Open tendering, deadline 29th January, 2002 for the construction of the 960 m Birgl tunnel and 314 m Kenlach tunnel on the Tauern railway. Drill/blast and NATM. Support with rockbolts, shotcrete, lattice girders. Time frame July 2002-June 2004. Engineering consultancies are 3G Gruppe Geotechnik Graz, BGG Büro. Waibel, and Büro Labmayr. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int, document S 228-157219 or contact Austrian Railways, fax +43 (1)9300025386. Also visit www.oebb.at 51/01.€22.9 million contract awarded to a jv of Porr, í–stu Stettin and Hinteregger for construction of the Brandstatt-Loifarn section of the Tauern railway including two tunnels: Birgl (960 m) and Kenlach (314 m). Drill/blast and NATM. Visit www.oebb.at 35/02.
