Traditional Building Skills and Materials Day Session 1
St Andrew’s in the Square, 1 St Andrew’s Square
Open:
9.15am-7.15pm
The day is designed to offer both professional people and interested individuals an update on the current state of the traditional skills and materials sector in Scotland as well as providing a number of best practice examples from skilled specialists working with a range of traditional materials. Please feel free to come along to all of the lectures or just 'drop in' to those that are of direct interest to you.
Morning lectures:
9.15am - Welcome; Fiona Sinclair Conservation Architect
9.20am - Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings, Roger Curtis, Technical Conservation, Research and Education (TCRE), Historic Scotland
10.10am - Traditional Building Craft Skills: Assessing the Need, Meeting the Challenge, Richard Groom, National Heritage Training Group
11.15am - Traditional Scottish Building Materials, Neil Grieve, The University of Dundee
12noon - Natural Slate for the Scottish Market, Ian Macleod, SIG Roofing
Afternoon lectures:
2.15pm - Safeguarding Glasgow's Stone-built Heritage: Skills and Materials Requirements, Scottish Stone Liaison Group
3pm - Stone Repair & Conservation,Bob Heath, Architect and Stone Consultant
3.45pm - Plain & Ornamental Plaster Application, Restoration & Conservation, William McVey, Wm McVey the Cornice Specialist
4.30pm - Lead Craftsmanship, John Wood, Lead Sheet Association
Evening lecture:
6.30pm - The Paint Detective: An introduction to Traditional Paints, Historic Decoration, and Conservation Issues, Patrick Baty, Papers and Paints