To encourage renovation process there should be financial incentives to pay for renovation projects as sponsoring sustainable design commonly encourage renovating of existing buildings rather than building a new building.
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Building Renovation & Restoration
Overview
To encourage renovation process there should be financial incentives to pay for renovation projects as sponsoring sustainable design commonly encourage renovating of existing buildings rather than building a new building.
Fundamental Meanings to Renovate Existing Building
Design for existing buildings reduce operation costs and environmental impacts, and can increase building resiliency.
- Cost Effective.
- Reduce Environmental impacts.
- Increase Building Resiliency.
- Considered as a Safe investment.
- Financial incentive shall be considered by state or government to encourage renovation in old districts.
The embodied energy of the existing building needs less cost of resources in both human labor and materials consumed during the building's construction. We always lose and throw away efforts and money when the building is allowed to be demolished.
Investment in renovating of old and Heritage buildings start to receive big attention by real-estate investors and government departments and It became widely observed as a positive investment.
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Protection of Existing Building during Renovation
Below we can find protection required to a common renovation process:
- Replacement of significant structural elements.
- Bracing and reinforce against heavy drilling or piling vibrations.
- Creation of new openings in a building and remove the loadings on other elements.
- Bracing and reinforce individual walls during demolition and development of neighbouring properties.
- Adding extra stories to the building.
Unlike traditional normal approach, our service is to provide suitable structural solutions. Once the construction work is complete the function of our supported system is typically superseded. The benefits of using our temporary supporting services shall be illustrate with details through case by case studies.
Below an example on how we can design smart and appropriate solutions that quickly, easily and economically overcome difficult temporary situations and to prevent any unexpected dangerous.
Sliding of Historic Building – Protection Scheme
Local Municipality decided to save an old cultured building and move the (100-year-old historic three-storey building) to a safer place far from a new developing area. The best moving scheme chosen out of several others was to shift the building out of this place with parallel transport (like a train on tracks).
Underpinning of Existing Foundations
Underpinning of foundation is to install a support to an existing foundation to provide either additional depth or bearing extra capacity.It is mainly used in the following situations:
- Construction of a new project with a deeper foundation adjacent to an existing building;
- Settlement of an existing structure;
- Change in use of a structure;
- Additional Floors to building.
Negative impact on Building Causes by Lack or inadequate of underpinning:
- Negative impact on Building Causes by Lack or inadequate of underpinning
Contractors often fail to take into consideration the condition of the foundation of the adjacent building, and conducts construction without underpinning it. Settlement, even collapse of the adjacent building happens frequently in this situation. It is noted that, even the pile driven vibration can damage the foundation of the adjacent building without proper protection. - Inadequate underpinning and bracing.
Due to the improper design or construction method, the underpinning and bracing system may be inadequate. For example, the poor material of underpinning system can be damaged easily by water penetration or collapsed due to the lack of capacity to hold the load overhead. An insufficiently installed underpinning system cannot stay firmly in the ground, thus can frequently collapse and result in settlement or shifting of the building. - Over excavation.
Sometimes, the excavation for underpinning is conducted more than required, and extends toward the adjacent property line. This affects the foundation of the adjoining property. - Impact from wreckage foundation.
It would be very difficult for contractors to underpin a ruin foundation. This kind of foundation is composed of large stones, and cannot easily be connected and integrated with underpinning pits. The lack of continuity makes it difficult, and sometimes even unsuitable to underpin a rubble foundation. - Impact from soil and groundwater.
- The high level of groundwater makes it necessary to underpin the adjacent foundation, which is often neglected by contractors. It works the same with soils that are susceptible to consolidation or vibration settlement. Meanwhile, the site should be dewatered with the existence of high water table. The dewatering of the site can cause the consolidation of soil, resulting settlement of buildings.
Steel angle installed at the bottom of the chimney channel to bear the load and help to stop settlement. This gives the chimney channel stability to stop pulling away from the house.
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Description of Terms For Old Heritage Historical Buildings
We can categorize those terms for three different activities:
Firstly: Activity number One: stands for refit a building from top to bottom or simply replacing fixtures or parts of the internal or external structure.
- Restoration: Reproduce the appearance of a building exactly as it looked at a particular moment in time.
- Renovation: To improve the usefulness and condition of a building by repairing, altering, and adding. (Make an object look like new).
- Rehabilitation: To Bringing back to a preferable manner of living which makes the use of the building possible and fashionable while still preserving significant character.
Secondly: Activity number Two: aims to convert the feature or the custom of a building to new features:
- Remodeling: Make over the design image of a building. The appearance is changed by removing original details and adding new features that are out of character.
- Reconstruction: It means re-creating vanished or non-surviving portions of a property for interpretive purposes.
- Rebuild: It refers to a new structure built on a site where an existing building has been demolished, but I’ve heard it in reference to a large remodel/renovation of a damaged structure.
Thirdly: Activity number three: stand for Items aim to save and preserve of old buildings:
- Preservation: Is a treatment for keeping a building in its current state which means to focuses on the maintenance and repair of existing historic materials and retention of a property’s form as it has evolved over time.
- Conservation: It means to conserve the (absolute) maximum amount of the original material.
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Preserve and restore - old Buildings
Overview
Most nations around the world have at least some, or possibly many, old buildings such as temples, churches and houses in their cities. Preserving certain old buildings is important for several reasons as; those structures provide an insight into the history of our countries. Without them, we could only learn by books, and it would undoubtedly be sad if this were the only way to see them. Many of these buildings are also very beautiful such as churches Mosques and temples, and to be more practical, many of these buildings provide important income to a country as many tourists visit them in great numbers.To conclude, I believe that it is very important to protect and preserve old buildings as we can learn about our history as can others from other countries. Such knowledge can also help us to understand how to modernize our countries in the best way.
Six Practical Reasons to Save Old Buildings:
1. Old buildings have intrinsic value.Buildings of a certain era, Nineteenth and early twentieth century tend to be built with higher-quality materials such as rare hardwoods (especially heart pine) and wood from old-growth forests that no longer exist. Those buildings were also built by different standards. A century-old building might be a better long-term bet than its brand-new counterparts.
2. When you tear down an old building, you never know what’s being destroyed.
There are many of valuable materials hidden inside old building. Once we demolish the building all hidden treasure shall lose their values.
3. New businesses prefer old buildings.
Certain types of business prefer their activities in older Buildings. New buildings make sense for major chain stores, but other businesses–-such as bookstores, ethnic restaurants, antique stores, neighborhood pubs, and especially small start-ups?thrive in old buildings.
Real estate experts said, old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings.”
4. Old buildings attract people.
Older buildings look to be more interesting and more attractive because of using such special materials as heart pine, marble and old bricks.
The different levels, the vestiges of other uses, the awkward corners, the mixtures of styles, they’re at least something to talk about. People visiting downtown of big cities enjoy the atmosphere of old buildings. Whether the feeling is patriotic, homey, warm, or reassuring, older architecture tends to fit the bill.
5. Old buildings are reminders of a city’s culture and complexity.
By seeing historic buildings?whether related to something famous or recognizably dramatic?tourists and longtime residents are able to witness the aesthetic and cultural history of an area. Just as banks prefer to build stately, old-fashioned facades, even when located in commercial malls, a city needs old buildings to maintain a sense of permanency and heritage.
6. Regret goes only one way.
The preservation of historic buildings is a one-way street. There is no chance to renovate or to save a historic site once it’s gone. And we can never be certain what will be valued in the future. This reality brings to light the importance of locating and saving buildings of historic significance?because once a piece of history is destroyed, it is lost forever.
Note: Traditional methods of aggressive cleaning such as (high pressure washing, sand or soda blasting) cause big damages and speed up the buildings erosion. It is recommended to apply natural materials with fewer chemicals.
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Consultancy For Old Building
a) Intention of usage inside the building?
Regardless of which treatment you choose there are several code requirements to be considered. You can check out guidelines for your project with Municipality of your city.b) Building’s Condition:
If the alterations are important to preserving the building’s history, Preservation may be appropriate. Preservation will retain the architectural materials, features, spaces and will convey the building’s rich history. If you are making significant changes or alterations and there is extensive damage and wear to the materials, then rehabilitation is the proper treatment for your building.c) Historical & Heritage Building.
Historic restoration is more a (labor-of-love) work than any other type of building construction. The builder must follow guidelines from historic preservation commissions to ensure authenticity and structural integrity. Building materials must accurately represent the period of the structure, but ecologists recognize that buildings in historic neighborhoods are virtually irreplaceable.Close
Project Reassessment - Reports
Level-1:
A desk Market Assessment, based solely on available data and statistics through public sources. This level is sufficient to make a preliminary assessment for initial decision whether or not to continue to pursue the business.Level-2:
The initial assessment would include a more in-depth research as well as a field visit. This would represent some more days of work. This level would be sufficient for the promoter to make serious commitments on engaging in the project.Level-3:
Finally, level 3 gives detailed market assessment, which would require an overall field survey to describe the real condition of a particular building. The site visit shall present the external and internal parts of the building. The visit should be supported with sufficient photos to show the current condition of the buildingClose
Advantages of Our reassessment Reports
We can categorize the advantages of our report as follows:
- The report help client to have a real structural figure and existing condition of the project.
- The report can help client to figure out the real and current value of the Heritage or Historical buildings.
- The report can help you to understand the real cost required to renovate and rehabilitate the requested building.
- The report propose technical ideas and solutions to save the structure of old Heritage or Historical buildings by enhance it with new technology methods to modernize the building and keep it in excellent condition.
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