The City Hall wants to restore and consolidate 31 symbolic buildings in the center of Bucharest, which are in deep decay, with grants from the PNRR and the Ministry of Development. Contracts for financing through PNRR have already been signed, and selected for financing through the government program. The cost of the work for all 31 buildings exceeds 130 million euros, according to data sent by the Municipal Administration for the Consolidation of Seismic Buildings at the capital city hall.

According to the data sent by the institution, 17 buildings, all historical monuments or located in the protected areas of Bucharest, will be strengthened and energetically renovated with the funds of the PNRR, the value of the already signed financial contracts is 48.38 million euros (excluding VAT). .

They are located at the following addresses, and the cost of work is different in each case:

• Multi-apartment residential building located on B-dul Carol I no. 21, sector – 3 1,542,611.00 lei
• A multi-apartment residential building located on the street. Boteanu is not there. 3A-3B, sector 1 – 7,415,100 lei
• A multi-apartment residential building located on the street. 14, sector 3 – 2,474,941 lei
• Multi-apartment residential building, located at the entrance of Victor Eftimiu № 9, sector 1 – 6 148 100 lei
• Multi-apartment residential building on Mihai Vode street No. 13, sector 5 – 1,274,000 lei
• Multi-apartment residential building located on Baltagului street No. 1. 17, sector 5 – 641,200 lei
• Public building – Gheorghe Tattarescu Museum – Domnica Anastasia Street No. 7, Sector 5 – 846,827 lei
• Public building Calea Victoriei No. 22-24 (Blocul Rosenthal), sector 3 – 7,073,124 lei
• A multi-apartment residential building located on the street. 2, sector 2 – 1,358,350 lei
• A multi-apartment residential building located at the entrance to the street. Macedonian No. 10, sector 1 – 581,000 lei
• Multi-apartment residential building, located on Skitu Maguryanu Boulevard No. 3, Sector 5 – 2,321,641 lei
• Multi-apartment residential building located in B-dul. Dacia No. 53, sector 1 – 1,521,800 lei
• Multi-apartment residential building located on Pache Protopopescu Square No. 11, sector 2 – 944,468 lei
• Multi-apartment residential building on the street. Blenary, 11, sector 3 – 1,432,900 lei
• Multi-apartment residential building located on Domnytsia Anastasia Street, No. 5, Sector 5 – 1,144,850 lei
• A multi-apartment residential building located on the street. Mihai Eminescu is gone. 173, sector 2, Bucharest – 504,266 lei
• Public building – B-dul Schitu Măgureanu no. 1 (Bulandra Theatre), sector 5 – 11,160,450 lei

Building on Dianei Street, 2

The building on Charles 21

Building on Blenary street no. 14, where work had already begun in February

The Rosenthal block at Calea Victoriei 22-24 / The facade was renovated by the Firea administration, but the block was not consolidated, even though the seismic risk II

In parallel, the municipality submitted to the Ministry of Development, through the National Program for the Consolidation of Buildings at High Seismic Risk (PNCCRS), projects worth 325 million lei for the consolidation and restoration of another 14 buildings. In this program, 200 million lei of budget credits and 500 million lei of liabilities are allocated for 2023, and the financing is 100%. Tenants of consolidated buildings and local authorities will not have to return the money.

The buildings that will be united are located at the following addresses: str.

• Residential building on the street 24 Sperantzei, sector 2 – 8,066,041 lei
• Residential building on Mendeleeva St. No. 1. 17/street Amzeia Square No. 15, Sector 1, Bucharest – 15,663,430 lei
• Residential building on the street Dionisia Lupu No. 55, sector 1 – 6,662,962 lei
• Residential building at Panduri Road no. 36, sector 5, Bucharest – 8,175,961 lei
• Residential building on the street 9, sector 3, Bucharest – 28,108,850 lei
• Residential building on Carol I Boulevard No. 63, sector 2 – 11,693,016 lei
• Residential building str. Doamnei No. 3, Sector 3, Bucharest – 35,067,403 lei
• Residential building on the street 5, sector 3, Bucharest -41,339,881 lei
• Residential building in Calea Victoriei no. 95, sector 1 – 14,720,000 lei
• Residential building at Batistei Street No. 5, Sector 2, Bucharest – 34,657,288 lei
• Residential building, St. Pictor Ştefan Luchian no. 12C, sector 2, Bucharest – 4,280,823 lei
• Residential building in Calea Victoriei no. 101, building A+B, sector 1, Bucharest – 41,522,892.00
• Communal building on Lipskani street no. 18-20, sector 3, Bucharest – 59,040,900 lei
• Communal building on the street Calea Griviței no. 7, sector 1, Bucharest – 15,571,553 lei

Adriatica block at Doamnei 5

Residential building at 12 Stefan Luciana Street

Palace of the former insurance company Dacia – Strada Lipscani 18-20

When will the work begin?

• “Regarding the buildings financed from the PNRR, we have already started the implementation, we are in the design phase and we are following the calendar agreed with the ministry. Now we are at the DALI stage, then there is the technical project of consolidation and restoration, the issuance of a building permit, the contract of the developer, then the opening of the construction sites. Work will begin in 2024, and the completion date depends on the building.
• According to the consolidation program from the Ministry of Development, the methodology is slightly different, the introduction of real estate into the program was approved by the order of the ministry, we submitted several documents, we still need the consent of the HOA, DALI, and when we have them and submit them, we sign financial contracts.
• So far we have done the examination, for some we have started DALI, for some we have the design and even the building permit and we are participating in the tender for the developer. And this is exactly what we will start with next year,” Rezvan Muntianu, director of the municipal department for unification of buildings with seismic risk, explained to HotNews.ro.

At the capital city hall, 3 consolidation sites are currently open. We are talking about two buildings that have remained unfinished since the time of the Firea administration – at Bărătiei Street, 50 and bldg. Regina Elisabeta 29-31, as well as the new construction site opened by Mayor Nikušor Dan this February – at Blănari Street, 14 – the building where the famous A club was located.

Bucharest has more than 2,400 buildings at seismic risk. But this will not be a real figure, since not all the built fund has passed the examination, according to experts, in fact it will be about 20 thousand seismic buildings. A total of 30 buildings have been built in Bucharest over the past 30 years.

23 thousand buildings in the capital may suffer “significant damage”

The Risk Analysis and Risk Coverage Plan of the Municipality of Bucharest for 2022, carried out by the Emergency Committee of the Municipality of Bucharest, shows that the situation of buildings at risk in case of a strong earthquake is much worse.

According to experts, an earthquake is the main risk factor for Bucharest.

In the event of an earthquake similar to the 1977 earthquake, 23,000 buildings in the capital could suffer “significant damage”. Of these, a thousand buildings may be seriously damaged, respectively at the “level of partial or complete collapse.”

In the event of a strong earthquake, more than 6,500 people may die and more than 16,000 will be seriously injured, approximately 10,500 will be hospitalized and about 13,000 will be lightly injured, the same document says.

• “The number of residential buildings that suffer significant damage (above the 3rd degree of damage) under the conditions of this scenario (earthquake similar to 1977) is about 23 thousand.
• Of them, about 50% are buildings with a height of P+1, made of low-quality materials, more than 40% are buildings of P+4, bricked with elements of reinforced concrete, wood, etc., about 10% are high-rise buildings made of reinforced concrete and brickwork.” , – says the Risk Analysis and Risk Coverage Plan of the Municipality of Bucharest for 2022, carried out by the Emergency Situations Committee of the Municipality of Bucharest.

Two-thirds of Romania’s territory is exposed to the risk of earthquakes of varying degrees, and for buildings assessed according to risk I and risk II, according to the old classification, classified as risk I and risk II, according to the data contained in the Ministry of Development, they are in total 2,687 buildings with seismic risk I and II, respectively, have been equated to these degrees of seismic risk, Development Minister Ceke Attila said.

New conditions for combining buildings with seismic risk

Seismic buildings will be strengthened with public money, and the owners will not have to take a single lei out of their pockets unless they sell them for 25 years. If they still want to sell their property before this deadline, they must pay the consolidation fee. This is mandated by a law that came into effect at the end of July 2022, and the submission rules were only published earlier this year.

Law 212/2022 provides for the launch of a four-year consolidation program for buildings with a high seismic risk (seismic risk class I and II) owned or managed by individuals, companies or public bodies and institutions.

The nationwide program for strengthening buildings with increased seismic risk will consist of two components: a subprogram for high-rise buildings of the main purpose – housing and buildings belonging to central or local government bodies and institutions.

The first category includes both buildings owned by individuals and those owned by companies.

After consolidation with state funds, houses cannot be sold for 25 years in the case of residential premises and 10 years in the case of other premises, unless the money received for the consolidation is reimbursed in full.

The implementing rules were published earlier this year.

Under the old legislation, the government and the city hall financed the works, but the owners had the obligation to return the money after 25 years, in equal parts without interest. Persons whose income per family member is lower than the average net salary in the economy are exempted from paying installments.