Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 17th July, 2001, for construction of Salerno-Avellino section of motorway including tunnels for ANAS, fax +39 0644 56224. Visit www.enteanas.it 26/01. Accelerated restricted procedure, deadline 16th May, 2003 for upgrading of the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway, from km 393.5 in Gioia Tauro to km 423.3 in Scilla. Thirteen new double tunnels will be built except the south Feliciuso tunnel, which will be widened. On the north carriageway, there are 944.5 m of cut-and-cover tunnels and 13.2 km of bored tunnels while the south carriageway requires 1,174.5 m of cut-and-cover tunnels and 12.7 km of bored tunnels. In following details, first lengths specified are for the north carriageway and second figures for the south carriageway. DG18 includes the Iropo cut-and-cover tunnel, lengths 320.4 m + 320 m, and the San Filippo tunnel (995.4 m + 1.1 km), cut-and-cover lengths 55.5 m + 100 m, bored lengths 939.9 m + 1 km. DG19 is the Santa Lucia tunnel (1,133.5 m + 1,112 m), cut-and-cover lengths 137 m + 74 m, bored lengths 996.5 m + 1,038 m. DG20 is the Barrittieri tunnel (2,591.9 m + 2,633.8 m), cut-and-cover lengths 298.4 m + 278.1 m, bored lengths 2,293.4 m + 2,355.7 m. DG21 is the Fontanelle tunnel (862.4 m + 716.5 m), cut-and-cover lengths 184.6 m + 152.4 m, bored lengths 677.8 m + 564.1 m. DG35-36 is the Vardaru tunnel (1,228.9 m + 992 m), cut-and-cover lengths 53.9 m + 60 m, bored lengths 1,175 m + 932 m, the Cacciapuio tunnel (535 m + 449.5 m), cut-and-cover lengths 42 m + 28 m, bored lengths 493 m + 421.5 m, and the Bagnara tunnel (1,367 m + 1,348 m), cut-and-cover lengths 50 m + 60 m, bored lengths 1,317 m + 1,288 m. DG37 is the San Giovanni tunnel (1,306.1 m + 1,194.6 m), cut-and-cover lengths 23 m + 32 m, bored lengths 1,283.1 m + 1,162.6 m. DG38 is the Feliciuso tunnel (530 m + 510 m), cut-and-cover lengths 60 m + 30 m, bored lengths 470 m + 480 m. DG38 is the Muro tunnel (1 km + 955 m), cut-and-cover lengths 40 m + 40 m, bored lengths 960 m + 915 m. DG39 is the Brancato bored tunnel (1,734 m + 1,721 m). DG39 is the Costaviola bored tunnel (922 m + 839 m). Tender value: €887.7 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=069951-2003, OJ S 79, or contact ANAS, Roma, fax +39 064454956 or 0644462545. Visit www.enteanas.it 18/03. The tenderers still in the race for the first maxi tender of the modernization of the A3 motorway between Salerno and Reggio Calabria are Astaldi / Grandi Lavori Fincosit / Vianini; Condotte d'Acqua; CMC; and Pizzarotti / Snamprogetti. This maxi tender runs from km 53.8 in Sicignano to km 82.3 in Atena Lucana. Five double-tube tunnels will be built: Tanagro (1.2 km), Costa Incoronata (1.8 km), Baltassare (480 m), Intagliata (440 m) and Lontrano (800 m) and the Casteluccio tunnel will be widened (600 m). Tender value: €512.6 million. 20/03.ANAS has awarded to Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti (CMC) the construction of the first of six mega tenders to upgrade the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway. This first tender is for the Sicignano degli Alburni-Atena Lucana section which requires the boring of double-tube tunnels for a total length of 9.4 km approximately and the widening of a 600 m tunnel. Contract value: €512.6 million. Time frame to complete the job is 3.5 years. Visit www.stradeanas.it and www.cmc.coop 31/03.Impregilo and Condotte d'Acqua won the second mega tender to upgrade the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway, section Gioia Tauro-Scilla. The project includes 13 twin-tube tunnels totalling 28 km. Construction to take three and a half years. Click it/46 for details. Visit www.impregilo.it and www.condottespa.it 13/04.CMC acquired two Atlas Copco Rocket Boomer XL3 C drill rigs to excavate the 2 x 1.8 km Costa Incoronata tunnel and the Tanagro tunnel (900 m and 1.2 km), cross section 150-155 sq m, on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway, section from Sicignano to Atena Lucana. The machines are due to arrive in April. Support with Swellex bolts and grouted rebars, steel arches and 20-30 cm-thick shotcrete, with and without fibres. The supplier of the explosives is to be chosen soon. Four tunnels, either single or twin bores, must also be widened using microblasting but the machinery has not been choosen yet. Visit www.cmcra.com and www.atlascopco.com 15/04.Accelerated restricted procedure, deadline 21st December, 2004 for construction of the 31 km Padula-Lauria section of the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway upgrade. Includes five tunnels (Casalbuono, Tempa Ospedale, Renazza, Taggine and Sirino). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=194837-2004, OJ S 226, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064454956. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 34/2004. 49/04.Impregilo and Condotte won the third mega bid for the upgrading of the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway A3, from Scilla junction to Reggio Calabria Porto junction (19.6 km). The section includes five bored and five false tunnels. Contract price: EUR446,2 million. Visit www.impregilo.it and www.condottespa.it 51-52/04.ANAS has awarded a contract worth EUR380 million to Pizzarotti to construct section 4b running from Altilia Grimaldi, in Cosenza province, to Falerna, in Catanzaro province. This 18.2 km section requires to build a dual carriageway, carrying two 3.75 m-wide lanes and a 3 m-wide emergency lane per roadway. Nearly 30% of the project runs on viaducts and in tunnels. There will be four bored tunnels, three twin tubes and one single tube: Ogliastro (single bore, 834 m for the north tube, whereof 715.74 m bored and 121.16 m in cut-and-cover), Monaco (497 m for the north tube, whereof 475.98 m bored and 21.02 m in cut-and-cover / 729.75 m for the south tube, whereof 697.4 m mined and 32.35 m in cut-and-cover), Giurio (472.44 m for the north tube, whereof 396.62 m bored and 75.82 m in cut-and-cover / 463.6 m for the south tube, whereof 389.4 m mined and 74.2 m in cut-and-cover) and Timpa delle Vigne (798 m for the south tube, whereof 740 m mined and 58 m in cut-and-cover / 783 m for the south tube, whereof 605 m bored and 178 m in cut-and-cover). The excavated cross section is about 160 sq m, with a radius to the crown ranging from 6.5 m to 7.05 m. Project duration is 1,340 days. Read E-News Weekly 34/2004. Visit www.stradeanas.it and www.pizzarotti.it 40/05.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 29th November, 2005 for control and supervision during construction of section Altilia Grimaldi-Falerna (18.5 km), which forms part of the upgrading of the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway A3, from km 286 to km 304.2. Click it/46. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=195630-2005, OJ S 206, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064454956. 44/05.Consortium SIS formed by Sacyr Vallehermoso (60%), INC and Sipal (40%) pocketed a mega contract worth EUR789 million to build the Padula-North Lauria section (31 km) on the A3 motorway. The section includes five tunnels (Casalbuono, Tempa Ospedale, Renazza, Taggine and Sirino). ANAS - the national road administration - will finance up to EUR250 million and SIS a share of 20%. Construction will last three years for opening scheduled in 2009. Read E-News Weekly 34/2004. Visit www.gruposyv.com 21/06.Sacyr Vallehermoso, through consortium SIS, secured the upgrading and conversion to first level highway of a 31 km section on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria freeway, for EUR815 million. The section runs from Calore viaduct (chainage 108) to Lauria North interchange (chainage 139). The project will cross a mountainous area and includes 36 new viaducts totalling 12.65 km, 13 twin bored tunnels totalling 14.12 km and six twin cut-and-cover tunnels of 2 km in length in all. Click here to see the detailed tunnel lengths. Read E-News Weekly 34/2004. Visit www.gruposyv.com 27/06.Restricted call for bids, deadline 26th September, 2007 for reconstruction of a 9 km section from Lauria to the Fossino tunnel (excluded) on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway A3 (third mega lot, first part) in Potenza province. This section includes the Serra Rotonda 1 and Serra Rotonda 2 tunnels, 3.7 km in length altogether and the Costa del Monte tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=185064-2007, OJ S 149, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064456224 or 06444462009. 35/07.Restricted call for bids, deadline 26th September, 2007 for reconstruction of a 20.5 km section from Laino Borgo to Campotenese on the Salerno-Reggio Calabria motorway A3 in Cosenza province (third mega lot, second part). This section includes six tunnels. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=185065-2007, OJ S 149, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064456224 or 06444462009. 35/07.Restricted call for tenders, deadline 30th January, 2008 for executive design and reconstruction of a 11.1 km section of motorway A3 in Cosenza province. This section includes six tunnels (five bored and one using the cut-and-cover method). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=288228-2007, OJ S 237, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064456224 or 0644462009. E-mail r.memoli@stradeanas.it 52/07-01/08.Restricted invitation to tender, deadline 27th June, 2008 for review and update of the preliminary planning, environmental impact study and final design of the Pizzo Calabro junction-Sant'Onofrio junction (10.8 km) on the A3 motorway in Calabria. This section includes tunnels. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=129176-2008, OJ 95, and http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=148092-2008, OJ S 111, or contact ANAS, Rome, fax +39 064456224 or 0644462009. E-mail p.carretta@stradeanas.it 26/08.