Astaldi S.p.A. is an Italian multinational major construction company based in

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. The group is active in the fields of civil engineering,

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and transportation. Significant subsidiaries include: Astaldi Concessioni, NBI, Astaldi Construction Corp, NBI, TEQ Construction Enterprise.

History

The company was founded in 1929 by Sante Astaldi, and a member of the Astaldi family remains on the company's board. Astaldi was involved in many major European civil works projects pre-

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, including the

–

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

railway. After the war, the company extended its activities to Africa, where it focused on road construction. Between the 1950s and the 1970s, Astaldi's presence was introduced to the Middle East, Central and South America, and the Far East. The company split into Impresa Astaldi Estero SpA (for foreign markets) and Impresa Astaldi Estero SpA (for Italian projects) in 1950, but merged to form the present-day Astaldi SpA in the 1980s. Astaldi continued to diversify its projects, entering new markets in the United States,

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and

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throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The Canadian portion of the company attempted to build a power station a Muskrat Falls in Labrador, Canada in 2016 without having a structural engineering permit to work on such a project. The company was deemed "professionally incompetent". In November 2020, Webuild acquired a 65% shareholding in Astaldi.

Major projects

Significant projects include:

Italy

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completed in 1955 *

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completed in 1990 *The Lampeggiano Dam in Italy completed in 1992 *

Milan Metro The Milan Metro ( it, Metropolitana di Milano) is the rapid transit system serving Milan, Italy, operated by Azienda Trasporti Milanesi. The network consists of 5 lines, identified by different numbers and colours, with a total network length ...

completed in 1999 *The Rosamarina Dam in

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completed in 1999 * The Rome-Naples High Speed Line completed in 2005

Romania

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completed in 2011 *

Basarab Overpass The Basarab Overpass ( ro, Pasajul Basarab) is a road overpass in Bucharest, Romania, connecting Nicolae Titulescu blvd. and Grozǎveşti Road, part of Bucharest's inner city ring. A design by engineer Javier Manterola, its construction was under ...

completed in 2011

Turkey

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, long road tunnel completed in 2007 * Golden Horn Metro Bridge, long metro line bridge, completed in February 2014. *

Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge ( tr, Yavuz Sultan Selim Köprüsü) is a bridge for rail and motor vehicle transit over the Bosphorus strait, to the north of two existing suspension bridges in Istanbul, Turkey. It was initially named the Third Bos ...

, a road-rail bridge over the Bosphorus with a longest span of , completed in August 2016. * İzmit Bay Bridge, road bridge under construction with longest span, due to be completed in 2017

Abroad

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in Venezuela completed in 1983 *

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for CERN, Switzerland completed in 1989 *

Copenhagen Metro The Copenhagen Metro ( da, Københavns Metro, ) is a 24/7 rapid transit system in Copenhagen, Denmark, serving the municipalities of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, and Tårnby. The original system opened in October 2002, serving nine stations on t ...

completed in 2002 * Upgrade for a key stretch of Bulgarian railway infrastructure completed in 2010 * Second line of

Warsaw Metro The Warsaw Metro ( pl, Metro Warszawskie) is a rapid transit underground system serving the Polish capital Warsaw. It currently consists of two lines, the north-south Line M1 which links central Warsaw with its densely populated northern and sout ...

completed in 2013 * Construction of the new International Terminal of

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, Santiago, Chile, completed in 2021. * Expressway S2 in

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, Poland completed in 2021. * Construction on the

Versova–Bandra Sea Link The Versova–Bandra Sea Link (VBSL) is an under construction bridge in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The bridge will connect Versova, a neighbourhood in the suburb of Andheri to the Bandra–Worli Sea Link in Bandra, as part of the Coastal Ro ...

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, India due to be completed in 2023. * Construction of the dome structure of the European

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for the European Southern Observatory in Chile due to be completed in 2024.

References

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