Salini Impregilo
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| Traded as | BIT: SAL |
| Industry | Construction, civil engineering |
| Founded | 2014 - 1959 (as Impregilo) |
| Headquarters | Milan, Italy |
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| Products | Infrastructure and industrial plant construction and engineering; motorway operating concessions |
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34,400 (2015) |
| Website | salini-impregilo |
€4,194 million (2014)
Salini Impregilo S.p.A. (Italian pronunciation: [salìni impreˈɡìːlo]) is an Italian industrial group specialised in the construction and civil engineering business headquartered in Milan. The company was formally founded in 1959 as Impregilo S.p.A. and, through mergers, has grown to become the largest Italian engineering and general contractor group and a global player in the construction sector, focusing on complex and large civil engineering projects. It is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange. It is directed by Pietro Salini.
History
The company was founded as Impregilo in 1959 and expanded following a merger with Cogefar-Impresit S.p.A., Girola S.p.A. and Lodigiani S.p.A. in 1990.[2] In January 2014 it merged with Salini to form Salini Impregilo.[3]
Operations
Salini Impregilo undertake the following types of works: dams, hydroelectric power plants, railways, subterranean projects, undergrounds, bridges, viaducts, highways, roads, ports, airports and prestigious residential and office complexes.[4] The company operates in more than 50 countries on 5 continents with 34,400 employees. It is organised into four businesse areas: Dams, hydroelectric plants and hydraulic works; Motorways and airports; Railways and undergrounds; Civil and industrial buildings.[5]
Major projects
Projects in which Salini Impregilo has been involved include buildings, public utilities, motorways, underground works, airports, water supply systems, waste disposals, hospitals and land development. Some major examples include:
- the Kariba Dam, Zimbabwe/Zambia, 1959[6]
- the Dez Dam, Iran, 1963[7]
- the Akosombo Dam, Ghana, 1966[8]
- the Salvage of the Abu Simbel temples, Egypt, 1968[9]
- the bay of Fontvieille, Monaco, 1973[10]
- the Tarbela Dam, Pakistan, 1976[11]
- the Fréjus Road Tunnel, France/Italy, 1980[12]
- the Trans-Gabon Railway, Gabon, 1982 [13]
- the San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge, Argentina/Paraguay, 1990 [14]
- the New Hemicycle of European Parliament, France, 1997[15]
- the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, 1998[16]
- extensions to the Rodovia dos Imigrantes, Brazil, 2002[17]
- the Ghazi Barotha Dam, Pakistan, 2002[18]
- the Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Power Project, India, 2003[19]
- the Sheikh Zayed Mosque, United Arab Emirates, 2003[20]
- the Desalination plant Jebel Ali l1, United Arab Emirates, 2005[21]
- the Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant, Iceland, 2008[22]
- the Milan-Turin and Bologna-Florence high speed railways, Italy, 2009[23]
Salini Impregilo, together with the Spanish company Sacyr Vallehermoso and other two companies (Belgian Jan de Nul and Panamanian Cusa), won the tender for the expansion of the Panama Canal, due to be completed in 2014.[24]
Salini Impregilo is also working on the Gotthard Base Tunnel, which is expected to be completed in 2015.[25]
Salini Impregilo is the lead partner in the consortium for the Messina Bridge project which, according to the announcement by Silvio Berlusconi on 6 March 2009, will now go ahead and be completed in 2016.[26]
Salini Impregilo is also leading a consortium for Red Line North, a part of the Doha Metro project in Qatar, which is expected to be completed in 2019.[27]
See also
References
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- ↑ Projects: works Salini Impregilo
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- ↑ Spurwing facts
- ↑ Ilisu Dam campaign
- ↑ VRA honours Italy contractors of Akosombo Kpong dams
- ↑ Abu Simbel
- ↑ Lavori marittimi nella Baia di Fontvieille
- ↑ Ilisu
- ↑ Fréjus, Tir trains: falls on the last alibi for the Turin-Lyon
- ↑ Ferrovia transgabonese
- ↑ Ponte Posadas - encarnacion sul fiume Paranà
- ↑ A much discussed chamber
- ↑ Corner House
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- ↑ Riaa Law
- ↑ Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Power Project
- ↑ Grand Mosque Abu Dhabi
- ↑ Financing agreed for Jebel Ali L Power Plant
- ↑ Karahnjukar website - Impregilo
- ↑ Italians set national rail speed record in tunnel
- ↑ Panama Canal Announces "Best Value" Proposal for New Set of Locks Expansion Contract
- ↑ Consorzio TAT website
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