A JV between Payma Cotas and Payject XXI won a €1.4 million contract to design section Olesa de Montserrat-Viladecavalls of Barcelona's orbital motorway. Includes a 1,220 m-long 14 m-wide tunnel. Visit www.paymacotas.com and www.payject.com 49/03.Open call for tenders, deadline 7th November, 2006 for construction of Olesa de Montserrat-Viladecavalls section on Barcelona's orbital highway B-40. The section crosses the En Ribes mountain through a tunnel following a 1,550 m curved radius, with a transition curve featuring a gradient limited to 3%. This 1,264 m tunnel, whereof 1,122 metres will be mined, is formed by two bores separated by two diameters (35 m). The roadway section has a clearance of 5 metres and an outer cross section of 226.17 sq m per tube. The German method will be used, by building first sidewall tunnels strongly reinforced and lined. Then, the top heading will be driven. Its reinforcement will rest on the walls of these tunnels. Lastly, the central bench will be dug and the invert. At the exit of the tunnel, cut-and-cover stretches wil lbe displayed to mitigate the visual impact of the tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=201812-2006, OJ S 190, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +915877801 or 915978470. E-mail cpublic@mfom.es 41/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 19th January, 2007 for site supervision and work management during construction of the Olesa de Montserrat-Viladecavalls section on Barcelona's orbital highway B-40. The section includes a 1,264 m tunnel to cross the Sierra d'en Ribes. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=232030-2006, OJ S 216, or contact Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 915978537 or 915978588. E-mail cpublic@mfom.es 50/06.A JV of Acciona, Comsa, and Copisa scooped a EUR129.5 million contract to build the Olesa de Montserrat-Viladecavalls section on Barcelona's orbital highway B-40. The section crosses the En Ribes mountain through a 1,264 m twin tunnel, whereof 1,122 metres will be mined. Click es/116. Visit www.acciona.es, www.comsa.com and www.copisa.com 08/07.
