Like other Slovenian municipalities, Brezovica has been facing the challenge of solving a room shortage issue in kindergartens. This year it will open 7 new departments, with as many as 5 of them in the Podpeč Kindergarten extension. The new departments will provide additional room for about 75 children at the Podpeč Kindergarten. The investment to extend the existing kindergarten with modular units is 370,000 Euros.
The Mayor of the Municipality of Brezovica, Metod Ropret, said at the occassion: »We opted to enlarge the new kindergarten in Podpeč to reduce distress to parents facing the problem of available room in kindergartens. The assembly of modular units was a pleasant surprise in terms of speed and price acceptability.«
The Head of the Brezovica Kindergarten, Alja Kuk, said: »I am very pleased with the new kindergarten in Podpeč and, consequently, more available room for children. Thus, we will have more children at the Podpeč unit this year, filling it with more laughter and joy.«
Extending the Podpeč Kindergarten with modular accommodation units is the first project of its kind in Slovenia. The delivery and assembly of modular units was provided by the selected contractor, Trimo, which has been successfully selling its modular units abroad for quite some time. Trimo modular units were first used to build a kindergarten school in 1995, in Switzerland. Since then Trimo has erected more than 30 kindergartens and schools made of modular units, in co-operation with its established partners all over Europe - such as a kindergarten in Oslo, a school in Salzburg, a kindergarten in Vienna … Last year alone as many as 10 kindergartens made of Trimo modular units were erected in Austria.
Thanks to their flexibility and dynamic features, Trimo modular units are very convenient for kindergartens and schools, as they provide quick solutions for room shortage, taking less than 2 months from the 'first shovel' to bringing in the children. This, of course, depends on the number of departments. An important advantage is also the possibility of easily removing or adding units, which means that in case of a decrease in the number of children, municipalities can transform modular unit kindergartens into a youth center, school, or other facilities. It should also be pointed out that kindergartens and schools made of modular units provide all the necessary comfort for children, personnel, and parents.
At the celebration of opening the new departments of the Podpeč Kindergarten, Tatjana Fink, MBA, General Manager of Trimo, said: »Trimo is an innovative company that is constantly looking for new and better solutions. Modular kindergartens and schools are a product that received our special attention in the past year. We placed on the market a complete solution taking into account the needs of our youngest. In addition to the Podpeč Kindergarten, we started building a kindergarten in Grosuplje, and in the coming days we are starting preliminary works for building a modular kindergarten in Ilirska Bistrica as well. We are also talking to other Slovenian municipalities facing the problem of providing enough room for nursery services.«
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Brezovica kindergartens to receive more children – The first modular kindergarten in Slovenia is opened in Podpeč
Slovenia, Brezovica, 20 August 2009 – The Municipality of Brezovica today opened 5 new departments within the new extension to Podpeč Kindergarten, which provides additional room for 75 children. Kindergartens made of modular units are an established practice of solving the issue of room shortage abroad, whereas the Podpeč Kindergarten, in Brezovica near Ljubljana, is the first kindergarten of this kind in Slovenia. It was built by Trimo. The investment of enlarging the existing kindergarten with modular units is worth slightly above 370,000 Euros.