Engineering design complete for 6.8 km-long Finne, 6.4 km-long Bibra, and 2 km-long Osterberg tunnels to be TBM driven with NATM connections, value $2 billion. Awaiting German government finance. 37/01.Periodic notice, deadline 30th March, 2006 for executive design and construction of the 2 x 6,886 m Finne tunnel on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed railway. The tunnel will be built by TBM and conventional method. Tenders to be invited in end-April. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=033369-2006, OJ S 30, or contact DB Netz, Leipzig, fax +49 34121651191. Also visit www.db.de 08/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for executive design, construction and equipment of the 2 x 6,886 m Finne tunnel on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed railway. The tunnel will be built by TBM (approx. 9.3 km) and the sprayed concrete lining method. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=092480-2006, OJ S 87, or contact DB Netz, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399 or 34123424009. E-mail annekatrin.richter@bahn.de 20/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 13th September, 2006 for project management for the 2 x 6,886 m Finne tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=170837-2006, OJ S 158, or contact DB ProjektBau, Leipzig, fax +49 3514613079. E-mail petra.wylensek@bahn.de 35/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 9th November, 2006 for construction supervision of the 2 x 6,886 m Finne tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=206621-2006, OJ S 194, or contact DB ProjektBau, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399 or 3419687259. E-mail roswitha.becker@bahn.de 42/06.A JV of Wayss & Freytag, Porr and Max Boegl received a EUR248 million contract for the executive design, construction and equipment of the 2 x 6,886 m-long Finne tunnel, which will cross Rastenberg, in Thuringia, and Bad Bibra, in Saxony-Anhalt, with a maximum cover of 60 metres. Both tubes will lie at an average distance of approximately 25 metres. Each tube will feature a cross section with an internal radius of 4.65 m on two-thirds of the length, and a horseshoe-shaped cross section in the remaining length. The tunnel will be built by TBM and the sprayed concrete lining method. Work should begin in 2007 and be completed at the end of 2011. Visit www.wf-sfbau.de, www.porr.at and www.max-boegl.de 04/07.Pöyry is designing the Bibra and Osterberg tunnels, respectively 2 x 6.8 km and 2 x 2.4 km, for the Erfurt-Halle/Leipzig high speed line. The contract also includes preparation of the tenders for construction. Read E-News Weekly 33/2006. Visit www.poyry.com 12/07.Open call for bids, deadline 26th October, 2007 for construction and E&M equipment planning as well as civil works of the 2 x 6,414 m-long Bibra tunnel and construction of a 1.3 km section. Six cross-passages will also be built between the twin tunnels. The shotcrete lined method will be used. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=187192-2007, OJ S 150, or contact DB Netz, Leipzig, fax +49 34123424009 or 3419687259. 33/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 29th February, 2008 for planning and construction of the 2 x 2,070 m Osterberg tunnel in Saxony on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. The tunnel will be built using the sprayed concrete lining method. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=15958-2008, OJ S 13, or contact DB Netz, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399. E-mail annekatrin.richter@bahn.de 04/08.A joint venture led by Marti Tunnelbau, with its sister company Marti Austria and Johann Bunte Bauunternehmung of Germany as partners, pocketed a EUR200 contract to build the Bibra tunnel, which consists of two parallel single-track tubes, 6,414 m long each, and a 1.3 km open air stretch on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. Visit www.martiag.ch/en/180/start.asp and www.johann-bunte.de 07/08.Open call for tenders, deadline 4th March, 2008 for construction supervision of the 2 x 6.4 km Bibra tunnel on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=32010-2008, OJ S 24, or contact DB ProjektBau, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399. E-mail Roswitha.Becker@bahn.de 07/08.Open invitation for tenders, deadline 16th April, 2008 for construction supervision of the 2 x 2,070 m Osterberg tunnel in Saxony on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=77295-2008, OJ S 57, or contact DB ProjektBau, Leipzig, fax +49 3412342399. E-mail jochen.ehrhardt@bahn.de 14/08.A joint venture of Porr Tunnelbau, Jaeger Bau and Ostu-Stettin won the tender for planning and construction of the 2 x 2,082 m-long 70 sq m Osterberg tunnel in Saxony on the Erfurt-Leipzig/Halle high speed line. The twin single-track tunnel will be built using the sprayed concrete lining method. The two tubes will be connected by six cross-passages. Visit www.porr-ag.de or www.porr.at, www.jaegerbau.com and www.oestu-stettin.at 16/08.