Preservation Maintenance: Understanding and Preserving Historic Buildings
Faculty
Alfonso A. Narvaez, senior associate and principal architectural conservator with the Preservation Technology Group at John Milner Associates, Inc. with experience on preservation projects nationwide; formerly with the National Park Service
Seminar Overview
Performing—or not performing—minor maintenance often can have unintended consequences. Learn how to read your building and understand the effects of daily, monthly, and annual maintenance activities between larger capital projects. Identifying, caring for, and maintaining historic materials is critical to this process. Discuss the nature of building materials, how they age, and how they fail. Learn when to bring in a specialist to help identify the problem or a contractor to handle a specific task.
This seminar is combined or offered in conjunction with Historic
Structures Reports: A Management Tool for Historic Properties.
Evaluation Comments
"Maintenance is the key to preservation."
"I gained a better perspective on the range of issues involved with managing a historic property."
"I learned how to place priorities when evaluating maintenance processes in historic buildings."
"I [am now] better versed in maintenance vocabulary and will be able to advocate special historic preservation maintenance needs."
"[I gained] a perspective on various types of building materials and how their failure may be mitigated."
"[I learned] lots of good resources and questions to ask consultants."
"Web site/CAD information was particularly informative."
"Excellent
handout materials with useful references."
Participants
Preservation architects; managers of historic properties, facilities, and house museums; maintenance supervisors.
AIA/CES
AIA members will receive 6 learning units
each day for designated seminars that meet the criteria for programs in the American
Institute of Architects Continuing Education System.
Locations and Dates
- Phoenix, AZ
February 28-29, 2008
offered in conjunction with
Historic Structures Reports: A Management Tool for Historic Properties
in cooperation with the Public History Program,
Department of History, Arizona State University and
the State Historic Preservation Office, Arizona State Parks
- Baton Rouge, LA
September 23-24, 2008
offered in conjunction with
Historic Structures Reports: A Management Tool for Historic Properties
in cooperation with the Foundation for Historical Louisiana
Cost (see Register for more information)
$375 (6-week advance registration); $425 (regular registration)
Rate for 3 days including Historic Structures Reports:
$525 (6-week advance registration); $575 (regular registration)
On-site and Customized Training
NPI also offers this seminar as an on-site or customized seminar to meet specific organizational needs. Seminars can be tailored to create single- or multiple-day workshops at a location and time convenient to the sponsor. Contact NPI at 703.765.0100 or info@npi.org for further information.