The project in five facts.
Challenge, approach and results.
The diploma thesis addresses the execution of construction and craft works in the renovation of Čeligija Tower in Maribor. The diploma thesis also presents, with pictorial material, the initial condition before renovation and proposals for remedial solutions. Following a detailed description of the execution of construction and craft works, a chapter of the diploma thesis analyses the renovation of the building based on the works carried out, whilst examining the economic efficiency of the structure's renovation in light of proposals for different methods of executing the works.
Solution and Method
The diploma thesis addresses the execution of construction and craft works in the renovation of Čeligija Tower in Maribor. In the first part of the diploma thesis, we briefly present the history and significance of the tower, then focus in more detail on its technical characteristics and describe the existing condition of the structure, which was part of the former city walls and is registered as cultural heritage in the register of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia. In this light, we examine the cultural heritage protection conditions during the renovation, previous conservation interventions on the structure, detailed design documentation and the contract for the execution of works.
From the description of the existing condition and the aforementioned documentation alone, we discern the limitations of the planned renovation and potential challenges that will arise. In the central part of the diploma thesis, we focus on the actual execution of construction and craft works in the renovation of the historic tower and describe in detail the course of the comprehensive renovation (from preparatory, demolition, earthworks, masonry, carpentry and locksmith works), including practical challenges in individual works or interventions.
Results
The diploma thesis also presents, with pictorial material, the initial condition before renovation and proposals for remedial solutions. Following a detailed description of the execution of construction and craft works, a chapter of the diploma thesis analyses the renovation of the building based on the works carried out, whilst examining the economic efficiency of the structure's renovation in light of proposals for different methods of executing the works. Thus, we verify the hypothesis that instead of the executed reinforcement of stone walls with the installation of so-called IBO anchors, execution with ties mounted on ceiling beams would be a quarter cheaper.
We also verify the hypotheses that execution of intermediate floor structures with steel HEA beams, instead of the timber ones used, would increase costs by approximately 20 per cent, and that execution of remediation by injecting lime-cement injection masses, instead of the executed injection of lime-based masses without cement content, would be cheaper by approximately one fifth. This chapter also addresses the thesis that the use of artificial intelligence in the renovation of such historic structures would improve the accuracy of assessing the structure's condition and the efficiency of its renovation.
The integration of BIM with artificial intelligence enables the analysis of larger quantities of data and thereby the automation and optimisation of construction processes.
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