Structure Relocation

STRUCTURE RELOCATION' is the new innovative technique in civil engineering feild. This technique will play a very important roll in the 'INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT' of any country in upcoming years.This technique will help us to implement proper TOWN PLANNING of a city as well as help us to Preserve our HISTORICAL STRUCTURES.This has meant that in past years, buildings have been needlessly lost, including buildings of heritage significance. Structural moving can be extremely cost effective, with the cost to move an average full brick house generally significantly less than new construction. Structural moving can also be significantly cheaper than dismantling and reconstruction of a structure.'

WHAT IS STRUCTURE RELOCATION ?

Structure Relocation is a process of moving a structure from one place to another without any destruction to its originality. This process is mainly applied for urban regeneration, to preserve historical monuments, to secure structures from flood prone areas.

WHAT ARE REASONS FOR RELOCATING A STRUCTURE?

There are several reasons for relocating a structure like

1] Relocation of structure from Flood-Prone areas
2] Relocation of structure for Commercial reasons
3] Relocation of Historical Structures for their Preservation.


 WHAT ARE DIFFERENT METHODS TO RELOCATE A STRUCTURE?

There are two methods of relocating a structure
1] De-assembling and Re-assembling move.
2] Transporting the whole structure move.

This process is very useful in this era as many of the important structures like historical structures, important government buildings,  houses which lie in flood-prone zones can be relocated than demolishing it and rebuilding it. Also many of the urban- regeneration projects can be successfully implemented.
Structure relocation is the key for the many problems. For Example TAJ MAHAL india’s one of the most popular and important historical structure which is getting affected due  air pollution caused by surrounding factories can overcome this problem by applying the relocation process.

The following Video shows how Jacks are used for raising the structure