School building security and structural rehabilitation plan (Mission 4 – Component 1 - Investment 3.3)
Italy’s Recovery and Resilience Plan contributes to climate recovery also by enhancing school buildings’ safety and energy consumption.
In particular, this measure aims to contribute to the improvement of energy classes and leading to lower consumption and CO2 emissions as well as to increase structural safety of buildings.
Particular attention is paid to the most disadvantaged areas with the aim of tackling and eliminating economic and social imbalances.
The investment is financed by Italy’s Recovery and Resilience plan by EUR 4.4 billion.
The project is part of this investment.
The works envisaged in the project are part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) - Mission 4 - Component 1 - Investment 3.3, whose objective is to make public buildings used for schools in the first and second cycle of education innovative, sustainable, safe and inclusive, with safety, seismic adaptation, energy efficiency and building replacement interventions.
The project focuses on securing the buildings that make up the Federico Albert school complex in Lanzo Torinese, aiming to adapt their seismic safety.
The set of works in the project foresees as a final result the adaptation of the building's structures to the static and seismic actions for which it is intended.
The building in question consists of the following bodies: original building built with a prefabricated structure in the years 1989-1992; gymnasium building built at the same time as the original building; extension building built with a traditional structure in the years 2001-2002.
From the point of view of the design approach, it is planned to achieve the adaptation of the building by carrying out a series of interventions on the existing structures such that they are able to withstand the earthquake that hits them.
Conceptually, for both the prefabricated part (a) and the recently built part (b) it is planned to create stabilising vertical partitions, but given the different construction method of the decks for part (a) it is also necessary to intervene internally.
In addition to the works for structural seismic upgrading, the project also envisages the following works: removal and disposal of the existing suspended ceiling in the gymnasium; replacement of the suspended ceilings in tiles for the part of the school building identified as a "prefabricated structure" by removing and disposing of the existing panels and the relative metal support structure, replacing it with an acoustic ceiling with volcanic rock wool panels with high absorption properties.
In the existing ceilings to be removed, glass fibre or mineral insulation materials are present.
The investigations carried out and the analysis of "potentially hazardous" materials did not reveal the presence of materials containing asbestos interfering with the work under the contract; replacement of the lighting fixtures in the areas where the false ceiling will be replaced by removing the existing lighting fixtures and supplying and installing suspended ceiling lights with LED light source.
In the restrooms, watertight ceiling lights will be used; replacement of the lift system by removing and disposing of the existing apparatus and installing an electric traction lift with a capacity of 630 kg - 5 stops, the design of which is the responsibility of the Contractor; painting of the external façades and seismic retrofitting structures by scraping and thorough washing of the old paint, stuccoing and sanding on all the surfaces of the existing façades (school and gymnasium), application of fixative and water paint on all the external parts.
The work was completed by painting the new metal surfaces with enamel.
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