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...

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...

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 — ...

Genoa Subport Tunnel: Underneath the Genoa Port, Italy’s First Underwater Tunnel

Beneath the Port of Genoa, Italy’s first underwater tunnel will take shape—a 4.2-kilometer connection set to transform the city's mobility. The infrastructure project – designed and funded by Autostra...

A Century On: New Railway Tunnels Under the Hudson River, New York to New Jersey

More than a century after the construction of the North River Tunnel beneath the Hudson River, major tunnel boring machines are back in action to deliver one of the most strategic infrastructure proje...

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 ...