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Awarding of contract for construction of

Ri.MED Center
Palermo - June 20, 2019.  Biomedical Research and Biotechnology Center
becomes a reality.
 
The Board of Directors of the Ri.MED Foundation recently resolved the awarding of
the contract for the construction of the Biomedical Research and Biotechnology
Center (BRBC) to a temporary association of enterprises that includes Italiana
Costruzioni S.p.A. (leading rm), Gemmo S.p.A. (principal), ISA S.p.A. (principal), and
T.AM.CO. S.r.l., for a total amount of € 90.5 million.
 
The above association of enterprises ranked rst in the o cial ranking of the
restricted procedure. On June 3, during its last public session the Awarding
Committee read the scores assigned to the technical improvements, opened the
nancial and temporal bids, and assigned the relevant scores. Adding up the three
criteria (technical improvements, nancial and temporal aspects), the Committee
awarded the overall scores and drafted the nal ranking, which was then read
publicly.
 
The newly-established temporary association of enterprises, led by Italiana
Costruzioni S.p.A., will therefore have the honor and responsibility to realize, within a
period of 3 years, a major construction project of utmost importance in the history of
Sicily and of the whole Mediterranean region. The 25,000-square-meter center will be
built in Carini, Palermo, and will be key to turn Sicily into a translational "hub" for life
sciences, guaranteeing the fast transferability of scienti c results into clinical practice:
a strategic role both from an economic point of view and for public health.
 
“The upcoming start of construction work of the Biomedical Research and
Biotechnology Center (BRBC) of the Ri.MED Foundation is the result of the hard work
of Italian and US authorities. The aim is to create a research hub to break new
ground and create new health care products, and at the same time to attract and
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and UPMC International Executive Vice President. “The social and economic impact is
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going to have profound e ects both in Sicily and in the rest of Italy. Many Italian
scientists will have the opportunity to remain in or return to their country of origin,
and work in one of the world's most advanced research centers.”
 
The BRBC executive project was designed by an association of companies led by
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Inc., winner of the international design competition,
and approved by the Sicilian Regional Commission for Public Works on October 12,
2016.

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