New Intervention Centre (CI) Melide – SBB

Client

Mancini & Marti SA, Bellinzona (general contractor)

End client

SBB AG, Infrastructure, Bellinzona

Design and site management

AF Toscano SA, Rivera (Designer)

Pöyri Svizzera SA (site management)

Construction techniques

Prefabricated elements

Shell construction work

Waterproofing

External works

Description of the work

The project involves the construction of a two-storey service building measuring 52 m in length, 10 m in width and 8.3 m in overall height.

The building will include bedrooms, a workshop, a warehouse, offices, training and recreation rooms, as well as a covered track for the fire-fighting and rescue train.

The building will be constructed and certified to the Minergie P Eco standard.

Track 14 is planned as the stabling track for the fire-fighting and rescue train (TSS).

This track is covered over a length of approximately 80 m by a structural steel canopy.

A maintenance pit beneath track 14 is planned for the maintenance of the TSS.

Start and end of works

05.2019 – 03.2020

Role of JODA Metalcostruzioni

Responsible for the structural steelwork, façade cladding, roofing and metalwork (including windows and doors).

Technical features and descriptions

Structural steel canopy of 45.7 tonnes covering a total area of approximately 630 m2, consisting of 17 portal frames with the related longitudinal and edge beams (execution class EXC3 according to EN 1090).

Trapezoidal sheet roofing with perimeter flashings and flashings connecting to the façade.

10-tonne load-bearing and fixing structure for the track, consisting of 18 columns and longitudinal beams welded on site (execution class EXC3 according to EN 1090).

Polycarbonate façade cladding totalling approximately 880 m2, divided into 625 m2 for the infill of the building façade and 255 for the side infill of the canopy. Point-fixed substructure for the infill with aluminium brackets and the related press-braked, powder-coated sheet-metal work.

Plinth cladding with fibre-cement panels on a painted steel substructure, totalling approximately 240 m2.

Fixed multi-panel windows in thermally broken aluminium with occasional painted steel panels, totalling approximately 120 m2. These are fixed on subframes attached to the wall, with press-braked, powder-coated aluminium connecting sheet-metal work (flashings, reveals and sills).

Painted thermally broken steel entrance doors to the building with automated locks and reveals connecting to the walls.

Two sliding gates of 5 and 10 metres for access to the site (automated and manual).