Hey, if mega movers can move a ten story brick building across a town, I doubt a small observatory would present much of a problem. Cost for doing so.......well lets say it would be astronomical.
Frankly, it would be considerably cheaper to just pay someone to do the job of dismantling and reassembly for you.
When I bought my Sirius dome second hand, I used a truck with a Hiab crane to move the dome in one piece, along with the six disassembled panels. It took two people about two hours to dismantle, load it on the flat bed truck and about a further hour and a bit to drive it across town and unload it (actually, it took only about 15 minutes to unload and carry it around back). It did take three people though (got the help of my neighbour) to carry the dome around back. Pouring of a three by three metre slab took two people about an hour (if it had to be barrowed around back like mine), with a further hour of finishing work. It took two people a further four hours to reassemble the observatory and drill the holes into the concrete.
Total hours to move, pour concrete and reassemble just over 9 hours.
9 hours x two people at $50 per hour (just an estimate) = $900.
Cost of concrete $800 (fortunately I got the concrete cheap, at $385, due to my brother's contacts).
Cost of two people at $50 per hour to pour concrete = $200
Cost of Hiab truck $50 an hour x 4 hours = $200 (this is only an estimate, as the Hiab I used belonged to family so did not cost me for hire (it's great to have family in the building trade).
So, paying someone to disassemble, move, pour concrete and reassemble would cost approximately $2,100. I would imagine a moving company to move the entire structure in one piece would cost around 8-10k and that would be a conservative estimate.
Much cheaper and easier to just pay someone to do it. Fortunately, moving and rebuilding my observatory only cost me about $400 for the concrete and anchor bolts. All labour and transport supplied free.
