CURRENT ANNUAL CONFERENCE

APT Charleston 2012

16th annual International Preservation Trades Workshop - IPTW 2012

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Theme
Cornerstones: Collaborative Approaches to Preservation references the foundations of Charleston, the people who built this city (and others) and those who continue to work together to push forward standards in preservation worldwide.

The conferences will focus on creating dialogues between design, engineering, preservation and the building trades/industry. The knowledge base needed to complete a successful preservation or construction project is complex and always enhanced by collaborative working practices. This conference will allow discussion and debate within the common overlap in preservation theory (the written word) and practice (the application on the building) to create an understanding of optimal models of practice for preservation.

Collaborating for this Parallel Conference
As we enter the sustainable 21st century it is clear that collaboration will be a driving force within preservation practice.

At APT Charleston 2012, the Association for Preservation Technology International (APT) and Preservation Trades Network (PTN) are reuniting to explore the deliberate and dynamic collaboration required among preservationists, architects, engineers and building trades professionals that is crucial to preserving our built environment.

The Conference will continue the APT and PTN traditions of setting the standard for preservation ideologies, presenting the most current preservation technologies and working methodologies, giving voice to the international preservation community and the understanding of traditional methodologies of practice.

History of this Parallel Conference
APT was established in 1968 and is the leading cross-disciplinary organization dedicated to studying and promoting the best methods, materials and techniques for preserving the historic built environment. At APT's Annual Conference in 1995 in Washington, DC, an ad hoc roundtable convened to discuss the preservation trades. As a result of this informal meeting, PTN was established, initially as a task force of APT.

In 1997 The Historic Preservation Training Center of the National Park Service sponsored the first International Preservation Trades Workshop (IPTW) in Frederick, Maryland, USA, in partnership with PTN. As the first event of this kind, attendance exceeded all expectations. IPTW 1997 demonstrated conclusively that there was both an audience and a demand for an event based on hands-on demonstrations of the skills of all of the trades engaged in preservation. Since then PTN has continued to evolve to better serve and represent the trades community.

In fall 2006, APT President Brian Robinson and PTN President Lisa Sasser decided that the time had come for both organizations to explore collaborative opportunities to enhance both organizations. The outcome is this parallel conference. In doing this on the 15th anniversary of IPTW's first conference, it reunites two sister organizations with great histories and rich dialogues to be shared.

Call for Abstracts
Presentations will show an intersection between the theory and practice of preservation techniques and that highlight the technologies and collaborative work practices of those who preserve our built environment. Abstracts are being sought for the following tracks:

• Management of Change in a Historic City: Charleston the City that we Guard
• The Foundations of Cooperation: The Collaborative Act of Preservation
• Framework for a New Tradition: Access to Knowledge
• Traditional Building Practice in the 21st Century: Preservation Renewal and a Future Based on Past Experience

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