Scott Wilson Wins 2 Design and Build Contracts in Italy
18 February 2010
Two consortia led by Scott Wilson | Europe have recently been
awarded contracts to design new and upgraded road infrastructure in
Italy.
The first contract award was made by a consortium led by the
major Italian contractor Impregilo to provide detailed design
services as part of their contract to design and construct the
widening to dual three lanes of 19km the A4 motorway between Venice
and Trieste together with associated works to connecting roads. The
A4 motorway is the primary west to east artery linking the major
industrial centres across the north of Italy and connecting Turin
and Milan with Venice. It is also a major transit route for
international traffic.
The second contract award was made by another Italian
contractor, Grandi Lavori Fincosit. It covers the design of the
upgrading of 9km of the A3 motorway between Salerno and Reggio
Calabria in the south of Italy
Scott Wilson will provide through the Rome office of its Italian
partner 3TI Progetti design management services worth €513k and on
the A3 contract further project management services during the
construction works worth €324k.
Simon Hindshaw, Managing Director for the Europe Region
comments: “We are delighted to win these commissions as they
represent the first step in achieving our strategic objective of
introducing our core service provision in roads to other countries
in Europe. Moreover, the contract with Impregilo helps cement our
relationships with a major global contractor with whom we are
working on a number of projects elsewhere in the world”.