IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly welcomed the CIOB’s ‘undercover conservation’ strategy, which is intended to help mainstream conservation methodologies without scaring the mainstream professions. He said: “Many practitioners think that conservation is only for the high-end, listed property market. In fact, conservation is about doing the right job properly, regardless of how fancy a building is, and not just doing the job the way you’re told, just because the building is listed.
Lots of works on traditional buildings, however well done in themselves, can damage fabric in the long terms. All parts of the construction industry need to understand that it’s not just how well you do something, but that it has to be the right thing to do. The new CIOB conference, using core conservation approaches in familiar contexts of good practice and green principles, is great way to get conservation to practitioners across the construction industry.”
IHBC Wales Branch vice-chair John Edwards IHBC, co-organiser of the conference, says: “There are some six million traditionally built structures in the UK and the vast majority suffer in the hands of the inexperienced, practicing inappropriate modern methods of repair instead of a much needed traditional conservation approach. For those not involved with listed buildings, the term conservation is very often seen as nothing to do with them! In order to get over this problem, the Chartered Institute of Building doesn’t even mention conservation in their forthcoming major conference that largely focuses on building conservation as a means to practice a green approach to the maintenance of all buildings.”
The UK Green Building Maintenance Conference and Exhibition takes place at the University of Wales in Cardiff on the 7th January 2010 and the programme includes:
•Green approaches to rot and damp presented by independent consultant Mike Parrat, who is also a trustee of the SPAB.
•Pre and post 1919 built structures and why they should be treated differently.
•Presented by Chris Wood IHBC, Head of Building Conservation Research at English Heritage.
•Green Improvements through planned maintenance presented by Dr. Tim Yates of the BRE.
Other subjects include the Green Supply Chain, Maintaining the “Green” House, equipping industry with the necessary skills and expertise and the relevance and importance of the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change to the built environment of the UK.
The cost ranges from £99 (inc VAT) for “early bird” bookings (includes refreshments, lunch and end of day drinks reception). There is also the opportunity for reduced priced accommodation at the 4* Barcelo Angel Hotel and to attend the conference banquet at Cardiff Castle the evening before the event (banquet cost £32 per person inclusive of food, drink and entertainment). For further information follow the link:
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