CONFERENCES & TRAININGHistoric Preservation Training Center News Release: Coastal Fortifications Workshop Provides Treatment and Best Practices Presentations Fort Sumter National Monument hosted over 75 participants from more than fifteen National and State parks at the Preserving Coastal Forts: a National Park Service (NPS) Workshop held April 8-10, 2008 in Charleston, South Carolina. Park Superintendents, Cultural Resource and Facility Managers, Architects and Engineers, Masons and Maintenance Mechanics, contractors and partners attended. The Superintendents of Fort Sumter, Fort Pulaski, and Castillo de San Marcos offered opening remarks shaping the challenges facing the stewards of coastal fortifications. They encouraged the workshop participants to learn from their results, share their knowledge and develop networks to inform future work. Cultural Resources Manager, Sandy Pusey-Cameron, outlined the scale of the preservation needs for the 59 NPS units that contain fortifications: there is more than $510M in deferred maintenance and $50M for fortification work now formulated for funding in the next five years. The first day of the workshop participants visited Fort Moultrie where demonstrations by masons from the Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC) and the maintenance staff from Fort Pulaski, assisted by students from the Savannah Collage of Art and Design, offered the participants "hands-on" learning about historic mortars. A field trip the following day to Fort Sumter provided the venue for a practicum, lead by building forensic engineers, on the effectiveness of waterproofing systems used at the fort. Over the course of three days, Workshop presenters addressed "Lessons Learned" topics that included: recently completed brick masonry work at Forts Washington and Jefferson; results gained from developing and implementing treatment plans for concrete batteries within Golden Gate NRA, using building science to inform treatment decision making, plans for future work at Fort Jay and Castle William at Governors Island, using goats to control vegetation at Battery Weed at Fort Wadsworth within Gateway NRA, and controlling moisture at Fort Delaware State Park. Other guest speakers covered hurricane recovery work on forts at Gulf Island National Seashore and "Best Practices" derived from the sustained efforts to preserve the masonry at Castillo de San Marcos in St Augustine, Florida. The presentation given by the primary author of the Fortification Preservation Handbook, David Hansen, was for many participants the highlight of the workshop. His case study summarized the work to restore Battery Worth at Fort Casey, a Washington State Park. His example of balanced practical solutions to numerous technical obstacles inspired many in the audience. At the workshop conclusion the event sponsors the HPTC, the National Center for Preservation Training and Technology (NCPTT) and the Cultural Resources Division of the Southeast Regional Office, and Fort Sumter NM announced that digital versions of the Power Point presentations made at the workshop would be posted on the NCPTT website that was created for the event. Visit the website at: http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/Training/Preserving-Coastal-Forts.aspx.
Cemetery Landscape Preservation Workshop Vegetation management is essential to preserve
the character of historic cemeteries and for the protection of historic
features. Too often, proper maintenance of historic vegetation is
neglected. Infrequent and improper maintenance can irreversibly
damage historic vegetation, monuments, fencing, and other site furnishings.
Join us for a two-day hands-on workshop in historic American Cemetery
to learn the basics of proper cemetery landscape maintenance.
Archeology: Prospection in Depth 2008 Prospection in Depth, a workshop on geophysical
prospection in archaeology, will take place at El Presidio de San
Francisco in California on Sept. 16-20. The course fee is $399,
which includes lodging at the Presidio's historic barracks. The
workshop will feature portable XRF training for field chemistry
surveys, along with ground penetrating radar, electrical resistivity/conductivity,
and other key techniques. What makes this course unique is that
it combines ground-truthing with traditional geophysics training
to emphasize data collection techniques and interpretation. Prospection
in Depth is open to archaeologists from all career tracks, as well
as resource managers and other professionals who need experience
in remote sensing. NCPTT is partnering with the Presidio Trust to
host this program. Up to 30 applicants will be accepted. Register
online at www.ncptt.nps.gov,
or contact David W. Morgan (318-356-7444, david_morgan@nps.gov).
Cemetery Monument Conservation Workshop This intense three day hands-on workshop will
take place at the Ancient Burial Ground in partnership with the
City of New London. This workshop will cover the topics of documentation,
condition assessments, cleaning techniques, adhesive repair, patch
fill, reinforced repair, resetting, and consolidation. This year's
workshop will focus on the conservation of slate and brownstone.
The workshop cost is $695 per person and is limited to 32 participants.
A Space Odyssey: Storage Strategies for
Cultural Collections Learn how to maximize the use of your storage areas, improve your facilities and perhaps plan for new storage locations. CCAHA convenes experts in the fields of design, space planning, and environmental control and modification to speak about practical methods and applications for enhancing storage spaces for cultural collections. Day One - Planning for Storage Projects
Preparing for the Unexpected: Protecting
Collections and Staff from Disaster Day One - Disaster Mitigation, Crisis Communication,
Hands-on Recovery Exercise
A Race Against Time: Preserving Our Audiovisual
Media Through lectures and discussion, learn the basic principles for managing audiovisual collections that contain historic formats. Day One - AV media overview, identification,
surveying and selecting for preservation and access Register now at http://www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar
for these comprehensive two-day conferences for museums, libraries
and archives of all sizes. For more information and to register,
go to www.ccaha.org, call 215-545-0613
or email pso@ccaha.org
Preservation Engineering Workshop The Western Chapter of APT will host the second
NDE Workshop and is set for mid-November in the San Francisco Bay
area. The diagnostics workshop: Nondestructive Testing for the Evaluation
of Historic Structures will be given in a collaborative effort by
APT and NCPTT.
The purpose of this Workshop is to provide guidance for design professionals in the use of diagnostic non-destructive testing for historic structures. The two-day workshop is intended for graduate students and/or practicing architects and engineers. The program is divided between lectures on the first day and hands-on field sessions on the second day. APT is an accredited AIA education provider and attendance at APT workshops can fulfill professional education requirements for architects, engineers, and preservation trades people. APT workshops will provide 1 hour of continuing education or professional development credit for each hour of the workshop. Look for additional information to be posted
on the APT website soon.
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