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Rizzani de Eccher

3 days ago

On 12 May 2023, Rizzani de Eccher together with safety representatives from ESA's HSE unit and ESA's external party Arcadis hosted a safety awards ceremony at the IMF project where 2 gentlemen were awarded for working safely on the project. The safety awards are part of Rizzani de Eccher's safety program which contributes to the safety awareness of its subcontractors and its own staff. Rizzani de Eccher’s PM spoke about the importance of safety on the projects and the ongoing impact that "don't walk by’s" have on project safety. The awards and accompanying certificates were presented by the safety coordinators of ESA and Arcadis. ... See MoreSee Less

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Rizzani de Eccher

3 months ago

Rizzani de Eccher has recently started the construction of the European Space Agency's (ESA) new super technology center for satellite testing at the ESTEC complex in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
The two key works are: Hertz 2.0, a high-tech building of approx. 8000m2 gross floor area for satellite testing and simulation of space-identical situations; and IMF - International Meeting Facility, a conference and representation center designed to accommodate up to 500 people per event, whose floor area of just under 5000m2 will be the main representative building on the campus and its bridge to the outside world.
Among the various collaborators we met at the construction site, this time we have the pleasure of telling the story of Chelsea Fortuin.
She has a Bachelor's degree in Construction Management and a Post Graduate degree in Business Administration both from Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth and she has worked for several firms in South Africa, where among various projects she was able to contribute to the construction of facilities in less developed areas of the country.
She shares with us her journey at Rizzani de Eccher: “I have always wanted to be a part of a multinational organization like Rizzani that is based in 77 countries. I've always dreamed of building something big from the ground to completion. I love being on site, helping the team where I can and finding my place as a woman in a man's world. I have applied as the role for Site Manager at European space agency, had gone through the series of interviews and when I received a positive response. I was the happiest woman on earth. My project manager has notified me that I am the first female site Engineer under 30 at Rizzani. I am so grateful to apart of this team at ESA. Where I have great support and encouragement from my managers and colleagues. Putting in the needed effort and liaising daily with a big client and maintaining a positive relationship with our client It excites me to achieve project deliverables and goals set by the team. At Rizzani our team feels like a family. Our managers have a open door policy and if help is needed it is readily available.
I would love to grow in the organisation. I am currently working as Site Engineer on the International Meeting Facility project at the European Space agency. We have started casting foundations in October 2022 and have casted the ground floor slab at the end of January and are now heading to cast the first floor slab early in March. The building is made up of the Ground floor, First floor, second floor and a roof slab. So it has 3 floors in total. I look forward to seeing a successful hand over of the IMF to our Client at ESA.”

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Rizzani de Eccher

3 months ago

The Kangaroo Point Green Bridge has recently achieved a major milestone with the installation of the first span of the bridge structure, the first of 8 spans to be installed for the 460m long bridge with the mast reaching 83m in height.

The Kangaroo Point Green Bridge will be an iconic cyclist and pedestrian cable-stay bridge featuring a main span of about 180m, to be built for Brisbane City Council in the heart of the city CBD and over the Brisbane River, with complex engineering and architectural features.

Rizzani de Eccher is involved as part of the Connect Brisbane consortium (led by Besix Watpac) as an integrated part of the team to deliver the engineering and construction of the project. Tensa is also involved as the specialised supplier for cable-stays and tuned mass damper. ... See MoreSee Less

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Rizzani de Eccher

4 months ago

Works proceeds at full speed at the Yvie, one of Amsterdam’s most iconic mixed use development projects. The two towers of 110m and 102m height, respectively, are located in the Noord district of Amsterdam, just across the IJ from Centraal station, and have already become one of the primary landmarks of the city.

The façade of the 34-floor Maritim Hotel, combining curtain walling and natural stone is now complete, while Rizzani de Eccher continues the fit-out works for the 579 guestrooms, which include luxury executive and presidential suites, a Skybar restaurant with breathtaking views of Amsterdam's old town.

The adjacent 31-floor Residential Tower presents important challenges because of irregular facades and cantilever balconies also clad in natural stone. 120 of these apartments, out of 296 in total, will soon welcome the renowned operator Staycity, specialized in medium to long term stays, as well as 176 tenants. The top floors will host 4 penthouses with unrivalled views over the city of Amsterdam in every direction.

Maritim (www.maritim.com/en) is a family-owned, German-based hotel owner and operator, founded in 1969, specialized in MICE hospitality (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions), the largest hotel operator of this kind in Europe with an offering of ca. 16.000 rooms in 37 countries. More important to Maritim is the capacity to accommodate visitors at incentive and exhibition functions, with a capacity to cater to over 110.000 day guests in state of the art facilities, which include meeting rooms, conference halls, ball-rooms, modular event-venues, etc., all endowed of state of the art audio-visual equipment and multiple gourmet catering options. In fact, the 4-floor podium connecting the two high-rise towers at the Yvie will provide room for 4 restaurants, a multifunctional conference and congress center hosting up to 4000 people, a luxury spa and wellness area, and finally a panoramic green roof terrace.

The project, with an aggregate gross floor area of ca. 109.00 sqm, comes complete of about 2.000sqm in office space and, of course 615 underground car parks, the majority of which are made available to the Municipality of Amsterdam for outside visitors.

Without the vision and courage of the real estate investing arm of Union Investment (www.union-investment.com/), owner of the project and one of the world’s largest institutional investors with over €430 billion in assets under management, the Yvie would have never seen the light. Rizzani de Eccher is proud and delighted to work for such a prestigious mix of stakeholders, which include of course the Municipality of Amsterdam (Gemeente van Amsterdam www.amsterdam.nl/), one of the most stark examples on how local administrations can get things right in making Amsterdam one of Europe’s most vibrant capitals. ... See MoreSee Less

Rizzani de Eccher

4 months ago

Civil and soil consolidation works proceed at the iconic Aminona Resort Project, in the Valais (CH). The site sits at 1’520 m above sea level, only minutes away from Crans-Montana. The south facing slope has tremendous views to several of the most famous 4-thousanders of the Alps.
The ca. 63.000m2 buildable area development will include, once completed, 12 luxury chalets and 35 branded hotel residences in addition to two 5* Hotels. The Project shall be delivered complete of all infrastructure and hard- and soft- scaping works, which include an open air theatre, an ice-skating rink and several indoor-outdoor pools. Thanks to the municipality of Crans-Montana it will also be a green-transition project, with an important portion of the energy and heating requirements generated by photovoltaic and geothermal sources. ... See MoreSee Less