http://www.ncptt.nps.gov National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:07:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ptt-2010-proposal-submissions-has-closed/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ptt-2010-proposal-submissions-has-closed/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:00:39 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4616 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ptt-2010-proposal-submissions-has-closed/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/conservation-scientist-the-walters-art-museum/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/conservation-scientist-the-walters-art-museum/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:22:29 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4566 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/conservation-scientist-the-walters-art-museum/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/live-webcast-nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/live-webcast-nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:02:40 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4635
View the webcast.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/live-webcast-nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit-poster-abstracts/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit-poster-abstracts/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:00:54 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4296 Nationwide Cemetery Preservation Summit which will be held from October 19-21, 2009 in Nashville, TN.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit-poster-abstracts/feed/ 1 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-symposium-to-honor-james-marston-fitch/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-symposium-to-honor-james-marston-fitch/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:20:25 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3901 A symposium is being held on Saturday, September 26, 2009, from 9AM to 5PM to honor James Marston Fitch, a founding father of historic preservation in the United States. Fitch was an architect, preservationist, and a founder of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University.

The topic for this year will be "The Preservationists' Eye: Esthetics in Reuse and Conservation of the Historic Built Environment" and will be held at the recently restored Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at 15 East 84th Street in New York City.

The deadline for applying for the Fitch Mid-Career Grant and the Richard L. Blinder Award is Wednesday, September 16, 2009.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-symposium-to-honor-james-marston-fitch/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-of-historic-iron-and-steel-in-bridges-and-other-metal-structures/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-of-historic-iron-and-steel-in-bridges-and-other-metal-structures/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:15:51 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4291 a three-day workshop on March 8, 9 and 10, 2010, to introduce a wide variety of interested personnel, including State Historic Preservation officers, Department of Transportation officials, engineers, engineering students, general contractors, and historic bridge preservationists, to restoration processes of historic metals using electric arc welding, heat straightening, and hot riveting processes. Funded in part by a grant from the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-of-historic-iron-and-steel-in-bridges-and-other-metal-structures/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/3d-digital-rock-art-documentation-and-preservation-workshop-2009-05/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/3d-digital-rock-art-documentation-and-preservation-workshop-2009-05/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:10:04 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4079 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/3d-digital-rock-art-documentation-and-preservation-workshop-2009-05/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/using-eddy-current-technology-in-conservation-science-podcast-episode-8/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/using-eddy-current-technology-in-conservation-science-podcast-episode-8/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:21:49 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3962
NCPTT has been using eddy current technology in preservation and will be bringing this tool to the iPhone platform in 2010. Download Episode 8 as an mp3 or subscribe via iTunes.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/using-eddy-current-technology-in-conservation-science-podcast-episode-8/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-studies-summer-field-school-at-tulane/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-studies-summer-field-school-at-tulane/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:32:37 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4021 Tulane School of Architecture, the Preservation Trades Network, and Save Our Cemeteries hosted training on treatments for above ground cemeteries damaged during Hurricane Katrina.

Topics included masonry applications, preservation technology, limewash, appropriate treatments for tombs, and a history of the cemeteries of New Orleans. This video was produced by Tulane University.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-studies-summer-field-school-at-tulane/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/historic-landscape-maintenance/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/historic-landscape-maintenance/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:57:39 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3844
Discussion topics will include defining target audiences, training subjects, and training formats. The day and a half-long meeting will be held at Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, Maryland, Sept. 1-2, 2009.

For more information, contact Debbie Smith.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/historic-landscape-maintenance/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/leed-and-historic-preservation/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/leed-and-historic-preservation/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:00:10 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3842
This improves NCPTT’s capacity to shepherd NPS preservation projects through the LEED certification process, and to help NPS architects, facility managers and other cultural resource personnel to become LEED accredited professionals.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/leed-and-historic-preservation/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ncptt-to-host-9th-annual-preservation-in-your-community/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ncptt-to-host-9th-annual-preservation-in-your-community/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:04:50 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3951 NCPTT), Cane River National Heritage Area (CRNHA), and Cane River Creole National Historic Park (CARI) will showcase recent research at the 9th annual Preservation in Your Community (PIYC) on August 11, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. at NCPTT’s Lee H. Nelson Hall on Northwestern’s campus.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ncptt-to-host-9th-annual-preservation-in-your-community/feed/ 2 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/mechanical-systems-in-historic-buildings-1998-20/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/mechanical-systems-in-historic-buildings-1998-20/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:46:27 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3913

1. Provide a working vocabulary in each of the areas.
2. Discuss issues in each of the areas that specifically deal with historic preservation.
3. Establish a beginners level understanding of how each of these areas work in a building and provide some useful information on how to diagnose and remedy simple problems.
4. Present an historical perspective on the development of each of these trades.

]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/mechanical-systems-in-historic-buildings-1998-20/feed/ 2 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/improved-sol-gel-consolidants-for-stone-2002-24/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/improved-sol-gel-consolidants-for-stone-2002-24/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:15:01 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3909
Later improvement of the suspension procedure resulted in consolidants that are much more stable and fluid. Stone treated with the particle-modified consolidant (PMC) increases dramatically in stiffness and strength. Most impressively in a sodium sulfate test, the PMC provided better protection than a commercial silicate consolidant.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/improved-sol-gel-consolidants-for-stone-2002-24/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit-schedule-and-abstracts/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit-schedule-and-abstracts/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:45:48 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3863
Register before September 11, 2009 for $299 ($399 thereafter).

Key sessions are expected to include Archeology, Mapping and Documentation, Landscapes, Engineering Challenges, Issues in National Cemeteries, and Materials Conservation.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit-schedule-and-abstracts/feed/ 1 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/plan-180-preservation-and-sustainability-webinar/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/plan-180-preservation-and-sustainability-webinar/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:59:56 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3893 Planetizen is offering a webinar on preservation and sustainability tomorrow, July 30, 2009, at 11:00AM PDT/2PM EDT. This $49.95 course defines sustainable development as keeping what is "valuable by meeting our needs without prejudicing the ability of future generations to meet other own needs."

This course shows how sustainability and historic preservation work hand-in-hand to meet the goals of both.

The instructor, Hector Abreu Cintron, is well known in the preservation community as a cultural resources management expert.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/plan-180-preservation-and-sustainability-webinar/feed/ 3 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/dod-standard-treatments/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/dod-standard-treatments/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:59:25 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3838
Sixteen additional treatments are under review, and DOD comments will be incorporated as they are received.

This effort is directed at improving the technical content of the draft DOD treatment standards and the stewardship of DOD cultural resources.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/dod-standard-treatments/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-field-school/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-field-school/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:02:18 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3836 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/preservation-field-school/feed/ 1 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/national-cemetery-policy-review/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/national-cemetery-policy-review/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:01:56 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3834
The review included site visits to Andersonville National Cemetery (ANDE), Andrew Johnson National Cemetery (ANJO), Fort Donelson National Cemetery (FODO), and Stones River National Cemetery (STRI) to examine operations at the national cemeteries managed by those parks.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/national-cemetery-policy-review/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nsf-workshop/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nsf-workshop/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:15:44 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3846
Forty participants met to identify areas where new research in basic science can provide a foundation for significant improvements in understanding the way art and artifacts were created and how best to preserve them.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nsf-workshop/feed/ 0