News Webuild selected for €1.1bn woman and baby hospital in Perth, Australia Italy’s Webuild has signed a €1.1bn contract to design and build a hospital for women and children in Perth on behalf of the government of Western Australia. The project will…
News Webuild awarded $147m compensation for Argentina project The government of Argentina has been ordered to pay Italy’s Webuild $147m in compensation for breach of contract over a road and bridge project completed in 2004.
Projects Webuild finishes 18-month restoration of bakers’ Renaissance church Italian contractors Webuild and Vianini Lavori have completed an 18-month restoration of the 16th Century Church of Santa Maria di Loreto in Rome’s historic centre. The project was part of…
News Webuild’s Milan station features mediaeval wall discovered during construction Italian contractor Webuild has completed an extension at Milan’s Sant’Ambrogio metro station, which includes a display of a mediaeval wall found during its construction. A 70m-long passage has a glass…
News Korean-European team wins $1bn Suburban Loop in Melbourne Three contractors have signed a deal to build a section of Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop (SRL), a project to improve lateral connections in the city. The Terra Verde consortium consists…
News Webuild wins $190m Florida interstate contract Webuild subsidiary Lane Construction has won a $190m contract to upgrade Interstate 4 in Polk County, Florida. Lane’s scope of work includes a reconstruction of the existing interchange to accommodate…
News Webuild picked for radical makeover of Bologna FC’s Dall’Ara stadium Rome-based contractor Webuild has signed a partnership with Bologna football club to renovate the Renato Dall’Ara stadium, built in 1927. The €200m project will demolish and rebuild all the stands,…
News AC and Inter Milan reject Webuild’s refurb proposal for San Siro Rival football clubs Inter Milan and AC Milan have rejected a plan to renovate their San Siro stadium put forward by contractor Webuild, website Sempre Inter reports. Milan mayor Giuseppe…
News Webuild teams up with Ansaldo Nucleare to develop advanced reactors Webuild has signed a memorandum of understanding with engineer Ansaldo Nucleare to develop small modular reactors (SMRs). The two Italian companies are planning to work together over the next five…
News Webuild JV picked to tunnel section of Melbourne’s big Loop The Webuild-led Terra Verde joint venture has been named preferred bidder for the Tunnels North contract of Suburban Rail Loop East (SRL East), part of Melbourne’s new, 90km orbital railway,…
News Eight construction firms make Time’s first global sustainability ranking Eight companies involved in international construction have made it onto the first Time Magazine-Statista ranking of the world’s 500 most sustainable companies. They include infrastructure builders Eiffage, Webuild, and Ferrovial,…
News Robotic factory to make 160 ashlar blocks a day for Turin-Lyon tunnel Webuild is setting up France’s first robotic ashlar-block factory to line the inside of Lot 2 of the Turin-Lyon high-speed rail tunnel. The company said the plant’s intensive automation will…
News Webuild and NGE chosen for €1.4bn section of Grand Paris Express French civil engineer NGE and Italian contractor Webuild have been chosen to build a section of Metro Line 15 – otherwise known as the Grand Paris Express – a circular…
News The pressure’s on for tunnellers pioneering hyperbaric excavation in Italy In a first for Italy, contractor Webuild is using increased air pressure to create a hyperbaric atmosphere in a section of tunnel it’s building under Naples for the Naples-Bari high-speed-high…
News Webuild to construct factory in Italy to repair and upgrade tunnel boring machines Italian contractor Webuild has announced plans to build a factory in Terni, Umbria, to repair its 58 tunnel boring machines (TBM). The machines will be serviced after they finish a…
News Webuild offers cable-stayed design to replace Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge Italian contractor Webuild has put forward a proposal to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which collapsed on the 26 March after being hit by a container ship.…
News Webuild to put marine wildlife in aquarium while building Genoa breakwater A consortium led by Italy’s Webuild (40%) has explained its plan for protecting marine life affected by the construction of a breakwater at Genoa port. A team of marine biologists…
News Webuild wins $299m Florida road contract Webuild’s US subsidiary, Lane Construction, has won a $299m contract to widen the Seminole Expressway and Florida State Road 417, a beltway that circles Orlando. Lane Construction’s scope of work…