The Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) is a cross-disciplinary, membership organization dedicated to promoting the best technology for conserving historic structures and their settings.

 APT Announces New Webinar                                                          

APT is offering a NEW webinar - Stone Preservation: Merging Traditional Approaches with Modern Technology.  Three outstanding presentations from the 2012 APT Charleston Conference are now available for remote viewing!

This webinar will present traditional and modern approaches to stone preservation and will focus on work being conducted at Lincoln Cathedral in Lincoln, UK, Salt Lake City & County Building and the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Charleston, SC.

Speakers are: Neil Bywater (Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, U.K.); Elwin Robison (EDI Building Consultants, Inc., Independence, Ohio); and Ivan Myjer (Building & Monument Conservation, Arlington, Massachusetts).

This session qualifies for 1.25 AIA Learning Units.

Webinar production was made possible with a grant from the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT). 

Registration fee is $35 for APT members; $45 for non-members.  Viewing is free to educational institutions; contact info@apti.org for the free web link.

To access the APT Webinars APT members click here and non-members click here.

 Upcoming Workshop                                                                           

June 13 - 15, 2013
The APT Training and Education Committee and APT's Western Great Lakes Chapter are hosting the workshop "Historic Finishes." The two-day workshop will be held on June 14 and 15, 2013, at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin near Spring Green, Wisconsin. Lectures on wood finishes, paint, plaster, and metal finishes will be combined with hands-on field sessions at Taliesin. Instructors will include Kyle Normandin and Arlen Heginbotham of The Getty Conservation Institute, conservator Rosa Lowinger, craftsman John Canning, and Brian Powell.  Visit the APT events page for additional information and registration. This workshop is sponsored in part by NCPTT.