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...

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...

The River’s Lung

A symbol of urban sustainability, the Big Pipe is the tunnel that protects the Willamette River in Portland from combined sewer overflow (CSO): it captures wastewater and stormwater and sends them to ...

Toward the Light

From postwar Italy to the economic miracle: the A1 motorway, which links Milan to Naples over a distance of 764 kilometres via bridges, viaducts and tunnels, remains to this day a masterpiece of engin...

Building in Midair

The new Eni Headquarters, built by Webuild in the Milan metropolitan area, reinterprets Enrico Mattei’s Metanopoli with contemporary architecture that combines environmental sustainability, energy eff...

The Conci Triangle

The new Palermo-Catania-Messina line will feature more than 110 kilometers of railway tunnels excavated by Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) and lined with precast concrete segments. It will cut the Paler...

The Feast of the Rock Giants

The Agaro Dam, in Italy's Ossola Valley, stands as one of the symbols of Italian hydropower and renewable energy. Built in the 1930s at 1,600 meters above sea level, this gravity dam holds back its ow...

The Colossus of the Abyss

It is Italy's most ambitious offshore engineering project: Genoa's New Breakwater, approximately 6 kilometers long and reaching depths of up to 50 meters, is the deepest breakwater in Europe. Featurin...

Pioneers Beneath the Alps

The Fréjus Road Tunnel is more than just a mountain tunnel: it symbolises a Europe that crosses the Alps rather than being held back by them. Built by true pioneers of civil engineering, it has connec...