Invitation to prequalify, deadline 15th August, 2003 for design and construction of the Glendoe hydro power scheme near Fort Augustus in north Scotland. Potential tenderers are invited to prequalify separately for civil works and mechanical & electrical works. Underground structures in the project include a power station in underground cavern close to the south east corner of the Loch Ness, a 8.5 km unpressurized aqueduct tunnel and a 8.5 km headrace pressure tunnel. Tunnels around 4 m in diameter. Aggressive hard rock with high quartz content. Hard rock TBM excavation and/or drill/blast. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=119024-2003, OJ S 132, or contact Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), Perth, fax +44 1738456255. E-mail grant.mcpherson@scottish-southern.co.uk. More info in E-News Weekly 20/2003. 30/03.The two civil contractors shortlisted by Scottish & Southern Energy for the final tender stage are Morgan EST / Skanska and Hochtief. A decision on the successful M&E tenderers is due shortly. The client is looking for submissions of a complete design and build contract with the M&E suppliers combining with one of the two remaining civil contractors. Contract award will hopefully occur in late 2004. The Glendoe hydro power scheme near Fort Augustus in north Scotland includes a power station in underground cavern close to the south east corner of the Loch Ness, a 8.5 km unpressurized aqueduct tunnel and a 8.5 km headrace pressure tunnel. Tunnel diameter will be 4 m approximately. Visit www.scottish-southern.co.uk 25/04.Hochtief is the preferred contractor selected by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) for the civil engineering works of the Glendoe hydro power scheme in north Scotland. The scheme will be situated on the western edge of the Monadhliath mountains, east of Fort Augustus, and will involve the construction of a 35 m-high 1,000 m-long dam at the head of Glen Tarff, the building of the power station in a cavern deep inside Borlum Hill on the shore of Loch Ness, a 8.5 km unpressurised aqueduct tunnel and a 8.5 km headrace pressure tunnel. Tunnel diameter is 4 m approximately. The Scottish Executive gave its go-ahead to the project on 28th July, 2005. The Glendoe scheme will generate up to 100 MW of electricity. The overall cost is expected to be around GBP140 million. Full construction will start in the spring of 2006. The new scheme is likely to be generating electricity commercially from the winter of 2008/09. Visit www.hochtief.de, www.scottish-southern.co.uk and www.scotland.gov.uk 33-34/05.Poyry has been awarded an engineering contract by the Hochtief Glendoe joint venture for the detailed design and construction support of the new Glendoe hydropower scheme in Scotland. The total value of the contract is approximately EUR5 million. The contract is covering all engineering services for access roads, tunnels, dam, powerhouse cavern and intake structures. The Glendoe hydropower scheme comprises a catchment area with 19 intakes, a 35 m-high concrete-faced rockfill dam, a deep cavern powerhouse on the shore of Loch Ness and two 8.5 km tunnels. The construction phase has already started and is estimated to last over three years. The commissioning of the hydropower plant is envisaged to take place in autumn of 2008. Click uk/44. Visit www.poyry.com 27/06.