Global Building Conservation Conference 2024
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Overview
We are delighted to announce the return of the RICS Global Building Conservation Conference, an event that will be invaluable for all professionals operating within the built conservation landscape. This year, the conference looks to the future, showcasing the best efforts to preserve and enhance global heritage sites to safeguard their integrity and utility for future generations.
The agenda will address some of the ways in which both man-made and natural disasters are impacting the legacy of these heritage sites, examining the innovative techniques that conservationists use to respond to their region-specific challenges. These insights will be delivered through sessions that include an examination of climate change and climate protection, post-conflict building restoration, and the opportunities and challenges created by repurposing buildings after a period of disuse.
Hear our global experts bring these and other examples of cutting-edge practice to life, illustrating the challenges they have faced, the lessons they’ve learned and the remarkable achievements they have made in building conservation. Enrich your own practice with this opportunity for knowledge exchange within the specialty, and come away informed by a breadth of case studies involving different regions and materials.
Book to attend here.
Key topics
- Working with local and earth materials to preserve the integrity of heritage sites after periods of conflict and neglect – with case studies from Yemen and Bosnia.
- The unique challenges that climate change presents for protected buildings – with case studies from Italy and Uganda.
- How to successfully repurpose and retrofit heritage buildings after disuse – with case studies from Hong Kong and Scotland.
- The specific considerations involved with preserving railway infrastructure maximising its utility – with a case study from the Railway Heritage Trust in the UK and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in India.
- Working with concrete and the evolution of mass concrete structures – with case studies from Ireland and the USA.
- The role of building conservation in protecting and preserving the memory of significant sites, with insights from the Lower Manhattan Emergency Preservation Fund created after 9/11.
Key Speakers
- Keynote speaker: Dr Robyn Pender, Director, Whethergauge Limited
- Addison Yick, Architectural Conservationist, Tai Kwun, discussing the regeneration of the former central police station in Hong Kong.
- Salma Samar Damluji, Trustee, Earth Architecture Lab, Daw'an Architecture Foundation
- Professor John Edwards, Director, Edwards Hart
- Tim Hedley-Jones, Executive Director, Railway Heritage Trust
- Amra Hadžimuhamedović, Director, Centre for Cultural Heritage, International Forum Bosnia
- David Humphreys FRICS, Group Director, ACP, and Chair of the RICS Building Conservation Working Group
- Gary Jebb, Director of Place, University of Edinburgh
- Dorothy Krotzer, Director, Building Conservation Associates
- Ken Lustbader, Co Director, NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project; Former Lead Consultant for the Lower Manhattan Emergency Preservation Fund
- Simon Musasizi, Heritage Trust Programme Manager at the Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda
- Claudio Sangiorgi MRICS, President, Collegio degli Ingegneri e Architetti di Milano
- Christian Stone, Lead Materials Scientist, Concrete Preservation Technologies LTD
- Aishwarya Tipnis, Founder, Aishwarya Tipnis Architects
- Simeon Wilkie, Associate Scientist, J. Paul Getty Trust, discussing case-studies from their recent paper on French, American and UK case studies on concrete patch repair
- Kevin Wohlgemuth, Associate Conservator, Building Conservation Associates
Chaired by:
- Duncan Philips FRICS, Historic Buildings Advisor, Listed Building Surveys and Professor of Architectural Conservation, Centre for Building Conservation Studies
Published date: 11 September 2024
Sponsors
Concrete Preservation Technologies
Concrete Preservation Technologies (CPT) specialise in designing and manufacturing advanced corrosion control solutions for reinforced concrete structures and masonry-encased steel-framed buildings. The dedicated testing and surveying division (CPT Surveys), provides a comprehensive and meaningful reporting service, identifying the root cause of building deterioration and subsequently solutions to halt and prevent further corrosion. The services of CPT’s qualified and highly experienced Corrosion Engineers have been engaged to protect and preserve many historic structures including those that have been Listed.
Testimonials from 2023
“It was a fabulous day, with so many interesting speakers and case studies. Thank you to all the organisers!’ ”
Verity Ramsden
Senior Development Surveyor, Historic England
“I just wanted to reiterate what the others have said. It’s a real achievement to have a truly international, online conference and it was a big success! Congratulations and this sets a high bar for future conferences!’”
Alex Edwards
Sustainability Director, Bruntwood
“Recently involved in the field of conversation, I appreciated the 360 grades approach to this topic. ”
“The broad breadth of geographical locations covered was wonderful.”
“Great content and first rate presentations from experts in the field.”