Ljubljana Mosque Construction Enters Next Stage
Society, 05 Jun 2014 / By STA, T. M.
Construction work on the first Slovenian mosque will begin in earnest within weeks as the Islamic Community in Slovenia on Wednesday commissioned a contractor for the first phase of construction works, nearly nine months after the symbolic ground-breaking ceremony.
The contractor, Krško-based Kostak, has until 10 October to complete excavation of the construction pit. During this time, the contractor for the main building will be selected.
Mufti Nedžad Grabus labelled the start of construction works as "a major landmark" for the Muslims community, which will "finally get a building worthy of it and Islam as a world religion," according to a press release from the community.
The financial details have not been revealed, but Grabus confirmed that Qatar, which was expected to cover 70% of the project cost, had contributed funding. Without Qatar "the Islamic community would not be able to continue with the project," he was quoted as saying.
The mosque and Muslim cultural centre, 44 years in the making, will be built north of the city centre, on a plot of land that the Muslim community bought from the City of Ljubljana, at a projected cost of EUR 21m.
The building was designed by the renowned architectural firm Bevk Perovič Arhitekti.
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Project Detail
On the 17th of April 2015 the representative of the Islamic Community in Slovenia, Mufti Dr. Nedžad Grabus and general manager of Gorenje projekt, Mr. Uroš Razdevšek, signed a contract for building an Islamic cultural center in Ljubljana.
On the basis of the call made and organized in 2014 by the Islamic Community in Slovenia, we were selected for the main contractor of construction and craft works. Construction work is already underway, on the 6th of May 2015, the Mayor of Ljubljana and Mufti Grabus symbolicly uplifted first concrete into the foundation slab of the mosque in Ljubljana.
Status on 31st of January 2016:
Execution of concrete structures of buildings is in the final stage. We finished approx. 90% of the concrete part. The concrete construction of a mosque, educational and administrative building is completed.
At the moment there is approx. 11.000 m³ of gray concrete, approx. 2.500 m³ of white concrete and approx. 1,800 tonnes of reinforcing iron built in the facilities.
In addition to the concrete works electrical installations, mechanical installations, mounting of the steel anchors for the steel construction of a mosque are beeing carried out. This is followed by the execution of the roof at the educational facility. Much time is devoted to solving coordination and detail of the glass facade of a mosque, roofs, skylights, cupolas fibergals, technology, installation of steel structures, facade and minaret.
Currently, steel construction elements for mosque is beeing manufactured, expected start of assembly on site is in mid-February. The steel frame is the most difficult element to the property. It is a very demanding welded steel construction, unique in Slovenia and abroad.
