Preliminary design underway for 5-7 tunnels up to 2.5 km-long in 60 km section of national highway E18 between Muurla and Lohjanharju. Probably drill/blast in granite or schist with projected cost $325 million. Consultants are Viatek and Soil & Water. Visit www.viatek.fi July 2000. Seven twin-tube tunnels in design phase by Jaakko Pöyry for the Muurla-Lohja section of the E18 Highway: Hepomäki (240 m), Lakiamäki (480 m), Tervakorpi (575 m), Pitkämäki (618 m), Orosmäki (645 m), Karnainen (2,228 m) and Lehmihaanmäki (265 m). Drill/blast mainly through granite and gneiss with bolting and shotcreting. Visit www.poyry.fi 43/01. Open call for bids, deadline 8th January, 2003 for ground investigation studies for the seven tunnels planned on section Muurla-Lohja of highway E18: Hepomäki (240 m), Lakiamäki (480 m), Tervakorpi (575 m), Pitkämäki (618 m), Orosmäki (645 m), Karnainen (2,228 m) and Lehmihaanmäki (265 m). Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=170215-2002, OJ S 214, or contact Finnish road administration, Turku, fax +358 204444535. E-mail kari.partiainen@tiehallinto.fi 49/02.Negotiated procedure, deadline 14th April 2003 for engineering and planning to prepare the tender documents and improve the present plans which will be annexed to the call for tenders to construct about 50 km of motorway, 5.1 km of tunnels, etc. Detailed plans will be designed by the contractor who will win the tender competition. A time estimate for the call for tenders for construction will take place in early 2004. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=041945-2003, OJ S 48, or contact Tiehallinto, Turku, fax +358 204222709 or 757. E-mail esko.liimatta@tiehallinto.fi and leo.koivula@tiehallinto.fi 12/03.Restricted procedure, deadline 7th April, 2004 for engineering and consultancy services for the 50 km Muurla-Lohja section of the E18 highway between Helsinki and Turku. The project will be developed under a 25-year PPP (Public Private Partnership) contract, worth EUR650-700 million, starting at fall 2005 to end at fall 2029. Building costs amount to approximately EUR335 million. Opening in end-2009. Includes seven twin-tube tunnels, totalling 2 x 5 km. Click fi/13 for details. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=039092-2004, OJ S 45, or contact Finnish Road Administration, Helsinki, fax +358 204224535. E-mail matti.vehvilainen@tiehallinto.fi 13/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 30th July, 2004 for 20-22 year concession for a 50 km section between Muurla and Lohja to be developed under a DBFO agreement using the PPP contract model. The section includes seven twin tunnels with a length of 5.1 km (250 m, 480 m, 575 m, 620 m, 645 m, 2,230 m and 265 m). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=075204-2004, OJ S 93, or contact Finnish National Road Administration, Helsinki, fax +358 204224535. E-mail matti.vehvilainen@tiehallinto.fi. Also visit www.tiehallinto.fi/vt1/index_e.htm 21/04.The Finnish Road Administration has selected Tieyhtiö Ykköstie Oy to negotiate for the construction of the E18 Muurla-Lohja motorway project. The 51 km road section, which will complete the motorway between Turku and Helsinki, includes seven twin-tube tunnels with a length of 5.1 km (250 m, 480 m, 575 m, 620 m, 645 m, 2,230 m and 265 m). Tieyhtiö Ykköstie will plan, build, finance and maintain the motorway for a period of 21 years from the date of its completion. Lemminkäinen is joint owner of the road company established for the project together with Skanka BOT of Sweden and Laing Roads of the UK. Lemcon, part of the Lemminkäinen Group, and Skanska Tekra will be responsible for the actual construction work as a consortium. Contract signing is scheduled at the end of August 2005. Work will begin in the autumn for opening to traffic towards the end of 2008. Click fi/13. Visit www.lemminkainen.com and http://alk.tiehallinto.fi/e18/english/index.html 26/05.On 27th October, 2005 the Finnish Road Administration and road company Tieyhtiö Ykköstie signed an agreement on the construction of the Muurla-Lohja motorway. Together with Skanska Infrastructure Developments (formerly Skanska BOT) and Laing Roads of the UK, Lemminkainen is a partner in the road company set up for the motorway project. The motorway will be actually built by a consortium consisting of Lemcon and Skanska Tekra. The construction works are worth EUR299 million, of which Lemcon's share is approx. EUR135 million. The project includes seven twin bored tunnels. Initial construction work on the Muurla-Lohja motorway has already begun, and it is intended that the 51 km-long motorway section will be opened in late 2008. Click fi/13. Visit www.lemminkainen.com 46/05.JP-Suoraplan and JP-Transplan, which are part of the Jaakko Poyry Group, Ramboll Finland and Sito are members of the consulting joint venture which has received from the Skanska Tekra and Lemcon consortium an assignment to provide construction phase engineering services, including geotechnical engineering, for the road, bridges and tunnels for the Muurla-Lohja section of the E18 motorway. The project comprises a 51 km road section with some five kilometres of twin tunnels. This section of the E18 completes the motorway between Turku and Helsinki. Special attention will be given to environmental issues in the construction by adjusting the motorway to the landscape and by tunnelling it where necessary. The value of JP-Suoraplan's and JP-Transplan's assignment is about EUR4 million. Visit www.poyry.com, www.ramboll.fi and www.sito.fi 48/05.