team of Wayss & Freytag, Held & Francke, and Habau will construct the 1,695 m Hengsberg tunnel on the Koralm high speed line between Graz and Klagenfurt. The tunnel is on the Werndorf Terminal-Wettmannstetten section. Several methods will be employed: open cut (465 metres), cut and cover (195 metres) and mined method (1,035 metres). Additionally, two shafts in the bored section and another one in the open cut/cut-and-cover section will be built. The contract is worth EUR75 million. The Koralm line involves the construction of a new double-track line, approximately 130 kilometres in length, between central Graz and Klagenfurt. Read E-News Weekly 9/2007. Visit www.wf-ingbau.de and www.habau.at 48/07.A joint venture formed by IGT Geotechnik und Tunnelbau, iC Consulenten, and Amberg Engineering bagged a contract for permission planning with option for tender and execution planning, site supervision and geotechnics for the St. Paul-Aich section on the Koralm line between Graz and Klagenfurt, including the Granitztal chain of tunnels. Visit www.igt.co.at, www.ic-group.at and www.amberg.ch 49/07.Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 5th May, 2008 for boreholes with a diameter of 1.2 m up to a depth of 20 m and one borehole up to a depth of 30 m on section 8760 Aich-Althofen of the Koralm line from Graz to Klagenfurt. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=103247-2008, OJ S 76, or contact í–BB Infrastruktur, Vienna, fax +43 4242930003746 or 4242930005699. E-mail manfred.lientschnig@bau.oebb.at 18/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 21st July, 2008 for construction of lot KAT 1 of the Koralm tunnel on the Graz-Klagenfurt high speed line. This is the first lot for the Koralm tunnel, including 2 x approx. 2 km of mined tunnels to be built in NATM in mixed face conditions using explosives and excavator or roadheader, 2 x approx. 300 m of cut-and-cover tunnels and sections at grade. The diameter of the tunnels is approx. 10 m. The geology is Tertiary sediments (silty sands, clay, silt, sandstones). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=115834-2008, OJ S 85 and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=158933-2008, OJ 120, or contact í–BB Infrastruktur Bau, Vienna. E-mail markus.reiterer@bau.oebb.at 21/08.Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 26th September, 2008 for construction supervision of lot KAT 1 of the Koralm tunnel on the Graz-Klagenfurt high speed line. This lot includes a 2 x 2 km mined tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=237938-2008, OJ S 178, or contact í–BB-Infrastruktur Bau, Vienna, fax +43 19300045829. E-mail anne.schuster@bau.oebb.at 38/08.