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4 SEM CIVIL (A)

GUIDENCE BY - MRS. N.J.DALAL SUBBJECT- TRANSPORTATION OF

HOUSE

NAME OF STUDENT- ROLL NO ENROL NO.

1) PRAJAPATI PRADIP - 406127 -100280106027

2) PATEL KANAN - 406136 -100280106036


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TRANSPORTATION OF HOUSE

It has Mainly two Steps As Mentioned Below;(1) House and Building Lifting(2) House and Building Moving

Reasons for transporting ahouse

i. A new house is built off-site by a buildingcompany that either specialises in building

removable homes, or is selling a show home.


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ii. A house is built in the contractors yard and latermoved to a new site.

iii. An old house is bought, either from a buildingremoval companys sale-yard, or from an existingsection, and transported to a new site for

restoration and renovation.

iv. A house is moved to a better position on the samesite to allow for a subdivision or better use of thesection.

1)House and Building Lifting


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House Movers has the latest and best in structurallifting technology in their Unified Hydraulic Jacking

System. The hydraulic jacking pump synchronizes the

pressure to the jacks so that the whole building willlift evenly without racking. This keeps the cracks in

the drywall or plaster to a minimum and sometimes

non-existent.

There are many scenarios where lifting your home can

be a viable option. Some of the most common examples

are flooding, short basement/crawlspace, adding

another story and commercial renovation.

Each year different areas of the country get more rainthan what the local rivers, canals and storm drains canhandle. If your home or local business is in one of these

areas and has been flooded once or many times, we can

help. You will need to find out from the town where the

100 year flood plain is for your property.

Lifting above this level will give you added protectionfrom the big storms and many times will cut your floodinsurance drastically. Sometimes houses need lifted just

one block (8) and sometimes they need 12 or more.

No matter what height you would like to lift your

structure, Wolfe House and Building Movers can handle


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your project with ease and support it in place while

your mason builds the foundation up underneath.

Adding Head Room to Your Basement/Crawlspace: If you live in a house with only a 6 basement, a

partial basement or even just a crawlspace, than this

service could be an excellent choice for you. In this case

there are two different options or combinations that can

happen. Option number one is to raise your house to an

elevation that gives you the desired head room in yourbasement area.

Option number two is to support your houseright where it is and excavate below it for the desired

basement space. Any combination of those two options

is possible and we at Wolfe House Building Movers

would be happy to discuss those options with you tofigure out what the best solution would be. Also, it

would be wise in many cases to consult an architect for

a professional opinion on what option should be chosen.

Concrete Slab Floors Although concrete slab floors seem to be immovable,

House Movers have lifted and moved many structures


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including their concrete floors. For a residence or a

business; if the building is nice inside and you cant afford

to be out of it long at all, we can lift the slab floor right up

with the building. Once lifted, there must be at least a 4crawl space built under it and permanent steel beams set

under it every 5 for support.

The alternate to lifting the slab floor would be to lift thehouse up off of the slab.

This would require the entire lower floor of the house to

be emptied (lower cabinets, furniture, appliances,

bathroom fixtures, etc.) and the steel lifting beams to be

installed through the frame walls at approximately 3 to 4

above the floor. Once the house is lifted, the foundation

walls can be built up and a new wood floor system built.

Then the house will be set back down onto the wood floorsystem. This will require a significant amount of

remodeling (drywalling, painting, etc.) to be done on the

lower 4 of the walls.


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(2)House and Building Moving

Structural moving includes the combination ofSupporting & Lifting and then things start going in a

whole different direction pun intended. With the

latest in radio remote-controlled hydraulic dollies, the

Buckingham Power and Coaster Dollies brings the levels

of stress on your building to a historic low.

Structural moving includes the combination ofSupporting & Lifting and then things start going in a

whole different direction pun intended. With the

latest in radio remote-controlled hydraulic dollies, theBuckingham Power and Coaster Dollies brings the levels

of stress on your building to a historic low.


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The Buckingham Dollies are designed and built in houseand then used for all of our relocation projects as well

as rented and sold to other riggers and structural

movers around the world.

It can move structures of any size, weight or typeincluding frame, stone, brick, block, log and steel along

with the possibility of moving the concrete slab floor along

with some buildings. The reasons for moving a structure

can vary across the board from saving a piece of history

from demolition, to moving a building sideways 2 because

it was built too close to the property line, to the problem

of a house being built in an area that is repeatedly

flooding. Any structure can be moved for any reason and

there has never been a structure large enough or heavy

enough that it could not be moved. Rather the feasibility of

the project hinges on a clear move route being possible totake it where you want it to go.

There are four basic things to check into for eachmove route: tree trimming/removal, traffic control,

overhead utility line removal and if your project goes

off-road, then excavation may apply as well.

Tree trimming is fairly self explanatory; any trees or

limbs that would be within the projected move route

must be cut down or cut back ahead of time. Most times

our customers hire a professional tree trimmer to clear


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the route before hand and also to be along the day of the

move in case of anything that might have been missed.

Traffic control can be as little at stopping traffic whilewe cross the road or as much as a full detour on a mainroad while we come through. Many times a Local or

State Police escort will be required when going down

the road. You or your contractor must talk with the local

police or traffic planner to see what will be required for

you specifically. If a detour is proposed, than usually atraffic plan will need to be submitted as well.

3)Even a single story house will usually be up into thelowest of these wires by the time we get it onto the steel

and wheels that we use for moving. To check into the

cost of moving these wires, you or your contractor


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should plan a route for the house, geta loaded height

from Wolfe House Movers and then call each of the

utility companies that own wires in that route. Most

cases require calls to the electric, cable and telephonecompanies. They will likely have to come out, drive the

route themselves and then they may give you a firm

price or they might give you a per hour charge for each

of their crews that they will send out. This can be a

deciding factor in some moves so it would be wise to

check into these prices before making the decision tomove ahead with your project.

4) Overhead utility lines can be very expensive and timeconsuming to move. For this reason, most of the moves

that we do on the East Coast are within several miles.

Overhead lines can be as low as 13 6 above the road,

although in most rural areas they are usually morearound 15 to 18 above the road.


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5) Excavation applies to getting out of the old property,into the new property and any off-road traveling that we

might do in between.

House Movers has the equipment to easily travel most

fields, meadows and rolling pastures. We can put down

large steel plates to build a road if the ground is too soft and

it can even build bridges with steel beams to cross over

ditches, streams and creeks. Depending on the terrain,

excavation may be required to bring the building through to

where it is going.

In can handle fairly steep grades but too steep of hills or

drop offs can cause problems. This is something you can go

over with the estimator when he comes out for a site visit.

Another part of excavating the move route is digging a ramp

from ground level down to the footers of the new

foundation if it is required for your project.

STEPS TO MOVING OLD HOUSES

These are the steps in a house moving project:

1. Choose the houseit may be on an existing site or

for sale in a building removal companys yard.

2. Check the house - have the house checked by a

plumber, electrician and builder. It pays to take care when

choosing an old house for relocation. While it might seem


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cheap, the cost of restoring it could negate any savings you

make and cost you far more than buying or building new.

3. Choose the building removal company - talk to people

who have done it before and find out who they would

recommend. Choose a firm with a good reputation. You can

find building removal companies in the Yellow Pages.

4. Contact the building consent authority - find out

what you need in the way of building and resource consents.

5. Organise insuranceyoull need cover for the house

while it is being moved and while the renovation work is

being done.

6. Moving the house - the building removal company

moves it from its yard or its existing site onto the new site

and places it onto the foundations.


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7. Connecting to services and upgrading the house -

you will have to organise for services to be connected, i.e.

telephone, electrical, and plumbing. Then you can begin the

necessary alterations, renovations and decorating, making

sure you obtain the right consents from the council and your

building consent authority.

Reasons for transporting a house A new house is built off-site by a building company that

either specialises in building removable homes, or is

selling a show home.

A house is built in the contractors yard and later moved toa new site.

An old house is bought, either from a building removalcompanys sale-yard, or from an existing section, and

transported to a new site for restoration and renovation.

A house is moved to a better position on the same site toallow for a subdivision or better use of the section.

Old homes for relocation

People choose to recycle an old house rather than building

new because:


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They can acquire a character home which they canrenovate.

They like the native timbers used in a lot of older homesand which are now becoming harder to obtain.

It can work out cheaper than building new.

Consents requiredWhen you relocate a house you will have to apply for:

Building consents to uplift the house from its current siteand to re-establish it on the new site.

A Project Information Memorandum (PIM) for both theorigin and destination.

Resource consent, in most cases.


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Talk to your building consent authority before you start, and

ask for details of their application requirements.

It is best to apply for the building and resource consents at the

same time so that building and environmental factors can be

considered together.

Building consentsAt the place of origin you will need building consents for:

Lifting the building off its foundations and separating itfrom the services.

Any necessary temporary strengthening or separation ofthe building into parts for transportation.

Loading the building onto its transport vehicles. Any necessary demolition of the existing foundations,services and subsequent work to restore the site.

Constructing foundations and services.

Unloading the building and connecting it to thosefoundations and services.

Re-connecting any parts of the building which wereseparated for transportation, and fixing any damage done

during transportation.
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Doing any renovation work on the house.

Building consent for removal from the old site Building consent needed to remove a house from the old

site is often called demolition consent, and it is your

responsibility to organise (not the responsibility of the

previous owner or the building removal company). Note

that buildings purchased directly from a recognised house

remover's yard will not require building consent.

The demolition consent removes any reference to thehouse from the files on that property (if it is going to a

different councils area). It also requires inspection of the

services that were connected to the house.

The building consent authority may do an assessment tosee if the house is structurally sound enough to berelocated as part of the removal consent. And the building

consent authority may require the building to be

upgraded.

Note this is no guarantee that a building consent authorityin the other council's jurisdiction at the new location will

allow the house onto a new site.


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Building Code requirements for a newhouse

If the house is new, it will have to meet all the relevantBuilding Code requirements when it is being built, i.e. it

requires building consent, inspections during and at the

end of construction, and a code compliance certificate.

Because the destination is probably not known when they

are being built, these homes should be built to worst case

scenario standard, i.e. for location in the worst earthquake

and wind zones.

As with old homes, when the house is sold for relocation anew Project Information Memorandum (PIM) and building

consent are required for the re-siting, foundations and

drainage.


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Resource consentResource consent may be required if locating the house on the

new site is likely to impact on the environment in some way.For example, there may be rules in the district plan about the

age, style, or size of the house allowed in some new

subdivisions. Or you may need permission to remove native

trees. This needs to be applied for at the same time, or before,

you apply for a building consent.

When applying for resource consent you will have to provide

some or all of the following, depending on council

requirements:

A completed application form giving details of the newsite.

The address where the building can be inspected. A dimensioned site plan of the new site showing where

the house will go.

Elevation plans showing the height of the building relativeto the ground.

Photos of the elevations of the building to be relocated. A statement of the proposed exterior work such as

painting, additions and alterations intended to bring the

building up to an acceptable standard.


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A recent copy of the certificate of title.

Details of trees that require removal to get the building offits existing site or onto its new one.

A pegging certificate from a registered surveyor.

A statement of the work proposed on the house afterrelocation.

The council will assess the application on the following grounds:

The proposed appearance of the house and itscompatibility with other houses in the vicinity.

The condition and quality of the exterior materials.

InsuranceWhen the house is in transit from the old site to the new

location, you will need to organiseinsurance for the move. This

will provide cover for any damage during the move, for

example, if the house falls off the truck. If this happens, you will

only get back what you paid for the house. It is unlikely to cover

consequential loss, for example, recompense for the cost of the

new foundations which are no longer able to be used if the

house is destroyed in transit. If this happens you will have to
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