New Science and Technology Park in San Giuliano Terme: completed the tender for the public-private partnership and signed the concession contract with the private partner, the business grouping coordinated by Icop Spa
By the summer, the opening of the construction site for the first four buildings, out of a total of seven, operational in 2026, to house research, teaching, and technology transfer activities in the area of Experimental Sciences (Engineering, Medicine, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology), and a service center with auditorium
Countdown to the laying of the foundation stone by the summer of the new Science and Technology Park of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in San Giuliano Terme, a short distance from Pisa's central and historic headquarters, along a road axis that, from the city center, heads toward the Cisanello hospital and also already has the locations of the TeCIP (Technologies of Communication, Information, Photonics) Institute of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, the CNR, the Fondazione Monasterio, and the Department of Chemistry of the University of Pisa. Wednesday, March 6th, the tender for the public-private partnership came to a conclusion with the signing of the concession contract for the executive design, entrusted to the architectural studio Lombardini 22, for the construction and 20-year operational management of the first four buildings of the new campus.
The contract was signed with the partner, the grouping of companies coordinated by Icop Spa, a Udine-based company known in the construction world. The first four buildings constructed will house the research, teaching and technology transfer activities of the Experimental Sciences (Engineering, Medicine, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology), and a service center with a large auditorium.
The start of construction is scheduled by summer, with the four buildings, out of the total seven planned in the "master plan", to be completed in a total of 27 months. The overall project for the new campus, which includes significant contributions from the Ministry of University and Research and the Regione Toscana, involves investments of 52.5 million euros and a total value of the concession to the private partner, also including the cost of operation and maintenance services for 20 years, of about 118.5 million euros.
Cover: Alessia Macchia, Managing director of Sant'Anna School, and Pietro Petrucco CEO of Icop Spa
