History

1967
Pius Lässer establishes engineering office in Innsbruck (AUT)

1967
First oil and gas contracts for Transalpine “TAL” Crude Oil Pipeline (ITA, AUT and GER), expansion of tank farms in Ingolstadt and Trieste

1967
First water contract for Dornbirn Wastewater Treatment Plant (AUT)

1969
Adolf Feizlmayr joins the company to form ILF partnership, office in Munich is opened (GER)

1971
Contract for expansion of Transalpine “TAL” Pipeline

1972
Contract for Arlberg Road Tunnel (AUT), 14 km

1974
Contract for Grafendorf Compressor Station (AUT), throughput: 1.3 million Nm³, 42–52 bar

1974
Contract for Iraq–Turkey Pipeline from Kirkuk to Iskenderun (IRQ, TUR), 1,000 km

1976
Contract for Voigtei–Barenburg Liquid Sulphur Pipeline (GER)

1976
Contract for Bauchi Commercial Vehicle Plant (NGR)

1977
Contract for Riyadh Water Transmission System from Jubail to Riyadh (KSA), 500 km,
830,000 m³/d

New office in Riyadh (KSA)

Contract for Brenner Base Tunnel (AUT, ITA)

1980
Contract for Hannover–Würzburg High-Speed Railway Line (GER)

1981
New office in Lagos (NGR)

1982
Contract for Jubail–Riyadh Water Transmission System, Line C (KSA),
386 km, 380,000 m³/d

1982
Use of ILF drilling equipment for AFRO pipeline route investigation (ITA, AUT, GER)

1985
Contract for Etzel Gas Storage Project (GER), 3,200 million Nm³

Contract for Tafna–Oran Water Transmission System (ALG), 115 km, 250,000 m³/d

1986
New office in Washington DC (USA)

1986
Contracts for Cheurfas II and Fontaine de Gazelle Dams (ALG), 82.4 m high gravity dam, 56 m high earth-fill dam

1988
Contract for UK Crossover Cavern of the Channel Tunnel (GBR)

1990
New office in Linz (AUT)

Contract for Mannesmann Mobilfunk D2 Mobile Network (GER), with partners

1991
Contract for Ebensfeld–Erfurt High-Speed Railway Line (GER), 107 km

1992
New offices in Prague (CZE) and Milan (ITA)

Contract for Yanbu–Madinah Water Transmission System from the Red Sea to Madinah (KSA), 366 km, 350,000 m³/d

1993
Founding of ILF Switzerland

1994 and 1995
Contract for Gotthard Base Tunnel (SUI), 57 km

Contract for SS 22 Bolzano–Leifers Bypass Road (ITA)

1996
Contract for Cologne–Frankfurt High-Speed Railway Line (GER), 219 km

New offices in Bratislava (SVK) and Vienna (AUT)

1998
Contract for Circe Fiber Loop 2, Fiber-Optic Cable Network (GER), 1,100 km

New offices in Warsaw (POL) and in Moscow (RUS)

1999
Contract for Sohar–Salalah Gas Pipeline (OMN), 300 km, 32″ and
700 km, 24″

2000
New office in Ploiesti (ROU)

Contract for Fujairah Water Transmission System (UAE),
2 × 64″, 180 km,
2 × 24″, 19 km

2001
Contract for Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan “BTC” Pipeline (TUR)

New office in Ankara (TUR)

2002
New office in Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Contract for Sulaibiya Wastewater and Reclamation Plant (KWT)

Contract for Baltic Beta Offshore Compressor Station (POL), 100,000 Nm³/d, 130 bar

2003
Adolf Feizlmayr awarded an honorary doctorate (Dr. h. c.) from the Montanuniversität Leoben (AUT)

ILF has over
600 employees

New office in Baku (AZE)

2004 and 2005
New offices in Beijing (CHN), Lahore (PAK) and Almaty (KAZ)

Contract for SNOx Reduction Plant (AUT)

Contract for Leipzig/Halle Airport (GER)

Acquisition of shares in Airport Consulting Partners GmbH, Stuttgart (GER)

2006
Acquisition of TECON Engineering GmbH (AUT)

Contract for Shahdag Tourism Complex (AZE)

Contract for Czajka Wastewater Treatment Plant (POL)

Contract for Shuqaiq Independent Water and Power Project (KSA)

2007
ILF has over
1,000 employees

New office in Salzburg (AUT)

Contract for Habshan–Fujairah Crude Oil Pipeline (UAE)

Adolf Feizlmayr and Pius Lässer join the Advisory Board

2008
Contract for Warsaw Metro, Line 2 (POL)

New office in Graz (AUT)

Contract for Eskene–Kuryk Oil Pipeline (KAZ)

2010
Contract for Fujairah Desalination Plant (UAE)

Contract for Gasunie Compressor Stations (GER)

Contract for Atdorf Pumped Storage Plant (GER),
1,400 MW

2012
Contract for TANAP Pipeline (TUR), 1,815 km, 56/48″

Contract for Tbilisi Bypass Rail Project (GEO)

Contract for Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park (UAE)

New office in Tbilisi (GEO)

2013
New offices in Erbil (KRI), Santiago (CHI) and Calgary (CAN)

Contract for Samotlor Oil Field Redevelopment (RUS)

Contract for Kozienice Power Plant (POL),
1,075 MW

2014
Contract for Common Seawater Supply Project (IRQ), 435 km,
2 million m³/day, FEED services for seawater pipeline system for enhanced oil recovery “EOR”

New office in Stathelle (NOR)

2015
Contract for Muzizi Hydropower Plant (UGA)

Acquisition of INFRA Project Development GmbH

New offices in Bogota (COL) and Bangkok (THA)

2016
ONE ILF initiative launched

ILF has over 2,000 employees

2016
New office in Mumbai (IND)

2016
Contract for TAP Gas Pipeline (ALB, GRE), 188 km and 215 km, 48″

Contract for SuedLink HVDC Cable Connection (GER), 1,000 km

2016
Acquisition of EUT Engineering

2017
ILF celebrates 50 years of Engineering Excellence worldwide

2017
Contract for TAPI Gas Pipeline (PAK, AFG), 1,625 km, 56″

2017
Release of ILF’s image film

2017
Contract for Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, Phase 3 (UAE), 5,000 MW, 6.5 million tons of CO₂ reduction per year

2018
Contract for Taimeralm Energy Recovery Station (AUT), world’s first crude oil pipeline power plant

Contract for Al Moghamass Strategic Tanks (KSA),
12 million m³

Contract for Warsaw Metro Line 2 (POL), Expansion West and North-East

2018
Contract for Rabigh – Jeddah – Makkah Water Transmission System and Jubail – Riyadh Water Transmission System Phase 3 (KSA), >1,000 km in total

2018
Contract for Großinzersdorf Wind Farm (AUT), 9.9 MW

Contrat for Ajaokuta – Kaduna – Kano Gas Pipeline (NGR), PMC

2018
Contract for Nam E-Moun Hydropower Project (LAO), 129 MW

Contract for SuedLink HVDC Cable Connection (GER), 1,200 km

Contract for Gotthard Road Tunnel, 2^nd tube (SUI)

2019
Contract for 2^nd Munich
S-Bahn Main Line (GER), >10 km in total, Design and PMC

2019
Master Service Agreement for Tengiz Oil Field (KAZ), 26 billion barrels

New office in Atyrau (KAZ)

2019
Contract for Al-Basrah Seawater Desalination Project (IRQ),
1,000,000 m³/d

2019
Contract for Red Sea Project – sustainable energy storage concept for tourism resort (KSA), Technical advisory services

Contract for Demo4Grid Hydrogen Project – H₂ Electrolyzer Facility (AUT), Owner’s engineering services

2020
Uninterrupted services in spite of the global Covid-19 pandemic

ILF has over
2,500 employees

2020
ILF commits to the UN’s
17 Sustainable
Development Goals “SDGs”

2020
Contract for SuedLink HVDC Cable Connection, lots 1, 7, 8, 9 (GER), Engineering services

Contract for ammonia storage tank incl. loading and unloading facilities, Aqaba (JOR), PMC

2020
Contract for Gaildorf Green Energy Storage Facility Pilot Project – wind power combined with pumped storage (GER), Engineering services

Contract for Baltica 2 and 3 Offshore Offshore Windfarm (POL), Engineering services

2021
Contract for Amaala Project – high-end multi-utility tourism development (KSA) aiming for an operational zero carbon footprint, Technical advisory services

2021
Contract for Endikat Hydropower Project (IND), Owner’s engineering services

Contract for expansion of Wastewater Treatment Plant Frankfurt (GER), Engineering services

2021
Contract for Dresden – Prague High-Speed Railway Line (GER, CZE), Engineering services

Frame Contract for Wafra Oilfield, CO₂ emission reduction (KWT), Owner’s engineering services and PMC

2021
Contract for Warsaw Metro, Line 3 (POL), Engineering services

Contract for Green Riyadh – urban greening project, (KSA), PMC

2022
Publication of ILF’s first Sustainability Report

ILF ranked among Sparkspread’s (now Infralogic) Top 10 Technical Transaction  Advisors in the Energy, Environment, Power and Transport Sectors

ILF ranked in the Top 50 of the Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) Top 225 International Design Firms

2022
New offices in Madrid (ESP) and Fontainebleau (FRA)

Implementation of Europe’s largest single – stack electrolysis plant (AUT), Owner’s engineering services

2022
Contract for Warsaw Metro, Line 3 (POL), Conceptual design

Contract for Nigeria–Morocco Gas Pipeline “NMGP” – world’s longest offshore pipeline (NGR, MAR), PMC

2022
Contract for Green Hydrogen Facility (KAZ), 20 GW, Conceptual design study

Contract for Rabigh 3 Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant – world’s largest reverse osmosis desalination plant (KSA), Owner’s engineering services

2023
Pius Lässer, Co – Founder of ILF, passes away at the age of 92

2023
New offices in Sydney (AUS) and London (GBR)

Contract for Green Hydrogen Project – fully vertically integrated GW -scale project (NAM), PMC and Owner’s engineering services

2023
ILF launches its Roadmap to Net Zero and commits to becoming Net Zero by 2040

Contract for a new section of the Brenner Base Tunnel, Feeder Line  North (AUT, GER)

2023
Contract for Eastern Section of 2^nd Munich S – Bahn Main Line (GER), Preparation of tender documents

Contract for three Solar PV Parks – world’s largest renewable energy parks (KSA), 30 GWp, Pre-development studies

2024
ILF Sustainable Solutions Competence Center develops ILF Sustainability Blueprint©

2024
ILF Kazakhstan celebrates its 30^th anniversary and ILF Thailand celebrates its 10^th anniversary

Preparations begin for excavation of the 2^th tube of the Gotthard Road Tunnel (SUI)

2024
Completion of permit application procedure for Design Section 2 of SuedLink HVDC Cable Connection Project (GER)

ILF has over 3,000 employees

2024
Contract for Moselle – Saar – Hydrogen – Conversion “mosaHYc” Project – Hydrogen Pipeline, Leidingen–Dillingen Section (GER), Permit application design