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Recchi Ingegneria e Partecipazioni S.p.A. is the holding company operating in the field of engineering and project & construction management. It was founded in 2003, drawing on the experience acquired by the Recchi Group in five continents. For over eighty years, Recchi has stood for construction culture, reliability and professional capabilities in handling complex infrastructure and real estate ventures.
The operating strategy of Recchi Ingegneria e Partecipazioni S.p.A. is based on an integrated network of companies specialized in service delivery across various fields of Engineering and Project & Construction Management. This network, backed by hundreds of specialized technicians and efficient project control strategies, ensures a planned system from conception to execution, offering clients single-point responsibility and guaranteed results.
RecchiEngineering s.r.l.
An Engineering Management company expert in the design and works direction for major constructions and infrastructures. Active in transport, construction, urban planning, sustainability, and territorial and environmental planning.
The origins of Recchi Ingegneria e Partecipazioni date back to 1933 with the birth in Turin of Impresa di Costruzioni Ing. Enrico Recchi. In the first period of activity, marked in 1939 by the death of the founder and the entry of his brother Giuseppe Recchi, the company dedicated itself to the construction of civil works in Italy, specializing in power plants and large public infrastructure.
After the difficult war years, the company participated in national reconstruction and post-war development policies, building new hydroelectric plants, an efficient national motorway network (the Turin-Savona and Rome-Milan viaducts) and major infrastructure (railway bridges over the Po, Orco and Stura rivers and the Ponte Vittorio and Lake Eugio dams).
In 1952, the first plant abroad was built: the Ladhon hydroelectric plant in Greece. In the 1950s, thanks to the experience gained in construction and increased operational capacity, the company opened up to the international market. The establishment in 1959 of Recchi S.p.A. Costruzioni Generali marked an important step in the company's evolution, characterized by a constant opening towards new clients worldwide, particularly in emerging countries. Projects from this period include the Koka hydroelectric plant in Ethiopia, the Akosombo plant on the Volta River in Ghana, the Nile Shambat bridge in Khartoum for the Republic of Sudan, and the Blue Nile, Lekempti-Gimbi, and Bedelle Gore roads in Ethiopia.
During the post-war reconstruction period, the company focused on the use of integral prefabrication systems using its own technologies (Tunnel and Blanche-Table systems) and international patents (Tracoba). Accurate planning, production rationalization, and execution speed were the factors qualifying industrialized building projects: the vast program in Tripoli, Libya, the St. Paul Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and in Italy the expansion of the Falchera district in Turin.
In the 1960s, the company expanded into the construction of industrial complexes. Major works included the FIAT plants in Rivalta, Cassino and Villastellone, the FIAT foundries in Carmagnola, the Grandi Motori plant in Trieste, the Pininfarina plant in Turin, and the Fourth Steel Center in Taranto. Abroad, the Addis Ababa cement plant and the Dar es Salaam refinery were built. Between 1961 and 1965, the company built the "Enrico Fermi" nuclear power plant in Trino Vercellese.
The 1970s marked a period of new expansion toward the international market, with works in France, Spain, Algeria, Libya, Kenya, Sudan, Ghana, Tanzania, Somalia, and Zambia, followed by an opening to Latin American countries. In the 1980s, Recchi twice received the prestigious Ingersoll-Rand international award, first in 1981 for the White Nile road bridge at Kosti (Sudan), then in 1989 for the Karakaya hydroelectric plant in Turkey. In 1987, the company entered the U.S. market with Recchi America Inc., building the Acosta Bridge in Jacksonville, the Chesapeake Bridge in Delaware, and the People Mover in Miami.
From the 1980s, the company increasingly took on the role of "general contractor". It remained active in infrastructure with the Turin Railway Node, the Milan Metro, and the World Trade Center in Genoa. In 2003, the Recchi Ingegneria e Partecipazioni services holding was established. In 2006, Recchi was Main Sponsor of the XX Olympic Winter Games and built the Olympic Stadium in Turin. In 2005, it won the competition for the recovery of the National Automobile Museum, ranked in 2013 by The Times as one of the top 50 museums in the world.
In the era of globalization, the holding opened to new markets in Asia, with projects in the UAE, Kazakhstan, China, and Russia. Domestically, it participated in the new Intesa Sanpaolo Headquarter (Renzo Piano design), the Italy Pavilion for Expo 2015, and managed major urban transformation programs. In 2012, it won the competition for V200, an ambitious long-term project for the transformation of Turin's north-east quadrant over the next twenty years.
The Recchi Historical Archive preserves the documentary heritage related to the company's activity since its foundation. Stored at the holding headquarters, organized through an archive enhancement project started in 2009, the documents testify to innovations in construction, land transformation, and the resulting social changes.
Photographs, films, and drawings narrate the story of a Turin business with an international reach of over 80 years, illustrating Italian progress in the 20th century.
The archive is located at Via Montevecchio in Turin, inside the Casa Custoza Recchi building designed by architects Aimaro Isola and Roberto Gabetti in the 60s. The heritage includes 50 linear meters of volumes, paper documents, microfilms, and films. The photographic section alone holds over 5,000 photos, from Riccardo Moncalvo to Gabriele Basilico.
The film section includes footage of construction, interviews, and cultural documentaries. Of particular interest is the work by Japanese artist Koji Miyazaki on the Karakaya plant in Turkey, which won multiple international corporate film awards.
In 2012, in partnership with the National Archive of Corporate Film (ANCI), Recchi digitized over 250 films, now available online via Cinemaimpresatv, the corporate film YouTube channel.
In 2014, selections from the Recchi Archive were featured in Davide Ferrario's film La zuppa del demonio, a documentary on Italian progress presented at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.
For information: info@recchi.com