Joint venture of Spie Batignolles and Mediteran Union Tunel awarded three tunnels on the Zagreb-Rijeka motorway at Vileki, Javorova Kosa and Pod Vugles. A fourth at Sveti Marco will be excavated by Strabag of Austria. Recent breakthrough at 5.6 km Sveti Rok tunnel reported. October 1999.   Civil Engineering Institute of Croatia reports completion of 5.67 km Sveti Rok tunnel driven from the south by Konstruktor Split and from the north by Hidroelektra Zagreb over a six-year period from 1993. Rock conditions were good, with no soft or unexpected ground, but two natural caves were encountered, one of which was quite long and deep. A second, parallel tube is under consideration, but financing is not yet in place. Visit www.igh.hr for a list of earlier Croatian tunnels. March 2000. On Zagreb-Rijeka highway, 1.2 km Veliki tunnels completed on full face in good rock using Tamrock drillrigs and 600 m Pod Vugles completed in shale using NATM techniques and pipe spiling. Visit www.spie.fr On Zagreb-Split highway Javorova Kosa reported halfway for completion mid-2001. Visit www.fpz.hr 04/01.  Prequalification notice, deadline 7th December, 2001, for the Vrbovsko-Vukova Gorica section of the Rijeka-Zagreb highway comprising construction and equipment of the Rozman Brdo double tube tunnel (508 m + 528 m) and equipment of the Veliki Glozac tunnel. Visit www.arz.hr and www.hrgraditelj.hr 46/01.Invitation for prequalification, deadline 28th October, 2005 for upgrading the right (south) carriageway section of the Rijeka-Zagreb motorway between Kikovica and Stara Susica. Section Ostrovica-Vrata (12.44 km) includes three tunnels of 223 m, 262 m and 2,143 m. Section Vrata-Delnice (8.93 km) includes two tunnels of 775 m and 858 m. Section Delnice-Kupjak (7.93 km) includes two tunnels of 590 m and 859 m. Section Kupjak-Stara Susica (7.59 km) includes two tunnels of 595 m and 1,490 m. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=179375-2005, OJ S 181, or contact Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb, Zagreb, fax +385 16328111. E-mail ljkolbas@arz.hr or nmarohnic@arz.hr 39/05.Invitation to tender, deadline 2nd May, 2006 for expert supervision and quality control during construction of the right southern carriageway (phase II B) from Kikovica to Stara Susica (44.26 km) on the Rijeka-Zagreb motorway. The section includes nine tunnels. The longest is the Tuhobic tunnel (1 x 2,143 m). Click hr/12. Visit http://ted.publications.eu.int/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=048712-2006, OJ S 47, or contact Motorway Rijeka-Zagreb, Zagreb, fax +385 16328111. E-mail nmarohnic@arz.hr 11/06.