Construction of new A71 motorway from Thuringia to Bavaria underway with twin-tube 7.9 km-long Rennsteig to be longest highway tunnel in Germany. Started in August, 1998 on 45 month schedule by jv of Ed Zublin, Wayss & Freytag and Bickhart-Bau using six Atlas Copco drillrigs in porphyr mixed with sandstone and quartz with a compressive strength of 150-200 Mpa. Hochwald tunnel 1 km-long being driven by jv of Heilit+Woerner and Jager, and 874 m-long Alte Burg by jv of Schachtbau Nordhausen and Leonhard Weiss. 3.1 km-long Berg Bock tunnel will be driven by jv of Walter Bau and Max Bogl. All tunnels use rockbolts, shotcrete and steel arches. Sept 1999. www.miningandconstruction.com 1.2 km-long Eichelberg will be fourth twin-tube tunnel to be built on the A71 Erfurt-Schweinfurt route. Cross-sections of 70-100 sq m in limestone using drill/blast with rockbolts, shotcrete, and steel arches. In design by Krebs & Kiefer, Heidelberg. Tender dates to be announced at http://ted.eur-op.eu.int October 2000.   Invitation to prequalify, deadline 13th August, 2001, for engineering design contract for 10.2 km-long motorway section with 3 km-long tunnel. Contact Deges, Berlin, fax +49 30202 43692. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int and www.thuri.de 32/01.   Open tendering, deadline 28th November, 2001 to equip the 890 m Alte Burg tunnel with lighting, ventilation, loudspeakers and surveillance cameras. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int, document S 204-139507, or contact Deges, Berlin, fax +49 30 20243790. Visit www.a71.de 44/01.   Award to Siemens Gebäudetechnik of technical equipment supply and installation in the 7.9 km Rennsteig tunnel on the A71 highway for DM72.5 million. Comprises lighting, ventilation, cameras, loudspeakers, and electric cables. 52/01.   Accelerated negotiated procedure, deadline 22nd July, 2002 for engineering services regarding the twin Eichelberg tunnel on highway A 71. West bore is 1,119 m-long and east bore is 1,099 m-long.Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=101141-2002, OJ S 129, or contact DEGES, Berlin, fax +49 3020243692. Visit www.a71.de 29/02.   Accelerated negotiated procedure, deadline 7th October, 2002 for engineering services for the construction of the Eichelberg tunnel on the A71 highway. West tube 1,119.5 m and east tube 1,099.5 m. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=144649-2002, OJ S 183, or contact DEGES, Berlin, fax +49 3020243692. 39/02.   Open call for bids, deadline 29th October, 2002 for construction of the Eichelberg tunnel on the A71 highway. West tube 1,119.5 m and east tube 1,099.5 m. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=148209-2002, OJ S 188, or contact DEGES, Berlin, fax +49 3020243790. 40/02.  Construction of the Eichelberg tunnel, a 1.1 km twin tube on highway A71 section Meiningen south to Berkach has been awarded to a JV of Walter Bau and Walter+Heilit Verkehrswegebau for €47.6 million. Visit www.walter-bau.de and www.a71.de 08/03.Negotiated procedure, deadline 6th March, 2004 for engineering services for section Thuringia/Steinfurt province border-Soemmerda east of the A71 motorway between Oberroeblingen and Erfurt. Includes the 2 x 1,725 m-long Schmuecke tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=023045-2004, OJ S 26, or contact Deges, Berlin, fax +49 3020243692. 08/04.Negotiated procedure, deadline 15th August, 2004 for engineering services for the Dreieck Oberroeblingen (A38)-Erfurt (B7) section, including the 2 x 1,725 m Schmuecke tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=115714-2004, OJ S 135, or contact DEGES, Berlin, fax +49 3020243692. 31-32/04.Preinformation notice for equipment of the Eichelberg two-lane tunnel on the A71 motorway, section Erfurt-Schweinfurt, including the east and west tubes, 1,100 m and 1,120 m respectively. The assignment includes medium and low voltage, wiring, lighting, ventilation, video, emergency call stations, radio, fire fighting, etc. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=141009-2004, OJ S 163, or contact DEGES, Berlin, fax +49 3020243691. 36/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 22nd February, 2005 for technical equipment (power supply, lighting, cables, switchgears, ventilation, video monitoring, fire alarm system, emergency call niches, radio transmission, etc.) of the 2 x 1.1 km Eichelberg tunnel on highway A71 Erfurt-Schweinfurt. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=002531-2005, OJ S 3, or contact DEGES, Berlin, fax +49 3020243691 or 3020243790. 02/05.Open call for bids, deadline 12th April, 2005 for construction of a section of motorway A71, 3,310 m and 2,672 m, including the 2 x 1,725 m-long Schmuecke tunnel. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=038342-2005, OJ S 40, or contact DEGES, Berlin, fax +49 3020243691 or 3020243490. E-mail kupferschmid@deges.de 10/05.RWE Solutions Austria secured a EUR5.6 million contract for technical outfit (power supply, lighting, cables, switchgears, ventilation, video monitoring, fire alarm system, emergency call niches, radio transmission, etc.) of the 2 x 1.1 km Eichelberg tunnel on highway A71 Erfurt-Schweinfurt. Visit www.rwesolutions.at 29/05.Baresel, Alfred Kunz and H. Kirchner secured a EUR99 million contract to build two sections of motorway A71 (3,310 m and 2,672 m), including the 2 x 1,725 m-long Schmuecke tunnel. Visit www.baresel.de and www.kunz-gmbh.de 38/05.