Archives of Civil Engineering (Mar 2021)

Relocation of a Historic Building at the Old Norblin Factory in Warsaw

  • Paweł Grzegorz Kossakowski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24425/ace.2021.136460
Journal volume & issue
Vol. vol. 67, no. No 1
pp. 39 – 55

Abstract

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The present article relates to the subject of the relocation of buildings. It presents a historical background of operations of this type carried out in the past around the world, as well as in Poland. It goes on to discuss in more detail some pioneering structural and technological solutions used during the relocation of the Rogatka Grochowska (Grochowska tollgate) building, carried out in 1961 in Warsaw. The article’s main theme is the process of relocation of a historic building No. 15 within the old Norblin Factory in Warsaw, which took place during the final months of 2018. The article briefly presents the factory’s history. It also describes the assumptions of the related project, which covers the development of the old Norblin Factory. It discusses in detail the concept and the scope of the relocation of building No. 15, with the description of the structural and technical design related to this process. The progress of the relocation which took place in 2018 has been reported in detail.

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