Campania-Calabria, southern Italy, 2021-2022

Client Italferr S.p.A.

Engineering services for the technical-economic feasibility design of lots 1A Battipaglia-Romagnano (34 km), 1B Romagnano-Buonabitacolo (49 km), and 1C Buonabitacolo-Praia (45 km). E.D.IN. developed the design of the railway viaducts for a total of 30 structures with an overall extension of over 30 km and a total of 780 single and double track spans. The activities carried out included the study of viaduct layouts in relation to hydraulic and road interferences and the morphology of the territory, the sizing of typical substructures, deep foundations on piles and shafts and typical temporary works. The project envisages a number of different structural types, starting with conventional filler beam decks with spans of about 20 m and precast pre-stressed concrete girders with spans of 25 m. Within the project, in the presence of widespread interferences and flood areas, composite steel-concrete decks were also consistently adopted with spans of 40 m and 45 m with 4 I-beams and spans from 50 m to 75 m with box girders. Additionally, steel trusses are adopted for single track spans between 60 m and 75m and, finally, special structures, such as steel tied arch bridges with spans up to 120m, are planned for the crossings of the A2 “Mediterranean” Motorway, providing landmark elements characterizing the entire project.

Veneto, northern Italy, 2022-2023

Client IRICAV 2 Consortium

In the framework of the design of the high speed railway line Verona – Padova, lot 1 (1st and 2nd sub-lots Verona – Montebello Vicentino and Montebello Vicentino – Bivio Vicenza) E.D.In has developed the Detailed Design of 12 viaducts for an overall extension of about 7000m. Main structures of the project include viaducts on the Fibbio and Alpone rivers, of 2380 and 1770m long respective lenghts.  The decks are of prestressed concrete for spans of 25m, composite steel-concrete for spans from 40 to 46m and filler beams with spans up to 22m. The piers are box shaped with rounded edges, while abutments have a standard geometry. All foundations stand on large diameter piles.

Iraq, 2022 – in progress

Client BTP Inc.

The “Development Road” project consists in the new Railway & Highway Systems (i.e. a multimodal corridor of almost 1,200 km in length), aimed to connect the new Grand Faw Port up to the Turkish Border and enhance the socio-economic development of Iraq. The new Railway system shall be designed in order to transport passengers at 300 km/h and freights at 120 km/h, while serving most of the Iraqi cities from South to North. Main structures of the railway include typical spans of 25m in prestressed concrete, composite steel-concrete decks for 40m and 50m spans as well as steel trusses for 70m spans. Special structures within the Project include a steel tied arch bridge with a 100m span and a cable stayed bridge with a total length of 400m and a main span of 200m. Within the project, E.D.IN. has developed the Feasibility Study and Preliminary Design of all the Railway and Highway bridges and viaducts as well as minor structures such as overpasses and underpasses.

Several seismic vulnerability analyses of rail bridges, all in Italy, carried out either within assessment activities or within their rehabilitation design. Among them:

Detail design for the rehabilitation and seismic upgrading of ten existing viaducts, Ferrandina-Matera line, Basilicata, Client Italferr Inc, 2019

Seismic vulnerability of the 1 km long Angitola viaduct, Battipaglia-Reggio Calabria line, Client RFI Inc, 2019-2020

Turin-Venice High speed railway line, Treviglio-Brascia segment, design of the monitoring system for civil works, including five viaducts, Client CEPAV 2 Consortium, 2015-2016

Guidelines for the structural and environmental monitoring system, preliminary design, Messina Strait Bridge, Client Stretto di Messina Inc, 2002

Guidelines for the monitoring in construction and operation, load testing, inspection and relevant databases for the bridges and viaducts of the High Speed Train System in Italy, Clients Italferr SpA & TAV SpA, 1995

Venice, northern Italy, 2017

Client Italferr Inc

Detailed design of the multimodal link from the Marco Polo Airport and the existing Venice-Turin line, for a total length of about 8 km. Scope of work comprised the civil works and structures of the line, the study of the profile and alignment and the design of the complementary roads system. Significant structures are a cut and cover tunnel of about 3km in length and the underground structures of the new station to serve the Airport

Genoa, northern Italy, 2008

Client Italferr Inc

Detail design of lots 2 and 3 for the quadruplication of the line: among the works of relevance the upgrading of the Polcevera viaduct and significant cut and cover tunnels

Turin, northern Italy, 2004

Client Italferr Inc

A vast participation to the detail design of the new line and strategic hubs for the shifting underground of the rail system in Turin, comprising the underpassing of the Dora river, the Dora and Rebaudengo stations, the node of Statuto square and the underpassing of Corso Regina.

Lombardy, northern Italy, 2016

Client CEPAV 2 Consortium

Construction design and works assistance for the major works, comprising nine prestressing concrete viaducts and four cut and cover tunnels, two of which for intersections. Noticeable the viaducts on the Oglio and Serio rivers, with overall length of about 1 km each.