Zurich – Pizzarotti & C. S.p.A. is the Italian company that has played a decisive role in the Gotthard Base Tunnel. It is a source of pride for the country as well as for the company from Parma who took part in the construction of an infrastructure that is unparalleled in the world, in both size and technological design and construction standards. The Pizzarotti Group has participated in three lots equal to 20% of the total works, the amount of work (11 in total) is estimated at about €2 billion: The Bodio Embankment Gallery (South portal of the Gotthard Base Tunnel), the Discenderia Faido (access to the excavation of the main Gotthard Base Tunnel) and the Sedrun tunnel (central base tunnel lot). (9Colonne)