CLIENT
Palermo Municipality
LOCATION
Palermo – Italy
The project involves works along the entire front of the existing landfill site and is aimed at preserving the structural and functional characteristics of the landfill which was severely eroded.
Sering developed the whole project that includes:
- Offshore works, consisting of raised cliffs and spur dykes, designed in order to reduce the wave motion on the shoreline,
- Onshore works including earthworks (excavation and embankments) finalized to the remodeling of the whole area,
- Requalification works of the area overlooking the coastline, such as the system of pedestrian paths, “viewpoint” stepped areas, an open air theater, green reclamation and irrigation and lighting systems.
The design of the works required the analysis and study of many environmental and territorial issues, aimed at the characterization of the coastline detail.
Services provided by Sering
- Preliminary Design
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Detailed Design
- Supervision of Works
Among the studies aimed at the rehabilitation of the coastal areas Sering developed
- Execution of topobathimetric survey
- the study of environmental and territorial constraints
- the analysis of the marine biological and geomorphological environment
- the study of longshore and crosshore coastal dynamics
- the study of coastal development before and after work by means of mathematical modeling
- the design of maritime coastal defense works.
Within the scope of the Environmental Impact Assessment the following surveys and studies were conducted:
- up-to-date topographical surveys
- pedological analysis
- botanical surveys
- collection of dump material samples and determination of the physical and mechanical characteristics
- study of the relationship between vegetation and coastal environment
- design of green works
- define the measures for the best environmental and landscaping of the works.