BBR Adria builds on practical & versatile solutions

Multifunctional buildings in Croatia

The Ive Mikaca scheme in Varaždin is the latest in a series of multifunctional buildings in Croatia to be constructed with a transfer plate which allows diversity of use.

In modern buildings designed for residential and commercial use, the vertical axis of the walls and columns must often allow three different uses of the structure. Firstly, there is an underground garage, next a business area mostly placed on ground floor and thirdly, several residential floors.

BBR Adria has been successfully implementing solutions with BBR technology since 2011 for such buildings in Croatia. Around 20t of BBR VT CONA CMM tendons were embedded in each building – each of which feature floor areas of 800m².

There are many benefits of this kind of construction. It is possible to have bearing walls outside of the apartments, giving future potential buyers or clients freedom to arrange the rooms as they wish. Also, the underground parking garages have fewer walls and columns, so maneuvering vehicles is much easier and sight-lines clearer.

After these four projects in Varaždin, a new investor has decided to build the first building with a transfer plate in Cakovec – not far from Varaždin. This project is still in progress and, here, BBR Adria will go a step further and prestress a foundation plate to reduce slab thickness.