URBAN RENEWAL OF RAILWAY STATION, PARMA
… Observational Method for a deep excavation in a complex geotechnical and hydrogeological site …

The urban redevelopment of the "Railway Station Area” in Parma (Italy), involved the creation of a large road link, under-passing the existing railway Station and the construction of five buildings. The works, developed on an area of nearly 17.0000 square meters, entailed the execution of extensive excavations and supporting structures.
The main design issue was due to a complex geotechnical context with soft soil and two aquifers characterized by a fast-changing water level. The presence of a railway in operation and several buildings next to the excavations completes the design framework. To overcome these critical issues and assure greater safety and continuity of the works, the Contractor developed a detailed design based on an observational approach, which considered several possible hydrogeological scenarios and staged excavations over small areas. This allowed to finish the excavation works on time and with no significant interruptions
Andrea Antiga, as Soil’s Technical Director, was the Project Manager and Coordinator of the group of four Engineering Companies that supported the Contractor during the design and construction phases. The project involved the construction of five buildings and of a large railway underpass with trains in operation. Pietro Coppola, as Soil’s Project Engineer, was in charge for several geotechnical and structural design-parts and numerical analyses.
OWNER
Municipality of Parma
LOCATION
CENTER ITALY
YEAR
2007 - 2013
CLIENT
Andrea Antiga worked as Technical Director at SOIL S.r.l.
(ATI BONATTI, Di Vincenzo was the Soil’s Client)
PROJECT VALUE
50 Mio EUR.
TYPE OF WORK
Special geotechnical works, deep excavation, diaphragm wall, railway underpass, monitoring
PUBBLICATIONS
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Carassini M., Bucci F., Antiga A. – South East Asia Geotechnical Engineering Conference - 2018
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Carassini M., Bucci F., Antiga A. – Geotechnical Engineering Journal of the SEAGC – worth publishing