Grancarevo Dam – Trebinje – Bosnia Herzegovina
The Pizzi company carried out an initial supply of monitoring instrumentation during the construction phase of the dam and subsequently during the implementation phases of the project.
Bilancino Dam – Florence (Italy)
From 1987 to today, the Pizzi Franco company has periodically signed a series of contracts with Publiacqua SpA both for scheduled maintenance and for the new supply of monitoring and control instruments installed at the Bilancino Dam.
Ridracoli Dam – Forlì Cesena (Italy)
From 1989 to today, the Pizzi company signs an annual scheduled maintenance contract for the control instrumentation installed at the Ridracoli dam.
Concepción Dam – Honduras
In 1991 the Pizzi company made a first supply and installation of monitoring instrumentation. In 2009 Pizzi Instruments received the second order for the updating and implementation of the monitoring system installed in the dam.
Dams Valdostana delle Acque Company – Val d’Aosta
Since 1997 Pizzi Instruments has received orders from Compagnia Valdostana delle Acque for the supply of monitoring instruments, mainly for the following dams: Beauregard, Gabiet, Place Moulin and Cignana.
Water Authority of Sardinia Dams
From 1997 to today, the Pizzi Franco company has periodically signed a series of contracts with the Ente Acque della Sardegna both for scheduled maintenance and for the new supply of monitoring and control instrumentation installed at the dams managed by the Directorate of the Dams Service of the Authority. .
Djerdap I Kladovo Dam – Serbia
In 2001, under the patronage of the “European Energy Program for Serbia”, the Pizzi company signed a contract with the European Agency for Reconstruction of Belgrade for the supply and installation of monitoring instruments for the Djerdap dam.
Dams managed by Mediterranean Water Authority – Liguria
For several years, the Pizzi company has been periodically revising the monitoring equipment supplied and installed at the dams managed by the Mediterranea delle Acque water supply service.
Municipality of Naro (Agrigento) – Italy
In 2006, the Pizzi company was commissioned by the Diagnosis Company of Catania, on a commission from the Sicilian Region, to supply instruments for monitoring injuries in buildings and in correspondence with fractures in the rock in the landslide area of the town of Naro (Agrigento).
Rama Dam – Bosnia and Herzegovina
In 2007, the Pizzi company received an important order from the dam managing body, JP Elektroprivreda of Mostar, for the supply and installation of instrumentation that allowed the automation and implementation of the monitoring system installed there.
Castle of Malgrate – Villafranca in Lunigiana (Italy)
The Lunigiana area is one of the highest seismic areas in Northern Italy.
HPP Bumbuna Sierra Leone
Pizzi Instruments carried out an initial supply of monitoring instrumentation during the construction phases of the project and, subsequently, during the management and maintenance phases of the plant.
Automatic reservoir monitoring system
Pizzi Instruments S.r.l. received and executed the first order in partnership with DDWay Srl, as General Contractor towards the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport – Dams General Management, concerning the design, supply and installation of automatic monitoring systems and hydrological emergency control .
Countryside Area of San Biagio (Florence) – Italy
Supply of two landslide monitoring systems as part of the “S.P. 16 Chianti-Valdarno S.P. 56 del Brollo and Poggio alla Croce – Connection to San Biagio “
Automatic monitoring of the former R.S.U. of San Martino a Maiano, Certaldo (FI)
In 2008 the Pizzi company received the order for the supply of a monitoring system to control the levels of the “leachate” and some weather parameters of the former R.S.U. di San Martino a Maiano in the Municipality of Certaldo (FI), managed by the Florentine Consortium of Environmental Hygiene Quadrifoglio Spa.
Gibe III Dam – Ethiopia
Gilgel Gibe III is a dam, currently nearing completion, about 243m high in RCC (Roller Compacted Concrete). Once completed, the dam will be connected to a hydroelectric power plant on the Omo River and will represent the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa.
G.E.R.D.P. (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project) Ethiopia
The project is situated at about 500 km north west of the Addis Abeba capital in the region of the Benishangul – Gumaz (Ethiopia), along the Blue Nile River.
Towke Mukorsi Dam (Zimbabwe)
Towke Mukorsi Dam is a cliff dam with upstream concrete waterproofing membrane (Concrete Faced Rockfill Dam – CFRD)
High Speed Line – Florence (Italy)
Supply and installation of an automatic monitoring system and real time of tracks for the project “High Speed Line – Florence Junction – Lot 1”.
“Sacred Heart” Church – Florence (Italy)
The “Sacred Heart” Church at Rominto was designed and built by the engineer Ezio Zalaffi in 1925.
Re di Sole Dam (San Giovanni in Fiore – Cosenza – Italy)
Pizzi Instruments intervened in the final phase of the dam operation by providing the supply and of the commissioning of vibrating wire rod extensometers and of a hydrographic station necessary to monitor the hydrographic processing of the dam.
Port of Catania : Load tests on pole
The project involved the installation of 25 mini strain gauge bars with vibrating wire, aimed at carrying out a load test on the pilot pole, as part of the construction works of the new commercial dock, at the port of Catania. it occurred along via Peruzzi, near a road embankment, where a significant collapse of a wall occurred with the consequent sliding of a large amount of land into the valley below.
Saqqara Archaeological Site (Egypt)
Saqqara archaeological site is a vast, ancient burial ground in Egypt, serving as the necropolis for the Ancient Egyptian Capital, Memphis. The site covers an area of around 7 x 1,5 km.
Sicily Region Dams: verification and integration of monitoring instrumentation
On May 2014 the Sicily Region requested Pizzi Instruments to carry out a series of inspections on the monitoring instruments installed on the dams directly managed by the Sicilian Departmente of Energy and Public Utilities.
Column of Justice – Florence (Italy)
The Column of Justice is the highest and most beautiful columns of the city.
Quaira della Miniera DAM (Bolzano – Italy)
In 2015 Pizzi Instruments receives from SE Hydropower of Bolzano the first contract for the supply of n. 3 laser telependulums – model LAC3000. In 2016, the customer, fully satisfied with the delivery, proceeded with the order of three additional laser telependulums – model LAC3000.
Riolunato Dam (Modena – Italy)
In 2015 Pizzi Instruments received the contract from the Gelmi Construction Company for the supply and installation of monitoring instrumentation for the Riolunato dam, currently managed by Enel Green Power.
Casanuova dam on the Chiascio river – Perugia (Italy)
The Valfabbrica dam on the Chiascio river, with its availability of 145 million cubic meters per year, is able to meet the drinking water needs of the city of Perugia and other smaller cities.
Koysha Dam (Ethiopia)
The project has been commissioned by the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) and foresees the construction of a RCC dam, 170 m high, with a reservoir volume of 6000 million cubic meters. The hydroelectric plant will yearly produce 6,460 GWh.
Municipality of Siena (Italy)
On 27/02/2016 there were calamitous atmospheric events, caused by persistent and very intense downpours, which caused considerable damage to the entire road heritage of the Municipality of Siena. The most serious occurred along via Peruzzi, near a road embankment, where a significant collapse of a wall occurred with the consequent sliding of a large amount of land into the valley below.
Lungarno Torrigiani – Florence (Italy)
Lungarno Torrigiani dates back to the second half of the nineteenth century, during the works for Florence Capital ( 1865 – 1871) the two banks of Arno river upstream of Ponte Vecchio were set up by realizing the “lungarni”.
Ponte Vecchio – Florence (Italy)
Ponte Vecchio is one of the Florentine symbols all over the world.
Isola Serafini Dam (Italy)
In December 2016, Pizzi Instruments awarded the supply for the implementation of a new inclinometric, piezometric and extensimetric monitoring system for ISOLA SERAFINI dam.
Emarat Dam – Iran
On June 2017 Pizzi Instruments started a fruitful collaboration with the Iranian Engineering Company ARIA FARNAD for the supply of monitoring instrumentation for the Emarat Dam in the Iranian Region of Ardabil.
Fiastra Dam (Macerata – Italy)
In June 2018 Pizzi Instruments signed an important “framework agreement”, with a three-year duration, for the supply and installation of monitoring equipment for the dams managed by Enel Green Power SpA.
Comunelli Dam – Caltanissetta (Italy)
Lake Comunelli is an artificial lake located in the municipality of Butera, in the province of Caltanissetta, in Sicily.
Disueri Dam – Caltanissetta (Italy)
Lake Disueri is an artificial lake located in the municipality of Gela, in the province of Caltanissetta. The lake is located 150 meters above sea level, is 3 km long and 1 km wide at its widest point. Its maximum depth at full reservoir is 34 m, with a volume of water of 14 million cubic meters.
Furore Dam – Agrigento (Italy)
The Furore dam on the Grancifone stream or Burraito river is an artificial basin, located in the territory of Naro, in the province of Agrigento, built between 1980 and 1992 and intended for the collection of water from the Burraito river.
System for the measurement of the heeling of naval units, Navy of Taranto
In March 2021 Pizzi Instruments won the tender called by the Arsenale of the Navy of Taranto for the supply of a Real Time inclinometer system for the measurement of the skidding of the Naval Units.
Department of Civil Protection – Seismic monitoring instrumentation
For several years, the Swiss company GeoSIG Ltd undertakes with the Department of Civil Protection – Seismic Structural Observatory – a series of contracts for the support of the ordinary and extraordinary management of the monitoring systems of the Seismic Structural Observatory.
Italian Navy (La Spezia) – Italy
The project was born from the need of the Italian Navy to be equipped with a system to measure the transversal inclinations of Navy ships during stability tests.
Alice Castello landfill (Vercelli) – Supply of geotechnical equipment
In 2008 the Pizzi company received the order for the supply of a monitoring system for the Alice Castello landfill, in the province of Vercelli.
Kahir Dam
Our collaborators Aria Farnad recently installed our EGS-2C handheld coordinate measuring device to monitor the pendulum movement of the Kahir dam.
Givi Dam
Our trusted collaborators at Aria Farnad are currently installing number 7 DAC3000 data acquisition units, fully equipped with our cutting-edge CUM3000 Data Loggers and the Sentinel remote data management software.