Dragados to construct 2.5 km of line with 3 stations at Canyelles, Mundet and Valdauray. 22 months duration. Second stage 635 m to Barris station. May 1999. Tenders expected November, 2000 for 36.8 km-long, 9 m-diameter, twin-track, single-tube system with 37 stations to be constructed as four sections starting end-2001 and opening between end-2003 and 2005. Total cost around $1.2 billion with up to 30% funding by EU. Route will be Gorg/Singuerlin-Sagrera-Sarria-Zona Franca-Barcelona Airport with 13 interchange stations with existing metro and rail lines. Contact Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Authority or monitor www.mma.es or http://ted.eur-op.eu.int October 2000. Public consultation prior to tender for: 3.35 km single-tube, twin-track extension of line 1 with three stations from Fondo to connect with line 2 at Badalona; and 3.5 km single-tube, twin-track extension of line 1 from Feixa Llarga to El Prat de Llobregat. Further 2.5 km extension to line 5 construction is planned from Horta to Vall d'Hebron on line 3, with stations at Carmel and Teixonera-Coll, the latter 90 m-deep. Total cost estimated $120 million. Visit www.mma.es November 2000. Entry in service of the Euro84.1 million Line 3 extension between Mundet, Valldaura and Canyelles in Nou Barris district on 20th September, 2001. Further extension with two new stations at Roquetes and Trinitat Nova has been approved for €81 million. Open tendering, deadline 13th June, 2002 for the construction of a 2.7 km extension to the blue Line 5 between Horta and Vall d'Hebron. Stations in El Carmel, La Teixonera and Coll-Vallcarca. La Teixonera station will be built at a depth of 75 metres. The other two stations will be excavated at a depth of 40 metres. Award around the summer. Construction to start early-2003. Commissioning in end-2005 or early-2006. Tender value of €101 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 79, document 61432-2002 or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. 18/02. Open tendering, deadline 8th July, 2002 for work management of the 2.7 km extension to Line 5 between Horta and Vall d'Hebron. Tender value €2.1 million. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/static/home/en/homepage.ini, OJ S 100, document 79163-2002 or contact GIASA, fax +34 934300124. Also visit www.gisa.es 22/02. Award to a jv of FCC, Copisa and Comsa of a €93.7 million contract to build the 2.5 km Horta-Vall d'Hebron extension of Line 5, which consists of a 2.5 km double-track single tunnel and two stations. Visit www.gisa.es and www.fcc.es 34/02. Award to a jv of Tec-Cuatro and Geocontrol of a €1.9 million contract for the work supervision (infrastructure, superstructure and electrification) of the Horta-Vall d'Hebron extension on Line 5. 39/02. Open call for bids, deadline 7th July, 2003 for construction of the infrastructure, superstructure and catenary works for the Canyelles-Trinitat Nova section on Line 3. There will be two stations in Roquetes and Trinitat Nova. The Roquetes station will be built 50 m under the surface. The new 1.8 km-long tunnel will start in Canyelles. A 6.5 m-diameter TBM will be used to drive two parallel tunnels, each with one track. The final part of the alignment will be built in cut-and-cover. Tender value: €84 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=085451-2003, OJ S 95, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. E-mail dlh@gisa.es 21/03. Open call for bids, deadline 18th July, 2003 for work management during construction of the infrastructure, track and catenary superstructure for section Canyelles-Trinitat Nova of Line 3. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=094268-2003, OJ S 105, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934300124. 24/03.GISA awarded for €65 million to Dragados and Benito Arní³ e Hijos the construction of a 1,826 m-long extension to Line 3 from its present stop in Canyelles to Trinitat Nova, where interchange will be provided with line 4 and with the Ciutat Meridiana light rail. The JV will be responsible for the infrastructure, trackworks and catenary works. There will be two stations in Roquetes and Trinitat Nova. Visit www.gisa.es and www.dragados.es 31/03.A JV between Auditorí­a e Ingenierí­as and Geocontrol will be responsible for the work supervision of the infrastructure, and track and catenary superstructure for Line 3, section Canyelles-Trinitat Nova. Contract value: €1.8 million. Visit www.geocontrol.es 40/03.The draft design for extending Line 2 from Sant Antoni to Fira 2 is under way. The designers are Tec-Cuatro and Intraesa, who won a €956,900 contract. The section is 4.5 km in length, running in tunnel and serving five stations in Poble Sec, Fira I, INEF, Foc Cisell y Fira 2. Three of these will be open cut stations and two of them will be mined. The tunnelling method will be chosen depending on the geotechnical studies due to be completed at the end of 2003. In principle, it is planned to build part of the extension in cut-and-cover and part in a bored tunnel, possibly using a TBM. The tunnel will be a dual-track single tube and the TBM, if this method is chosen, would be 9.4 m in diameter. Time frame for construction estimated to last between 36 and 48 months depending on geotechnics and the tunnelling method eventually chosen. Visit www.gisa.es 48/03.The Catalan government awarded the new design for the infrastructure, superstructure and electrifying of the Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5 to Catalana d'Enginyeria, for EUR188,500, and geotechnical works to Eurogeotecnica for EUR55,303. The companies will have to study the possible locations for a new service tunnel. A collapse occurred on this section in January (subscribe to E-News Weekly 8/2005). Visit www.censa-cat.net and www.eurogeotecnica.com 21/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for design of the Line 2 extension from Sant Antoni to Parc Logistic. This 5.2 km extension will serve five stations (Poble Sec, Fira 1-MNAC, INEFC, Foc Cisell and Fira 2). From Fira 2, the new section will connect with Parc Logistic, from where Line 2 and Line 9 will share the same tunnel between Parc logistic station and El Prat airport. More information in E-News Weekly 35/2006. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=162261-2006, OJ S 150, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 93 4444448. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for topographical and geotechnical auscultation during construction of the modified project (infrastructure, superstructure and electrification) of section Horta-Vall d'Hebron on Line 5. A collapse in a service tunnel occured in January 2005 (read E-News Weekly 14/2006 & 8/2005 and click here). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=162257-2006, OJ S 150, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 93 4444448. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 18th September, 2006 for quality control during construction of the modified project (infrastructure, superstructure and electrification) of section Horta-Vall d'Hebron on Line 5. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=162325-2006, OJ S 150, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 93 4444448. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 35/06.Acciona Infraestructuras, Corsan-Corviam and Proinosa will finish the Carmel tunnel. The Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5 will be built in a time frame of two and a half years, for completion scheduled in 2009, at a price tag of EUR111.6 million. Construction will recommence in December, in accordance with a modified project and implementing highly reinforced security measures. The new construction project will be based on complementary geotechnical investigation undertaken to know the subsoil composition, which will update the geological mapping and identify mines and wells, and on the revision of the works already executed. Sixteen new core drills have been planned, in addition to the 39 boreholes already done. On the other hand, preliminary inspections will be carried out to evaluate the status of the buildings situated in the influence zone of the tunnel. To maximize security and whatever the ground type that crews encounter at any time, all the tunnel will be supported with steel arches placed at short distance and a thick concrete layer.In January 2005, a collapse in a service tunnel obliged to evacuate a total of 1,276 people from their homes. Since then, work has been halted. The remaining 2.5 km stretch still to be bored will commence in the existing Horta station, then will continue until El Carmel station, which will be located in the cavern already partially excavated, to later run to the new Taxonera-Coll station and the last one in Vall d'Hebron, where Line 5 will connect with Line 3. Click here. Read E-News Weekly 14/2006 & 8/2005. Visit www.acciona-infraestructuras.es, www.isoluxcorsan.com and www.proinosa.com 43/06.A JV of IIC and Geopayma signed a EUR2.2 million contract for topographical and geotechnical auscultation during construction of the modified project (infrastructure, superstructure and electrification) of the Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5. Visit www.iic-grupoep.com and www.geopayma.com 46/06.Ardanuy pocketed a EUR223,200 contract for safety and health coordination during construction of the revised Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5. Visit www.ardanuy.com 46/06.LGAI Technological Center secured a EUR1.6 million contract for quality control during construction of the revised Horta-Vall d'Hebron section on Line 5. Visit www.lgai.es 46/06.A JV formed by Censa and Eurogeotecnica have inked a EUR4.7 million agreement to design the 5.2 km Line 2 extension from Sant Antoni to Parc Logistic. Read E-News Weekly 35/2006. Visit www.censa-cat.net and www.eurogeotecnica.com 46/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd January, 2007 for conceptual design of the Line 3 extension from Zona Universitaria to Torreblanca in Sant Feliu de Llobregat. This is a 5.8 km extension to the existing line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=233090-2006, OJ S 217, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail contractacio@gisa.es 51-52/06.Ineco received a EUR345,000 contract for quality control during extension of Line 2 between Sant Antoni and Parque Logistico, where it will connect with Line 9. Visit www.ineco.es 05/07.Payma Cotas received a EUR500,500 contract to do the conceptual design of the Line 3 extension from Zona Universitaria to Torreblanca in Sant Feliu de Llobregat. This is a 5.8 km extension to the existing line. Visit www.paymacotas.com 07/07.Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th July, 2008 for work control and construction supervision of the Horta-Vall d'Hebron extension of Line 5 (infrastructure, overhead structures and electrification). Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=136954-2008, OJ S 102, or contact GISA, Barcelona, fax +34 934444488. E-mail esm@gisa.cat 23/08.