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Mendrisio SBB Station Extension – Railings and Handrails
Following our success in the public tender launched by the Swiss Federal Railways SBB for the extension of Mendrisio Station, in 2020 we built a total of 235 metres of railings mounted on a concrete structure to ensure passenger safety along the station's entire pedestrian route. Besides the railings, the contract also included...
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New S.Antonino SBB Stop – Railings and Handrails
Following our success in the public tender launched by the Swiss Federal Railways SBB for the construction of the new S. Antonino stop, in 2020 we built a total of 625 metres of railings mounted on a concrete structure to ensure passenger safety along the pedestrian routes of the entire station. Besides the railings, the...
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Rehabilitation of the Bridge over the Rierna – Personico
As part of the rehabilitation project for the bridge over the Rierna in Personico, we built the load-bearing structure of the bridge in structural steelwork, weighing a total of approximately 16 tonnes over an overall length of 22 metres. The structure was pre-assembled in the workshop and transported in one piece to the site...
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AIL SA – Extension of the Administrative Building at the Muzzano Operations Centre – CCC 272 Metalwork
Following our success in the public tender launched by Aziende Industriali di Lugano (AIL), in 2018 and 2019 we carried out the metalwork for the extension of the administrative building at the Muzzano operations centre. Specifically, our work comprised enlarging the existing emergency staircase and fully enclosing it...
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FEDRO – N2 EP04 – Lot 301 Quinto Section Route – Motorway Gantries in Structural Steelwork
During the night between Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 June we completed the installation of 3 structural steel gantries, previously fabricated in our workshop, which serve as the load-bearing structure for the subsequent installation of the motorway signage. The installation took place with the motorway closed to traffic, using...
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New Life for the Ponte Vecchio in Torricella Taverne
As part of the reconstruction of the bridge on Via Ponte Vecchio in Taverne, we were commissioned by our client Edilistrada SA to fabricate and install the structural steelwork and road safety works (crash barriers and railings). The longitudinal girders (box girders) were built from 35 mm thick heavy plates, flame-cut, rolled...
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Structural Steelwork for the Penthouse of the Building on Parcel 443 – Massagno
As part of the renovation of the top floor of a private building in Massagno, commissioned by the architectural firm Mischa Groh, we built the new structural steelwork forming the new penthouse. The steelwork consists of columns and beams in HEB/HEM sections, mechanically connected and painted for corrosivity category C2, for a...
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Istituto di Ricerca e Biomedicina IRB – Bellinzona
Commissioned by Ennio Ferrari SA, which was awarded the main construction works for the new IRB Campus, we built the load-bearing structural steel columns with fire-protection coating. The steel elements, made of 150×150 mm steel tubes with wall thicknesses varying according to their position, were treated with an R60...
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Structural Steelwork and Metal Grating Cladding at the ETF Building – Lot 733 ATG Camorino
Commissioned by our client Manci & Marti SA, we fabricated and installed the hot-dip galvanised structural steelwork connecting the two reinforced concrete rooms on the roof of the ETF building in Camorino. We then clad the two façades and covered the roof with galvanised iron gratings, for a total of approx. 600 square metres...
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Lot ATG 742 – Camorino Junction – Escape-Route Doors
On behalf of our client Consortium Lot 742 (c/o Ennio Ferrari SA), we supplied and installed a series of doors providing an escape route from the railway line. Specifically, we fabricated and installed 4 doors with a subframe (fixed to HEB 160 sections with self-locking nuts), a frame in Jansen profiles and a sound-absorbing...
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Steel Planters – UN Geneva – Street Furniture
On behalf of our client AZ-SA of Bedano, a leading company in the field of street furniture in Switzerland, we built 10 structural steel planters, which were installed on the grounds of the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva. Each planter, consisting of a substructure of H and L sections and an outer shell of laser-cut and welded...
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FEDRO – N2 EP04 – Lot 202 Airolo Section Route – Motorway Crash Barriers
For our client Consortium Quintai Lot 202, we installed the motorway crash barriers from the Stalvedro service area up to the portal of the Gotthard Tunnel, on both the south–north and north–south carriageways. The crash barriers form part of the building and paving works carried out by our direct client “Consortium Quintai Lot...
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Supporting Structural Steelwork and Gorduno Stream Crossing – Intermunicipal Aqueduct of Bellinzona and Surroundings – Lot 4b
For our direct client Manicini & Marti SA, we fabricated and installed a structural steel support for the utilities crossing the Gorduno stream, owned by Aziende Municipalizzate di Bellinzona. To complete the work, anti-slip cover plates were installed as a walkway, together with fall-protection railings on both sides of the...
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FEDRO – N2 EP04 – Lot 202 Airolo Section Route – Motorway Gantries in Structural Steelwork
For our client Consortium Quintai Lot 202, we fabricated and installed 9 structural steel gantries, previously produced in our workshop, which serve as the load-bearing structure for the subsequent installation of the motorway signage. The installation took place with the motorway closed to traffic, using a special 30-tonne...
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CDALED (WWTP) Bioggio – Renovation and Modernisation of Sludge and Biogas Treatment
Following our success in the public tender launched by the Consorzio Depurazione Acque Lugano e Dintorni (CDALED), we carried out the metalwork for the renovation and modernisation of the sludge and biogas treatment at the Bioggio wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Specifically, we fabricated and installed approximately 125...
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Consortium Arge Mons Ceneris – Alptransit Camorino Junction – Sheds for the Railway Technology Installation of the Ceneri Base Tunnel
On behalf of our client Arge Mons Ceneris (Pizzarotti Suisse SA, Marti Tunnelbau AG, GCF s.p.a.), we fabricated and installed 4 sheds for the railway technology site installations used to fit out the Ceneri railway tunnel. We processed a total of 173 tonnes of steel and installed 6,700 m² of roofing and façade cladding. The...
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New Cadenazzo Recycling Centre – Canopy, Walkways and Sliding Gate
Following our success in the public tender launched by the Municipality of Cadenazzo for the construction of the new recycling centre, we fabricated and erected the structural steel canopy with its insulated-panel cladding and roofing, the walkways above the tanks and the automated double-leaf entrance gate. The engineering...
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Lot ATG 640.3 Bodio – Noise Barriers
On behalf of our client Ennio Ferrari SA, at ATG lot 640.3 in Bodio we fabricated and installed the posts for the glazed noise barriers at the southern exit of the Gotthard Base Tunnel. The posts, made of IPE 180 steel sections, were installed on top of the wing wall of the south portal and extend for approximately 500 metres...
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Consortium Lot 1004SV – Crash Barriers and Fencing for the S.Vittore Access Road
Following the mandate from Consortium Lot 1004 c/o Mancini & Marti SA, we were responsible for making the cantonal road at the entrance to S.Vittore safe. The work required dismantling and demolishing the existing crash barriers and replacing them, as well as adding new sections where the existing ones were deemed no longer...
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Municipality of Bellinzona, New Retirement Home 2 at Villa Mariotti – Metalwork
On 03.05.2016 we won the public tender launched by the Municipality of Bellinzona for the execution of the “general metalwork” for the new Retirement Home 2 in Bellinzona. For this project we fabricated and installed the handrails for the entire building (stairwell and interior spaces), the steel service doors, the external...
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Lot ATG 733 – Camorino – Noise Barriers
On behalf of our client Mancini&Marti SA, at the ATG lot 733 railway construction site (Tombinone alla Bolla – Vigana Portal section), we fabricated and installed noise barriers on both sides of the new railway line (east and west) in order to limit the noise pollution caused by passing trains. They consist of HEB 160 S235 JR...
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Lot 516 – AlpTransit Gotthard Base Tunnel, Bodio Portal Area – Cooling Ponds
On behalf of our client Mancini & Marti SA, we fabricated and installed various metalwork items at the cooling ponds construction site of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Bodio. The purpose of the cooling ponds is to monitor and regulate the temperature of the water coming from the mountain drainage and from the tunnel, so that it...
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Lot ATG 640.3 Bodio – Escape-Route Doors
On behalf of our client Ennio Ferrari SA, at ATG lot 640.3 in Bodio we fabricated and installed 16 doors serving as escape routes in the event of a breakdown or accident along the noise barrier at the southern exit of the Gotthard Base Tunnel. The doors, of mixed steel-and-glass construction (glass supplied and installed by...
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Lot ATG 646-02 and Lot 646-05 Biasca – Noise Barriers
Having secured mandates at different times from two separate clients (Consortium 646-02, made up of Ennio Ferrari Sa and Mancini&Marti SA, and lot 646-05 from Edilstrada SA), we fabricated and installed noise barriers on the section between Biasca Nord and Pollegio. They consist of HEA 160 S355 J0 section posts (set in concrete...
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Lot ATG 646-02 and Lot ATG 646-05 Biasca – Escape-Route Doors
Having secured mandates at different times from two separate clients (Consortium 646-02, made up of Ennio Ferrari Sa – Mancini&Marti SA, and lot 646-05 from Edilstrada SA), as part of the noise barrier works (on the section between Biasca Nord and Pollegio) we fabricated and installed a series of escape-route doors...
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Garage Morisoli & Figli SA – Canopy with Overhead Crane, Doors and Windows
As part of the renovation of Garage Morsoli & Figli SA in Monte Carasso, designed by architect Jerome Wolfensberger, we supplied and installed structural steelwork for the new car wash (including a 3.2-tonne overhead crane), roofing with 4 fixed rooflights, aluminium folding doors and steel-profile windows. In total, we...
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Consortium MPC Lot 781 and 782 – Alptranist Camorino Junction – Railings and Glazed Noise Barriers on the Viaducts
On behalf of our client Consortium MPC (Matteo Muttoni Costruzioni SA, Pizzarotti Suisse SA, CSC impresa costruzioni SA), at the Ceneri Base Tunnel construction site in Camorino we fabricated and installed the fall-protection railings on both walkways of the ATG Lot 782 viaduct (low viaduct), as well as the railings and glazed...
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Consortium PMQ – New SBB Maintenance and Intervention Centre for the Gotthard Base Tunnel – Protective Palisade for the Railway Line
On behalf of consortium PMQ (made up of the companies Pizzarotti (Suisse) SA, Mancini & Marti SA, Giovanni Quadri SA), we fabricated and installed approximately 400 metres of structural steel palisade to protect the railway line during the construction works for the new SBB maintenance and intervention centre in Biasca. For...
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Traversagna Bridge – Railings
Commissioned by Fratelli Somaini SA, which was awarded the contract for the construction of the Traversagna bridge, we produced galvanised steel railings with vertical-bar infill for a total of 60 linear metres and 3 tonnes. The railings were made of elements following the radius of curvature of the concrete side beams.
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Façade Cladding for Garage Auto Chiesa SA, Riazzino
On behalf of our client Autochiesa SA of Riazzino, we clad the façades of the two vehicle showroom and sales buildings. After surveying the existing situation, we designed and installed the aluminium load-bearing substructure, onto which we mounted the Alucobond infill panels for a total of approximately 200 square metres, with...
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Parco d’Oro Residence Calsano – Metalwork
As part of the construction of the Parco d’Oro residence in Caslano, we were awarded the metalwork contract by the client. Specifically, we fabricated and installed approximately 200 metres of glass-infill railings for the terraces, and the load-bearing structure of the two stairwells in rectangular hollow sections with the...
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AlpTransit Lot 761 Camorino Junction – Structural Steelwork for the Underpass of the New Cantonal Road
Commissioned by our client Manci & Marti SA, we fabricated and installed the supporting structural steelwork for the viaduct over the cantonal road on the Giubiasco–Locarno axis, at the southern side of the Camorino motorway junction. The supporting steel core consists of 10 central V-piers and two half-V end piers along a...
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In Tirada Building Lot 761 – AlpTransit Camorino Junction – Façade Cladding and Doors for the AMB Building
On behalf of our client Mancini & Marti SA, at the Ceneri Base Tunnel construction site in Camorino we fabricated and installed the metal façade cladding of the “in Tirada” technical building. After installing the secondary load-bearing structure in square hollow sections and the related opening leaves for access to the rooms...
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AlpTransit Lot 646.1 – Stainless Steel Manholes and Inspection Chambers on the Brenno River
Following our success in the public tender launched by AlpTransit Gotthard, we fabricated and installed 4 inspection chambers and 7 drainage manholes in A4 grade stainless steel along the tunnel near the motorway junction on the railway section between Pollegio and Biasca. The purpose of this structure is to drain water within...
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Camorino Garage Extension – Façade Cladding
On behalf of a private client in Camorino, we handled the extension of the garage with the creation of a vehicle showroom and sales area. Specifically, we fabricated and erected the load-bearing structural steelwork and installed the façade cladding with a ventilated system (Montana cassettes, insulation, secondary structure...
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