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22.10.2025

Architectural and seismic upgrading of a historic hotel with a mixed steel–reinforced concrete structure in Santa Margherita Ligure

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Urban context and structural constraints in the hotel renovation project The company "Lido Palace Hotel S.p.a." decided to renovate and upgrade the entire historic building of the former Hotel Lido — which will reopen under the name "Excelsior Palace Santa" — in accordance with the regulations in force regarding the removal of architectural barriers and […]
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09.07.2024

Architectural renovation and structural strengthening of a residential building built partly in raw earth

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Raw-earth houses in the Frascheta In the architectural landscape of the agricultural area around Alessandria, particularly in the lowland zone known as the "Frascheta" (an area that extends mainly across the countryside between Alessandria, Tortona and Novi Ligure, and in particular in the municipalities of Bosco Marengo, Pozzolo Formigaro and Frugarolo), there are many examples […]
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24.06.2024

Hotel Lido Palace, Santa Margherita Ligure

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Set right behind the beach of this well-known Ligurian seaside resort, the hotel boasts a long tradition dating back to 1910 and has, over the years, become a building whose façades — with their distinctive architectural features — are subject to heritage protection. In the 1970s, the building underwent a radical internal transformation in reinforced […]
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07.06.2022

Special foundations using rock bolting employed to reconstruct seafront structures

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Intensity and location of the project During the day and night of 29 and 30 October 2018, a powerful storm surge fed by a sirocco wind struck Liguria; in particular, in the Gulf of Tigullio, the coast running from Rapallo to Portofino was hit, exposed precisely in that direction and with a seabed bathymetry that […]
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02.06.2022

Deep excavations in confined urban environments carried out with the aid of micropile retaining walls

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Temporary or permanent works So-called "Berlin walls" can be of a "permanent" nature, when with the internal lining alone they become a permanent retaining structure, but they can also be temporary, useful only for the excavation, in cases where the definitive resistance to the thrust of the ground is then entrusted to the completion of […]
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30.09.2020

The use of reinforced earth for the restoration of a collapsed slope

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Following a landslide event in a locality in southern Piedmont, it became urgent to intervene to make the collapsed slope safe, at the foot of which there was also a residential building under construction. The solution chosen to stabilise the slope was that of reinforced earth. This article analyses the reasons for this choice, the […]
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12.06.2020

The reconstruction project of the seafront structures of a Ligurian hotel. The modelling details

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Reconstruction of the seafront structures of a hotel in Rapallo The Hotel Excelsior Palace stands next to the port of Rapallo and is located on the promontory; its bathing structures, consisting of terraces housing swimming pools, bars and restaurants, were set on the seafront cliff and had been built simply by resting on it. During […]
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08.07.2019

The complex renovation project of a hotel swimming pool set between land and sea

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The renovation of the swimming pool at the Hotel Excelsior Palace in Rapallo, with the construction of corrugated steel floor slabs and a steel frame The following describes the structural works carried out by Studio O&M Ingegneria for the renovation of various parts of the Hotel Excelsior Palace in Rapallo, a 5-star hotel overlooking the […]
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10.05.2018

Construction of an apartment building with excavations adjacent to existing buildings: challenges and solutions

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The Olimpia apartment building is located in the city of Acqui Terme, in the province of Alessandria. In total, the building reaches a height of 21.70 m and has 7 floors, including the ground floor, which is intended for commercial and similar activities. There are also 2 underground levels reaching a depth of 5.95 metres […]
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13.02.2018

Prefabricated steel structures for residential housing: advantages and design

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Use of innovative dry-construction systems for safe, efficient and environmentally sustainable buildings The following describes the design, by the firm O&M Ingegneria and dHw System, of a prefabricated residential building in the hilly locality of Cogorno. The area, surrounded by the River Entella, lies between the lower Val Fontanabuona and the Val Graveglia, east of […]
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20.02.2017

Repair of the "Badoni" steel railway overpass in Lecco

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The project analysed below concerns the sizing and verification of the structure of a steel lattice bridge, located on Corso Matteotti in Lecco, at km 0+089 of the Lecco–Colico railway line, connecting two of the city's main roads. The construction of the "Badoni" railway overpass dates back to 1927 and was carried out by the […]
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