Italy's Webuild pitches to rebuild Baltimore bridge

Milan: Italian construction company Webuild, which helped rebuild Genoa s bridge after its deadly 2018 collapse, launched a pitch Friday to reconstruc...

Milan: Italian construction company Webuild, which helped rebuild Genoa's bridge after its deadly 2018 collapse, launched a pitch Friday to reconstruct Baltimore's destroyed bridge.

The company, with its US subsidiary Lane, said it had submitted pro bono to US authorities a "concept design" of a cable-stayed bridge.

The proposal was drafted together with architect Carlo Ratti from MIT and French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux, it said.

Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on March 26 after being struck by a huge container ship, killing six construction workers.

Reconstruction of the bridge is expected to take up to three years.