Section II 'Cuesta' will be built by OHL and Serrano Aznar Obras Publicas, for EUR41.9 million and a time frame of 34 months. Intecsa-Inarsa will be responsible for construction management and quality control, for EUR865,200. This section includes a 12.3 km tunnel. Visit www.ohl.es and www.intecsa-inarsa.esSection III 'Los Machos' has been awarded to Necso for EUR33.7 million and a time frame of 31 months. The construction management and quality control, worth EUR854,480, has been commissioned to Eptisa. This section includes a 11 km tunnel. Visit www.necso.es and www.eptisa.esThe builders ordered two new Herrenknecht hard rock TBMs, 3.5 m in diameter, to build the infrastructure which will cross Los Machos mountain and El Caroig massif. Visit www.herrenknecht.comOther minor underground works are included in section I (two raise boring jobs and some length in tunnel) and in section IV 'Navalon', which necessitates 2.5 km of cut-and-cover tunnel. Section IV has been pocketed by Ferrovial Agroman and Sedesa Obras y Servicios, for EUR23.8 million and a time frame of 29 months. Eyser and Inclam Ingenieria del Agua will be in charge of the work management and quality control, for EUR753,760. Visit www.ferrovial.com and www.eyser.comThe water transfer scheme between the Jucar and Vinalopo regions is a 67 km infrastructure for water supply to 600,000 inhabitants and watering of 40,000 hectares of land in the Vinalopo, Alacanti and Marina Baixa regions in Alicante province. The Jucar-Vinalopo aqueduct is divided in seven sections and has been designed to transfer 5.65 cu m per second. Click here and here. Visit www.aguas-jucar.es 09/05.Open call for bids, deadline 21st April, 2005 for technical management of the Jucar-Vinalopo water tunnel, sections II Cuesta, III Los Machos and IV Navalon. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=043492-2005, OJ S 45, or contact Aguas del Jíºcar, Valencia, fax +34 963940482. E-mail info@aguas-jucar.es 11/05.IZ Ingenieros Consultores secured a EUR357,000 contract for technical management of the Jucar-Vinalopo water tunnel, sections II 'Cuesta', III 'Los Machos' and IV 'Navalon'. Section II 'Cuesta' includes a 12.3 km tunnel and section III 'Los Machos' includes a 11 km tunnel, each 3.5 m in diameter. Section IV 'Navalon' includes 2.5 km of cut-and-cover tunnel. Click es/124. 25/05.Open call for bids, deadline 21st March, 2006 for design of sections A to E of the new Jucar-Vinalopo aqueduct and connection with section V on the lower course of the Jucar river. The European Commission had conditioned a EUR80 million financing for the Jucar-Vinalopo water transfer to a new revision of the project. The modified project has required or will require to cancel the contracts previously signed with the successful bidders, who will receive compensation. Click here.The new Jucar-Vinalopo route takes advantage of sections V, VI and VII of the old alignment and re-uses section I, which will generate energy. With respect to sections II, III and IV, construction had not begun and the TBMs purchased to drive the tunnels within the previous scheme will be operated to drive the tunnels of the revised aqueduct (13 km in total). Click here. The new route has been divided into five sections (A to E). It is more environmentally friendly since it reduces to the minimum the impact on protected zones and contributes to safeguard the Vinalopo aquifers. Actually, the new water line will cross only 3.2 km of protected areas listed by the EU, while the previous alignment planned to cross 44.7 km of such areas. The total budget of the Jucar-Vinalopo water transfer is EUR225.6 million. Visit www.aguas-jucar.esSections A, D and E have no tunnels. Section B includes the Sierra de Corbera tunnel (2,720 m), which begins the first gravity stretch, and the Barxeta tunnel (2,950 m). The budget amounts to EUR43.8 million. Section C requires to bore the Sierra Requena tunnel (3,540 m) and the Sierra Grossa tunnel (3,920 m). The budget totals EUR49.7 million.The bidding stipulates a 4-month time frame for the project design and 20 months for construction. Out of these 20 months, it is estimated 18 months will be necessary for the construction of each section. The new Jucar-Vinalopo aqueduct could be concluded at the end of 2008. Click es/124. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=244880-2005, OJ S 248, or contact Aguas del Jucar, Valencia, fax +34 963940482. E-mail info@aguas-jucar.es 03/06.Open call for bids, deadline 22nd May, 2006 for design and construction of section B of the new Jucar-Vinalopo water transfer scheme. Section B includes the Sierra de Corbera tunnel (2,720 m), which begins the first gravity stretch, and the Barxeta tunnel (2,950 m). Click es/124. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=043525-2006, OJ S 41, or contact Aguas del Jucar, Valencia, fax +34 963940482. E-mail info@aguas-jucar.es 11/06.OHL, Serrano Aznar Obras Publicas and Ocide Construccion secured a EUR32 million contract to design and build section B of the Jucar-Vinalopo water transfer scheme. This section includes the Sierra de Corbera tunnel (2,720 m) and the Barxeta tunnel (2,950 m). Visit www.ohl.es 33-34/06.Typsa pocketed a EUR415,000 contract for on-site supervision and quality control for section B of the Jucar-Vinalopo water transfer. Section B includes the 2,720 m-long Sierra de Corbera tunnel and the 2,950 m-long Barxeta tunnel. Click here. Visit www.typsa.es 17/07.