PKOB: how to prepare a description of one building for a GUS enquiry

This guide covers only preparing a description of one building for an enquiry about assigning a code under PKOB, the Polish Classification of Construction Objects. It is based on the GUS form — Application for a classification interpretation.

What the building description should contain

According to the form, you must provide a detailed description of one building, with particular attention to its usable floor area. You must specify the percentage share of each part according to its intended use. Do not replace this description with only a general statement of the building’s function.

The source separately lists a description of one civil engineering or water engineering structure — specifying what structure it is — and a description of one building. This guide deals only with the latter description.

One classification and one subject

The electronic form must be completed by indicating one classification and describing only one subject of classification. For the enquiry discussed here, therefore, prepare a description of one building for PKOB.

If there is more than one enquiry, they must be submitted on separate forms. This rule covers all three channels specified in the source:

• email;
• the electronic form;
• traditional submission.

Optional information preparation checklist

For your own convenience, before completing the form you can gather the following in a single note:

• a detailed description of the building concerned by the enquiry;
• information about its usable floor area;
• a description of its individual parts and their intended uses;
• information about the percentage shares of those parts according to their intended uses.

This is an organizational recommendation, not an additional official list of documents or a list of required attachments. This guide does not provide a method for measuring floor area or calculating percentage shares.

Scope limits of this guide

This guide does not assign a specific PKOB code to the building or specify classification thresholds. It does not cover preparing a fixed asset description for KŚT, depreciation, rental or a home office. Its sole purpose is to organize the building description for an enquiry according to the guidance in the GUS form.