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August 2021
SLCT – Stone Analysis Explained
Many conservation projects require the replacement of structurally compromised stone and will require stone analysis and matching in order to find currently available sources of compatible replacement stone. Stone analysis may also be required to gain listed building consent or to meet funder’s requirements. Simply undertaking stone analysis by petrographic means is only half the story and missing out on vital information on the physical characteristics of stone, for example density, water absorption, porosity and capillary coefficient can lead to…
Find out more »SLCT – Mortar Analysis Explained
Many projects demanded that samples of historic mortars be analysed and it is all too often a ‘tick box’ exercise required to gain listed building consent or to meet funder’s requirements. However, analysis of existing and historic mortars is an important step in the creation of well matched and appropriate mortar specifications for undertaking successful repairs. This seminar will allow attendees to gain a greater understanding of the process of mortar analysis and to be able to understand and use…
Find out more »SLCT – Specifying Mortars for Repair, Restoration, and New Build
Are you working with mortars or need to provide specification for a job? Then this online seminar is for you! Successful specifications for mortars need to take a holistic view of the building or structure and also be easily understood for communication with those undertaking the work on site. Mortars are a fundamental part of unit masonry construction and render work to a wide range of different backgrounds, whether solid walls, on lath or on cavity wall construction. Choosing or…
Find out more »September 2021
Place Services – Lime Render and Plaster Specification and Repair
This half day course will examine the appropriate use of the whole range of lime mortars in the context of material science, actual built fabric and historic texts upon lime use. It will give students an understanding into traditional lime mortars. The course will also give a practical understanding of slaking and mixing methods and will include a demonstration of mixing. As a result of the course trainees will gain a solid understanding of which lime mortar to use for…
Find out more »West Dean College – Conservation and Repair of Architectural and Structural Metalwork
This course covers the conservation of structural metalwork, architectural features and statuary, and includes both ferrous and non-ferrous metals, with tuition from leading practitioners on a wide range of repair techniques. It also includes the methods of manufacture and shaping of ferrous metals, the history of their use, deterioration, surveys, practical cleaning methods, surface preparation and coatings, and specifying metalwork repairs. It covers corrosion science, the latest developments in cathodic protection as a remedial solution to rusting cramps and the…
Find out more »SLCT – Structural Repair of Historic Buildings
This masterclass led by Ian Hume, aims to provide professionals with a sound understanding of the philosophy of conservation. Participants will gain a better understanding of the relationship between structural engineering and conservation, of safety issues and of the aesthetics of conservation based structural repairs. Suitable for: This masterclass is suitable for anyone involved in the structural repair of historic buildings. Conservation officers, architects, engineers, site managers and others would find this seminar helpful. The course will consist of lectures,…
Find out more »IHBC CPD – Conservation Engineering
IHBC CPD - Conservation Engineering with Ian Hume This CPD course spans two days, 28-29 September, running from 10.00am to 13.00pm each day. It is intended to help conservation professionals understand some of the structural engineering problems and solutions which historic buildings might have. The sessions will attempt to put conservation professionals in a position to hold informed discussions with project structural engineers, some of whom may not be particularly familiar with the constraints which conservation might put on their…
Find out more »December 2021
AMPS Global Health Conference – Environments by Design: Health, Wellbeing, and Place
On January 1st, 2020, the world woke to news that a pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China, had been identified as a strain of coronavirus. By March, the World Health Organization would define it as a pandemic and the most serious global health threat on the planet. Under lockdown conditions the relationship between health and the spaces we inhabit became central. The response from professionals and academics was immediate. Public health officials became consultants on ‘healthy buildings’, infectious disease specialists advised…
Find out more »March 2022
AMPS New Delhi: Architecture, History, and the Smart City
Smart, intelligent, digital, ubiquitous. While star architects develop ‘spectacle architecture’ for example, property developers produce gated communities, and urban planners grapple with urban expansion. This all happens while conservationists dedicate themselves to preserving the past and historians continue exploring former lives of our ancient towns. The city we imagine for the future then, will be a complex set of factors and components from the past, and present. Navigating this multiplicity will be key to the futures now being imagined and…
Find out more »June 2022
AMPS Canterbury: Intangible Heritage
A conference on design, culture and technology – past, present, and future The buildings, towns and cities we inhabit are physical entities created in the past, experienced in the present, and projected to inform the future. The same can be said of the artefacts we use daily: designed furniture in the home, the mobile devices in our hands, the vehicles we see on our streets. However, each of these places, buildings and products had, at their inception, social and cultural…
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