Case histories

We work in Italy and abroad, supporting every field of experimental and applied geotechnics. Here are some of our most significant projects.

World map showing the countries where ISMGEO has worked
Countries where we have run tests and models.

Infrastructure

  • Strait of Messina Bridge
  • Rome Metro Line C
  • Metro lines in Thessaloniki, Warsaw and Riyadh
  • High-speed railways: Milan Turin, Milan Naples, Bari Lecce, Venice Trieste, Algeria
  • Port expansions in Taranto, Vado Ligure, Valencia, Al Faw (Iraq) and Rio de Janeiro
  • Milan Linate airport pavement
  • Road and motorway tunnels: A14, Monte Mario
  • Landslide stabilisation with piles
  • Seismic behaviour of the Po river levees

Energy

  • Enel Green Power wind farms in southern Italy and the islands
  • Power plants in Italy and Honduras
  • Embankment dams in Algeria, Poland, Georgia, Tajikistan and Italy
  • Gas pipelines in Kazakhstan
  • Regasification plants in Italy

Offshore

  • Oil and gas fields in the North Sea, Mozambique, Myanmar and Egypt
  • Seismic stability of offshore slopes in Latin America
  • Artificial islands for oil production in Abu Dhabi, Persian Gulf

Cultural heritage and natural hazards

  • Safeguarding the Leaning Tower of Pisa, with physical models
  • MOSE project in Venice, physical models of the foundations
  • Murazzi sea walls in Venice, erosion protection
  • Seismic microzonation of towns in Tuscany and of L’Aquila
  • Costa Concordia wreck removal, laboratory analyses

Clients

Over more than twenty years we have worked with many industrial and public organisations, building strong relationships of trust.

  • ACAM Ambiente
  • ANAS
  • Astaldi
  • CESI
  • Corrival
  • D’Appolonia
  • Enel
  • Enel Green Power
  • Eni
  • Eurolink
  • Fabiani Costruzioni
  • Grandi Lavori Fincosit
  • Horizon Geosciences
  • Italferr
  • Maccaferri
  • Maire Tecnimont
  • Metro C
  • MOSE Venezia
  • Provincia di Ferrara
  • Provincia di Forlì-Cesena
  • PTTEP
  • Regione Emilia-Romagna
  • Regione Toscana
  • RINA
  • Saipem
  • Salini Impregilo
  • SEL
  • Snamprogetti
  • Sorgenia
  • SPEA Engineering
  • Statoil
  • Todini Costruzioni Generali
  • Total
  • Trevi
  • URS Italia
  • Vinci Construction

A structure to verify?

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