Type:	Course	Cost:	£100.00
Start Date:	13th Mar 2012	End Date:	13th Mar 2012
Contact Name:	Skye Dillon, Courses Organiser, The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings	Phone:	0207 456 0915
Website:	http://www.spab.org.uk

Description:

Please note: this event is now fully booked - please contact the Courses Organiser if you are interested in this Technical Day.

This technical day is likely to meet CPD requirements for those professionally involved in historic buildings; including architects, surveyors, engineers, planners, builders and contractors. We also welcome building conservation and engineering students to this event.

Often when dealing with historic buildings, engineers find themselves trying to apply modern standards and analysis methods that have little relevance or practical application to older building forms. The aim of this seminar is to understand a conservation engineering approach to the appraisal and subsequent repair of historic buildings.

A group of specialist building conservation engineers will present lectures to describe their approach to the appraisal and subsequent repair of historic buildings that have got into difficulty. These specialists will also demonstrate through case studies how, in the majority of cases, doing less is actually to do more.

Examples of topics covered during this event include:

• philosophy of repair;
• historical building development;
• common problems and their solutions;
• useful sources of information;
• useful repair details;
• understanding the building;
• knowing the mind of the builder;
• compatibility of materials;
• reversibility.



Booking Information:

To book a place on this course contact the SPAB Courses Organiser for a booking form.

Alternatively, book online at: www.spab.org.uk

Contact the Courses Organiser for more details or to check availability.