On 31 May 2023 in Rome there was the kick-off of the international conference of EFCA, European Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations, which is present in 28 countries with the purpose of representing the engineering industry internationally. After 13 years since the last time, the largest conference dedicated to engineering, architecture and consulting at the European level returns ...
As part of the activities related to the G20, which will hold its culminating phase in India in September 2023, the G20 delegates met for the 2nd Anti-Corruption Working Group Meeting in Rishikesh (Uttarakhand state-India) on May 25-27. The event was particularly heartfelt in India and by the local governments that, among other things, provided significant road improvements and beautification of ...
The epochal challenge of ecological transition that our country is experiencing under the impetus of the NRRP represents an opportunity to strengthen the synergies between development and research. With this in mind, more than fifty stakeholders including universities, research centers and major industrial entities such as the FS Group, have joined together to support and accelerate the change. O...
On 15 May 2023, with the switching on of the "Iris" TBM, work began on the construction of the Florence HS Link that includes the railway undercrossing of the city and the new Firenze Belfiore HS station. The activities, under Italferr's Works Supervision, involve the excavation of two tunnels at a depth of about 20 meters, each about 7 kilometers long and connected by safety by-passes every 500 ...
The World Tunnel Congress (WTC) organized annually by the International Tunnelling Association (ITA) was held in Athens between the 12th and the 18th of May 2023. The world congress, which brought together construction companies, design companies, universities, industries and public bodies involved in the world of tunneling, provided a valuable opportunity for the exchange of experience and exper...
The launch event of Reginae, the international multichannel platform for digital transition in art and culture, which aims to become a forum and meeting place for developing digital experiences, was held in Rome, on May 8, 2023, in the Sala Spadolini of the Ministry of Culture. The goal of the project, implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and with Rai Radio1, Rai Cultura, Forbe...
From May 3 to 7, the world of earth moving, construction and building machinery gathered at the Verona Fairgrounds for the 31st edition of the SaMoTer trade fair. RFI, Italferr and Anas – the Infrastructure Hub of Italian State Railways Group – attended with a stand presenting a future view of infrastructure in Italy. The main guest was the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Matteo Salvini...
Work has started on the Livorno Railway Overpass, the new RFI infrastructure built under the Works Supervision of Italferr, the engineering company of the FS Group's Infrastructure Hub that was also entrusted with verifying the executive design. The intervention, included in the Business Plan for the development of rail connections between the Port of Livorno and the TEN-T Scandinavian-Mediterran...
Work started today in Taormina on the Taormina-Fiumefreddo section of the Catania-Messina line, an integral part of the newly upgraded Palermo-Catania-Messina railway line. The Taormina-Fiumefreddo is part of the Giampilieri-Fiumefreddo track doubling, speeding up and technological upgrading project, one of the most challenging of the Catania-Messina route, which involves the construction of 43 k...
The Energy Transition Expo international fair was held in Rimini from 22 to 24 March, a cultural and scientific reference hub on the subject of energy and on accelerating the energy transition process, capable of connecting and communicate with the various stakeholders, providing a complete showcase of technologies, integrated solutions and services, towards a "carbon-neutral" economy. Italferr, ...