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Media and press

Media and press: current topics

This is where we gather the topics we are working on right now, with our in-depth pages, and the articles from the press that cover them. If you write about foundations without concrete, Italian beach concessions or structures that can be dismantled, this is where to start and who to contact.

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Highlights

The hot topics of these weeks and our pages that explain them.

  • Italian beach concessions

    Italian beach concessions: the model tender is on its way

    At the end of September 2026 the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport presented the draft national model tender that municipalities will use for the beach concession tenders. Existing concessions remain valid until 30 September 2027 and tenders must be launched by 30 June 2027. Our page explains where the foundations of the structures come in: how far they can be dismantled, how the beach is handed back, off-season installation. With sources and dates.

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    Italian beach concessions and ground screws Five beach resorts on ground screws

  • The guide

    Ground screws: the complete guide

    What ground screws are, how they work, how they are installed, on which soils, what they are used for and how they compare with concrete: all on one page, with the most frequent questions. The starting point for anyone writing about foundations without concrete.

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    Read the ground screw guide Ground screws vs concrete

Our projects in the press

Articles about building sites where we made the ground screws. Publications often do not name who made the foundations: for each project we explain what we did, quote an excerpt from the article and link to the full text.

The articles are in Italian.

2017-2018

Spiagge della Luna, Misano Adriatico

Misano Adriatico (Rimini, Italy) · Cooperativa Bagnini di Misano

What we did

The stainless steel ground screws under the buildings of the new beach resort (beach plots 39 to 46) are T-Block, designed for this project and screwed into the sand with our tracked machine in November 2017. They are the “ground anchoring system made of stainless steel screws” described on the project board on the seafront.

The project, with photos and videos

  • Rimini.com ·

    A "Le Spiagge della Luna" una nuova maxi piscina di 270 metri quadrati.

    «Per farla non sono state costruite fondazioni in cemento armato ma utilizzati sistemi naturali e removibili.»
    Read the full article (Rimini.com, external website)

  • Altarimini ·

    FOTO: A Misano Adriatico inaugurano la prima piscina naturale sulla spiaggia

    «L’utilizzo esclusivo di materiali e forme naturali completamenti amovibili di tutti i manufatti edilizi realizzati ad oggi.»
    Read the full article (Altarimini, external website)

The project board

The “Design criteria – Beach resort redevelopment” board of the Cooperativa Bagnini di Misano Adriatico on the seafront, with an overview of the resort, the pool and text panels. The “Removability of buildings” panel of the board: the text on the stainless steel screws and, below, two photos of the installation and of a ground screw.

The project board on the Misano seafront (our photo, May 2018) and its “Removability of buildings” panel: the two photos at the bottom show the installation and a T-Block.

Text of the “Removability of buildings” panel (in Italian):

«Il carattere di completa amovibilità è garantito mediante la realizzazione di un sistema di ancoraggio al suolo costituito da viti in acciaio inox, senza la realizzazione di opere di fondazione in cemento armato.»

2018

Bagno 28, Rimini

Rimini, Marina Centro · today Bagno 28A Belvedere

What we did

The new Bagno 28, rebuilt without concrete and described by the City as the first example of a renewed beach resort in southern Rimini, stands on T-Block stainless steel ground screws: a model designed for this job, load-tested on the beach and screwed into the sand in December 2018.

The project, with photos and videos

2020

Aquamarina, Giulianova

Giulianova (Teramo, Italy) · Aquamarina beach chalet

What we did

The foundations of the Aquamarina beach chalet are stainless steel T-Block screws with a round flange and U-bracket, screwed into the sand with our tracked machine in May 2020; on top, glulam beams and the deck. The Il Centro article describes them and names the T-Block system.

The project, with photos and videos

  • Il Centro ·

    Apre lo chalet che sfida il virus

    «L'aspetto originale riguarda le fondazioni che saranno realizzate mediante pali a vite in acciaio inox a forma cilindrica tipo “T Block” conficcati nella sabbia per la profondità di due metri.»
    Read the full article (Il Centro, external website)

2012

MED IN ITALY, Solar Decathlon Europe

Madrid · Roma Tre and Sapienza universities

What we did

The MED IN ITALY house prototype, third in the Architecture contest at Solar Decathlon Europe 2012, was anchored to the ground with T-Block screws: the press named our anchoring system among the features that impressed the jury.

The project, with photos and videos

Press coverage

Articles from other publications on the topics above. We list them as sources: the texts belong to the publications, and each link goes to their website.

The articles are in Italian.

Italian beach concessions: the model tender is on its way

Featuring T-Block

Articles and reports that have mentioned T-Block.

Research prototypes on T-Block ground screws

Have you written about T-Block and your article is not listed? Send us the link.

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