Herrenknecht 3.1 m-diameter single-shield hardrock TBM delivered to jv HCC/McNally for 2.3 km-long, 20 m-deep, segmentally-lined Ghatkopar high level tunnel in weathered basalt where high water inflows are possible. Client: BMC/World Bank. Engineer: Binnie & Partners (India), TCE Consulting Engineers. Segment moulds from CBE. Visit www.hccindia.com and www.herrenknecht.com 32/01.Bangalore Mass Rapid Transit Ltd (BMRTL) is inviting expressions of interest, deadline 18th May, 2005 for general consultancy services for the Bangalore metro, Phase I consisting of two corridors (east-west and north-south). The first phase covers 33 km, whereof 26 km elevated and 7 km underground (3.4 km on the east-west line and 3.3 km on the north-south line). The estimated construction cost is USD900 million. The project will take five years to build. The scope of the services include, among other things, preliminary system design; tender design and tender documentation; bid process management and selection of designers, contractors and suppliers; review of detailed designs; construction supervision; quality, safety and environment management; contract management; testing and commissioning of the entire system. Contact Managing Director, Bangalore Mass Rapid Transit Ltd. (BMRTL), Unit 305, 3rd Floor, Blue Cross Chambers, No.11, Bhagwan Mahavir Road Cross, (Infantry Road Cross), Bangalore 560001. Tel. +91 80 25599324, 25599325 or 25591061, fax +91 80 25591699. Visit www.bmrtl.com/ExpressionGC.pdf. A prequalification notice of contractors for the elevated sections has also been published. Visit www.bmrtl.com/tendernew.htm. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 1/2003. 14/05.