Interview Ing. Domenico Brigante on Prontopro
An important branch of Construction sector is the one who takes care of the Structural consolidation of existing buildings.
Structural consolidation interventions must not be foreseen only in Emergency cases (example in case of earthquakes) but must be part of the design culture of any extraordinary maintenance of buildings.
A very important reality linked to this sector isOlympus which for over 15 years has been offering the best composite materials (FRP, FRCM and CRM) for structural consolidation by proposing a wide range of carbon fiber fabrics and laminae and fiberglass, basalt and steel nets.
The consolidation systems of Olympus have been used to consolidate the buildings affected by all the latest seismic phenomena that have affected our country and for the reinforcement of some of the most important structures in Europe such as the City of Arts and Science of Calatrava in Valencia in Spain.
Thanks to an important team effort by the Olympus team technicians in Italy, Spain, Ecuador, Lebanon and Malta, the company & nbsp; She was able to create a consolidated group of expertise in the structural consolidation sector.
The technical director of Olympus
To explain better the work of Olympus is the technical director of the company, Eng. Domenico Brigante, who participated in the birth of Olympus in 2005, making his university research carried out on innovative composite materials as part of his PhD.
The know-how transferred and engineered to Olympus has made possible over the years the development and certification of consolidation systems that are always innovative and in step with the latest technological innovations.
Over the years, he has held important professional positions in the composite materials sector including: Adjunct Professor of "Innovative materials"At the Mercatorum Telematic University, President of the Composite Center in Construction and structural consultant at the Special Superintendence for the Sisma in Central Italy of the MiBACT.
The director of Olympus was also the author of six technical volumes, of which five were published with the publishing house GRAGRILL and one in English published by the American publishing house Springer.
Its area of expertise is the technical direction of the company, in particular as regards the research and development sector.
"With a constant experimentation and certification of our products, we are able to always offer our customers the best and most suitable systems for their needs”She says.
The motivation that prompted him to choose this work was the desire to preserve the security of the important building heritage of our country. "For over 15 years we have been offering the best technical solutions to make our homes safer”He says.
The passion for the composite materials sector was born during his PhD at the Department of Materials and Production of the Federico II University of Naples. This passion was transmitted to him by Prof. Ignazio Crivelli Visconti who in the 1960s was a pioneer of these materials.
The advantages of FRP, FRCM and CRM systems
The director tells us about the advantages that come with the use of composite materials with carbon fiber, glass and basalt:
"The FRP, FRCM and CRM consolidation systems represent the best technical solution for seismic improvement and adaptation of existing buildings in masonry and reinforced concrete"".
For the consolidation of reinforced concrete structures it is possible to use both the FRP systems and the new FRCM systems, although the FRP systems guarantee higher mechanical characteristics in particular in terms of adherence to the support.
For the consolidation of masonry structures, in addition to the FRP systems it is often The use of systems is advantageous FRCM or CRM that guarantee in addition to an increase in Mechanical features of the masonry also a better distribution of the stresses between the wall elements.
Olympus is a company that provides certified products for structural consolidation, offering its customers an integrated 360 ° technical assistance system, designed to guarantee the entire application and testing process of the structural reinforcement systems it distributes.
By optimizing the systems it provides to its customers, with an ad hoc sizing of materials and interventions, the company is able to guarantee savings in terms of the cost of products and their application times.
product lines offered by the company
the Director finally listed the Three product lines Certificates offered by Olympus for the structural consolidation and safety of existing buildings:
The Olympus Safe line that includes fiberglass networks and connection systems for making systems Anti overturning and anti breaking through Certificates, the Olympus FRP line which includes pultruded fabrics and foils in carbon fiber and aramid fiber certified CVT & nbsp; at the Superior Council of Public Works and the Olympus Stone line which includes fiberglass, basalt and steel networks and connectors for structural consolidation with FRCM and CRM systems.
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