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WE29 Advanced Preservation Technology: Value-Based Assessment, Repair, and Enhancement of Historic Buildings for 21st-Century Sustainability HSW
05/14/2008, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM


Learning Units: 7.50-Advanced level

Training Units: 1.875-Training Area 17 (Historic Restoration)

Review state-of-the-art methods of assessment, treatment, and enhancement of historic buildings as part of their sustainability strategies for the 21st century. The latest techniques of documentation, analysis, testing, modeling, and innovative repair and enhancement will be explained to help preserve the best of the past in a benign and sustainable manner.

Learning Objectives:
  • Plan and deliver more efficient and effective condition surveys and assessments of historic buildings
  • Design, specify, and validate (through modeling and trials) more benign, durable, and sustainable repairs
  • Design and specify improvements and upgrades to make historic buildings more sustainable
Speakers: John A. Fidler, Assoc. AIA, RIBA, FAPT; Brent A. Gabby, PE; Carolyn L. Searls, PE, FAPT; and Milan Vatovec, PhD, PE

Provider: Simpson Gumpertz and Heger Inc.

WE29a Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., $225 AIA Member
WE29b Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., $295 Nonmember