Can someone explain the fundamental differences between "ground-up" construction and "structural renovation"?

Question

I have a builder who is doing a project which entails adding living space to an old existing structure. The plan is to demolish the majority of the structure but leave up existing party walls (underpining them) and basement (including basement walls and foundations) and then excavating space behind the basement and then rebuilding new floors and roof, interior, etc. to add 4,000 square feet to this "railroad" type space. My broker insists it should be called a ground up project, while I insist that it is a heavy structural renovation. In my opinion, if there is anything left of the old structure (ie the party walls and basement), you HAVE to consider it a structural renovation, not ground up (to me, meaning a blank space in which new footings, foundations, walls, roof, etc. will be built). If anyone can point me to a construction code or definition that accurately describes the differences between the two, I would greatly appreciate it.

Answer 1

I'm a builder in California where at some beachfront communities, it's vastly easier to obtain a permit to build if it's a "structural renovation" instead of a "ground up" construction, for zoning and coastal comission reasons. I've seen many examples where the builder has all but stripped the original home down to a single wall standing, and claim it's a "structural renovation" job instead of a new construction, and they are granted permits as such. Unfortunately for you, this is not a decision decided by the Uniform Building Code, but by local planning and zone codes, which can vary considerably across the states and cities. Check with your local planning department, not the building department.

Answer 2

Ground Up Construction Definition

Answer 3

I would say that you would have to state where the work is to be done, and check the local codes. I'm sure that different states and maybe cities have different ideas of what that term means. I know in California that they sometimes leave just one load bearing wall, just so that they can call it a renovation.

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Answer 5

Ground-up would be considered new construction. A new house.

Structural renovation would be remodeling an existing home or building.

Answer 6

Recontruction is rebuilding and adding to an existing structure. Ground up is creating a new structure where none exists.

Answer 7

I am an inspector it is renovation. Ground up would be new construction, at lest in CT.

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