Giorgio Pietrangeli to provide specialised engineering services for large dams and hydropower plants. SERVICES
The firm’s services cover all phases of a project and range from conception to monitoring during operation, including all the design activities, specialised studies, investigations, supervision of the works, and so on. Although the core activities concentrate on dams and hydropower plants, Studio Pietrangeli is also specialised in large civil structures (tunnels, roads, etc.) ORGANIZATION
Studio Pietrangeli’s staff of approximately 80 people includes internationally renowned experts, engineers and other professional and technical staff specialised in the various project sectors. While SP’s head office is in Rome, the firm also has branches in Sierra Leone, Ecuador, Tanzania and Ethiopia and elsewhere sets up its own temporary premises and/or makes use of local partners’ facilities. EXPERIENCE
Our extraordinary domestic and international experience confirms the outstanding quality of our work. Studio Pietrangeli has successfully completed the design of over 160 dams, 60 hydropower plants, 250 km of hydraulic tunnels plus several irrigation, water supply and sewage treatment plants. Alongside its more traditional engineering schemes, Studio Pietrangeli, from its beginnings, has always proposed innovative solutions to complex technical problems. EXCELLENCE
Studio Pietrangeli is responsible for the engineering of several important international works recently completed or under construction. Those recently completed include Beles (460 MW), Gibe II (420 MW) and Bumbuna 1st Phase (50 MW), while our two record-breaking projects under construction are Gibe III (world's highest RCC dam, 240 m) and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance dam (6000 MW). Several firm's projects, given their innovative solutions and importance, have been written about and/or cited in prestigious magazines such as National Geographic, International Water Power and The Economist, cited in encyclopedias (Wikipedia) and used to illustrate banknotes (Sierra Leone), rechargeable phone card and bound issues (Ethiopia). FAST TRACK
Nowadays, many of the Studio Pietrangeli's projects are conceived in only a few weeks through the adoption of so-called “fast track” techniques using satellite imagery, helicopter surveys, surface geotechnical investigations, with the result that several of our largest hydropower projects have been implemented in only four years from conception to operation. WORKING CONDITIONS
Studio Pietrangeli's specialists are used to working in all types of conditions, from roughing it in field camps in African forests to attending official meetings with the highest echelons of government, industry and finance. Their passion for their work never changes. PRESENTATION
Our engineers are accustomed to presenting our projects to clients of all types. We have even created simple effective presentations using cartoons and laymen's terms. LOCAL PARTNER
We often collaborate with local firms and specialists, entrusting them with site activities under the supervision of our experts. Local firms and contractors looking for an international consultant to tender for dams, hydropower or hydraulic engineering are welcome to contact us. We can guarantee outstanding curriculum and technical quality together with competitive prices.
