The largest optical telescope in the world

Project

The Design and construction of the ELT (Extremly Large Telescope), the largest optical telescope in the world, represents a challenge for complexity, extreme precision required and the context in which it is being built, the Chilean desert. The ELT is the most important project approved by ESO (European Southern Observatory). The dimensions are extremely large for this type of structures with a diameter of 115 m and an overall height of 80m, comparable to that of the London Eye's Big Ben.

Costs

€ 3’100’000’000

Timeline

2017-ongoing

Clients

European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Services

• Preliminary design (ELT foundations)
• Final design (ELT foundations)
• Design of all the civil works