At WTC2013 in Geneva earlier this month, the three-floor exhibition was fully sold out with more than 100 exhibitors. Some 1,500 visitors attended the event.

Among the gold sponsors was CIFA, the leading Italian company offering a complete range of products in the concrete business. CIFA presented three recent projects.

The 9.4 m-diameter full-round formwork of self-launching type, designed and fabricated by CIFA, assembled for the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme in South Africa at the end of September, 2012. Click za/13 for tunnelbuilder archive.

The contract signed at the beginning of 2012, for the supply of four sets of formwork for the lining of the 4.7 km-long bi-tube Gilon tunnel on the new Acre-Carmiel double track railway between the western city of Akko (Acre) and the city of Carmiel in Israel. Click il/16 for tunnelbuilder archive.

The STEP project in United Arab Emirates, which will be completed in the year 2015. For the two key parts T-02 (15 km-long, 5.0 m final diameter tunnel) and T-03 (10.5 km-long, 5.5 m final diameter tunnel) both awarded to the contractor Impregilo, CIFA has designed and constructed 12 special tunnel steel forms for the loading and traction of the special membrane HDPE (High Density PolyEthylene). Click ae/16 for tunnelbuilder archive.

The World Tunnel Congress 2014 will be held in Brazil. Visit www.cifa.com. 24/13.