We have successfully completed the construction of the shafts for which we were in charge at the Jardin Exotique car park project in Monte Carlo. The project involved the excavation of a tunnel, currently under construction, and two shafts. The mechanized excavations using RBM technology in limestone material were completed. In particular, we highlight the […]
In mid-June we started excavating a new vertical shaft for the company IFK – Implenia Frutiger Kerenzerbergtunnel. The ventilation shaft has a length of approximately 140m and a final diameter of 4.5m. The excavation is carried out by means of Raise Boring technology in medium abrasion limestone. The pilot hole phase with 12″ 7/8 rods […]
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On October 12th, 2019 Edilmac held a training meeting where all employees were present to address the topic of safety and environmental protection in the sites where it operates. The day was divided into two different phases: theoretical in the morning and practical in the afternoon. The participants were divided into groups which, in alternating […]
On the occasion of the Bergamo Building School 35th anniversary celebrations , which took place on 30 November 2018 at the Seriate headquarters, Edilmac received the award for the most highly trained company in the field of safety and health surveillance in the workplace of the whole province of Bergamo; in fact, in 2018 our […]
Edimac has been contracted to take part in the project involving the optimisation of the Sant’Antonio electrical system in Soprabolzano in the borough of Renon (BZ), and is building a vertical well 523 metres in length and 3.05 metres in diameter. Edimac is the market leader of the “Raise Boring” method used to perform the […]
During the month of January 2018, Edilmac sponsored a visit to the Cava Martina di Casazza (BG) for the year 5 class of the Istituto Tecnico Statale per Geometri G. Quarenghi (Secondary School for Building Surveyors) of Bergamo. The aim of the company is to offer the youngsters of our province the chance to observe […]
As of May 2017 Edilmac is working on digging ventilation shafts in the Olympias mine located 100 km. east of Thessaloniki in Greece. Digging on the projected 19 shafts will allow an underground ventilation system to be built, necessary for the development of the mine. The Raise Boring Machine 71 RM-DC will be used in […]
As of the first months of 2017, Edilmac has been busy doing operations on work regarding the Alto Maipo hydroelectric project in Chile. This project comprises the construction of two hydroelectric power plants – Alfalfal and Las Lajas, which should generate 531 mw of power. To produce this energy, part of the waters from the […]
On September 9th 2016, Edilmac organised a meeting with all its employees to discuss the various aspects of safety, namely: Personal safety Economic safety Ongoing safety Over the course of the entire day, the employees were divided into 6 groups, who in turn focused on the core elements of the complex issue of safety, i.e. […]
In the first months of 2016, Edilmac took part in the works for the project to build the “Los Cóndores” hydroelectric power plant in Chile’s Mau region, some 350 km away from the capital, Santiago, in the Andes. The plant will use the water coming from the Laguna del Maule lake and create a structure […]
During 2015 Edilmac focused both on works relating to the project to replace the forced duct serving the hydroelectric plant in Gressoney La Trinite’ (AO). The new duct will be created on an alternative system in relation to the existing one, affected by stability issues associated with the geology of the land and a gross […]
In September 2015, Edilmac finished working on a project involving the modernisation of the EDF plant of Passy, in the Upper Savoy region, France. Our company was involved in the process of transferring the penstock from the outside to underground, creating a 190-metre-deep vertical well, with a diameter measuring 3.5 metres. During directional drilling, the […]
In May 2015, Edilmac took part in the most important annual congress on tunnels and underground structures held in Croatia, in the city of Dubrovnik. In the presence of more than 5,000 visitors, 80 exhibiting companies and 1,500 participants, our company showcased its latest well widening technology. In this specific context, Edilmac presented a report […]
In the first months of 2015, Edilmac will participate in the realization of the “Gorno Zinc Project”, a rehabilitation project of a zinc mine in Gorno, in the region of Lombardia – Italy, closed in 1982. This plan includes the rehabilitation of the access tunnel and historical existing underground mine for 1,70 km as well […]
In the first few months of 2015, Edilmac took part in excavation work to create a new lift that will connect the Valle Faul area to Piazza San Lorenzo in the Lazio city of Viterbo (subcontracting contract with the Romagna company Trevi S.p.a.). This new lift will transport tourists from the large train station parking […]
After the success of last year, Edilmac took part in the second edition of ExpoTunnel, Salone delle Tecnologie per il Sottosuolo e delle Grandi Opere (Professional Exhibition of Technology for Underground and Great Works), held in Bologna from 23rd to 25th October, with 5800 professional public visitors, of which 20% were foreigners. A unique exhibition […]
The project is located in Malaysia, about 200 km north of Kuala Lumpur in Pahang State. The main component is the construction of the Susu dam on the Bertam river, over 80 m high and entirely built using advanced RCC technology (roller-compacted concrete). In addition to the dam, the project foresees the construction of an […]
Edilmac has developed a new gantry crane for well operations as part of the further development and optimisation of its equipment.DEAL, based in Udine, designed the new device, called “G18-CG 30/15”, for the excavation of a surge shaft at the Ulu Jelai hydroelectric plant in Malaysia. For the project acquired by Salini, Edilmac built a […]
Edimac has taken part in the “Reforco de Potencia – Venda Nova III” project in Vieira Do Minho, Portugal. The project includes a new hydroelectric plant that will significantly increase the power of an existing plant and which will begin to produce power in 2015. A dam on the Rio Cavado has so far been […]
Edilmac took part in the works to build the “Munich – Verona rail line / Brenner base tunnel” in Mules (BZ). Our task was related to constructing a vertical ventilation shaft with “Raise Boring” technology, 47.50 m long and with a 1.84 diameter. Its main feature is the hardness of the rock, called “Bressanone granite”, […]
Edilmac participated as an exhibitor with their own stand, at the first edition of the exhibition dedicated to underground construction and research, held in Bologna, from 17 to 19 October 2013. The event registered approximately 5400 public professional visitors who were able to visit more than 100 stands set up by Italian and foreign exhibitors. […]
Since the beginning of 2013, Edilmac has participated in the “Projeto de aproveitamento Hidroeléctrico de Cambambe” in Angola. The project (entrusted to the Brazilian company, Constructora Norberto Odebrecth SA) includes the expansion and modernisation of the Cambambe dam on the Kwanza river. The dam was built between 1958 and 1962 and is extremely important since […]
In 2012, the construction of the hydropower plant in Brissogne, near Aosta, was completed. Various companies, including Edilmac, have cooperated in these works, which lasted 6 years. The major difficulty was the vertical well (approx. 580 m in length and 1.32 m in diameter). As always, our company finished the job with flying colours. We […]
In 2012 Edilmac completed works to bore and expand the detritus-conveyor shaft at the quarry in Colle Pedrino (BG), owned by Italcementi S.p.A. The works involved the expansion of an existing shaft with a diameter of 4.00 meters to an elliptical cross section of about 6.00 meters. The difficulties inherent in this undertaking were related […]
Within the framework of the construction of the Eisackwerk hydroelectric power plant in Rio Pusteria (Bolzano), Edilmac was in charge of the excavation of vertical wells in order to lodge the penstock pipes. The task involved two parallel vertical wells of significant length (431 metres each) with a distance of only 5 metres from each […]
At the end of April Edilmac completed the casting of the shaft by the set deadline by using a sliding formwork and completed its job in the building site in Palomino. Despite the many difficulties associated with the construction of a 365-metre balance and pressure shaft, the company’s know-how, together with the professional approach and […]
After months of hard work, Edilmac completed the excavation of the 365-metre long penstock and surge shaft as part of the works for the development of the Proyecto Hydro Elèctrico Palomino in the Dominican Republic. Together with their workers, some of the company’s management, together with management representatives of the subcontractor Norberto Odebrecht, celebrated the […]
In autumn 2011, Edilmac built a vertical well for its consortium member Cordée Mont Blanc using the “Raise Boring” technology. The well, 77m-deep and with a diameter of 1.84m, is located in Pointe Helbronner on the Mont Blanc massif at about 3500m above sea level. The special feature of this perforation is the height at […]
Every year on the occasion of Saint Barbara’s day, the patron saint of miners, the Maccabelli brothers and Edilmac’s employers come together to pray. «Ours is a tough job – says Mario Maccabelli – where hazards are always around the corner, despite all the precautions one takes. Having extra protection from up there is always […]
Laives tunnel s.c.r.l. (a consortium formed by Edilmac, Oberosler, Wipptaler, Rottensteiner, Gasser, Klapfer, P.A.C. and Fondazioni Speciali), has undertaken the works contracted out by the Province of Bolzano for the new road tunnel of SS12 in Laives, Province of Bolzano. With regard to the works assigned to the consortium member Oberosler, in 2011, Edilmac constructed […]
During the summer of 2011 EDILMAC realized in Umbria region (central Italy) the ventilation shaft for a tunnel placed in a complex of dams and water ducts for agricultural use. The vertical shaft, 280m long and 2,44m wide, is excavated in well cemented quarz sandstone with diffuse marly lenses. For the fact the shaft has […]
EDILMAC, is participating in the implementation of the Proyecto Hydro Electrico Palomino, located in the San Juan in the Dominican Republic, on behalf of EGEHID (Empresa de Generacion Hidroeletrica Dominican), as sub contractor of the Brazilian multinational Norberto Odebrecht that awarded the whole project. The project involves the construction of a dam at the confluence […]
The recent achievement of the environmental certification UNI EN ISO 14001:2004 is the culmination of a process begun three years ago that allowed to Edilmac to achieve a systematic and integrated management of key business factors. This objective is a starting point which confirms the will of Edilmac to pursue a business management for the […]
For the starting of its YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/EmEdilmac) Edilmac has chosen to begin with the flagship of its technologies, Raise Boring. With the different available “Raise Borer” equipments, Edilmac is at the top of the international market for quality of service and speed of execution in rock of shafts, stoves and penstocks. Proceeding with a […]
EDILMAC, between 2010 and 2011, in Vianden (Luxembourg) for the owner SEO (Société Electrique de l’Our) and in subcontract for the association of companies Züblin – Strabag – Jäger realized the vertical pressure shaft excavation for the expansion works of the greatest pumped storage hydroelectric plant in Europe in order to add the eleventh machine […]
Commesse in tutto il mondo e mezzi d’avanguardia per la realizzazione di pozzi e gallerie la gestione di cave. Professionalità, puntualità, precisione e impiego di alta tecnologia sono le caratteristiche che negli anni hanno reso la Edilmac dei fratelli Maccabelli srl di Gorle un’azienda leader nel mondo nella realizzazione di pozzi e gallerie, gestione delle […]
