Structural Reinforcement and Rehabilitation & Expertises and Engineering Emergency Services
Structural reinforcement and rehabilitation
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Helsana building in Bellinzona
Helsana building in Bellinzona
Sector: Structural renovation, strengthening and rehabilitation
Category: Building conversions and renovations, structural reinforcement
Client: Helsana Assicurazioni SA
Location: Bellinzona (CH)
Year: 2009
Services provided: Design, local works management, structural transformation and reinforcement of the core and punching of the building slabs
Central Park Contemporary Art Space
Central Park Contemporary Art Space
Sector: Renovation, strengthening and structural rehabilitation works
Category: Building conversions and renovations, structural reinforcement
Client: City of Lugano
Location: Lugano (CH)
Year: 2009-2010
Services provided: Design, Construction and accounting management, final cost settlement, transformation, renovation and structural reinforcement of reinforced concrete slabs, bending with steel plates and punching, introduction of new steel load-bearing beams with application of preloading
Suspended footbridge in Someo
Suspended footbridge in Someo
Sector: Restructuring, reinforcement and structural rehabilitation works
Category: Reinforcement and renovation of buildings and structures
Client: Someo Patriziato
Location: Someo Valle Maggia (CH)
Year: 2015
Length: 385 m
Services provided: Design of foundation blocks and micropiles for the anchorages on the right and left banks of the suspended footbridge, renovation of piers 1 and 4 and intermediate supports, replacement of pier 3
Villa Florida Lugano
Villa Florida Lugano
Sector: Restructuring, reinforcement and structural rehabilitation works
Category: Reinforcement and renovation of buildings and structures
Client: City of Lugano
Location: Lugano (CH)
Year: 2019
Services provided: Design, Construction and accounting management, final cost settlement, reinforcement and structural restoration works in the entrance area, retaining wall along Via Mazzini and above pergola, coordination of restoration works
Pool renovation Villa Saroli Lugano
Pool renovation Villa Saroli Lugano
Sector: Restructuring, reinforcement and structural rehabilitation works
Category: Reinforcement and renovation of buildings and structures
Client: City of Lugano
Location: Lugano (CH)
Year: 2020-2021
Services provided: Design of civil engineering works, Construction and accounting management, final cost settlement, swimming pool floor retrofit, structural renovation of swimming pool and pergola, new technical room, canalization and plant conduits, restoration of valuable flooring around the swimming pool
Multi-family house renovation in Breno
Multi-family house renovation in Breno
Sector: Renovation, strengthening and structural rehabilitation works
Category: Building conversions and renovations, structural reinforcement
Location: Breno (CH)
Year: 2019-2020
Services provided: Structural design, Local works control
Renovation of the Fondazione San Gottardo building in Melano
Renovation of the Fondazione San Gottardo building in Melano
Sector: Renovation, strengthening and structural rehabilitation works
Category: Conversion and renovation of buildings, structural reinforcement
Client: Fondazione San Gottardo
Location: Melano (CH)
Year: 2017
Services provided: Design, Construction and accounting management, final cost settlement, consolidation of foundations, transformation and structural reinforcement of walls and floors with replacement of wooden roof, new wooden porch
Private house renovation in Arogno
Private house renovation in Arogno
Sector: Restructuring, reinforcement and structural renovation work
Category: Building conversions and renovations
Location: Arogno (CH)
Year: 2014-2015
Services provided: Design, Construction and accounting management, final cost settlement, transformation and structural reinforcement of walls and floors with replacement of wooden roofing
Expertises and Engineering Emergency Services
Via San Gottardo in Pregassona
Via San Gottardo in Pregassona
Sector: Urgent safety interventions
Category: Securing of roads and buildings, monitoring
Location: Via San Gottardo in Lugano-Pregassona (CH)
Year: 2012-2013
Services provided: Monitoring, definition and implementation of urgent safety measures for Via San Gottardo and the houses located upstream of the excavation that produced the instability of the slope. Study of variants of interventions for the definitive securing of the slope
Riva Lago reinforcement in Maccagno
Riva Lago reinforcement in Maccagno
Sector: Urgent safety works, special geotechnical works
Category: Lake bank reinforcement structures
Client: Municipality of Maccagno
Location: Maccagno (I)
Year: 2018
Services provided: Executive design of reinforcement wall, micropiles and passive tie-rods, formwork plans and reinforcements
Lake wall consolidation in Morcote
Lake wall consolidation in Morcote
Sector: Urgent safety works, special geotechnical works
Category: Lake shore reinforcement structures
Location: Morcote (CH)
Year: 2021
Services provided: Design, Construction and accounting management, final cost settlement, underpinning reinforcement of lake wall with substructure, micropiles and passive tie-rods
Former flyover SN above N2 in Mendrisio
Former SN overpass over N2 in Mendrisio
Sector: Assessment of the state of conservation of engineering structures
Category: Assessment of the state of conservation of engineering structures and cost of extraordinary maintenance work
Client: USTRA Bellinzona
Location: Mendrisio (CH)
Year: 2010-2014
Services provided: Preliminary investigations to determine the state of preservation of the structure, detailed static verifications to determine static deficiencies, study of intervention variants and relative costs for different degrees of restoration, including total replacement of the overpass
Schoolyard expertise in Lavertezzo Piano
Expertise of school square in Lavertezzo Piano
Sector: Expertise
Category: Ascertainment of causes of settlements
Location: Lavertezzo Piano (CH)
Year: 2012-2013
Engineer: Dr. Antonio Paronesso formally at Passera & Pedretti SA
Services provided: Numerical modelling of the soil and of the protective embankment against rockfalls, static analysis to determine horizontal displacements and settlements of the school square, drafting of a neutral report to ascertain the causes of the damages observed on the valuable paving of the square
Palagnedra Hanging Aqueduct Expertise
Palagnedra hanging aqueduct expertise
Sector: Expertise
Category: Assessment of causes of instability of engineering structures
Location: Palagnedra (CH)
Year: 2005
Engineer: Dr. Antonio Paronesso formally at Passera & Pedretti SA
Services provided: Numerical modelling of hanging aqueduct, non-linear static analysis in large displacements for simulation of PE pipeline twisting around suspension cable generated by thermal variations, proposal of intervention using additional stabilisation cables and verification of effectiveness of proposed measures
Expertise of Industrial building in Mendrisio
Expertise of Industrial building in Mendrisio
Sector: Expertise
Category: Ascertainment of causes of industrial floor and roofing damages
Location: Mendrisio (CH)
Year: 2000
Engineer: Dr. Antonio Paronesso formally at Passera & Pedretti SA
Services provided: Drafting of a technical-economic report to ascertain the causes of the damages observed on the industrial floor of the building and the costs of restoration. Examination of the observed damages, ascertainment of the current state with a core drilling campaign, static verification of the flooring's resistance, restoration proposals and cost estimate
Expertise on the state of preservation of a Mendrisiotto society's building stock
Expertise on the state of preservation of a Mendrisiotto society's building stock
Sector: Expertise
Category: Assessment of the state of conservation and cost of extraordinary maintenance works
Location: Mendrisiotto Region (CH)
Year: 2004
Engineer: Dr. Antonio Paronesso and Ing. Roberto Artari formally at Passera & Pedretti SA
Services provided: Drafting of a technical-economic report for the evaluation of the state of conservation of the building heritage subject to corrosion, static verifications, restoration proposals with relative cost estimate, establishment of an initial database with technical data sheets for the management of the maintenance interventions of the various buildings
