A consortium of Italian companies has been awarded the European tender worth over 12 million euro to carry out the technical and economic feasibility study for the large underground research infrastructure of the Einstein Telescope, the future gravitational-wave detector that Italy is hoping to host in Sardinia.
The consortium is led by Rocksoil in Rome, a leader in the design of high-tech underground structures.
It also includes Leonardo European Consortium for Engineering and Architecture of Cagliari, Ferro Ingegneria of Turin, Criteria of Cagliari, which does environmental monitoring and analysis, engineering and consulting company Inar of Milan, civil engineering and environmental design company Gdp Geomin of Turin and geotechnical services company Geotec of Campobasso.
The results of the feasibility study, which should be completed in 18 months, will be crucial for Italy's bid to host the future Telescope.
"Given the design complexity of the Einstein Telescope infrastructure and the stringent requirements imposed by the scientific community, the study will have to investigate its many different aspects," says Gaetano Schillaci, the sole project manager.
Italians to do feasibility study for Einstein Telescope
Rocksoil leads consortium that clinched 12 million euro tender