Feasibility studies approved for 155 km-long railway with 7 tunnels of total length 18 km. Proceeding to design. Visit www.gif.es November 2000. Award of contract for 40 boreholes totalling 14,000 m and geotechnical investigation for 25 km-long, twin-tube, 8.5 m-diameter base tunnel to consortium of Geoconsult, Ineco and CGS. Alignment and construction methods will be established. Visit www.geoconsult.at December 2000. Tenders imminent after government approval for the 1.8 km double-track Gobantes tunnel worth Ptas6.5 billion and the 2 x 7 km Abdalají­s tunnels with diameters between 8.5 and 9 m, to be connected by safety cross passages every 350 metres. Stretch including single-track east tunnel worth Ptas20.8 billion with time frame of 45 months. Work to be completed in 2006. Stretch including single-track west tunnel worth Ptas21.8 billion with same time frame. Visit www.gif.es 43/01. Three tenders invited for tunnelling. First is for the east Abdalají­s tunnel for Euro125.3 million, deadline 29th November, 2001. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, document S 210-144184. Second is for the west Abdalají­s tunnel for Euro131.3 million, dealine 28th November, 2001. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, document S 210-144185. Third is for the Gobantes tunnel for Euro39 million, deadline 28th November, 2001. Visit http://ted.eur-op.int, document S 210-144190. Visit www.gif.es 46/01. Call for bids imminent further to government approval for sections 17, 18 and 19 between ílora and Cí¡rtama including five tunnels in ílora (800 m), El Espartal (2 km), Tevilla (927 m), Gibralmora (3.2 km), and Cí¡rtama (2.5 km). Budget of €200 million. Visit www.gif.es 01/02. Three construction contracts awarded by GIF. First subsection including the 1,792 m Gobantes tunnel has been awarded to Ploder for Ptas5.5 billion. Time frame of 21 months. Second subsection with the 7 km west Abdalají­s tunnel has been secured by a jv of Sacyr and Somague Engenharia for Ptas20.4 billion. Time frame of 45 months. Third contract with 7 km east Abdalají­s tunnel scooped by a jv of Dragados, Tecsa, SELI of Italy, and Jäger Baugesellschaft of Austria for Ptas19.6 billion. Time frame of three years. Visit www.gif.es 02/02. Three calls for bids for construction of the ílora-Cí¡rtama section. First is for the 2.5 km Cí¡rtama tunnel worth €54.2 million. Deadline 11th February, 2002. Second is for the 927 m-long Tevilla tunnel and the 3.2 km Gibralmora tunnel, worth €65.2 million. Third is for the 800 m-long ílora tunnel and the 2 km El Espartal tunnel worth €80.6 million. Deadline 4th February, 2002 for the last two bids. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 5, documents 3801-, 3806- and 3808-2002 or contact GIF, Madrid, tel. +34 917004755. Also visit www.gif.es 03/02. Four bids invited for work supervision. The first is for the Cí¡rtama tunnel. Tender value of €2.3 million. The second is for the Tevilla and Gibralmora tunnels. Tender value of €2.3 million. The third is for the Alora and El Espartal tunnels. Tender value of €2.7 million. Deadline 5th April, 2002 for all. The fourth is for the Gobantes tunnel. Tender value of €1.2 million. Deadline 11th April, 2002. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/ojs/en/frame.htm, OJ S 33, documents 25453-, 25454-, 25455- and 25456-2002 or contact GIF, Madrid, tel. +34 917004755. 09/02. GIF has awarded a €56.5 million contract to a jv of Obras Subterrí¡neas and Salvador Rus Lí³pez Construcciones to build the section which includes the 927 m Tevilla tunnel and the 3,187 m Gibralmora tunnel. Time frame for construction of 32 months. To date, 127.4 km out of the total 155 km have been awarded (82%). Visit www.gif.es 11/02. Two work supervision contracts have been awarded. The first, for the 1.8 km Gobantes tunnel, goes to a jv of Idom and Geocisa for €1.28 million. The second, for the 7 km east and west Abdalají­s tunnels, has been secured by a jv of Ayesa and Geocontrol for €3.2 million. Visit www.gif.es 16/02. The 3.6 km ílora-Cí¡rtama section, comprising the 842 m ílora tunnel and 2 km El Espartal tunnel, has been awarded to Ferrovial-Agromí¡n for €72.65 million. Time frame of 39 months. Visit www.ferrovial.es. A second ílora-Cí¡rtama section, 3 km in length, with the 2.4 km Cí¡rtama tunnel has been commissioned to FCC and Convensa for €50.25 million. Time frame of 32 months. Visit www.fcc.es and www.gif.es 18/02. Two work supervision contracts awarded. First has been scooped by Iberinsa for the Tevilla and Gibralmora tunnels, 927 m and 3.2 km in length respectively. Value €1.57 million. Visit www.iberinsa.es. Second secured by a jv of Idom and Geocisa for the Alora and El Espartal tunnels, 842 m and 2 km. Value €1.83 million. Visit www.idom.es and www.geocisa.com 26/02. Award to Eptisa of the work supervision of the 2.5 km Cí¡rtama tunnel. Contract value €1.5 million. Visit www.eptisa.es and www.gif.es 32/02.The Ministry of development and the City of Malaga have signed a technical agreement for the penetration of the high speed line in Malaga. The trains will run 2.6 km underground from the Cortijo de Torres trade fair area, near the west ring road, to the central station. Putting underground the existing railtracks will cost €132 million. Construction to end before 2007. 14/03.Open call for bids, deadline 5th November, 2004 for designing the underground cross city section of the high speed train in Malaga (section 22). A 2.4 km section must be put underground from the west ring road to Juan XXIII Avenue. The project will cost EUR115 million, financed by the central government (64%), the Andalusian government and the city of Malaga (18% each). If all goes as planned, construction may commence before the end of 2005. Tender budget: EUR1.6 million. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=163918-2004, OJ S 192, or contact GIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 42/04.The company in charge of the design of section 22, the last on the Cordoba-Malaga high speed line, will be Ayesa, for EUR950,000. This 4.5 km section requires to transfer underground 2.4 km. Visit www.ayesa.es 53/04-01/05.Open call for bids, deadline 6th June, 2005 for technical management and support to specialised teams during construction of the Cordoba-Malaga high speed link (second phase). The assignment deals with coordination of specialised teams (geology, geotechnics, structures, urbanism and machinery for the construction of tunnels). Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=074569-2005, OJ S 77, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 17/05.Open call for tenders, deadline 28th November, 2005 for construction of the final section of the high speed link in Malaga. The contract corresponds to the urban penetration of the high speed line in Malaga and the upgrading of the conventional line, for a total length of 3 km. Noticeable structures include two parallel cut-and-cover tunnels, with a length of 1,932 m, one for two IUC tracks and the other for two Spanish gauge tracks. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=196021-2005, OJ S 199, or contact the Ministry of public works, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 44/05.The Ministry of public works awarded the high speed train section in Malaga, the last section which will finalise the new Cordoba-Malaga high speed link, to Sacyr (80%) and its subsidiary Cavosa (20%). The section spans three kilometres and will cost EUR144.6 million to build, making it the most expensive section of the Cordoba-Malaga high speed line. The cost per kilometre amounts to EUR48 million. The project consists in transferring underground the tracks on a distance of 2.2 km. The section begins in the vicinity of the Cortijo de Torres congress centre and ends at Renfe railway station. The section below ground will start before the west ring road to end after the flyover at Juan XXIII avenue. The scheme requires the construction of twin cut-and-cover tunnels, 1,932 m in length. Time frame for construction is 31 months, although a maximum of 20 months will be necessary to ensure the arrival of high speed services to the city. The project will be finished at the end of 2007. The Ministry of public works will finance 64% of the total cost, while the Andalusian government and the City of Malaga will equally share the remaining 36%. Visit www.gruposyv.com and www.cavosa.es 02/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 23rd January, 2006 for work supervision during construction of the high speed section in Malaga and upgrading of the conventional line. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=241768-2005, OJ S 245, or contact ADIF, Madrid, fax +34 917005751. 02/06.Getinsa received a EUR2.2 million contract for work supervision during construction of the high speed section in Malaga and the upgrading works of the conventional line. Visit www.getinsa.es 19/06.