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><channel><title>NCPTT &#187; Maintenance</title> <atom:link href="http://ncptt.nps.gov/tag/maintenance/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov</link> <description>National Center for Preservation Technology and Training</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:24:37 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Best Practice Recommendations for Cleaning Government-Issued Marble Headstones</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/best-practice-recommendations-for-cleaning-government-issued-marble-headstones/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/best-practice-recommendations-for-cleaning-government-issued-marble-headstones/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:56:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mary Striegel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cemetery Conservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Materials Conservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[best practice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biological Growth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cemeteries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cemetery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cleaning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Department of Veterans Affairs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[headstones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[marble]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National Cemetery Administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stone]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=11745</guid> <description><![CDATA[In 2004, the Department of Veteran Affairs National Cemetery Administration turned to NCPTT when it wanted advice on chemical cleaners for their marble headstones. This began and partnership and extensive research on the subject of commercially available cleaners for removing biological growth and general soiling from marble headstones.
This week, NCPTT’s Mary Striegel reported the results [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/best-practice-recommendations-for-cleaning-government-issued-marble-headstones/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>11</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Lead Paint and Historic Buildings, Training Manual (2002-07)</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/lead-paint-and-historic-buildings-training-manual-2002-07/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/lead-paint-and-historic-buildings-training-manual-2002-07/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 14:49:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Derek Linn</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Architecture & Engineering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Product Catalog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2002-07]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historic rehabilitation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lead paint]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Resource Manual]]></category> <category><![CDATA[treatment]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=14460</guid> <description><![CDATA[In 2000, the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA) published an NCPTT funded training manual on the subject of lead paint and historic buildings.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/lead-paint-and-historic-buildings-training-manual-2002-07/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Turf Management at National Parks and Other Historic Sites (2011-03)</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/turf-management-at-national-parks-and-other-historic-sites-2011-03/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/turf-management-at-national-parks-and-other-historic-sites-2011-03/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:26:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NCPTT</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Historic Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Product Catalog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Videos]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2011-03]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cane River Creole National Historical Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CARI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[groundskeeping]]></category> <category><![CDATA[landscape maintenance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lawn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mowing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National Parks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NCPTT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Resource Protection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training]]></category> <category><![CDATA[turf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=10385</guid> <description><![CDATA[Historic sites reflect a particular time period and cultural use. These landscapes are composed of historic features such as buildings, trees, fencing, and walkways that date to an historic period. Understanding and implementing appropriate maintenance practices to preserve a site’s historic character and its individual features are essential components of a maintenance worker’s job. This video addresses turf management techniques designed to preserve these sites.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/turf-management-at-national-parks-and-other-historic-sites-2011-03/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Historic Tree Preservation Workshop</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/historic-tree-preservation-workshop/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/historic-tree-preservation-workshop/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:43:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Debbie Smith</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Historic Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Debbie Smith]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[OCLP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Preservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tree]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Workshop]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=7421</guid> <description><![CDATA[ November 30 &#8211; December 2, 2010
Fredericksburg, Virginia
$ 399 -  Registration
ISA CEU&#8217;s available
Workshop is FullTo put your name on a wait list click the green &#8220;Register Today&#8221; icon below.  Do not send payment.Do you work or volunteer at a site that has old trees on the property? Have you ever [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/historic-tree-preservation-workshop/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>10th Annual Preservation In Your Community</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/10th-annual-preservation-in-your-community/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/10th-annual-preservation-in-your-community/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:16:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NCPTT</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cane River]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CARI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CRNHA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cultural traditions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[digitization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[event]]></category> <category><![CDATA[herbicides]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Historic Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Materials Conservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[military heritage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[paint strippers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Preservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rust converters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[training video]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=6853</guid> <description><![CDATA[National Park Service offices in Natchitoches will highlight preservation activities in the Cane River region during the 10th annual Preservation in Your Community event on Aug. 10. The public is invited to stop by anytime between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to enjoy refreshments, view exhibits from local heritage groups, and visit with NCPTT, CARI and CRNHA interns from across the country about their preservation research.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/10th-annual-preservation-in-your-community/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Free Webinar: Addressing Landscape Maintenance in Cemeteries</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/tel-course-addressing-landscape-maintenance-in-cemeteries/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/tel-course-addressing-landscape-maintenance-in-cemeteries/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:22:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Debbie Smith</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cemetery Conservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Historic Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historic landscape]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=5126</guid> <description><![CDATA[
Landscape maintenance is a critical element in historic cemetery preservation.  Yet often the landscape is neglected or improperly maintained, resulting in damaged historic features and a loss of historic landscape character.
NCPTT will present a webinar addressing landscape maintenance in historic cemeteries on April 7, 2010 at 2 p.m. CST. The webinar can be accessed free [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/tel-course-addressing-landscape-maintenance-in-cemeteries/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Curriculum Development for Preservation Landscape Maintenance (Podcast 11)</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/curriculum-development-for-preservation-landscape-maintenance/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/curriculum-development-for-preservation-landscape-maintenance/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:11:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Debbie Smith</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Historic Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Podcast]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cultural landscape]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Curriculum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[field staff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historic landscape]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NCPTT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NPS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[OCLP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Preservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[roundtable]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4586</guid> <description><![CDATA[Today we join the historic landscape preservation maintenance curriculum roundtable discussion hosted by NCPTT and the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation. Attendees gathered to discuss and identify common needs and interests around historic landscape maintenance and to provide recommendations for creating a training curriculum.
<br /><br /> <a href="http://ncptt.nps.gov/Podcasts/archive/Preservation-Technology-Episode-11-Landscape-Curriculum.mp3">Download Episode 11</a> as an mp3 or <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=285727030">subscribe via iTunes</a>.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/curriculum-development-for-preservation-landscape-maintenance/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <enclosure url="http://ncptt.nps.gov/Podcasts/archive/Preservation-Technology-Episode-11-Landscape-Curriculum.mp3" length="30337668" type="audio/mpeg" /> </item> <item><title>Historic Landscape Preservation Maintenance</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/historic-landscapes-preservation-maintenance/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/historic-landscapes-preservation-maintenance/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:18:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Debbie Smith</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Historic Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training]]></category> <category><![CDATA[field staff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hampton National Historic Site]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Landscape]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NCPTT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NPS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[OCLP]]></category> <category><![CDATA[roundtable]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4424</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/historic-landscapes-preservation-maintenance/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/replacing-trees-in-historic-landscapes/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/replacing-trees-in-historic-landscapes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:30:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Debbie Smith</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Historic Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Product Catalog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cultural landscape]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historic landscape]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NCPTT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Preservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tree]]></category> <category><![CDATA[video]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=2940</guid> <description><![CDATA[NCPTT, in cooperation with the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation and the Cane River Creole National Historical Park has finished production of the instructional video “Replacing Trees in Historic Landscapes.”]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/replacing-trees-in-historic-landscapes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Cemetery TelNPS Courses Held in January</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/cemetery-telnps-courses-held-in-january/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/cemetery-telnps-courses-held-in-january/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:00:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NCPTT</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cemetery Conservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cemeteries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cemetery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iron Fence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jason Church]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Monument]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=427</guid> <description><![CDATA[NCPTT held two TelNPS courses in January. The Essentials in Cemetery Monument Care program aired on Jan. 17 and featured cemetery and commemorative monument maintenance techniques that are sustainable, cyclic, non-invasive and do no harm.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/cemetery-telnps-courses-held-in-january/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Architecture and Engineering Training</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/architecture-and-engineering-training/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/architecture-and-engineering-training/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:18:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NCPTT</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Architecture & Engineering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Training]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Curriculum]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Engineering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historic buildings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Historic Structures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Maintenance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rehabilitation]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=2263</guid> <description><![CDATA[90% of every construction dollar is spent on older buildings, because of this we believe that it is important to improve the nation’s built environment by rehabilitating and maintaining existing structures.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/architecture-and-engineering-training/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
