Main Projects

We work all around the world giving support in all fields of experimental geotechnics.

Some main projects:

Infrastructures and earthworks

  • Strait of Messina Bridge project
  • Metropo line C of Rome
  • Metro lines in Tessaloniki, Varsavia, Riyad
  • High-speed railways (Italy, Algeria)
  • Ports (Taranto (Ita), Vado Ligure (Ita), Valencia (Esp), Al Faw (Iraq), Rio (Brazil)
  • Milan Linate Airport pavement
  • Tunnels (A14 Highway, Monte Mario (Rome), … )
  • Landslides stabilization by shafts
  • Seismic behaviour of Po river levees (Italy)

Energy

  • Wind farms for Enel Green Power (Southern Italy and islands)
  • Power plants (Italy, Honduras)
  • Embankment dams (Algeria, Poland, Georgia, Tagikistan, Italy)
  • Gas pipelines (Kazakhstan)
  • Rigasification plants (Italy)

Offshore

  • Oil and Gas fields (North see, Mozambique, Myanmar, Egypt)
  • Seismic stability of offshore slopes (Latin America)
  • Artificial Islands for oil and gas exploration (Abu Dhabi, Persian Gulf)

  Cultural Heritage, Disaster risk reduction and management

  • Leaning Tower of Pisa straightening and restoration (physical modelling)
  • MOSE project in Venice: protect the city from floodings (physical modelling)
  • Murazzi in Venice : protection from erosion
  • Seismic Microzonation of Tuscany and L’Aquila
  • Wreck removal of Costa Concordia on Giglio Island (geotechnical lab analyses)