Open invitation to tender, deadline 3rd November, 2001, for preliminary design of AS-15 motorway from Cornellana to Puerto de Cerredo, including 3 km-long Raí±adoiro tunnel. Contact Department for Infrastructure, fax +34 98 510 5884. 43/01. Award to a jv of Tecnia Ingenieros and Geocontrol of the preliminary design for the AS-15 variant at the Raí±adoiro pass, including a 3 km tunnel. Contract value of €299,300. Visit www.geocontrol.es 18/02. Open call for bids, deadline 17th February, 2003 for advisory and consultative engineering services for solution B in the early project for road AS-15 variant Cornellana-Puerto de Cerredo which will require the 3 km Raí±adoiro tunnel. Visit http://ted.eur-op.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=002123-2003, OJ S 3, or contact Consejerí­a de Infraestructuras y Polí­tica Territorial del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, fax +34 985105884. 04/03.Preinformation notice for construction of the AS-15 bypass, Cornellada-Puerto Cerredo including the 3 km Raí±adoiro tunnel. Work to commence in March 2004. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=030090-2003, OJ S 36, or contact Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, fax +34 985105884. 09/03.Preinformation notice for design of the AS-15 bypass, section Cornellada-Puerto Cerredo, including the 3 km Raí±adoiro tunnel. Tender budget: EUR360,000. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=025799-2004, OJ S 29, or contact Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, fax +34 985105884. 09/04.Preinformation notice for construction of the AS-15 bypass, section Cornellada-Puerto Cerredo including the 3 km Raí±adoiro tunnel. Work to commence in December 2004. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=025521-2004, OJ S 29, or contact Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, fax +34 985105884. 09/04.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd September, 2005 for design of the AS-15 road bypass, section Cornellana-Puerto de Cerredo, which includes the 3 km Ranadoiro tunnel in Cangas del Narcea. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=136057-2005, OJ S 137, or contact Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, fax +34 985105884. Subscribe to E-News Weekly 21/2005. 30/05.Tecnia secured a EUR505,000 contract to design the AS-15 road bypass, section Cornellana-Puerto de Cerredo, which includes the 3 km Ranadoiro tunnel in Cangas del Narcea. Visit www.tecniaingenieros.com 05/06.Open call for bids, deadline 7th December, 2006 for construction of the Cornellana-Cerredo Pass section on road AS-15, including the approx. 3 km Ranadoiro tunnel. Read E-News Weekly 21/2005. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=215839-2006, OJ S 203, or contact Principalty of Asturias, Oviedo, fax +34 985105884. E-mail martaalr@princast.es 44/06.Open call for tenders, deadline 2nd March, 2007 for site supervision as well as health and safety coordination during construction of the Ranadoiro tunnel on the Cornellana-Cerredo Pass section of road AS-15 at Ranadoiro Pass. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=13908-2007, OJ S 12, or contact Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, fax +34 985105884. E-mail martaalr@princast.es 05/07.The construction contract of the Cornellana-Puerto de Cerrado road bypass and Ranadoiro tunnel on road AS-15 has been awarded to a JV formed by Ferrovial Agroman, OCA and Aglomerados Asfalticos, for EUR40.6 million. The time frame for completion is 36 months. The existing 6 m-wide road, without shoulders, climbs a steep slope with sharp curves (very small radius up to 24 metres) and, above all, crosses the Ranadoiro Pass through a small tunnel, at an altitude of 1,181 metres. The new project shortens the existing path by 7.6 km. The road will carry two 3.5 m-wide lanes and 0.5 m shoulders. In its first 400 metres, the new platform follows basically the existing AS-15. Then, the alignment leaves the current road and reconnects with it near Rengos. The future disused road, with a length of some 4.8 km, will be demolished and the area will be completely rehabilitated. The 1,868.36 m-long Ranadoiro tunnel begins at chainage 0+435. The tunnel, which will be wider than the open air road for safety reasons, includes two 3.5 m-wide lanes and 0.5 m shoulders, 0.75 pavements on both sides and a 0.4 m median strip with horizontal indicators. The south portal will be built using forepoling and retaining walls. The tunnel will be excavated by conventional methods and will be equipped, among other things, with lighting (normal, security and emergency), automatic ventilation, double power supply, emergency generators, uninterrupted power supply (UPS), SOS call stations, and fire shelters. Visit www.ferrovial.es 15/07.A joint venture of GOC and Seinco landed a EUR790,000 contract for site supervision as well as health and safety coordination during construction of the 1.9 km Raí±adoiro tunnel on the Cornellana-Cerredo Pass section of road AS-15 at Raí±adoiro Pass. Visit www.gocsa.es and www.seinco.net 08/08.