Astaldi built the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge in Istanbul

The bridge was built by a Turkish-Italian consortium: IC İçtaş (67%) and Rome-based Astaldi S.p.A. (33%) won the 2012 tender under a Build-Operate-Transfer model, making Astaldi a core construction and concession partner. Engineering design was additionally provided by Jean-François Klein (Switzerland) and Michel Virlogeux (France) of Geneva-based T-ingénierie.

The Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge over the Bosphorus (2,164 m long, 8 traffic lanes, double-track rail line) connecting northern Istanbul between Europe and Asia. Construction and concession operation were carried out by a consortium of IC İçtaş (Turkey, 67%) and Astaldi S.p.A. (Italy, 33%), with total investment of about USD 2.9 billion. Structural design was by the Swiss team led by Jean-François Klein and Frenchman Michel Virlogeux (T-ingénierie, Geneva).