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26/01/2021

N2 MELIDE-GRANCIA TUNNEL

Preparatory work has begun for the extraordinary maintenance work on the load-bearing structure and the reconstruction of the hard-shoulders of the Melide-Grancia tunnel on the Lugano Sud - Mendrisio motorway.

11/01/2021

Kerenzerberg tunnel construction site

The assembly and testing of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) in the workshop has been completed. From now on and over the next months the machine will be transported and re-assembled on site. Excavation is scheduled to start in June 2021.

12/04/2018

2018 contact meeting – ETH Zurich

Pizzarotti was present again at the 2018 contact meeting, a day of encounters between businesses and students organized by Zurich Polytechnic University on the Hönggerberg Campus to provide students the chance to learn about job opportunities with companies in the civil engineering and construction...

05/12/2017

SWITZERLAND - Furka base tunnel. Renovation and extension of the tunnel vault

Contract signed on: 05/12/2017 Group Companies: Pizzarotti SA Location of the works: Switzerland - Canton of Valais / Canton of Uri Purpose of the contract: Renovation and extension of the tunnel vault to the required lighting profile Customer: Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, Brig (Canton of...

06/06/2017

POLAND - New S-61 motorway from Suwalki to Budzisko

Contract signed on: 06/06/2017 Group Companies: Pizzarotti C. S.p.A. and Pizzarotti SA Location of the works: Poland - Podlaskie Voivodeship Purpose of the contract: Realisation of S61 motorway, section between Suwalki and Budzisko Customer: GDDKiA (Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i...

01/06/2017

Swiss Tunnel Congress 2017

The prestigious event ‘Swiss Tunnel Congress’, dedicated to tunnel construction and maintenance projects both in Switzerland and throughout the rest of the world, was held at the KKL Congress Centre in Lucerne again this year. As in previous years, PIZZAROTTI SA of Bellinzona confirmed its...

26/04/2017

Infra Suisse, Shareholders’ Meeting of 26/04/2017

Appointment of Ivan Vicenzi as a member of the Committee. During the meeting, the shareholders elected Claudio Giovanoli, the CEO of Lazzarini AG of Chur, as the new Chairman of Infra Suisse. Claudio Giovanoli, engineer and economist, will take over from Urs Hany next year. The shareholders...

28/07/2016

CONTRACT AWARD - Safety Tunnel in Geneva

The "Sortie de secours 3 - Stand de Tir " lot is an integral part of the Ceva project (Liaison ferroviaire Cornavin - Eaux-Vives - Annemasse) and is located in the Canton of Geneva. It includes the construction of a new rescue tunnel (emergency tunnel) for the Pinchat railway tunnel. The...

15/06/2016

PIZZAROTTI SA sponsor of the "Swiss Tunnel Congress 2016"

Also in 2016 it has been held the prestigious event for the tunnel construction in Switzerland and elsewhere in the world. The PIZZAROTTI SA Bellinzona has had the pleasure of participating as the principal sponsor and to have been present with an exhibition stand.

25/05/2016

1st June 2016: opening of the Gotthard base tunnel

With its two tubes, each 57 kilometres long, the Gotthard base tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the world and is the centrepiece of the New Transalpine railway link. On 1st June 2016, 17 years after the first blast in the main bore, it will be officially inaugurated. For its construction,...

03/07/2015

STS - Swiss Tunnelling Society

This prestigious annual event brings together key players in the construction of tunnels in Switzerland. This year, PIZZAROTTI SA of Bellinzona had the honour of participating as a main sponsor. Attached is the presentation brochure of the event which was held in Lucerne from the 10th to 12th...

07/04/2015

PIZZAROTTI SA makes the Technical Sales Office - Prefabricated Components Division operational

We take this opportunity to inform you about the recent establishment of a Technical Sales Office for PIZZAROTTI SA PREFABRICATED COMPONENTS DIVISION at our headquarters in Bellinzona. Pizzarotti SA Prefabricated components division, with the Pizzarotti group factories, will target the Canton of...

11/03/2015

Regional Prix Egalité 2015

Pizzarotti SA has the pleasure to announce it has been selected among the 3 winners of the regional Prix Egalité ("Equality Prize") awards, conferred by the Society of Business Employees in the Canton of Ticino (SIC Ticino). The regional Prix Egalité is awarded to those who work with a company...

11/12/2014

Completion of the works of the Bellinzona-Lugano viaduct - Ceneri Base Tunnel Tranche 782

construction of the first of the two viaducts planned at the north portal of the Ceneri Base Tunnel at Camorino was completed on time. New Transalpine Railway trains will head south over this structure. The shorter of the two viaducts was opened on the evening of Thursday, 11th December 2014, in...

08/07/2014

"TALENTO" PROJECT

Pizzarotti SA has been selected to participate in the TALENTO project, funded by the Federal Office of equality between men and women. It aims to promote female talent in small and medium companies in Italian Switzerland favouring their rise to senior management and thus increasing the percentage...

24/09/2013

CONTRACT AWARD - Maintenance and intervention centre (EIZ) - Biasca

The "EIZ Biasca Maintenance and emergency services centre" contract consists in the construction of a new building for sheltering the fire-fighting and rescue train of the new Gotthard base tunnel, a new building used as storage/warehouse and a rail/road transport exchange platform.

24/09/2013

CONTRACT AWARD - Railway installation and logistics - Ceneri Base Tunnel

The "Railway installation and logistics" contract concerns the installation of non-ballasted tracks of both single-track tunnels, each 15.4 km long, and the creation of the conventional ballasted tracks on the access routes to the portal, which will connect to the existing railway network. Several...

01/07/2013

TERRITORI - Theatre festival

Pizzarotti SA is a sponsor of the event.