The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, thanked the company for its contribution to the rehabilitation of these facilities that serve the Lorca.
These materials are used in work performed with the unemployed contracted with the Plan Lorca Special Employment Lorca launched by the Consistory with funding from the Regional Government.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, has informed this morning that the company has donated to the City KNAUF 5,000 m2 of plasterboard partitions for the reconstruction of municipal social centers damaged by earthquakes.
Jódar thanked this contribution will enable the rehabilitation and operation of entities and nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving the quality of life for many victims of the earthquakes.
"This collaboration will allow the City Council at a lower cost rush for Lorca, and in less time the works of the facilities, for example, hosting the Early Childhood Center, Caritas, Diversity Center, the Department of Social Services or other municipal buildings. Moreover, these actions will be performed by workers who were unemployed and have been engaged for this purpose by the City within the Employment Plan Lorca Extremely funded by the Regional Government, "said the mayor.
Together these two initiatives will save the Consistory in these proceedings and to allocate the limited resources available to the other of the many needs that has the municipality.
KNAUF already been working with the city of Lorca since last year, it helped in conducting free courses of specialization for professionals organized by the Department of Employment.
The German multinational Knauf, with two production sites in Spain, more than 60 spread throughout the world, is the largest manufacturer of gypsum boards, which are used primarily for walls and ceilings, being recognized for their kindness systems techniques : both acoustic and thermal and fire resistance, in addition to their good behavior to earthquakes, because it is lightweight and flexible solutions.
KNAUF materials distributed to Lorca and the surrounding area by the local company JP MIĂ‘ARRO come lorquina used in construction for over a decade.
The positive experience of these systems have made in building over the past Lorca earthquake corroborate the qualities of plasterboard, whose use is extended to all European countries, among them the belt Mediterranean countries like Greece and Italy, with enclaves seismic geography.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca