| Up to the second world
war, the Astaldi company was primarily involved in major civil
works projects in Italy and abroad, including railroads, aqueducts,
ports and public buildings. The Rome-Naples railroad, the Favara
aqueduct in Sicily, the piers in the port of Gaeta, and the
Addis Abeba-Great Lakes road are all projects from this period.
After the war, in addition to a major
presence in Italy, Astaldi extended its activity to Africa,
initially in Kenya and Uganda in joint venture with an English
businessman, John Stirling, and later (1950’s) on its own
in Zaire, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Burundi, Rwanda and
Mozambique. Its activity in Africa primarily involved road
construction. In Italy, Astaldi focused on post-war reconstruction
particularly hydraulic plants and railroads projects such
as the Sarca power plant in Molveno and the Milan-Venice railroad
line.
In 1950, following the opening of foreign
markets Impresa Astaldi Estero S.p.A. was established, while
Impresa Astaldi Costruzioni e Lavori Pubblici S.p.A. continued
to operate in Italy.
Between the 1950's and 1970's, the Group
expanded its presence in Africa (Somalia, Zambia, Guinea,
Ivory Coast, Libya, Gabon, Angola), in the Middle East (Lebanon
and Saudi Arabia), in Central and South America (Venezuela
and Honduras) and in the Far East (Pakistan and Thailand).
The Group's foreign activity in this thirty year period covered
a wide range of projects (roads, airports, hydroelectric and
industrial plants) with a major increase in size and operational
complexity.
During the same period, the Astaldi Group
managed important civil engineering jobs in the italian market
including railroads, roads, motorways, hydraulic power plants,
dams, aqueducts and sewage systems, such as the Cimego power
station, the Trento-Malè railroad line, the Autostrada del
Sole motorway, and the Osento dam.
During the 1980's the two companies, Impresa
Astaldi Estero SpA and Impresa Astaldi Costruzioni
e Lavori Pubblici SpA merged due to operating needs and
they became the present Astaldi SpA, with headquarters in
Rome. In addition to the "traditional" civil works
during this period the Group built the PEC nuclear power plant
in Italy and the plant for metalworking in Taranto.
Late in the 1980's and from the 1990's
Astaldi, entered new markets in the Far East (Indonesia),
in Europe (Romania and Denmark), in the United States and
Turkey. Orders during this period included complex jobs such
as subways and hydroelectric power plants, both in Italy and
abroad.
A fundamental step in the industrial development
of the Group, presently engaged in several important works
all over the world, was the acquisition of two important national
construction companies, Italstrade and Dipenta.
Following these acquisitions, the Group
ranked second in the segment of general contractors in Italy.
From 1988 the annual revenue, including Italstrade and Dipenta,
exceeds 1,500 billion lire with an extremely diversified geographical
location enabling the Group to lay down the basis for further
expansion.
A list of Astaldi's most
representative projects:
transportation
- Anatolian Motorway Gumusova - Gerede
Section in Turkey
- Creation of a new high speed Rome-Naples
line in Italy
- Caracas-Tuy Medio railway in Venezuela
- Aosta - Mont Blanc Tunnel Motorway
in Italy
- Sukkur ring road in Pakistan
- Railroad connection between mountain
lines and the new Genoa - Voltri port area in Italy
- Caracas subway in Venezuela
- Naples subway in Italy
- Fort Myers Airport in Florida
- Gioia Tauro Port in Italy
- Eastern Beltway 453 - around Orlando
Florida
- 5th Work Allotment of Rome-Florence
High Speed Railway in Italy
water
- Taksebt Dam for water supply in Algiers
area in Algeria
- Pont Ventoux hydroelectric power plant
in Italy
- Nacaome Dam in Honduras
- Water purification plant near Turin
for Azienda Po Sangone in Italy
- Conception Dam in Honduras
- Rosamarina Dam in Italy
- Balambano Dam in Indonesia
- Anapo hydroelectric power plant in
Italy
- Hydroelectric power plant in El Cajon
in Honduras
- Arcichiaro Dam in Italy
- Hydroelectric power plant in San Agaton
in Venezuela
- Lampeggiano River Dam in Italy
- Multipurpose Xiaolangdi Dam in China
construction
- LEP Project for CERN in Geneva, Switzerland
- New courthouse in Pescara, Italy
- Olsen Middle School in Florida, U.S.A.
- Pec nuclear power plant in Brasimone,
Italy
- Airport Terminal in Bujumbura, Burundi
- University of Sassari Construction
of Botanical Garden, Italy
- Construction of housing in Crystal
Key Point in Florida, U.S.A.
- Ministry of the Treasury Rome, Italy
- Residential centers in Paris, France
- Leonardo da Vinci management offices
in Prato, Italy
- Otopeni Airport in Romania
- Fiumicino Parking Lot in Italy
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