NCPTT’s Andrew Ferrell and Kirk Cordell became LEED Accredited Professionals after recently passing the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) exam.
This improves NCPTT’s capacity to shepherd NPS preservation projects through the LEED certification process, and to help NPS architects, facility managers and other cultural resource personnel to become LEED accredited professionals.
Read more →NCPTT’s Executive Director, Kirk Cordell, joined representatives from the Southeast Region and the Washington Office to review current NPS policy and treatment of historic national cemeteries and to make recommendations to Deputy Director Quintana.
The review included site visits to Andersonville National Cemetery (ANDE), Andrew Johnson National Cemetery (ANJO), Fort Donelson National Cemetery (FODO), and Stones River National Cemetery (STRI) to examine operations at the national cemeteries managed by those parks.
Read more →NCPTT’s Andrew Ferrell and Kirk Cordell served as guest instructors for the University of Florida’s Preservation Institute: Nantucket. They lectured on the role NCPTT plays in facilitating research and training in innovative technologies for historic preservation.
Particular topics included NCPTT’s grants program, sustainable preservation, preservation trades training, and disaster response and planning for cultural resources.
Read more →NCPTT partnered with the Association for Preservation Technology International to plan and present a workshop on Nondestructive Evaluation Methods for Historic Structures that was held May 16-17 in Charleston, S.C.
Read more →Kirk Cordell and Andy Ferrell participated in planning for “Preserving Coastal Forts: An NPS Workshop” that is scheduled April 8-10, 2008, in Charleston, South Carolina.
Read more →On April 16-20, Kirk Cordell and Mary Striegel of NCPTT attended the 35th annual meeting of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works as an NPS representative and AIC board member.
Read more →NCPTT’s Executive Director attended the Preserve America awards ceremony at the White House on May 9.
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NCPTT sponsored the colloquium “Wind, Flood and Heritage Recovery” as part of the APTI pre-conference activities.
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Kirk Cordell, NCPTT executive director, joined representatives from The History Channel and the Department of Transportation in co-chairing the first Expert Panel under the Preserve America Summit.
Read more →On April 28th NCPTT hosted Laura Hudson, the former Chief Legislative Aide to Senator J. Bennett Johnston.
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