The Association for Preservation Technology, through the sponsorship of NCPTT, will offer a “hands-on” workshop entitled, An Interdisciplinary Approach To Preserving Wood in Historic Structures, at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin home studio (May 23-25 in Spring Green, Wisconsin).
The workshop will address:
Interdisciplinary Teams and Preservation Philosophy
Wood as a Building Material – Beyond the Basics
Documentation
Assessment / Diagnostics [...]
Many fallen or sunken grave markers are too large or weigh too much to be reset by hand. For these markers a mechanical hoisting or lifting system must be used. There are many types of lifting systems in use from very complex cranes and truck mounted hydraulic booms to less complex gantries and tripod hoists. In this video we are going to demonstrate the use of the more economical and readily available tripod hoist.
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Technology & Conservation, MIT Department of Architecture–Building Technology Program, and the Historic Resources Committee of the Boston Society of Architects/AIA are hosting a symposium/training program that will examine “the basic material properties of glass, the role of thermal, mechanical, structural, and chemical properties on
performance and durability, and the effects of environmental conditions on both traditional
buildings [...]
Have you ever wondered what kind of metal that object was made of? Or perhaps you needed to read the inscription of a coin that was corroded. Maybe you have a laboratory with a limited research budget and need to study a collection of firearms. NCPTT is researching new applications for an old technology: Eddy [...]
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LEED has become an industry standard for demonstrating the “sustainability” of new construction and rehabilitation projects. While LEED is not the only rating system for buildings at this time it is the most widely used in the United States. The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training is offering this LEED preparation workshop to promote the joint consideration of sustainability and historic [...]
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Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan, will present a three-day workshop on March 8- 10, 2010 to introduce restoration processes of historic metals using electric arc welding, heat straightening, and hot riveting processes. This workshop was funded in part through the PTT Grants program.
Registration cost for one day is $125 or attend all three days for $325. [...]
This workshop will showcase the current and latest practices in seismic engineering. Principally oriented to structural engineers and technically oriented architects, attendees and presenters will interact informally while exploring a variety of building structural systems, materials and typologies, from adobe, wood, masonry, reinforced concrete, to steel frame and one story to midrise.
Read more →A live webcast of the Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit was streamed on October 19. 2009.
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NCPTT recently partnered with the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation to host a roundtable to discuss creation of a historic landscape preservation maintenance curriculum. Held at the Hampton National Historic Site in Towson, Md., the meeting focused on identifying unmet training needs in the field of historic landscape preservation maintenance.
Lively discussion among the 15 invited [...]
This post outlines the contents of the poster presentations at the Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit which will be held from October 19-21, 2009 in Nashville, TN.
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