FACTS & FIGURES - Tecnimont ICB

Rome: Past, Present, and Future
Maire Tecnimont has been present in Rome since 1983, when the original Maire
companies were founded. The Group now has its legal and administrative headquarters
in Italy’s capital city, sharing office space with the engineering task force working on
mass transport systems, and with the wholly owned subsidiary MST, a leading player in
public-sector facility management. Maire has completed a number of important
projects in the Rome area in recent years, including civil and industrial buildings,
cultural heritage restoration projects, and urban development programmes. The most
prominent was the construction of the new Ara Pacis Museum designed by the architect
Richard Meyer in the centre of Rome, which is built around the imperial Roman altar
dedicated to peace. Maire Tecnimont’s activities in the city are currently focused on
mass transportation systems.
Metro Rome – B1 Line
The B1 Line project, started in 2005, involves the detailed
design and construction of a Metro line that is completely
underground. Three stations are being constructed:
Annibaliano, Gondar, and Conca d’Oro, one of which is 36
metres below the surface. The tunnel boring machine
(TBM) earth pressure balance (EPB) excavation
technology used in the project permits a significant
reduction of overlying soils of low mechanical
performance and high water content in areas of
significant historical and architectural interest. The work
will be completed by 2011.
In 2008 Tecnimont started to extend the B1 line by 1,100
metres from Conca d’Oro to the next station, Piazzale
Ionio. The project involves the construction of three car
parks near the stations. The value of the project is about
¤160 million, of which Tecnimont’s share is 16%.
Client:
Contractor:
Contract value:
Lenght:
Comune di Roma and
Roma Metropolitane
Tecnimont and others
¤360 million (Tecnimont share 15%)
3.6 km
Excellence in High-Speed Railways
Maire Tecnimont has been involved with high-speed railways for
many years and has developed considerable experience and
expertise. The Group is part of the CAVET and CAVTOMI consortia
taking part to the construction of two of the most important
Italian high-speed lines from Turin to Milan and from Florence to
Bologna. TAV, the subsidiary of Italian State Railways responsible
for high-speed development, has entrusted the two consortia with
the preliminary, final and detailed design, environmental impact
assessment, environmental monitoring services, and related
construction works for the two lines.
The Turin-Milan line will have a length of 125 km, and includes
four interconnections with existing lines, 150 km of ordinary
roads and motorways and 16 motorway junctions. The first part of
the line, from Turin to Novara, is already in operation.
Tecnimont’s share of the entire project was worth about ¤380
million at the contract date.
The 78 km Bologna-Florence railway line has one interconnection
with existing lines, 73.4 km of tunnels and 110 km of ordinary
roads. The project is technologically complex, with over 90% of
the line being laid in tunnels under the Apennine Mountains. The
consortium has had to overcome many technical problems,
including the excavation of tunnels in poor and variable terrain.
The mountainous nature of the Apennine region has also made it
necessary to carry out large-scale landscaping and other
infrastructural work. The line will enter into operation by the end
of 2009. Tecnimont’s share of the project was about ¤490 million
at the contract date.
Tecnimont has also developed the preliminary and final design and
environmental impact assessment for the civil works and railway
superstructure for the long-awaited Milan-Genoa high-speed
railway. The Company is part of the COCIV consortium that will
handle design and construction. The project will consist of 54 km of
double-track line, of which 37 km will be in tunnels. The Italian
government decided recently to push ahead with this long-delayed
project because of its strategic importance for the national economy.
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