Notice of intention to construct 9.385 km-long Katzenberg railway tunnel between Karlsruhe and Basel. Contact DB Bauprojekt, fax +49 721 9314 5788. 44/01. Negotiated contract, deadline 25th July, 2002 for the construction of the 9.4 km twin Katzenberg tunnel between Bad Bellingen and Efringen-Kirchen in Land Bade-Württemberg. Conventional tunnelling, TBM and cut-and-cover (286 m and 115 m). Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/static/home/en/homepage.ini, OJ S 124, document 97040-2002 or contact DBBauProjekt Deutsche Bahn Gruppe, Karlsruhe, fax +49 721 93145588. E-mail Friedrich.F.Schaser@bku.db.de 28/02.Negotiated procedure, deadline 6th November, 2002 for engineering services for a 10 km dual-track section between Schliengen and Eimeldingen on the Karlsruhe-Basel line. Includes two single-track bores, 9 km bored and 400 m in cut-and-cover plus two ventilation shafts. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=154786-2002, OJ S 196 or contact DB Netz, Freiburg, fax +49 7612123620 or 72193145788. E-mail hans-peter.hecht@bahn.de or roswitha.ott-urban@bahn.de 42/02.A JV between Zueblin, Wayss & Freytag, Marti Tunnelbau and Jaeger Bau will build the 9,385 m 95 sq m Katzenberg twin-tube rail tunnel on the Karlsruhe-Basel line in Upper Rhine Valley. The contractors selected Herrenknecht to supply two 11.12 m-diameter EPB TBMs. The shield is 12.2 m in length (approximately 225 m with the back up) and weighs 1,168 tons (approximately 1,900 tons with the complete equipment). The installed power will be 6,600 kVA with a cutterhead power of 3,200 kVA and 0-1.8 rpm at stage 1 and 0-5 rpm at stage 2. The nominal torque is 19,800 kNm at 1 rpm, the maximum torque being 23,700 kNm at 0.8 rpm. The cutterhead will be equipped with scrapers for both directions of rotation, a full face 17" disc cutter dress, single cutters in the gage and two rings in the face section, cutting tools for both directions of rotation. There will be no copy cutter as a spherical bearing is installed. The lining rings will comprise of six segments plus one key. The geology will be mudstone, clayey marl and marl stones. The first EPBS will be delivered in July 2004 and the second in October 2004. Visit www.zueblin.de, www.wf-ib.de, www.martiag.ch, www.jaegerbau.com and www.herrenknecht.com 03/04.Periodic information notice indicating that award procedures will commence on 13.03.2009 for railway and tunnel construction works on Schliengen-Eimeldingen section of Karlsruhe-Basel line starting 01.09.2009 for completion 31.12.2012. Further information, specs and docs from Susanne Simon at Deutsche Bahn, tel +49 721938-6266, fax -6279, to whom tenders, requests to participate or expressions of interest should be sent. http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=020112-2009 05/09.