The paper depicts the reahabilitation and structural strengthening process that is currenly underway for the Patriarchate\u2019s Palace. The monument is of highly national significance, especially that it served as the seat of the Romanian Parliament for nearly a century. The building\u2019s overhauling project is of increased difficulty. The most important elements that had to be taken into account were the wealth of architectural details, the building\u2019s sheer volume and its location on an unfavourable, steep hill. The building\u2019s seismic safety was increased by introducing reinforced concrete stiff cores, coupled together by newly cast rigid slabs. The adverse effects of the steep hill were addressed by introducing a \u201epile support wall\u201d, along the monument\u2019s outer perimeter. The piles were linked together with an extensive raft beam. Furthermore, a large number of horizontal and vertical steel tie thrusts were introduced in the building\u2019s walls. The thrusts were placed in the longest wall boreholes ever made in Romania for such a project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The paper depicts the reahabilitation and structural strengthening process that is currenly underway for the Patriarchate\u2019s Palace. The monument is of highly national significance, especially that it served as the seat of the Romanian Parliament for nearly a century. The building\u2019s overhauling project is of increased difficulty. The most important elements that had to be taken into account were the wealth of architectural details, the building\u2019s sheer volume and its location on an unfavourable, steep hill. The building\u2019s seismic safety was increased by introducing reinforced concrete stiff cores, coupled together by newly cast rigid slabs. The adverse effects of the steep hill were addressed by introducing a \u201epile support wall\u201d, along the monument\u2019s outer perimeter. The piles were linked together with an extensive raft beam. Furthermore, a large number of horizontal and vertical steel tie thrusts were introduced in the building\u2019s walls. The thrusts were placed in the longest wall boreholes ever made in Romania for such a project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3168,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,18],"tags":[108,109],"class_list":["post-8504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technical-papers","category-whats-new","tag-articole-tehnice-en","tag-monumente-istorice-en"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t