Webuild and Hyundai E&C Strengthen Global Infrastructure Partnership with Focus on High Value and Green Energy Projects

Webuild and Hyundai E&C Strengthen Global Infrastructure Partnership with Focus on High Value and Green Energy Projects

(IN BRIEF) Webuild and Hyundai Engineering & Construction have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to expand their collaboration in delivering large-scale infrastructure projects worldwide. The partnership focuses on sectors such as ports, airports, defence, and green energy, combining the companies’ complementary expertise to enhance competitiveness in high-value, technology-driven projects. The agreement also предусматривает the potential formation of joint ventures to deliver integrated solutions under various project models, including PPP and EPC frameworks. With a focus on growth regions such as Asia-Pacific and North America, the collaboration aims to strengthen both companies’ international presence and ability to respond to rising demand for advanced infrastructure. The partnership builds on the strong global track records of both firms and supports their long-term expansion strategies.

(PRESS RELEASE) MILAN, 18-Mar-2026 — /EuropaWire/ — Webuild and Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen their collaboration and jointly pursue major infrastructure opportunities across global markets. The agreement marks a new phase in their partnership, focusing on combining their respective strengths to deliver complex, high-value projects in sectors such as ports, airports, defence infrastructure, and green energy.

The collaboration is designed to leverage the complementary capabilities of both companies, bringing together Webuild’s long-standing expertise in large-scale engineering and project execution with Hyundai E&C’s extensive international footprint and diversified construction portfolio. By aligning their technical and operational know-how, the two groups aim to strengthen their competitiveness in specialised infrastructure segments where advanced technology and execution capabilities are critical.

The agreement also outlines the potential creation of project-specific joint ventures, enabling the partners to offer integrated solutions under a variety of contractual models, including Public-Private Partnerships, Engineering Procurement Construction, and Design & Build frameworks. This approach is intended to enhance efficiency, optimise resource allocation, and meet the increasingly complex demands of major international clients.

The partnership is expected to focus particularly on high-growth regions such as Asia-Pacific and North America, where demand for resilient, technologically advanced infrastructure is rising. By working together, both companies aim to expand their global presence and capture opportunities in markets characterised by strong infrastructure investment.

Webuild, which generated €13.6 billion in revenue in 2025 and employs around 95,000 people, brings to the partnership more than a century of engineering experience and a strong track record in delivering large-scale projects worldwide. The Group has been recognised as a leading contractor in the water sector and has contributed to major international projects including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the Panama Canal expansion, and the Long Beach International Gateway in the United States.

Hyundai E&C, founded in 1947 and part of Hyundai Motor Group, is one of the world’s leading construction companies, with cumulative overseas orders exceeding €145 billion. With annual revenues surpassing €20 billion and a workforce of approximately 15,000 employees, the company operates across multiple regions and sectors, including infrastructure, energy, and large-scale construction projects.

The agreement is built on principles of transparency, collaboration, and knowledge sharing, providing a framework for the two companies to jointly pursue complex projects and strengthen their positions in key global markets.

Webuild is a global leader in the construction of large, complex infrastructure, with a focus on sustainable mobility, hydropower, water treatment and supply, and green buildings. It has long been recognised as the world’s top contractor in the water infrastructure sector. Active in approximately 50 countries, the Group employs some 95,000 people directly and indirectly of over 125 nationalities. With 120 years of history and over 3,700 completed projects, Webuild boasts a track record that includes 13,686 kilometres of railways, 895 kilometres of metros, 82,708 kilometres of roads and highways, 1,023 kilometres of bridges and viaducts, 3,466 kilometres of tunnels, and 320 dams and hydropower plants. Among its most iconic delivered projects are the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the expansion of the Panama Canal, the Long Beach International Gateway in the United States, the Second Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey, the Riachuelo environmental restoration system in Argentina, and new metro lines in cities such as Copenhagen, Paris, Rome, Milan, Naples, Doha, Thessaloniki, and Riyadh. Among those under construction are strategic public works in Italy, such as the New Genoa Breakwater, the Brenner Base Tunnel, the Pedemontana Lombarda Highway, Rome Metro’s Line C, sections of high-speed and/or high-capacity railways between Genoa and Milan, Verona and Padua, Naples and Bari, and Palermo, Catania and Messina. Abroad, there is the Snowy 2.0 hydropower scheme in Australia and key sections of the Grand Paris Express in France. As of December 31, 2025, the Group reported total revenues of €13.6 billion and a total order backlog of €58.4 billion, with over 95% of the construction backlog aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Webuild is headquartered in Italy and subject to the direction and coordination of Salini Costruttori S.p.A. Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange (WBD; WBD.MI; WBD:IM), its stock is included in the MIB ESG index of Italy’s leading blue-chip companies for ESG practices.

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SOURCE: Webuild S.p.A.