Company
Franchetti spa is a civil and environmental engineering company and specializes in the inspection, analysis and maintenance of high-value elements, such as bridges and complex transport networks.
Franchetti has been operating for more than twenty years with offices in Italy, Brazil and Canada and with corporate presence in the United States, India and Singapore. Alltogether, it has has been involved in over 10,000 roads, highways and rail bridges and is best known for its pioneering work in the highly promising field of "predictive maintenance."
Franchetti's "software-based" approach is based on solid scientific know-how, born from the collaboration with leading universities and research institutes.
Innovation and know how
Constant innovation guides Franchetti's work, and translates into the ability to assess existing structures at the network level, not only from an engineering point of view but also from an economic-financial planning point of view, guaranteeing more balanced and optimized investments.
Franchetti has carried out, in collaboration with leading universities and institutes, important research in the field of assessment of existing structures.
Numerous scientific articles testify to this great commitment to research and innovation, culminating in a period of improvement in the United States with the guidance of Masanobu Shinozuka, a world expert in earthquakes and structural engineering, who confirmed the validity of these innovative approaches.
The partners, Paolo Franchetti and Michele Frizzarin, have published several articles for specialized journals in the sector.
Experience and Global Vision
The company has a global projection through its offices in Italy, Brazil, Canada and corporate presence in the United States, India and Singapore. Numerous activities are also carried out in other countries, such as the accompaniment of the internationalization activities of the EU Enterprise and Industry Commissioner in emerging markets (Burma, Peru, Paraguay, Guatemala).
At the same time Franchetti, through his partners, has carried out numerous activities in Africa both with training activities (as part of joint activities with the University of Padua) and with infrastructure development projects. The professionals who are part of Franchetti spa are dynamic figures, constantly in contact with the state of the art of engineering and able to promptly incorporate innovations, thanks to a constant research approach.