Renovations

Renovating means adapting a building or construction to modern needs.

Works carried out in the course of renovations may be divided into:

• overhauling, in the course of which the building is renovated into the state it was when new;
• extensive additions (perusparannus in Finnish) or additions (reconstructing the building, additions to fixtures and systems etc.) which improve the environment in the building;
• upgrading, in the course of which the division of space or fixtures are changed;
• extending the building to increase its surface area;
• conservation for improving its preservation;
• restoration for maintaining, restoring or improving the architecture and appearance;
• preconstruction, i.e. constructing a new building on the basis of remaining details or documents.