The Blue Treasure

In the heart of Ethiopia, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) turns the waters of the Nile River into renewable energy. Built by Webuild and inaugurated in 2025, it is Africa’s largest hydroele...

From Construction Sites to Universities: Webuild Trains Students, Engineers, Workers

Young graduates in engineering or economics, a permanent contract, and a second-level master's degree organized by the Webuild Academy in collaboration with POLIMI Graduate School of Management to att...

The Zambia Lobito Railway: Opening a Route to the West

The Zambia Lobito Railway, among the most ambitious projects in southern Africa, is closer to becoming a reality following the recent selection of the preferred bidders for contracts to build its more...

Highways and Beltways: 5 Major Projects That Have Accelerated Urban Growth

Beltways, interchanges and highways don’t just reduce traffic congestion and improve transportation: from Venice to London’s M25, from Florida to Santiago de Chile, and on to Jakarta in Indonesia, dis...

Inside the Apennines

Deep in Liguria’s Apennine Mountains, the Terzo Valico dei Giovi has reached 96% of excavation: the new high-speed rail line — home to the longest railway tunnel in Italy — will link the port of Genoa...

From Egypt to Paraguay: 5 Territories Transformed by Major Dams

From Egypt’s Aswan High Dam to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Yacyretá in Paraguay, five major dams have reshaped entire territories: they created vast artificial reservoirs, generated renewa...

In Seattle, the Tunnel That Holds Back the Rain and Protects the City from Floods

Alice in Australia, Roberta in France: Two TBMs for Railways, Worlds Apart

They may be halfway around the world from each other, but they still have a lot in common. As tunnel-boring machines (TBMs), the work to be done by Alice and Roberta — the machines’ baptismal names — ...

Where Travel Meets Architecture: From Naples to New York’s Grand Central Terminal

From Naples-Afragola to Singapore, from Perth to New York, stations and airports are no longer just places of transit but have become experiences to be enjoyed: this is when architecture transforms mo...