Preliminary studies underway by Canton engineering department for 4.5 km-long tunnel under city as part of connection between La Praille and Eaux-Vives, and on towards Annemasse in France. December 2000.Tenders invited by the state of Geneva, department of planning, equipment and housing (DAEL) to build lots 3 and 5 of the Cornavin/Eaux-Vives/Annemasse (CEVA) railway between Switzerland and France. Deadline 15th November, 2002. Lot 3 includes the 2,110 m-long Pinchat tunnel and a partly underground station. Cost estimate CHF150 million. Lot 5 requires the 1,628 m-long Champel tunnel and an underground station. Cost estimate CHF103 million. Award expected in mid-March 2003. Contact DAEL, Direction de projet CEVA, rue David-Dufour 5, 1221 Genève, tel. +41 223274351, fax +41 223274718. E-mail alain.pirat@etat.ge.ch. Visit www.geneve.ch/dael/welcome.html 43/02.The draft studies and follow-up of the approval procedure of designs are underway for contracts 3 and 5 of the Cornavin-Eaux-Vives-Annemasse (CEVA) railway between Switzerland and France. Contract 3 has been awarded to Groupement GE-Pinchat, including Bonnard & Gardel, Geotechnique Appliquee Deriaz, Solfor and SD Ingenierie for CHF4.5 million. It runs from Carouge station to Bachet and includes the 2,110 m-long Pinchat tunnel and a partly underground station.Contract 5 has been awarded to Groupement GECA, including Stucky, B+S Ingenieure, Epars & Deraud and Gysi Leoni Mader SG for CHF2.9 million. It runs from Champel station to Hopital and requires the 1,628 m-long Champel tunnel and an underground station. Visit www.ceva.ch 21/05.Open invitation to tender, deadline 1st December, 2008 for construction of the 2,036 m-long Pinchat tunnel on the Cornavin-Eaux-Vives-Annemasse (CEVA) line between Geneva and the French border. The contract also includes cut-and-cover construction and an access shaft to the Carouge Bachet stop. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=189668-2008, OJ S 141, or contact SBB-CFF-FFS, Lausanne, fax +41 512243462. E-mail eric.pointet@sbb.ch or muriel.volluz@sbb.ch. Visit the project's website at www.ceva.ch 31/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 1st December, 2008 for environmental follow-up during construction of the Cornavin-Eaux-Vives-Annemasse (CEVA) line between Geneva and the French border. Click ch/40. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=197116-2008, OJ S 146, or contact SBB-CFF-FFS, Lausanne, fax +41 512242992 or 51223245002. E-mail ernest.boget@sbb.ch or infoceva@etat.ge.ch. Visit www.ceva.ch 32-33/08.Open invitation to tender, deadline 10th December 2008, for construction of lot 25.11 of the Cornavin-Eaux-Vives-Annemasse (CEVA) line between Geneva and the French border, including the 1,430 m Champel tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=226026-2008, OJ S 168, or contact SBB-CFF-FFS, Lausanne, fax +41 227160689. E-mail eric.pointet@sbb.ch. Visit www.ceva.ch 37/08.