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The new sports hall
will stand on bolts
in Romania
While the oldest traces of human settlement in Pitesti are from the
LPaleolithic era, the multifunctional arena is bound to be among the newest. ocated in the seismically active
Southern Romania, the new sports
hall will have a capacity of about
5,000 spectators.
“It is designed to host sporting events
such as handball, volleyball and basketball
as well as non-sporting events,” says
Laurentiu Dumitrescu, Sales Manager at
Peikko Romania.
PRECAST IN A LAND OF
CAST-IN-SITU
With the seismic action in the region, the
recommended solution for concrete structures
is cast-in-situ. But for the Pitesti project
the selected building method was precast.
“We went for precast concrete solution,
mainly because of the limited time for
execution that was imposed for this
particular project,” says Karoly Balint, the
Head of Structural Design at Plan 31 design
offi ce.
According to him, precast is a great
alternative even in areas with intense
seismicity.
“Given the seismic hazard of the area,
modern design codes require high ductility
structures. In this way, we allow the
development of plastic hinges that help
dissipate the seismic forces. In view of the
fact that the sports hall structure is designed
using precast concrete elements, it becomes
imperative to design the connections in
such a way that they do not interfere with
the critical areas where plastic hinges must
develop,” Balint states.
SPEEDY COMPONENT DELIVERY
FOR SPEEDY PRODUCTION
Having been using Peikko solutions since
2009, the precaster Con-A Productions has
had a good customer experience.
“It’s a fair relationship, Peikko
understands our requirements and the
market well,” says Lucian Topor, Director.
And with the production in full swing, the
lead time for the connection components is
short.
PITEȘTI,
ROMANIA
With heavy elements, Peikko bolted
connections were the easiest and
most effi cient solution for this project.
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