Astaldi

Italian contractor Salini Impregilo's board has approved a merger with rival Astaldi.

Fincantieri Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Fincantieri Group, won a contract worth approximately €70 million to supply the steel deck for the suspended bridge over the Danube at Brăila, Romania. The bridge will be the longest in Romania and third longest in Europe.

Astaldi won a $73 million contract for construction and 25-year O&M of a waste-to-energy plant in the Tricity area, Poland. Work will last three years, carried out by a joint venture with Termomeccanica Ecologia.

Astaldi won a €50 million contract for civil works on the Arenal Hydroelectric Project in Honduras. Work is due to start before end of 2017 and be completed in August 2020.

Astaldi won a €270 million EPC contract for the Barros Luco Trudeau Hospital in Santiago, Chile. Work will commence in the second half of 2018 and last about seven years.