Courses at West Dean College

Continuing Professional Development Courses
West Dean College
Chichester, West Sussex, England

Cleaning Masonry Buildings
21-24 June 2010
Course leader:  David Odgers

    Building cleaning has developed as an industry over the past
    forty years.  During this period there have been failures and
    successes as the industry and specifiers have made mistakes and
    gained by experience. Even today, however, damage and
    disfigurement due to poor cleaning specification and execution
    is commonplace.  The issue of the BS Code of Practice No 8221 on
    Cleaning and Surface Repair is an important development in the
    understanding and control of cleaning practices, but needs to be
    coupled with sound practical instruction.  This course provides,
    over an intensive 3-day period, a good understanding of
    commercial and specialist techniques available to enable
    sensible and informed specifications to be prepared with
    realistic costs.  During the course participants will see
    demonstrated and will be shown how to use and apply a wide range
    of washing, mechanical and chemical cleaning techniques and will
    be instructed how to programme and carry out essential surface
    repairs. Materials studied will include a wide variety of
    building stones, bricks and terracotta.

    Fully inclusive residential course fee:  From UKP564.

Preventive Conservation
28 June-1 July 2010
Course Leaders:  Linda Bullock and Helen Lloyd

    This course will equip participants with the current knowledge
    of factors which affect the integrity of materials in
    collections, how to assess and prioritise those risks and
    develop ways to mitigate them, appropriate to the collections
    and available resources.  The topics covered will include
    monitoring and control of the environment, light and lighting,
    gaseous and particulate pollutants, biological agents (mould and
    pests) and the mechanical damage resulting from handling,
    routine cleaning and the visitors themselves.  The course will
    include plenty of hands-on practical sessions with the latest
    equipment and opportunities to exchange ideas and experience.

    Fully inclusive residential course fee:  From UKP459.

Care and Conservation of Historic Floors
11-14 October 2010
Course Leader:  Jane Fawcett

    This course will give a rare opportunity to hear from experts
    about some of the problems created by the steady erosion of all
    types of historic floor and to consider some of the solutions
    available for their protection and conservation.

    We are all aware of the damage inflicted by daily use on
    decorative pavements.  We know the contribution made by mosaics,
    tiles, parquetry, marble, stone, ledger stones and engraved
    slabs to a historic interior whether ecclesiastical or secular.
    We are all concerned about the options of partial repair,
    cleaning and conservation in situ, or of total replacement.  The
    extent of the loss of historical evidence, particularly in
    ecclesiastical buildings is, however, little understood, and the
    methods of recording it are often inadequate.  In many cases it
    is now too late, and the destruction has been total.  On this
    course, leading authorities will attempt to answer some of these
    questions, to weigh the demands of tourism against those of
    conservation, and to provide examples of what has been done, and
    how, where and when.

    Fully inclusive residential course fee:  From UKP564.

For more information on all the courses, please contact

    Liz Campbell
    West Dean College
    +44 1243 818219
    cpd<-at->westdean<.>org<.>uk

    <URL:http://www.westdean.org.uk/College>

Liz Campbell
Continuing Professional Development Coordinator
West Dean College
West Dean
Chichester
West Sussex PO18 0QZ
+44 1243 818219
Fax: +44 1243 811343


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