Extension to Kabiezes planned for completion 2006. February 1999.   Tenders closed 21st December, 2000 for first 919 m-long x 60 sq m twin-track, single-tube tunnel on second phase of line 2. Roadheaders will be used in limestone marls and claystone with layers of volcanic rock with steel arches, rockbolts, mesh and shotcrete as support. Value $15 million, for commencement mid-2001. Contact transport and public works department, fax +34 9 4501 9018 or visit www.fulcrum.es December 2000.   Open tendering for the design of the superstructure of the Urbinaga-Sestao and Bolueta-Etxebarri sections of Line 2. Deadline 26th February, 2002. The Urbinaga-Sestao section includes a 920 m double-track tunnel plus an underground station and ventilation shafts. Time frame of 24 months. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 6, document 4549-2002 or contact Consorcio de Transportes de Bizkaia, Bilbao, fax +34 944231088. Also visit www.cotrabi.com 05/02.Award to Saitec of the design of the Ariz-Basauri stretch of Line 2 for €271,000. Visit www.metrobilbao.net 05/02.   Preinformation notice for the construction of the Sestao-Portugalete section of Line 2 including a 1,760 m tunnel in rock, two cavern stations at Abatxolo and Portugalete, and shafts. Tender value of €44 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 27, document 20388-2002 or contact the Basque government, Public works and transport division, Bilbao, fax +34 945019786. E-mail di-trans@ej-gv.es 07/02.   Open call for tenders, deadline 31st October, 2002 for construction of the 1,760 m Sestao-Portugalete section of Line 2 with two stations in Abatxolo and Portugalete. Construction using a roadheader with bolts and steel arches as support. Tender value €42.7 million. Opening in mid-2006. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=152818-2002, OJ S 194 or contact Basque government, Bilbao, fax +34 945019786 or 944329189. Visit www.ej-gv.net. More in E-News Weekly # 28. 41/02.  Cinsa is technical advisor in geotechnical engineering to Imebisa for the tunnelling works of the Urbinaga-Sestao section of Line 2. NATM to be used. Visit www.imebisa.es and www.cinsaep.org 12/03.Open call for bids, deadline 4th April, 2005 for construction of section Portugalete-Santurtzi on Line 2. This is a 1.6 km section, with two stations in Penota and Santurtzi. Both stations will be mined, consisting of a cavern with two mezzanines and two entrances/exits. Tender estimated at EUR51.3 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=024847-2005, OJ S 26, or contact the Basque government, Vitoria-Gasteiz, fax +34 945019785. E-mail trans@ej-gv.es. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 46/2004 & 28/2002. 11/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 28th June, 2005 for work management, control and monitoring during construction of the 1.6 km Portugalete-Santurtzi section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=108001-2005, OJ S 108, or contact Red Ferroviaria Vasca, Bilbao, fax +34 944329189. E-mail jortega@ets-rfv.es 24/05.The Biscay transport authority awarded the construction of the Portugalete-Santurtzi extension of Line 2 to a JV of Nortunel, Urazca and Balzola, for EUR37.5 million. This is a 1.6 km tunnel with two stations. Visit www.cotrabi.com, www.nortunel.com, www.urazca.com and www.balzola.com 43/05.Saitec secured a EUR887,000 contract for the work management, control and monitoring during construction of the 1.6 km Portugalete-Santurtzi section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. Visit www.saitec.es 06/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 15th May, 2006 for construction of section Ariz-Basauri on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. This is an approx. 2 km section for two tracks, section 60 sq m. There will be also four accesses, excavated section 35 sq and total length of 200 metres as well as 13 shafts, for ventilation and elevators, excavated diameter 3.6 m and total length of 425 metres, to be built using raise boring. Geology consists of two different facies, with a very altered zone in between: 30 to 50 MPa marly limestone in the first facies and sandstone and claystone in the second. The tunnel will be built using roadheaders and mechanical means. Support with bolts, wire mesh, shotcrete with/without reinforcing fibres, HEB supports and jet grouting. Mucking-out with loaders and dumpers. Estimated cost: EUR69.1 million. The contract will be awarded in July 2006 for work commencement in September 2006. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=061224-2006, OJ S 59, or contact Basque government, Vitoria-Gasteiz, fax +34 945019451 or 944329189. E-mail ets@ets-rfv.es 19/06.A JV of Obras Subterraneas, Excavaciones Viuda de Sainz, and Excavaciones Cantabricas will build the Aritz-Basauri section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. The section goes from the present rolling stock depot in Aritz to the centre of Basauri, near the city hall. The successful bid submitted by the JV is 16% cheaper than the tender estimate and construction will take four months less than planned, once works commence next December. The JV has proposed EUR57,903,530.14 and a time frame of 38 months to do the job. The Aritz-Basauri section will be 2,372 m long, whereof 100 metres in open cut and the remainder in a new underground tunnel. The contract also includes two new stations, one named Aritz and the other one named Basauri. Both stations will be mined caverns, matching the style of the other stations in service on Lines 1 and 2 designed by architect Norman Foster. Visit www.obrassubterraneas.es and www.excavacionescantabricas.es 40/06.Geoconsult Espaí±a bagged a EUR1 million contract for site supervision of the Aziz-Basauri section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. This section runs almost fully underground, except for a short portion of only 300 metres near the Ariz workshops. The section also includes the Ariz and Basauri stations. Visit www.geoconsult.es 06/07.Open call for tenders, deadline 4th February, 2008 for conceptual design of the extension to Galdakao of the Bilbao metro. This is a 4.5 km section, 2.5 km of which will run in tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=292744-2007, OJ S 240, or contact Basque government, Bilbao, fax +34 945019018. 52/07-01/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 28th October, 2008 for construction of the Santurtzi-Kabiezes section on Line 2 of the Bilbao metro. The total length of this dual track section is 2.4 km, whereof 2.3 km will run in tunnel, 40 metres at grade and 112 metres is for the new Kabiezes station. The minimum radius is 250 metres and the maximum gradient is 4.7%. Construction of this section is scheduled to commence at the end of the year. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=253605-2008, OJ S 192, or contact Basque government, Bilbao, fax +34 945018931 or 944316895. E-mail am-aciriano@ej-gv.es 41/08.