Enzo Siviero (born 19 January 1945) is an Italian engineer, academic, and writer.
and also architect, as he received an ''
honoris causa
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''
academic degree
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in architecture from the
Polytechnic of Bari in 2009 at the age of 64.
Biography
In December 2016, at TUNeIT in
Tunis
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he presented a 140 km bridge that would connect the ''Tunisian peninsula of
Cape Bon
Cape Bon ("Good Cape"), also known as Res et-Teib (), Shrīk Peninsula, or Watan el Kibli, is a peninsula in far northeastern Tunisia. Cape Bon is also the name of the northernmost point on the peninsula, also known as Res ed-Der, and known in ant ...
'' (Africa) to
Mazara del Vallo
Mazara del Vallo (; is a city and in the province of Trapani, northwestern Sicily, Italy. It lies mainly on the left bank at the mouth of the Mazaro river.
It is an agricultural and fishing centre and its port gives shelter to the largest fi ...
in Sicily (Europe). He is the rector of the
Università degli Studi eCampus in
Padua
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.
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Strait of Messina Bridge
Academic and engineer, Enzo Siviero is an expert of bridges. Always a supporter of the usefulness of the construction of the Strait of Messina Bridge
The Strait of Messina Bridge () is a proposed suspension bridge across the Strait of Messina, connecting Torre Faro in Sicily with Villa San Giovanni on the Italian peninsula.
The bridge has been controversial due to the impact of earthquake ...
, he has held several conferences
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and lectures to convince skeptics of the importance of this work.
On 22 April 2021 participated with the CEO of Webuild
Webuild S.p.A. (previously Salini Impregilo S.p.A.; ) is an Italian industrial group specialising in construction and civil engineering. The company was formally founded in 2014 as the result of the merger by incorporation of Salini into Impregi ...
, Pietro Salini
Pietro Salini (born 29 March 1958) is an Italian businessman and chief executive officer of Webuild (previously known as Salini Impregilo).
On 31 May 2013, he was honoured with the title of ''Cavaliere del Lavoro'' (''Knight of Labour'', for his ...
, in Catania
Catania (, , , Sicilian and ) is the second-largest municipality on Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Despite being the second city of the island, Catania is the center of the most densely populated Sicilian conurbation, wh ...
in a joint press conference with the President of the Sicilian Region Nello Musumeci
Sebastiano "Nello" Musumeci (born 21 January 1955) is a right-wing Italian politician. Musumeci is serving as Minister for Civil Protection and Maritime Policies since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni. He previously served as ...
and Calabria Region Antonino Spirlì
Antonino “Nino” Spirlì (born 13 July 1961) is an Italian politician, author, actor and journalist. He became the acting president of Calabria region following the death of Jole Santelli on 15 October 2020. By law, a snap election must be hel ...
, announced that he was ready to build the Strait of Messina Bridge, starting immediately with the works and on the basis of the executive project and construction site approved definitively in 2013. He declared that he already had the 4 billion euro coverage necessary for the construction of the Work and that he could obtain the other two necessary for the infrastructures
Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and pri ...
connected to it from private financing.
,
Books
Professor Enzo Siviero has written more than a dozen books, the most important hereinafter, most often dealing with the theme of bridges.
See also
* Università degli Studi eCampus
References
External links
Enzo Siviero
at Ingenio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Siviero, Enzo
1945 births
Living people
Academics from Padua
21st-century Italian architects
21st-century Italian engineers
21st-century Italian writers
People from the Province of Padua