Strait Bridge, Via-Vas Commission at work

The next two-three weeks will be very busy days of work for the members of the Via-Vas Commission of the Ministry of the Environment, chaired by magistrate Germana Panzironi. In fact, they will begin to examine, at the Mase headquarters in Rome, the substantial documentation transmitted on September 12 by the company “Stretto di Messina”, with the answers provided to integrate the 239 observations requested last spring. L‘the aim is to express the final opinion on the Environmental Impact Assessment, on the Strategic Environmental Assessment and the Impact Assessment, within the next month. At the same time, the process of the Conference of Services initiated by the Ministry of Transport should also be concluded. At that point, it would go to Cipess, for the approval of the final project and the start of the executive phase.
Webuild, meanwhile, relaunches its employment plan in Messina and Sicily. The company that leads the Eurolink Consortiumthat is, the General contractor called to design and build the Bridge over the Strait, and which also has other important construction sites on the Island (the works for the railway doubling on the Messina-Catania-Palermo axis), will give life to the new “recruiting” days planned within the “Cantiere Lavoro Italia”, with the aim of hiring, over the next few years, 15 thousand workers, mostly Sicilians and Calabrians. Four days of selection for construction site operators, dedicated to both young people entering the world of work and unemployed people, will take place in the first ten days of October in Sicily: on the 2nd and 3rd in Palermo, on the 9th and 10th in Catania. Then, we will also return to Messina, where last year, at the University, one of the “Recruiting Days” was held. This is the implementation of the hiring plan foreseen by the memorandum of understanding signed in November 2023 by the CEO Pietro Salini and the President of the Sicilian Region Renato Schifani.
Just in these days, the news regarding Webuild has been relaunched at an international level. The company managed by Salini has risen to first place in the water sector in the ENR global ranking, beating competition from large Chinese holdings. The “Top 250” of global builders for 2024 sees the group in 14th place among international contractors and among the top 5 in Australia. The “clean hydro energy gy” and “clean water” sectors represent a significant slice of the Group’s revenues, equal to 22% of the total, according to data as of June 30. The “Top 250” ranking of international builders is drawn up annually by ENR on the basis of revenues generated by companies outside their domestic markets of reference. And Webuild “has further consolidated its development path thanks to a strategy based on the design and construction of highly complex and innovative infrastructure, from hydraulic works to railway and metro lines and bridges, which has allowed it to become a reference partner for customers worldwide, with constant delivery capacity and over 270 projects delivered in the last 10 years”. As highlighted in the Report, “The Group has also focused on consolidating its leadership position in key markets such as Europe, Australia, the United States and the Middle East, continuing with its risk mitigation policy. The strategies implemented have allowed Webuild to experience strong dimensional growth over the last decade, which has enabled it to invest in innovation, training, health and safety, and legality, and in strategic projects.”