An Analysis of the Demolition of the Cereal Elevator Building within a Conservation Protection Zone: Considerations of Technical, Functional-Utility, and Economic Factors

Maciej NIEDOSTATKIEWICZ; Tomasz MAJEWSKI

Maciej NIEDOSTATKIEWICZ Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6451-6220
Tomasz MAJEWSKI Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland

Keywords: renovation, conservation protection, grain elevator, demolition, technical condition assessment

Abstract

The article presents a description of the technical condition of the Grain Elevator building situated on the port quay, which after many years of operation has been decommissioned. The immediate reason for the cessation of operation was the change in the use profile of the port quay, which caused the handling of other goods at the quay than the bulk materials originally stored in Elewator Zbożowy. The work contains a detailed analysis of the technical condition of the building, also taking into account the functional and utility aspect as well as the economics of renovation works. The article showed that despite the location of the building in the conservation protection zone, the optimal solution was the demolition of Grain Elevator and its reconstruction of a new warehouse facility with parameters adapted to the current needs and target handling capacity of the port quay.