Benidorm begins a new phase in the construction of the funeral home with the beginning of the concreting work on the plot

The construction works of the future municipal funeral home of Benidorm, which began just over a month ago, have entered a new phase with the beginning of concreting work on the plot, on which clearing the land and dismantling work had already been carried out, as well as placement of the rebar and formwork.

The works, therefore, are progressing at the planned pace, as confirmed by Mayor Toni Pérez, who has visited the site together with the Councilor for Public Space and Works, Francis Muñoz, and the Councilor for Cemeteries, Jaime Jesús Pérez. The mayor has indicated that this is a construction "highly demanded and necessary in Benidorm, which will prevent our neighbours from having to travel to other locations." The funeral home is being built on a public plot of the Sant Jaume Municipal Cemetery Expansion Special Plan, which doubles the surface of the cemetery from 41,780 square meters to more than 91,000.

The construction of the funeral home, Pérez recalled, “was already included from the beginning in this project to expand the cemetery,” a work “that ensures burial capacity for the coming decades in a soil that will be equipped with all the services and infrastructure necessary in a modern cemetery.” In that sense, the mayor specified that the expansion also involved a large parking lot for more than 600 vehicles.

As for the funeral home, the building has been designed as a communication through open porches so that good exterior lighting is guaranteed, taking advantage of the climate that Benidorm has. Through the porch, there will be access to the different wake rooms and a module in which the cafeteria will be located, as well as public services with adapted toilets and a dining room for employees. The design will allow serving the general public without entering the facilities.

The project includes six wake rooms. All rooms will have the same surface area and a refrigerated burial mound to hold vigil for the deceased. The rooms will be arranged with a central service corridor that connects them to optimize space.

There will also be a cafeteria area with a kitchen, a warehouse and a covered outdoor terrace with vending machines, an employee canteen connected to the cafeteria, general toilets for the public and an adapted toilet. The facility will have a thanatopraxy room with a conservation chamber and a waste storage chamber, a crematorium oven with an introduction room and a farewell room. Likewise, among the planned rooms, a garage for hearses, a warehouse for coffins and a fire-fighting group with water tanks are planned. Pedestrian access will be through the main façade, which is located in front of the public parking provided in the Special Plan.