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Australian Tunnelling Conference Underway in Melbourne Course on Tunnel Design and Construction A five-day course organized by the British Tunnelling Society will take place 23-27 June, 2008 at Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex. Aimed at young consulting and construction engineers at the start of their careers, the course will also be valuable to salespeople from the equipment supply, financial and insurance sectors with involvement in tunnelling. Some 80 residential places are available. To download a brochure with registration form click here. 19/08. Contractor Prequalification for Hong Kong HATS Stage 2A Sewage Tunnels The Government of the Hong Kong SAR invites contractors to apply for prequalification of tenders. Click here for the official notice or contact keith.tsang@maunsell.aecom.com18/08.
A dynamic and successful team that has distinguished and established itself in the market through innovative top performances is waiting for you. Marti Technik guarantees a salary in line with your performance as well as good social benefits. Mr Pierre-Alain Scherwey is available for additional information at tel. +41 318584529 or e-mail pierre-alain.scherwey@martitechnik.ch. Send your complete application documentation to: Marti Technik AG, Mrs Medea Perrig, Lochackerweg 2, CH-3302 Moosseedorf, Switzerland or tel. +41 318584464, fax +41 318583389, e-mail medea.perrig@martitechnik.ch 16/08. Albania Tirana-Durazzo-Elbasan - al/14 Highway Tender notice, deadline 29th May, 2008 for feasibility study, detailed technical analysis and design for a new highway in the Tirana/Durazzo/Rrogozhine/Elbasan region. The project is expected to comprise approximately some 30-34 km of single carriageway including approximately 2 to 3 km of tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=103286-2008, OJ S 77, or contact Delegation of the European Commission in Albania, Contracts, finance and audit section, Rruga e Durresit, 127/1 (Laprake), Tirana, Albania. 19/08. Colombia Bogota - co/11 Metro A total of 56 national and foreign companies have expressed interest in the conceptual design for Bogota's mass transit metro network and the technical, legal and financial scope of the first metro line. Among these, 35 are joint ventures from various countries. The second phase of the process is the evaluation of the information sent by the candidates to then establish a shortlist in accordance with the requirements of the World Bank. Then, the prequalified candidates will be invited to prepare and submit their bids. To know the companies who expressed interest, visit www.transitobogota.gov.co/admin/contenido/documentos/FirmasProyec-metro_10_16_42.pdf The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is ready to lend half of the USD2.5 billion required to build the subway train in the Colombian capital. Currently, the IDB is financing prefeasibility studies to determine where the subway should run, whether it would be underground and how to interconnect it with the existing bus rapid transit system Transmilenio and the existing railways linking Bogota with surrounding towns. Over the next four years, the IDB will invest USD40 million to carry out legal, financial and environmental studies. The project most likely will be financed by several multilateral lenders and private loans. 19/08. Italy Marche - it/126 Road ANAS, the Italian national road administration, has declared in the public interest on 23rd April, 2008 a proposal submitted by a joint venture formed by Impregilo (leader, with a 47% share), Astaldi (24%), Pizzarotti (18%) and Itinera (11%) as concessionaire of the project finance initiative for the construction and management of the road link between the Port of Ancona and motorway A14 and the Adriatica national road SS 16. The project value amounts to approx. EUR580 million. The 30-year concession contract will be awarded further to an invitation to tender in negotiated procedure, in which the concessionaire will take advantage of a pre-emptive right. The new road consists of a double carriageway road extending for approx. 11 km, of which 8 km is main road network and the remaining section road links. The alignment, extending mainly underground, includes the construction of approx. 4 km of twin-bore tunnels and two viaducts of a global length of approx. 1.6 km. The duration of the works, including the design phase and tests, is expected to be of 72 months. Click it/126. Visit www.impregilo.it, www.astaldi.com, www.pizzarotti.it and www.itinera-spa.it 19/08. Italy Lombardy - it/127 Roads ANAS, the Italian national road administration, has declared in the public interest on 23rd April, 2008 the offer of Gemmo, Uniland, Consorzio Ravennate delle Cooperative di Produzione e Lavoro and Sintel Engineering to upgrade, bring to standards and manage the equipment in the tunnels operated in Lombardy. The group of companies will take advantage of a pre-emption right over other bidders. Visit www.gemmo.com, www.consrav.net and www.sintelitalia.com 19/08. Italy Friuli-Venezia Giulia - it/134 Road A group of engineering firms led by Pro Iter, teaming with Eng Team & Partners, C&T Engineering, Geosyntech and Spain's FHECOR, scooped a EUR764,600 contract to prepare the final design, safety coordination during final design and associated assignments (surveying, geotechnical and geological studies, etc.) as part of the upgrading of road SS13 "Pontebbana" from the south ring road in Udine to Pordenone province's road system, first lot on the section from Ronche di Fontanafredda interchange to Ponte della Delizia. The project includes a 1.4 km single-tube two-lane cut-and-cover tunnel. Visit www.proiter.it, www.engteam.it, www.cetengineering.it, www.geosyntech.it and www.fhecor.es 19/08. Norway Oslo - no/97 Sewage Negotiated invitation to tender, deadline 26th May, 2008 for soil investigations for the Midgardsormen project. Click no/97. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=108946-2008, OJ S 80, or contact Oslo Kommune, Oslo, fax +47 23437241. E-mail erik.bjoranesset@vav.oslo.kommune.no 19/08. Portugal Madeira - pt/39 Hydropower Open invitation to tender, deadline 16th June, 2008 for construction of the new Calheta hydropower plant, including an approx. 2 km-long 50 sq m water tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=104688-2008, OJ S 77, or contact Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira, Funchal, fax +351 291233324. E-mail eem@eem.pt 19/08. Spain Galicia - es/45 High Speed Railway Open invitation to tender, deadline 12th June, 2008 for execution of works to install the safety systems on the Cerceda-Meirama-Bregua section. The 8.1 km Cerceda-Meirama section includes two tunnels (1,735 m and 180 m) and the 5 km Meirama-Bregua section includes a 3,469 m tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=105360-2008, OJ S 78, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 18-19/08. Open invitation to tender, deadline 17th June, 2008 for work management during installation of the safety systems on the Cerceda-Meirama-Bregua section on the Atlantic coast high speed line. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=110301-2008, OJ S 81, or contact Ministry of development, Madrid, fax +34 915979342 or 915978470. E-mail vrpascual@fomento.es or cpublic@fomento.es 19/08. Spain Valencian Community - es/81 Light Rail Open invitation to tender, deadline 9th June, 2008 for detailed design of the first phase of the extension of tram line 1 in Alicante to El Altet airport. The 11.5 km extension from the intermodal station to the airport will run underground on two kilometres in the urban area, starting from the intermodal station beneath Ausó and Monzó streets and Avenida de Orihuela to emerge to the daylight in Babel. This first phase includes three stations (Gran Vía, Avenida de Orihuela and Babel, the first two being underground stations). The line will reach the airport in 2011. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=107236-2008, OJ S 79, or contact Generalitat Valenciana, Valencia, tel. +34 963866425. 19/08. Spain Andalusia - es/148 Water Open invitation to tender, deadline 5th June, 2008 for detailed design of the dualling of the San Silvestre water tunnel in Huelva province. The existing tunnel is 7,594 m long and features a 4.70 sq m horse shoe-shaped cross-section. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=102921-2008, OJ S 76, or contact Agencia Andaluza del Agua, Seville, fax +34 955625293. E-mail juan.jimenez.garcia@juntadeandalucia.es 19/08. Construction
of Second Tunnel Ends on Line 1 of Seville Metro TunnelTec
Delivers First Rock Cutter Head to Canada Cuilfail
Refurbishment Turin
Hosts INTERtunnel and EXPO Ferroviaria 2008
China
Orders for NFM Technologies Greater
Sudbury Rock Tunnel is 75% Complete TBM
Finish at Kárahnjúkar Dam Caterpillar
Announces Entry into TBM Business with Acquisition of Lovat Channel
Tunnel Rail Link Engineer Receives IStructEs Gold Medal for 2008 For earlier headline news click here
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