Conference on damp and dry rot

Damp and Dry Rot: Threats to the Health of our Cultural Heritage and
Building Fabric: Ways Forward for Architectural,Engineering and
Scientific Sustainable Solutions
The English Heritage Lecture Theatre
Savile Row
London, UK
June 14, 2005

Key Topics Covered

    Rising and Penetrating Damp
    Damp and Residual Moisture
    Causation of Dry Rot, Wet Rots, Surface Rot and Timber Decay
    Insurance, Liability and Legal
    Repercussions of Dry Rot
    Science of Building Mycology and Timber Decay
    Identification and Risk Assessment for Damp and Timber Decay
    Non-Destructive Inspection
    Successful Case Studies
    Structural Engineering Assessment and Sustainable Solutions
    Architectural Assessment and Innovative Sustainable Solutions
    Damp and Dry Rot Infestation in Churches, Museums, Abbeys,
        Castles, Forts,
    Historic Houses, Palaces and Housing Stock
    Flood Damage and Dry Rot; Environmental Monitoring
    Prevention and Environmental Control of Timber Decay

Programme

8:30            Coffee and Registration

Session 1:      Damp, Dry Rot and Timber Decay in Buildings

09:30           Damp and dry rot threats to our cultural heritage;
                sustainable conservation solutions
                Dr Jagjit Singh, EBS, UK

10:00           Dry rot, wet rots and timber decay: A Scandinavian
                experience
                Dr Bech-Andersen, Hussvamp Laboratoriet, Denmark

10:20           Dry rot, wet rots and timber decay: A German
                experience
                Dr Ingo Nuss, Botamynus, Germany

10:40           Question/Answer Session

10:50           Morning Refreshments

Session 2:      Architectural and Engineering View

11:20           Dry rot and timber decay: Effects on structure;
                engineering assessment and solutions
                Mr Clive Dawson, Hockley and Dawson, Consulting
                Engineers, UK

11:50           Dry rot and timber decay: Architectural assessment
                and innovative sustainable solutions
                Mr Robin Nugent, Robin Nugent Architects, UK

12:20           Dry rot, timber decay and historic houses:
                Architectural solutions
                Mr Peregrine Bryant, Architecture and Building
                Conservation, UK

12:50           Question/Answer Session

Session 3:      Inspection, Monitoring and Control

14:00           Non-destructive Inspection, monitoring and
                environmental control of damp and decay in historic
                and flood damaged buildings
                Mr Huw Lloyd and Dr Jagjit Singh, EBS, UK

14:30           Minimum intervention for dry rot inspection,
                assessment and control
                Dr Thomas Brennan, TKB, Ireland

15:00           Question/Answer Session

15:10           Afternoon Coffee/Refreshments

Session 4:      Guidelines, Prevention and Control; Workshop and
                Demonstration

15:40           Scientific approach to developing guidelines for
                environmental control of dry rot
                Prof John Palfreyman, University of Abertay Dundee,
                Scotland

16:10           Practical demonstrations for diagnostic,
                non-destructive Inspection, damp and moisture
                monitoring, Resistograph inspection of timber decay
                and building simulation

                Dr Jagjit Singh, EBS, UK
                Mr Huw Lloyd, EBS, UK
                Mr Lee Tuffnell, EBS, UK
                Mr Stephen Bradley, ACES, UK
                Dr Ingo Nuss, Botamynus, Germany
                Tommy Bunch-Nielsen, Jakob Karbo and Jan Feldt,
                    Micro Clean, Denmark
                Peter Thompson, Bob Moore, Dan Baker
                Micro Clean, UK

16:50           Question/Answer Session

17:00           Close

Please contact

       Mrs. Pala Kaur
       ISBE, Conference Secretary
       EBS Ltd.
       Galley Cottage
       Galley Lane
       Great Brickhill
       Milton Keynes MK17 9AA
       +44 1525 261922
       Fax: +44 1525 261923
       ebs<-a t->ebssurvey< . >co< . >uk,
       <URL:http://www.ebssurvey.co.uk>

Rab Jackson
Preservation and Conservation Manager
National Library of Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland


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