Invitation to tender imminent, further to government approval, for construction of the second carriageway on highway A-4, direction Seville-Madrid, through Despeí±aperros, section Venta de Cí¡rdenas-Santa Elena, in Jaen and Ciudad Real provinces. Length is 8.8 km and time frame of 42 months. Tender budget: EUR110.94 million. The alignment runs through the Despeí±aperros National Park and requires the construction of six tunnels: Las Lomas (215 m), La Aliseda (370 m), Las Tinajuelas (980 m), this one being a twin bore, La Cantera (390 m), Despeí±aperros (1.850 m) and El Corzo (372 m). All tunnels to accommodate two 2.5 m-wide lanes plus two pavements, 2.5 m and one metre, except Despeí±aperros and El Corzo which will accommodate three 3.5 m-wide lanes plus two one metre pavements. The budget for tunnelling accounts for 70% of the tender budget. 08/04.Open call for bids, deadline 4th May, 2004 for construction of a 8.5 km section of highway A-4, direction Cadiz-Madrid, between Santa Elena and Venta de Cardenas in Despenaperros. Includes five single-tube tunnels (215 m, 370 m, 390 m, 1,850 m and 372 m) and one twin-tube tunnel (980 m). Tender budget for tunnels: EUR42.4 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=041890-2004, OJ S 49, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915978537 or 8470. E-mail plicas-carreteras@mfom.es 12/04.Open call for bids, deadline 6th July, 2004 for work control and construction management of section Venta de Cardenas-Santa Elena in Despenaperros in Jaen province. Four single-tube tunnels must be built (215 m, 370 m, 390 m, 1.850 m and 372 m) and one 980 m twin bored tunnel. Tender budget: EUR2.6 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=079867-2004, OJ S 100, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915978537 or 8470. E-mail cpublic@mfom.es 23/04.FCC has scooped a EUR79.1 million contract to build the new Despenaperros carriageway on the Venta de Cardenas-Santa Elena section of the south highway A-4. Building of this 8.9 km section will take 40.5 months. Along the route, there are tunnels in Las Lomas (215 m), La Aliseda (370 m), Tinajuelas (980 m), which will be a twin bored tunnel including the main tunnel and its parallel safety tunnel, La Cantera (390 m), Despenaperros (1,850 m), also a twin bore with a parallel safety tunnel, and El Corzo (372 m). Despenaperros and El Corzo will be three-lane tunnels. The six tunnels total 4,618 m. The tunnels account for approximately 70% of the total cost of the project. Visit www.fcc.es 42/04.Aepo secured a EUR1.9 million contract for work control and supervision during construction of the new Despenaperros carriageway on the Venta de Cardenas-Santa Elena section (8.9 km) of the south highway A-4. Includes six tunnels totalling 4,618 m. Visit www.aepo.es 02/05.Open invitation to tender, deadline 13th May, 2008 for construction of the southbound carriageway on the southern motorway A-4, section Venta de Cí¡rdenas-Santa Elena. This 9 km section includes the 166 m La Cantera tunnel and the 1,823 m Despeí±aperros tunnel, which is a three-lane tunnel. The tunnels will be constructed in slates, sandstone and quartzites. The drill and blast method in a top heading / bench sequence will be adopted as per NATM along with a mechanical excavator in weaker areas where canopies of steel pipes will be installed. The primary support will consist of fibre-reinforced shotcrete, bolts and/or steel arches. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=63521-2008, OJ S 46, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915978547 or 915978470. E-mail jmmendoza@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 11/08.The Ministry of development awarded FCC a EUR97 million contract for the construction of the southbound carriageway on the southern motorway A-4, section Venta de Cí¡rdenas-Santa Elena. This 9 km section includes the 166 m La Cantera tunnel and the 1,823 m Despeí±aperros tunnel, which is a three-lane tunnel. Click es/113 for more details. Visit www.fcc.es 31/08.