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/rehabilitating-historic-wrought-iron-and-steel-bridges/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/rehabilitating-historic-wrought-iron-and-steel-bridges/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:57:35 +0000 jkguin http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4642 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/rehabilitating-historic-wrought-iron-and-steel-bridges/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/john-wesley-powell-prize-for-historic-preservation/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/john-wesley-powell-prize-for-historic-preservation/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:18:35 +0000 Andrew Ferrell http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4626 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/john-wesley-powell-prize-for-historic-preservation/feed/ 0 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/foundation-of-the-american-institute-for-conservation/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/foundation-of-the-american-institute-for-conservation/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:02:24 +0000 Mary Striegel http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4580 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/foundation-of-the-american-institute-for-conservation/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/seismic-retrofit-workshop/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/seismic-retrofit-workshop/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:10:48 +0000 jkguin http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4548 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/seismic-retrofit-workshop/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/call-for-papers-structural-analysis-of-historical-constructions/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/call-for-papers-structural-analysis-of-historical-constructions/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:53:32 +0000 Andrew Ferrell http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4526 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/call-for-papers-structural-analysis-of-historical-constructions/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ptt-grant-is-funding-database-for-research-of-fibers/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ptt-grant-is-funding-database-for-research-of-fibers/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:52:43 +0000 jkguin http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4499 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ptt-grant-is-funding-database-for-research-of-fibers/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/tom-jones-on-urban-ecology-podcast-episode-10/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/tom-jones-on-urban-ecology-podcast-episode-10/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:53:38 +0000 Andrew Ferrell http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4479
Download Episode 10 as an mp3 or subscribe via iTunes.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/tom-jones-on-urban-ecology-podcast-episode-10/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/nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:00:43 +0000 Jason Church http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=2754 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit/feed/ 3 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/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 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/writing-for-the-web-workshop/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/writing-for-the-web-workshop/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:33:32 +0000 Jeff Guin http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3830
The workshop is part of a larger social media strategy that NCPTT is implementing to better serve the needs of the preservation field.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/writing-for-the-web-workshop/feed/ 0