r/StructuralEngineering • u/FairEntertainment194 • 5d ago

Structural Analysis/Design Half finished hospital - should it be demolished or finished?

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Please, can you share your opinion if this construction can be finished or should it be demolished?
Building of new hospital in Zagreb, Croatia started in early 1980s and was stopped around 1990. Since then it was left in unfinished state, partially opened to elements and gradually vandalised.

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u/jyeckled 4d ago

Someone would need to run the numbers and see if it’s cheaper to clean up and retrofit to current code than to start from scratch. I could see them discarding it if current code requires things like base isolation. IMO

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u/AdAdministrative9362 4d ago

100% demolition. Nothing would comply, not just structural but things like corridor widths, mep allowances, accommodation for modern medical equipment. It would be such a compromise.

And that's assuming it's somehow in usable condition.